ljc 2cffcvsoman THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1881. Fort Sumter. The Monroe Democrat of last week, seems to exult over the probability, that Fort Sum- tor will be -handed over to the tory traitors, and further says this amiable Democrat, w ho loves the traitors so well that he wishes to see them in possession of the Government, "we rejoice," says ho, "at this conclusion of the new President and look upon it as indi cative of an approach towards Democratic - policy on his part;' and this act of Mr. Lin coln; exclaims the Democrat, honorably ac quits Mr. Buchanan of the charge of being the " chief of the rebel.--,"' and firmly estab lishes " him upon the record as a faithful, true, wife, and patriotic citizen." And this Democrat further concludes that this is a grand backing down on the part of the Re publican party, which, after the 4th of March, was guing to establish the fact that we yet have a Government, and maintain possession of the public property at all hazards. We-would inform our neighbor that Mr. Lincoln is a true patriot, a sincere lover of the Constitution and Union, and will do what ever rimy teem proper to maintain them, and therefore ho will not approach any "De mocratic policy," tho tendency of which is to give the tory traitors the control of the Government. The surrender to the traitors of Fort. Sumter, is a matter that the Lincoln Administration is in no respect responsible for. Buchanan had his Cabinet filled with traitors, who, with the approbation of their chief, con nived at this very result. They t-cittered the Federal troops so that they on Id not readily be concentrated, and then the traitors seized upon Arsenals, took possession of Forts and revenue cutters, and robbed the sub treasuries and plundered the Mint at New Orleans, appropriated to their own use the revenue, and bid a general defiance to the Federal powers, and this under the eye of Mr. Buchanan, whose sworn duty it was to Fee that none of these things were done. If he had taken the advice of Generals Cass and Scott, and reinforced the Southern Forts' when it could have been done quietly, in stead 'f listening to and being governed by the advice of the traitors in his Cabinet, thi. rebellion long since could have been crushed out. But no, lie had no inclination to save the Union. His patriotism was pone, lie had promised the traitors that the Fortsshouhi not. be reinforced, and therefore, when Scoli and Cass saw that this must speedily be done, or tin: tory traitors would gain possession of nil the Southern Forts, he stubbornly re fused to-j:5ve his consent, and turned a deaf ear to their entreaties to do something to save the country. He had espoused the cause of the traitors, aud to them he must prove true. This was too much for the pa triot Cflt-s and he resolied to sever his con nection with a Cabinet that was wielding its whole power and influence in favor of those who were know n to be endeavoring to de Mroy thu Government. Cass'resigned. The country was in an uproar. Buchanan be came frightened at the horrid ghost of Dis union til-it his treachery had called up; im peachment was storing him boldly in the face; and other members of his Cabinet threat ened to resign unless he changed his policy and went in for the Union. He did so in part, and his traitor counsellors became fear ful for their safety and fled. From this thin on he pretended to favor the Union, but im becility or a lack of decision and energy marked his every step, and things went on from h.id to worse. Buchanan's traitor offi cials had robbed the Federal Treasury, and confidence in the Government was nearly gone. At length a feeble attempt was mude to reinforce Fort Sumter, but a few traitor halls took the. courage out of the weak, tri lling Buchanan Administration, and thus the traitors had conquered. Mujor Anderson wrote to the Administration thut he did not need provisions or re-inforcements, for he said be was able to maintain himself against the lory traitors. In this manner he contin ued to write till a few days after Mr. Lin coln was inaugurated, when he suddenly dis covered that it would require at least 10,000 men to rfi-inforcrrhim,Tind that he only had about a months provisions on hand. Such, m brief, was the condition of the Government and Fort Sumter, when handeJ over to Mr. Lincoln; and therefore lime is necessarily riquired to get the Government even in a defensive attitude. To reinforce the Fort now would cost many lives, and in asmuch as it is of no consequence to the Go