It. " " "l , m ' ------ --- rmmasim a&ma&m wns&Mm dtewtis& wsmnssmm waKaffi amra?? assNaii wbsss racevxiE . . fiY".vf,eE7.iM uvMftttaiiv.-iai imwiWaW-im 'M'irtsiiM us,;r,;sK&ET S3 itvTO-Fa7rvv.'iai RV:STKG'fa bhjaisjw'JM iHfywrc'cv,tsm u'..ua Ui'Am i.fYiWivji -..V-- " HI - - ,. I I. II I - - 1 I , in.,., I - i .. 'I I . ' ' jBcvokb to fltolitics, itcrnturc, Qlgriculturc, Sricnw, Jttorcilitg, ani cncral .Intelligence TOL'20. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. MARCHES, 1561. NO'. 10. Published by Theodore Schoclt TERMS. Two dollars per nnnumin ad vancc Two dollars and n quarter, half yearly and if not paid be fore uu enu oi mc year, two uonars and aiiall. No n.mcrsuisRontfmicd until allarroaraECsatenaid, except at lite option of the Editoi. 10AUi'ctlscments of one square (ten lines)orIess, one or three insertions, .I 00. Each additional inscr lon.25cenls. Lonficr ones in proportion. JOB PRINTIKC!. i Having a general assortment ouargc.piain aim ui - StSPC'are?rC?:ired toMeB"looydo &SS"& 3EISUrS5raiCSSr. cards, circulars, nut Heads, Notes, ciank Receipts, Having A general assortment of large, plain and or-( Justices ted with ot this office nco. Education of the Mormons. Dn thn Tfith nlf .Tndao Cradlebauoh. late one of tbe U S. Judges in Utah, made a speech at Circleville Ohio, on the Ti - . ir? , subject of Mormonisra. We make asm- gle extract: The little education the children get, consists in preparing them for the rccep- tion ot polygamy. oo at variance, is oiover oeeu maij-iwo pounus no ,the easfc tQ the pacjfic Qn the wesfc that practice with all tbe intinctB of bo-, But the laws fixing tbeso standard; Tlis Bureau now dinburaes from five manity, that it has to be pressed upon the: bu-be, weights of said articles contain aQ( & baif miili0ns of dollars up to six people with great asiduity a a part of provisos that ; no person or persons shall an( & ha,f roiHon9 BOnualy rfor the their religious duty. To prepare tbo wo-, be prevented from buying or felling said benefit of th(j varioug IndiaQ triboa tucn for the reception of tbe revolting articles by measure, tbst is, by tbe bush- Confess supposes, tbe President suppo practice, it U necessary to brutalize them, el merely without regard to their actual and thfi ,e suppose that thig by destroying their modey. The sen-j legal weight per bushel. So lot your rca- monoy g0C8 t0 benefitt iDBtrucfc nnd oiv. timeut of love i. ridiculed, cavalier gl-; dera. who desire to bae this knowledge ;Jze th(J lDdiaD8 . and wbat is their sur lantry and attentions are laughed at, the ready at band for future reference, cut and disappointment to learn from emblematic devices ol lovers and the wiu jtbis out of your paper and save it. And emigront8 wbo D0W come in contact with nins kiudness tht with us they doat on. , these, let me observe here, and tbe 0"fyltbeni tbat tbeJ are a wild 6ul0D indo. arc hooted at in Utah. Tbe lesson they : farm-products whose standard weigit pcr)lent drQnkeni worthless set of beings, arc taught, and tbat is inealculated above, bushel is fixed by law in Pennsylvania whom e omigrant considers it a vir all others, is "increase and tr ultiply." in : for our bushel weights of other things are ; tuo Q m aQ(1 8peouIator a legiti- order that Zion may be filled, The J rcgu ated entirely by the custom of our jmate obj(Jct of plnn"dcr. I8 this result a young people are familiarized to indecent people iu bujing and selling. And gen-, nQcesshj of tbe Iudian nature wbich no exposures of all kind; the Mormons call - eral custom, m such matters, has tbe same j treatment coujd have obviated, or is it their ives their cattle; they choose them obligatory effect on buyers and sellers , brought about by oauses acting legiti pretty much as they choose their cattle; ! that a positive statute law would have. j matef y on tbem through our Government? and that great pink of delicacy, HaberjBut as there la sometimes a doubt as toj j hold to tbe iattcr. For several years G. Kimball, tin? next in prominence, a; what the weight of a particular article ; t j bavo come o coutaot witb man v of also the next ;u sto to loung, cans t women his cows. A man is not con-idercd a good Mor mon who does not uphold polygamy by precept aud example, and be is a suspec ted Mormon tbat does not practice it. The hi"her a man is in the church tbe more wives be ba. Biigham "XT J and Hcbcr Kimball arc supposed to have each between fatty and a hundred. lue rovcrened Mormon bishops, apostles and the pre-tdent; of stakes hae as many a they dere, and it is a common thing to see these boffry beaded old Turks sur rounded by a troop of robust young wives. Tbe common people take as many as they can pport, and it is not uncommon to see a house with but two rooms, inhalited by a man, hi- half dozen of wives, aud a proportionate number of children, like rabbits in a warren, and rceembling very much the happy family that we read of the prairie dog, the owl and tbe rabbit. Insects is common. Sometimes the same ni an has a daughter and her mother for wives at once; some have as wives their own neices, and Aaron Johnson, ot Springwlle, one of the most influential men in his parts, has in hU harem, of twelve women, no less than five of bU brother's daughters. One Watts, a Scotchman, wbo if one of tbe church re porter, is married to bis owe half sister. On her arrival in the country he pp'.ted for perciisaioo to marry her, butBribatu at firct refused and settled tbe matter by taking ber into bi own harem; but in a few weeks he relented, the seal was bro ken, and he gave her to Watts. To suppose tbat polygamy conduces to happiness is to suppose a total bubver eiou of woman, nature. In tbe matter of affection woman is a complete monopo list; she must have all tbe heart or none. But in Utah she has to be content witb a small fraction of that smallest of all hearts, a Mormon heart, little attention, and no devotions. Tbe little borne, which ought to bo her tbrono and empire, is lost to her. They are jealously watched, and dreadfully abused if they are seen to .hnw liv even so much as a stance, that tbeyare unhappy. But tbe long and j anxious countenances of tbe "mothers in ! Israel" proclaim too plainly their entire mn the! rnieprr offspring of one father and mothers run J . about likegco many wild animals I he firet thing they do, after learning vulgari tv is to wpar a leather belt with a butch- rA-mfo Sfr,.ok in it: and the next is to steal from the G entiles; then to ride aui-1 published iu the Baltimore Patriot. And mals; and as soon as they can, "by hook ; perhaps its editor (if ou send him a copy or by crook," get a horse, a pair of jing-of your paper containing this, marked a ling Mexican purs and a revolver, they I round with ink) can and will enlighten are then Mormon cavaliers and fit to ; us as to its origin or author. Indeed, I fcteal rob and murder emigrants. Tbo ' consider it a valuable table for reference, women and girls are coarse, masculiuo "and recommeud it as such. and uneducated, and are mostly drafted! What bas beoomo of the Union Coun froai the lowe9t stages of society. It is ty Agricultural Society! Is it dead, or but eeldom you meet handsome or attrac-j what is the reason that none of its mem tive women among them. i bers fill up a weekly Agricultural depart- Th- fnr; nlnflnt lanrel nredomin- mcut in your interesting paper? I would ates in Utah! Ilhe persons emigrating the Territory are generally from tbe miu- rural auaira, u i BBW your uwu gnou ine, manufacturing and rural dibtricts of turit more active and more appreciate Enoland. The American portion of tho of such information, or jour paper had a Mormons are generally shrewder tban the column or two beaded "Agricultural De rest, and are chiefly from the New Eog- partment." Politics, I know, must bo at. land States. Most of these men are no tended to, and is very good, in its place, doubt fugitives from, justice, and most of but there is aueb a thing as having too tbem are bankrupt in both fortune and much of it, and that is just the troublo of i our country now. uoiavivl - A true philanthropist and a well train ed horse always pause at tbe sound of "wo." SA man, being commiserated with oo account of his wife running away, said: "Don't pity me tilUhe comes back; again." - - . , From the Star and Chronicle. "Weights of Grains, per Bushel. Some time ago our newspapers con- f ninnd srntomnnts riiirnorhnn tn mrn nn ., .;;.,.;.il,:i.,. ,6 Da- lac icgut, ouinuuu, uctgiuz oi ouruiucrcui - rn;,iH Ar nop hn-lml , grams CvC, per DUsUei. And ss tbeso or less erroneous ho far as our own State is concerned , al- ( iuw uiu, a uur a uurciui exuniiuuuou 01 .our statute laws, to give you the correct Pennsylvania standards. They are as I follows: (I put them in words as well as 80 dat D0 m,6taK ?ccur in setting up the type, or attcrwards m the reader mind:; Wheat sixty pounds per bushel Rye fifty -six pounds do GO lbs 56 56 