vernment in a commercial point of view, and involves a question of honor only, it might, under all these circumstances, be beht to yield her to the tory traitors. But wo trust this will be the last of Federal surrenders to traitors. The revenue laws will as soon as practicable be put into execution, and the balance of the forts will be maintained to the bitter end And, Mr. Democrat, you may rest assured that Mr. Lincoln will not ap ipoach any Buchanan " Democratic policy.' He is for the Constitution and the Union, and if there is vitality, wisdom and patriotism enough in the people, lie will maintain them in spite of rebellious traitors and their whi ning sympathisers. According to the rebel logic, that is "pc&aefui secession" when one's pocket- " took is adroitly abstracted "on tho sly;'" ftsd that it is improper 'coercion" when tbe owner knocks the -thief down to re- ittjrer-'it. j Mr. Charles S. Transue, a resi dent of Smithfield township, residing near Buttermilk Fallp, left homo on the morn ing of the 26th inst., and not returning during the day, his friends became alarm ed and went in search of him. He was found in a Swamp in the neigborhood, with his throat out aud lifeless. We have not learned any reasons.kassigned for the rash act. He had a razor in his hand when found. His age is about 37 years. Tonnage Tax. We will next week commence publish ing speeches delivered by the Jon. A.K MtClure in vindication of the policy of the State in refusing to tax the products ol farmers aud manufacturers of the State These speeches were mado in the State Senato, in reply to Mott and others. Readers, giv1 these able and interesting pcechci an attentive perusal, and then you will readily see that to continuo the taxing syftcm, was to give other States the advantage over all farmers and man ufacturer, that freighted over the Road in question; and that our manufacturers, farmers aud consumers were compelled to pay the tax, and not tho Railroad Company. " $30,000 for Bleeding Kansas." "Another Draft upon the Treasury." Such are the titles of an article that ap peared in the Monroe Democrat of March 14th inst. It is a fact well established and understood by every intelligent person that then? are, or were, in Kansas upwards of 40,000 persons in a destitute or starving condition. The most of these, when they emigrated thither for the purpose of seeking a home for themselves and families, had lit tle more than sufficient means to purchase a small farm or lot and imperfectly stock the same; and this necessarily made them de pendant upon the sweat of their brow and the favor of Providence for a livelihood. Their entire crops for the last year, in consequence of the severe drouth that prevailed there were almost a total failure. Thus they were depending upon their crops for a living, but their crops were not. Grim starvation was fctaring them in the face. The angel of be nevolence and charity winged this sad news to 'those States which had been blest with health and abundant crops, and appealed to them to give out of their abundance a little to their fellow beings who, in a far off Terri tory, were in a starving condition. A sym pathetic chord was touched, and immediate ly private or individual charity made an ef fort to supply their sore need. But this proved too slow and insufficient to meet their pressing wants, notwithstanding many thous ands of dollars worth of necessaries, by this means, was procured and sent to them. Thus it became necessary that something must be done, or their lot would indeed be a bitter one. Accordingly the Legislatures uf most the Northern States nobly and gen erously came to their rescue, and some ap propria ted $75,000, some $50,000, some S2o, 000, and finally ours donated for their use &:10,000. Wh.it less could she have done ! And who, that has a heart that ought to reign in a unman urcasi, uuiu uiuum ui raising an objection to an object so pre-eminently praiseworthy. It is an act of which this Legislature may well be proud, and any individual that wou'd in the slightest degree murmur at so charitable and christian an act, ought to be banished beyond the pale of Christendom. But strange as it may seem, we find the Monroe Democrat endeavoring to ridicule, and striving with all his might to make po litical capita out of it, by telling the tax payers that the black Republicans are "rob bing them of their bread to scatter it among the strangers the Abolitionisls-to help along freedom in Kansas." To tefct the object or motive of this assumed guardian of the