48 47 30- lorn' shelled fifty-six pounds do ; Backwheat-fortyeight pounds do Birley forty-seven pounds do o..ts thirty pounds do Coarse Salt, Foreign eighty-five do Ground Salt, Foreign seventy do Fine Salt, Foreign sixty-two do 85 70 would be tetter if we had a law fixing the precise buwbel or ton weight of w other marketable farm-producta. NDTRITIOUSNESS OF FOOD The following tables will aleo show your readers what aro the real and rela- L, Vegetable. Animal and Fruit foods. ' isis j s i;u n i, i u uuli iLiuu.iiii.'n ill mi i ni- wri - therein named which you will please publish for the benefit of your readers. For it is the evident interest not only of the cousumer, but also of tbe producer of breadstuffs and of other eatables, clear ly to kuow what are our cheapest and most nutritious foods, especially in such hard times a.-) we have had of late years and eveu now have. VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. Nutritious Matter Water 100 lbs. Wheat Flour contain 90 lbs to 10 lbs do Corn Meal do do Rico do do Barley Meal do do Rye Flour do do Oat Meal do do Potatoes do do White Beans do do Carrots do do Turnips do do Cubltage dj do Beets do 91 86 83 79 74 22 95 10 do do do do do do do do do do do 9 14 12 21 26 i "5 5 90 95 92-i 85 l2 7A 15 ANIMAL FOOD, freeh Beef contain 26 lbs. to 74 lbs 100 lbs do do do do do do Veal do Mutton do do do do 75 71 76 70lo74 801 oS2 924 66" 29 24 Pork Fowls Fish Milk do do do do do 26to30 18to 20 7 do 14 do white of Egg FRUITS 100 lbs. Strawberries contain 10 Jbs. to 90 lbs do do do do do do do do do n ears do do do do do do do do do. 16 17 25 29 20 20 27 3 2 do do do do do do do do do 84 83 75 71 74 80 73 97 97 Apples Cherries Plums Appricots Peaches Grapes Melons Cucumbers The above Vecetablei Animal aud Fruit foods were analyzed in their fresh and natural state, after their busks, soales, and shells were first removed. I do not know wo is the author of .i .Li.. i a i:i. i. :r i-mc, uvuiu lu uu you or any one of your readers can iuform j me. For lean not fiud these tables in, "j Vl 1 It runs in my mind that they WCTC UIl to.g,ad,J eend you an occasional article on; j W., Northumberland Go. i Somebody who bad just been reading n. w lvLt,r. sent the. following to the Boston Atlas . Such soldier talk assures the land It isn't wholly bursted ; Our Wool against their collon, fand Secession schemed are worsted. Wholesale Thieving. A Washington correspondent of the Tribune, in a recent -letter, overhauls tho Indian Policy of our government, and hhows -very conclusively that the Bureau in tbe Interior Department, to which this siihipnt. issnppiftllv n.nm miftfwl is nnn fos. tering mM8 of fraUlJ and corruption. He sav . fa United Stateg Government h ex. pcnded 0D tbe Indians of thia 00QDtry a. bout 5200,000,000 during the last thirty years. The business of the Indian Bu , rcau is creal greater than many of tbe govern ment of Europe It requires bigb exec utive talent to manage it with any degree of success. Its affairs are intricate and multifarious. There are perhaps a hun dred treaties with the various Indian tribes covering nearly one half tbo terri tory of this Government, extending from Canada on the north to the Gulf of Mex- I ion on tho smith nnri from IMiRRnnri on nnii innidnntnllv honn i,,.P- f fi, .,f ( ann. I U UU n I IV tub UUIJUUbV KJ k tuv VWIbiU- tnent agents, lbe Indians bold these a gents and tbe Government supposed to be represented by tbem, in tbe most su preme contempt; not for their want of power, but for their lying, cheating, de ceit, ahd general faithlessuess. A large proportion of this immense fund is of but little service to tbe ludiaus, for tbe reason fbat under the present sys tem of paying annuities and providing for treaty stipulations, the dishonest a gents, and Government officers, claimants and claim agents generally, pocket the money, instead of paying it over to the Indians, or using for their benefit. Thou sands of men have become rich, and thou sands more expect to, by these frauds. I will relate a few which bate come within my knowledge. Tbe writer then goes on to narrate how G. W. Ewing succeeded in obtaining 839, 000 Richard Thompson $60,000 Ew ing & Thompson S35 000--and H. M. liice, $24,000, for pretended services in disbursing moneys to the Indians. Most of these claims were allowed through tho corrupt complicity of Charles E. Mix, tbo chief clerk of the Department. On the 10th inst.j news reached Washington from Nebraska Territory that tbe agent there, one W. D. Dennisou, formerly a clerk un der Mix, had run away with all the Indi an fund, said to he from S-5,000to S30, 000, leaving the Indiana entirely desti tue. He then adds Another source of fraud, and one of tbe worst features of tbe case, is the coo tracts for furnishing goods to the Indians. The dry goodsparcbascd annually amount to from $250,000 to $300,000. One firm in New York bas had this contract for thirty years or more, and such are" tho o vils connected with the lettiug of these contracts tbat no merchant pretonds to bid against them. Mr. Mix acts for them aud always has managed witb but two exceptions, to give tbis firm tbe onntract. Tbe old firm, Cronin, Hurxtbal & Scars formerly Grant & Co., have made im mense fortunes out of those contracts. All Indian Traders, Agents, &o., lay up laro fortunes nome of them said to a mount to millions. Mr. JMix owns an elegant city residence, "!pa,d for. a farm ,D Virginia well stocked . . . . i . J .. : with borse:J catte and Biaveg. ba8 elegant carriagea ad carriage servants; bas a family ot tourteen children, lives uko a D or fif 89. nfl nor annum, xuix has neon in tuc iepartmenc about thirty years, and entered poor from Connecticut. A abort time ago ho declar ed in hearing of tho clerks, who wroto down tbo remark at tho time and repeat ed it, tbat he would rather see tbis Gov ernment dissolved and the Union broken up than to bo prevented from traveling in the Free States witb his slaves. Swarms of these old agents, and claimants, and contractors, and traders aro hovering a round the Department, striving to keep up its old character, as one of tbe officials expressed it, of "a miserable, thieving concern from end to end," A Congressional Investigating Com mittee to overhaul tbis department would disclose sufficient reasons for tho present condition of the Indians. As this com munication is already too long, I will not write more. But enough has been dis closed to show that it is in perfect harmo ny with every department of the late ad ministrationfaithless, selfish, bankrupt; and tbe only hope of tbe Indians is in a onij nope oi wo xu.-u . . j thorough reformation of this Bureau by the now President, and a steady purposo to settle and civilize them in self-sustaining agricultural communities a limit bo ing put to the acts of whomsoever tbe Administration may see fit to trust with this most important branch of tbo Government. Whipping a New Yorker in Missouri. Here is an extract from a letter written hy H. W. Beach of Essex County, N. Y. He had done work in Missouri, and after a brief visit to Wisconsin, returned to Missouri to colleot money due to bim. The letter telU the result. Singularly e nougb, the unreasonable young man seems to be opposed to compromise in tbe case: Nebraska City, Feb. 13, 1861. Dear Father, and Mother: When I got back from Wisconsin, some one had told-them that I was a salaried 'nigger thief;' so I was taken the very night I got baok to where I had been at work in tbe woods by ten or twelve ruffians stripped bare, tied to a tree, a rope put around my neck and over a limb, aud told that I bad got to 'own up' or be whipped to death. 1 tried to reason with them, but they, were full of whisky, and of course it did no good. They cut a whip eight or ten feet long (orotohed), and then set one man to pull up the rope, and another to apply the forked gad, ivith both hands until it is usedup entirely, and then gave me a chance j to own up again. I told them they could probably extort anything they wished by whipping long enough, but that as long ; as I hod my senses 1 could tell them noth ing different from what I had. They got another gad then, and used it up in the j same way; put a fresh hand at it of course' I this time, whether to divide the honor or to multiply the pain I could not deter mine, probably tbo latter. Thanks to kind human nature, it refused to feel the most of the last 'fifty,' as tbey called it. Tbe three that did the whipping and cho kiug were strangers. The othors stood off at a distance, and as it was between 8 and 11 o'clock in tbe night, I could not recognize tbem. The leader has been justice of peace, and is now Postmaster at Fillmore, MiESouri. They tried to frighten mo with their revolvers, and one that bad bold of the rope, after they had concluded to whip no more, stuck his re volver up to my head and with great grav ity and sternness, said : "Now, G d d