tax payer, we need allude to but one fact; name ly, the robbing of the Federal Government of about eight millions of dollars by the tory, traitor Democracy, which called for the bit terest condemnation of every honest man and true patriot, but which was passed over in silence by this Democrat which now com plains so bitterly because the tax payer is wronged by our Legislature giving to 40-, 000 starving men, women and children, the sum of 30,000, which is less than one dol lar a piece. Mr. Democrat, wo leave you in your glory, but would advise you to put on sackcloth and ashes for at least one month, and endeavor thereby, to atone for the gross outrage that you have thus committed against suffering humanity. , The Navy of the Southern Confedera cy ?onsiht8 of the following revenue cut ters, seized from. the United States Gov eminent: MoCicllaud, 4 side guns and one pivot, crew 35 men; Lewia'C3. one 63 pounder, crew 45 men; Aiken, ooo Ac pounder, crew 35 men; Washington, one 42 pounder, and the Dodge, ouo pivot gun. Resides these, there is the tug pro pcllor James Gray, purchased at Rich moud, whieb enrrie a 42 pound Colambi ad; the captured slave-brig Bonita, wjbicb is being changed to a war vessel; the steam gun-boat Nina, which mounts ono gun, and has just returned to Charleston from a ten day's cruise on the coast, and the steamer Everglade, The U. S. Steamer Fulton, seized at tho Pensacola Navy Yard wbilo in ordinary, carries four 32 pouudcra. It will cost 810,000 to put ber in uca goiog trim. The Peach Buds. Tbo editor of tho "Rural New Yorker" says he4fa continued his observations in regard to the condition of the peach buds, aud Gnds them injured iu Western New York more than at first disposed to be Jieve. There may be a fore saved near the lake shore, or in cloae proximity to oaie of our inland iakes.and in a fen fa vored ioca'.itiosjb'ut tbq crop is gouo. MONROE DEMOCRAT'S "True Colors Displayed." The Monroe Democrat of lat week de monstrates the fact very oonolunively that he is about " played out" on the "True Colors" question. He yields the whole question in our favor, because ho foils to offer a single argument to rebut our post tion. With this we might with propriety bo excused from further noticcof the twad dle of this sympathizer with the Tory trai tors. But he, like tho silly common scold. when argued out of every asumable po sition, fully bent .upon having the last word, turns upon us and vents his intellect of a grand ues of Incoherent wrangling charges as baseless and void of all ap proachab'e truth as they are of sense aud wisdom. And after sinking from exhaus tion in their utterance, be vainly endeav ors to hide his exposed aelf behind the Al lentoion Democrat, a dirty and contempti ble sheet, edited by a derelict renegade Republoan, and void or an uxea pnnci pies. Wo have taken tbo pains to analizc these raving incoherences, and find that both mean to charge tho present state of the country to the aooount of the Repub Hcana. To tbiB oharge wo have a word to say : When tho Colonies were uuitcd under tho articles of Confederation, it was provided that slavery should never go in to any of the territory then belonging to tbo Colonics. In 1-789 the preseut Con stitution was adopted, which re-enacted that slaery should never go into any of tho territories then owned by the United States; and this act of slavery restriction the same as the Republicans now conteud for, was signed by George Washington who was then President. Subsequently, in 1803, the Uuited States purchased of France the Louisiana Territory. In 181fthat part of this Ter ritory which is now included in tbe State of Mi-eouri, had taken the necessary steps towards its formation into a State, and a such it asked for admission into the Union; and notwithstanding that all thi part ol the territory was free at the time it came into our possession, she was admitted in 1820, as a slave State, with tbe espress understanding that slavery should forev er thereafter be excluded from the territo ry lying North of the parallel of 36 de grees 30 minutes. In 1836 Texas seceded and achieved her independence from Mexico, and thus becamo an independent republic, and ask ed for admission into the Union as a State; aud in 1846 ehe became a member of this Confederacy. Texas was admitted for the purpose of strengthening the interest of slavery, and it was further agreed that on her attaining a certain number of inhabitant, her territory should br divided up into fi?e new slave Stales; and because Mexico complained