n you, own up, or I will blow your d d brains out I Tbey caught bold of him and held his pistol. Then he swore he would break my neck, and then jerked up on tbe rope, but tbey at length untied me, not, however, until I bad promised to leave and stay away, which is not hard to do. Tbo charge of 'Abolitionist' was a baso fabrication, got up by one or two tbat wore owing me, to get rid of paying. Now I hope there may be a civil war anything for an excuse for mo to go into Missouri, to bunt some of tboso blood hounds; but I will bold my temper. The Essex County Republican says of this oase: "Now, in the name of God and out raged humanity, we ask, how long are free born citizens of tbis Bcpublic to suf fer such indignities? Are we men, or slaves, to submit quietly to any hellish outrage which tbeso Slavery ruffians may see fit to inflict on our sons and daugh ters ? If our manhood is not entirely gone, then in Heaven's name let us de , mand redress for thia and similar outra ges, and also security and safety for our ' citizens in tbe Slave States, and failing to j obtain both by fair and peaceable means, , then let us demand and secure at the point of tbe bayonet, on the red field of battle, ' if needs be, tho rights wbiob God and na ture have made inalienably ours." ' We fear our Northern cotemporary is guilty of agitating tbe Slavery question. Be cool; let us compromise. Is Consumption Contagious. It is most probable that consumption is not of itself communicable, tbat it cannot boget consumption in one who bas vigor ous health aud is perfectly free from all taint of the disease. But if any porson wbo bas not a vigorous constitution, whether inolined to consumption or not, lives, cats and sleeps witb a consumptive, as a man and wife do, as a sister is apt to do with a consumptive sister, or a moth er with consumptive children, such a per son will very generally dio of consump tion themselves, not from its communica bility 2)er set but from tbo foulness of the atmosphere about a consumptive, from warm rooms, dcajing lungs, large expeo torationn, sickening night sweats and bod ily emanations; but tbe same amount of exposure to air made foul in other ways would light up tbo fires of consumation in one of feeble vitality or broken constitu tion. It is nooessary, therefore, that the nurse of tbe consumptive should possess tbe most vigorous health, and to make asur- j ance from 'infection doubly sure, that tbe most scrupulous cleanliness possible should bo observed aud carried out in every min- utia, maintained with the most ioyeterato ! constancy through every hour of the twentj-four, not allowing any excretion, , even a single expectoration, to remain a- ( bout the person, bed or room, for one in- ( stunt. An incessant ventilation should be going on in tbe chamber, tho best method for which, under most oircum stauees, is simply to keep a fire on the boartb and an inner door open; even in mid-summer, tbis i bettor for tho patient as well as for the nurse, than a room kept closed all tho time from an almost insane dread of taking cold.. Hall's Jour nal of Health. 03How to make people acknowledge (hb corn. Tread on'thciVtofi. Small Beef for Mince Pies. Our traiu bad scarcely stopped at ' Mitchell, on tbe Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, ere in came balf-a-dozen little urchins with their baskets on their arms, and crying in loud and discordant keys, "Warm mince pies V "Apple pies five cents apiecel" "Hercju your your apples and chostuuts I" "Molasses candy, cream candy and butter scoch !" and so on to the end of a killing catalogue. It was a cold day, just cold enough to make ouc appreciate warm things, conse quently be of tbo "warm mince pies" drew by far, the largest share of custom. At this tho other little merchants became highly incensed; so much bo tbat one of them, in a spirit of rivalry, and with a view to checking tbe rapid sale, took tbe liberty of asserting tbat the "warm mince pies," aforenamed, were made out of rats. "They're not rats," said tho vendor of the slandered article. j "But I say they is!" rcpled his tormen- tor. , "You lie I say they're not rats I" j "I say they is rats, for our little dog helped you to cotch 'em, and I seed ye a . doin'hitl" I At this junoture a Hoosier, wbo had gone half a dime on one of the pies whoso contents were now being discussed with reagrd to character, straightened up, and ' with a huge bite half way in his mouth, i called out: "Say, shaver, what did ye say these ere pies wero made out'n ?" "Rats, rats 1" broke in tbe unsuccessful merchant, overjoyed at the prospect of making a point. "They're not rots, sir," said tbe em barrassed boy, with much emphasis. "Knot rats, eb !" exclaimed the Hoo sier, while a dark frown threw itself a thwart bis already dark brow; "Knot rats, are they ? You're a putty cuss to be a sellin' rats to these ere enlightened passengers I Cut out o here, or I'll kick ye inter kingdom com, ye little ornery devil. Knot rats (o-a-a-aghl) I've seen wood rats, and water rats, and house rats, though I never seed any knot rats, but I calkerlate as bow they are no bet ter (chc hie ker slu 1) than the rest!" And with that up went the sash, out went tbe pie, and on went tbe train. Ha zel Green, in Porter's Spirit. A Non-Partisan Paper on Secession. For those journalists North who have no word of condemnation, bot who ap- : pear to chuckle at tho formation of a ; Southern Confederacy and who make the . most prejudiced comparisons between its executive officers and thoso about tatafce charge of the government of the United States, we have the greatest contempt. An article has recently come under our notice, copied appovingly into several pa pers, which shows that there are a num- j ber of base partison editors at the North wbo prefer the South to the Union unleBB their party can be in power and they have a chance at the stealings. Wo care not to what party he may belong, the man who does not stand up for tbe Union and condemn all attempts at dividing it but rather rejoices tbat the will of the people, exercised in a constitutional manner, is attempted to be thwarted by a faction, is a vile traitor at beart and should be des pised by all truo men. If there is one cause which, more than any other, has led to our present troubles; it is partisan j bitterness, and this bitternes leads a lare number of writers still to continuo their J vindictive assaults, when nothing can be gained by thorn but much lost. Tho ! present moment is a time for mutual for- j bearance. In the article above referred to the writer thus glorifies Jeff. Davis : "While ! Abraham Lincoln was in Congress criti- ; cising the motives which led to tbe Mcx- ioao war, and ondeavoring to define tho j spot where it was commenced, Col. Jef fer,son Davis was gallantly fighting bis country's bottles in tbe hottest fields of Mexico." Tbo writer must remember tbat once the devil was an angel of light, and Joff. Davis, though, like Arnold, once a hero and patriot, is now a traitor. Wc boliove iu calling things by their right names, and we must therefore Bay, that ' Davis, in taking the oath as President of ; the Southern Confederacy, perjured him eolf, aud the King Cotton "Nigger Chi valry" (wo refer onlj to tho secessionists) are welcome to all such. What a man has been and what ho is aro two different. things. This Southern secession business is a vile soheme on tbe part of disappointed office-seeking demagoguos, and thepeople of the South are honestly, but blindly, following them. Let the leaders be shown up in their true colors, and the ;?cq?e,will soon do rioht. Lambertvillc Beacon. John Penhall, a school teacher, at Bruce Miues, Canada West, recently at tempted liberties witb some of his female pupils; the onraged citizens tied him on tbo baok of an ox and marched him round as a nasty show, and told bim to leave town. jgayOne of our Domestic exebanges noticed tho journey of Mr. Lincoln to Washington under tho head of ''The Pil grim's Progress." Buchanan's depar ture for Lancaster on the 5th inst., might have bcon appropriately termed "The Rogue's Maroh." jb-Lovo is a compound" of honey and grill, mixed in various proportions for cus tomers.) "v ' " Chinese Animal Life. Chineso horses are not numerous, and arc of a poor stunted breed, being very ill fed and kept. The Chinese are in debted to tbe Tartars for their supply of these animals when wanted for warlike purposes. Asses and mules are common. Tbe latter are generally of a good ize to beor a higher prico than borscs, as being capable of more labor with less food. Of Pacbjdcrmatus auimals, tbe domestic pig of China is well known in England, and has been freely introduced into our farm yards. The larger and more ferocious descriptions of tbe carniverous quadru peds aro not common io a country so well peopled and cultivated. Bears are said to be found in the wooded parts of Pekln. There is a fierce