of the United States for thus robbing her of her territo ry, the Federal Government flogged ber and annexed thousands of square mile more. This territory, by the Mexican law, was free, and those opposed to the exten sion of slavery contended for what was tho established common law", namely, that slavery could exist in no place except there was a local law authorizing it. And when it became apparent that at the con elusion of tbe .war we would acquire ad ditional territory of Mexico, Mr. Wilraot of this State, then a member of Congress, moved that the act drafted by Thomas Jefferson and approved by George Wash ington, be applied to the territory which wo should acquire of Mejcioo at the con clusion of the war. This proviso three times passed, the Lower House, but was as often defeated in tho Senate, Clay and others contended that it was unnecessary to make such a provision, because slavery could not exist in free territory. It was finally settled that all the territory lying North of 36 dog. 30 min. should bo free and all south of that line should by im plication be open for speculation. Thus was the slavery question settled in 1850. The slavery extensionists were then quiet until they thought they had appropriated their share, or had it Becured to them selves, when, in 1854, they cast a wishful eye acros tbe Missouri line and desired and asked to be permitted to carry slave ry into all tho free Territories. Mr. Douglas quickly came up to their help, and with bis pledge hammer of popular sovereignty knocked down this barrier to the extension of Slavery, and into the Frco Territories went Douglas, 0 part of the Democratic party, tbo sluveholders and "Niggers." Thus it will bo feen that the party op posed to tbo extension of slavery is not guilty of stirring up that question, but the party Tin favor of its extension has, in ev ery instance by violating tho common law, or otherwise, been guilty of forcing the agitation of the question 00 the coun try. Tho Republicans are not the agita tors, for they had this question forced up on them. They met it in 1856 and were defeated, and submitted, like true patri ots, to the will of the majority; but being inspired with a belief that they were right, they met it again in I860 with renewed energy and increased number, aud they aobieved a signal Constitutional triumph over tbe hordes of slavery extension. How aro we now met .byjthe defeatod party! This party thaWok upou itself the name of Democrat, torns out to bo a Tory rebel party, determined to rule or ruin. And-Xtbese falsely named jjemu- cr.atic papers that represent moro cotton than brains, aud more torytsm than patri otism, say to tho Republicans, "Look3 round and sec what you have done. Could anything be more impudeut and brazen faced; more false and absurd, or mean and contemptible t As well might you accuse a wealthy man of being a rob ber because he justly possessed money which the robbers took from bim. No, Monroe and AUentown Democrats, if you value our Union, cease to sympathize with tbe tory traitors, who declare that tbey are ceking to destroy the Confederacy. Frown down rebellion; proe true to the Constitution and Union, aud give your upport to the only legal Government known to tho law; and the Tory traitors will soon trrow weak and die out. Do . c this and prove yourselves worty of a res idence under a Republican form of Gov crntscntjor go on in your traitorous course aud show to tho world that you arc wor thy of a traitor's doom. PROM SOUTH CAROLINA. Disaffection toward the South. Charleston, March 21, lb61. The moro T pursue my voyages cf dis covery along the highways and byways of this swampy city, tbo more am I cer tain that tbe evacuation of Fort Suatcr is no military necessity, and ought not to bo ordered until the Government have ta ken every means in their power to obtain trustworthy information of the tttrrngtb and weaknessof the rebelshereon thecpot. If an agent of the Government will visit me io Charleetou, I will uudertake to sat isfy bici beyond the shadow of a doull that a voluuteer force of a thousand men who are now resident in this city can bi fouud within twenty four hours to enro themselven on the side of the Union. Be side this, I am in possession of informa tion, which is eutirely satisfactory to me, that there are now upon the islands Ger man cooipauies of volunteers whose ag gregate number is 660 men, 600 of whom have not the i-lihtest sympathy with,Se ce?sion, but, on the contrary, have a warm and enthusiastic love of the Uuton. am as-ured by a lieutennnt of ouc of these companies that the first shot at Fort Sumter would be their signal for revolt I cannot give a better proof of the poai bilify ol thet-e statements being true than by assuring you that my informant, now serving Morris I.