description of wildcat, which is caught and fattened in cages for the table Tbo domestic dog of China is uniformly one variety, about tbo size of a moderate spaniel, of a pale yellow, and occasionally a black color, and coarse bristly hair on the back: sharp upright cars, and peaked head, not unlike a fox's, with a tail curled over the rump. Tho sheep are the large-tailed kind;. and as the people never use milk, cows are rare and of a peculiarly small kind. Goats are everywhere. The buffalo used in plowing is also very small, with a 6kin of slate color, and very thinly covered with hair. Dromedaries are ued as beasts of bur den. Of rodent animals the common rat attains to an unusual size, and is eaten by tbe lowest orders of the natives. Hares and rabbits are scarce. Tbo or nitbology of China is distinguished by some splendid varieties of gallinaceous birds, as tbe gold and silver pheasants. Partridges do not appear to be very plen tiful. Domestic fowls abound; and spar rows, thrushes, larks, tits, finches, swal lows, &c. aro common. It is well stocked with wild -fowl of all kinds. From tho nature of tbis part of the country thero are immense flocks of wild geese, duoks, &c, constantly on the wing. Quails aro numerous, and aro trained to fight. Ringdoves aro common; and there is a peculiar crow of tho country, marked with white about the neck. Both largo and small birds of proy are to bo seen every where. In consequence of the large pop ulation and traffic, venomous serpents, I believe, are scarcely met with. The lizard tribes abound, also scorpions, cen tipedes and monstrous spiders, which are said to kill small birds. Tbe common fly is an awful pest. They beggar de scription, tbey darken a- room or tent, and when you are eating they dispute every morsel with you and fly into your mouth, getting down your throat if they can. Tbe eyes, cars, and nose are con tinually attacked by them As to mus ketos, I had enough of these gentry at Hong Kong: if tbey dwelt here along witb the flies, the country would be abso soiutely unbearable. Buttorflies arc of a gigantic size and very brilliant colors. Almost every fish common to England is to be found here. But tbo golden carp and. sturgeon arc of the most distinguish ed kinds. Tho bost edible sea-fish is rock-cod. Soles are very fine and plen tiful. At the head of Chinese botany may be placed the tea-plant. It is ex tensively cultivated a few miles to the west of Pekin. but the great tea districts lie further south. Letter from a Medical Officer. Diptheria an Old Visitor in New Eng land. Tbe throat disease, now known as dip theria, is said to be an old disease, with a new name. Tbo word is from a Greek word signifying skin, and should be spell ed diphtheria, and not, as it usually is, diptheria. Tbe disease visited this coun try as long ago as 1737, and raged with great violence. We find, 6ays tho Port land Transcript, in Parson Smith's Jour nal, frequent notices of its ravages in tbis region. Under date of October 31, 1837, ho Bays a fast was held on account of tbis tbroat distemper. It was an epidemic, and commencing at Kingston, N. H., spread through New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and was two years in reaching the Hudson river. In New Hampshire not less than one thousand persons fell victims to (his malignant dis temper, and in Boston four thousand per sons bad tbe disease, aud one hundred and fourteen diod. In May, 1737, Par son Smith mentions that seventy-five had died of it in tbis town. Under date of October 13, 1737, he says "This is still bad at Scarborough. No one has lived tbat bas bad it of late." It was tbe cost fatal scourge that over visited New Eng land, and rapidly hurried its subjects to tbo grave; tbo tbroat swelled, becatuo covered with ash-colored specks, great debility and prostration ensued, with pu trefaction. Under the improved metlibds of treatment of tbe present day, it.is less fatal. A Good Wish. Sir Walter Scott once gave ani Irish man a shilling, when a sixpence would havo been sufficient. "Remember, Pat." said Sir Walter, "you owo mo sixpence." "May your honor livo till I pajtjdul" was the reply. SSfA gentleman was called upon'to apologizo for words uttered when iiVwiue. "I beg pardon," said he; "I did rioVuYean to say what I did; but I've had themis fortune to lose some of my front tleth. and words net 'out evt'fy aow 'aura iCti without my knowledge."
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