-land, stumped tbe State of WUconsin four years ago on behalf ol Carl Sshurz. Shortly afterward, buai ne.-s matters brought him to Charleston; ho assures me that his views have under goue change in only ono respect, and that is in reference to the Slave Oligarchy, fou which he baa a great 8ud growing oou- toaipt. lie says that although- tbe or gauized militia regiments bave all obeyed tbe orders of tho Governor in entering upon active service, be. being a member ol most of the German societies, and in timately acquainted with their feeling. and intentions, can positively ascrt that tbe German companies it ill never fire a gun upon Uuited States troops; that they will never consent to ocriuro tneiiiseive.- on behalf of the fdave power, but that, od the contrary, tho first j;un fired agaic'st the Government they have sworn allei ance to. will bo Iheir signal for revolt, and their bugle-call to muster under th lolds of the stars and stripes. This eood frieud of mine, who is a very intelligent man, catuo over frotn the island thi morning to virit bis family, and as h stood at his own door witn me, in a street uot far behind the Charleston Hotel, he pointed me to ten house iu hi: immedi ate neighborhood, m which every occu paut is true to his country. Passine from the Germans to the Irish. I ira compelled to admit that many of them aro as false to their oath as Archbishop Hughes ooald desire them to be, but there are, to speak within bounds, hundreds who will not be in duccd by even the Archbishop' logic aud loose morality to violate tho sanctity of their vows. I am personally acquainted with many who would embrace tbe fmt favorable opportunity to fi-ht on behalf of the Uuion and human freedom, and who have no sympathy with tbu paltry sycophant, Johu Mitchel, or with any of the toadies of the slave power. Having mentioned one Irish renegade, I will take this opportunity of immortal izing another the famous, gouty, corpu lent Captain of tho Fteaintsbip Columbia, the bosom friend of Parson Yates, who, Homo time since, iu presenting a testimo nial to tho Cnptain, made that famous Bi ble and-Revolver upecck whioh earned for him the title of Fighting Parson. This same Captaiu Berry is the very willing aud submissive" tool of the Rebels; he en gages in numberless small undertakings for the purpose of keeping up the reputa tion here of having "a heart as big as a bullock." At the instigation of omo plotters here, he sent an invitation to Ma jor Anderson and his regiment to accept passage in the Golumbia on Saturday to New York, without any knowledge that the Major has yet received orders to o vacuato. Men who, liko Mitchel aud Berry, pretend to have adopted this couu try on account of its freedom, and then prove false to it, are to my mind in tho same category ffilh men who aro false to tho mother that boro then). Small ITotes. A bill will shortly be introduced into our Legislature authorizing tho banks of ihU State to issue notes of a less denom ination than five dollars, and there is a prospect that it will pass. Better have small notos of our own than that portion of the State shall he flooded with the shinplastora of other States, as is now the case. We learn that the country banks generally favor the movement, and will urge its adoption at the present session Telegraph. fi"Elovon cars of cattle passed over tho Lehigh Valley and N. J Central Roads, on tho wiry to Now York last week, making ono hundred and twenty two cara-.thia- month, From Tlie N. Y. Tribune, 26tb inst. Bold Attempt at Bank Rohbery A Hew- ) xorK woia mine. A bold ahd daring attempt to rob. the, New-York Exchange B"ank came to light veBterday iiorning. Tbo bank was about tO be opencu IO. iuu usual uunucaa dav wben'ibe cashier tried to. enter the upartment t the rear or mo counting room, where the vault and nafe are loca ted. His efforts to do so, however, j roved uuavailiug, aud a blacksmith was sent for, who, after removing a portion or tbe stone-work around tho lock, succeeded in ; ilia Annr A curious siht at once met the eves of tho spectators. A or hr.n insnot in t 1 0 ailUCSIO Ol IUO . -Ill floor, and a aass of dirt wa piled a- ' i round. It was evident that t.urlars naa entered the most valuable locality of the whole buildin.;. Beneath tho feet of the cashier and tho astonished clerks who ii j 1 1 . crowueu arounu mm was uie auunun, which apparently led to some unknown Hubterranean region. The bank books, which had alway occupied. a position on the top of the eafe, had mysteriously di. appeared, while the safe itself exhibited marks of violent usace at tbe hands of burglars. It was now 12 o'clock, and three hours had been npeul m opening the door. A messenger was immediate ly sent to give notice to the police of the attempted robbery, and tbe valiant black smith at once threw himself into tbe hole for tbe Durpor-e of making explorations lie stumbled almost immediately upon the bank books, which the burglar bar thrown there for the purpose of expediting thnir oneratious with tbo uafe. Without stopping to remove them, however, he Inrf nlnnt tlin na-H30. hardly tVrC feet in hight, the bottom of vbich wa floored with rag carpet, and at length af ter crawling nearly seventy feet he, e merged in a dark basement, piled up in all directions with rolls of rag carpet. Here hia view was greeted with a large and select assortment of burglar's, tools, and every requisite material for excava tiou. Ho groped nrouud for a moment and at last came in contact with the door which he fouud unfasteued. Openiug it and ascending several steps bo emerged into tho street in time to meet Capt Jamison of the Third Ward with ai-quad of his meu. He t once related b,s dis coveries to that officer, and accompanied by bim returned to the bank vault of the underground pa-bage. The bauk books were now removed from the tunnel and found to be couiplets. Tug. only thinir missing so far as discovered is a tin box. tho property of Mr. A L. Peck, a broker doin business ou the corner of Broad way and Maiden Laue, the content of which were S'UO in gold aud S&00 in un current bank notes.. Mr Peek has been accustomed to send this box with various sums of money therin, to the bank, for safe keeping, for upward of twelve years past. Owing to its size it has uever been placed io the -afe, but simply laid in the VSfjU. Inquiries by tho police developed the fact that the robbrrs had been engaged for nearly sis weeks in their underground labors. It appears that about sis weeks ago a man, giviug his nt:me as Thomas Burke purchased the basement occupied as a carpet-store from its former proprie tor, John Alcock, paing the latter the sum of $1,100 for stock and good will Every effort was made by the police to find Alcock, but so far their endeavors have proved unavailing. Harmony Ro berts, keeper of a porter bou-e over the carpet basement, aud who rented the lat ter to Burke, was arrested ou suspicion Hi case will be examined to day. The parties support d to be implicated in the robbery are Daniel Bartlett anf Joseph Myers, two well known Eog!i.-l) burlars. who wore arreted about three month ago in this immediate vicinity, but subsequently discharged on a habeas corpus. Tbe following is a list of the burgla rious and otbor implements found in the vault, the passage-way and the carpet basement: 1 large j.ickscrew; 1 mi all do.: 1 large crowbar; 1 small do.; 1 compound driver; 2 jimmies; 1 iron bar; 1 large sledge ham mer; 3 braces; 1 hatchet; 1 fore plane; 1 mallet; 1 hand-vice; J3 files; 1 claw ham mer; 1 screwdriver; I chisel; 3 saws; 1 pivot; 56 drills; 2 cold chisels; 2 oil cans; 1 largo iron poker; 2 up ides; 2 shovels; 1 carpenter's square; 1 demijohn of whis -The estimated valuo of the above im plements is given as SSOO.or S900. They are said, by mechanics, to be the finest and best finished articles of the kind. The burglars' outlay, it will be seen, has been aout S'-,0U0, not estimating the time and labor employed in tho excava tion of the underground passage. Mr. Peck puts in a claim to the above inrentoiy and to the stock of tbe carpet baseiueut to renuiuerate himself for the loss of his money, and thinks that be will bo amply repaid if his claim is allowed. The safe, which the burglars wcro eo unsuccessful in opening, -contained prop erty valued atS:U)0,000, $50,000 of which as in nionoy, aud S'20,000 in negotiable bonds. Tho remainder, however, would havo proved useless iu the hands of the robbers. The vessels now constituting the Home Squadron of the United States, most of luch aro ready for instant tcrvice, and all but three or four are now in the port of New i ork, comprises 20 vessels, car rying 100 guns and 2,757 men. This is the. largest naval force ever concentrated in one squadron since the organization of the American Navy. It consists of more than tho Chaunel fleet of England. It is obvious that naval movomeots aro in con templation by the Government. . . ItgyMr. Ilenry Minton bos been so successful in raising short staple cotton, near Oamdeo, N. J., that he has deter mined to plant three acres with seed dur ing tho spring. JJjAn exchango says that tho Indian Chief, Billy Bowlegs, is o ailed by fashion ablo ladies, William CruiKhanks? Taxation of Charleston. The-city councils of Charleston havo paseed to thc-point of ratification, a bill taxing persons and property to a friht- ul amount si JO on evcrv hun dred dollars of real and .leased prop erty tbe same on all goods and merch andise 2 ou on every SI DO of interest on any obligation the "same on every 8100 of dividends ou stock $3 a jt.aj on slaves S'i0 dollars on everv fnnr wheel coach, for two horses S20 and 15 on other vehicle- $2 50 on every 100 of incotae of proGts on the last year tbo same amount on all commissioners 50 cents on gas stock 75 cts. on everv 810(5 invested in shipping $1 for every horse or mule $2 on ca-.li dog 82 5(f on re ceipt of all agencies SI poll tax $5 for every slave brought in for ssle evcrv free negro 10, within certain ages, or' 0, if females. Pedlars arc to give penal bonds- in 51000 to make true returns, &e. The whole obows a sad condition of tilings,, and no community could stand tbe load except tbey were slaves. ' Wonderful Instance af Suffering and Ei durance. The 3Ionticello Watchman i furnished with the particulara of a remarkable case of suffering. On the 6th of Frebnary, Clark Brown, between fifty and sixty jeers old, and bid daughter afced about fifteen, started to go through tbe wo&ds of Sullivan county, a distance of seven miles. As there was no track through the scow, they lo-t heir way, and wcie oVliged to sliup io the snow for three nights. On the S)ib tbey succeeded iu finding a bark road, Brown drains? rbuaself along by his arms, his les beinir troZtn still". Tho daughter followed the road, aud obtained a-sistnnco for her father, who was so badly frozen tbat ho died iu about twelve days. The feet of the piri were so badly frozen that ampu tation was necessary. Considering the circumstances, tbi ia a remarkable case of suffering on the part of both, and of heroic fortitude on the part of the girl. Railroad Adcident. On Monday last, a man named JoLd Heller, while walking on tbe Lehigh Val ley Railroad track near the Lehigh Gap, aa ovei taken by a train and run over, cutting off both his legs at the ancle joint. He was taken to Allenlwon and sent to the Lehigh County Poor House, where Dr. E G. Martin, agisted by Dr. Wil liam Herbrt. on Tuesday amputated both legs below the kuce joint. He is in a very critical condition, and not expected to survive bis injuries. Ou came from Stroudeburg. ... , . Changes in the Post Office Laws. Au addition to the post ofnee laws made at the late session of Congress, con. prises several provisions of general interest The Postmaster General is autboriied to furnish letter sheets with postage stamp impressed thereon, combining in one tbo sheet and the envelope. The unclaimed money from the dead letter office, by pro viding for a more careful examination of letters and for the return of a larc nua ber to the writers, provided a detailed re port of these proceedings be made to Con gress during the next sc-sion. Letters from the dead letter office are to be char ged the usa-sl rates of postage, to be col lected on delivery. Advertised letters are to be re'turued to tho dead letter office; if unclaimed two month- after tho date of tho advertisement, exc-ptiag letters aST seaports intended for person- on board' certain devigi-ated vessels expected to ar rive, and al.-o excepting 1 tters specially marked to be retained a longer period. It shall be lawful for persons known a3 regular dealers in newspapers aud period icals to receive by moil -uch quantities of either us they cay be received, at the same rates as regular subsoritcra. to .uch publications. The ten cent rate of po-t-ae mentioned in the act of Maich 53, 1&55, (for letters to California, &c.,) must be prepaid by po.-tage stamps. He'd Die Fust. One terrible stormy night in bleak De cember, a Uuited States vessel was wreck ed off the coast of Jersey, and every soul,. iave one, went down with the doomed craft. This oue survivor a Western, g'ntlotcan seized a floating spar and was washed towards the shore, innumer able kind hearted tools of the Camden and Araboy railroad clu-tered on tho beach with ropes and boats. Slowly but surely the unhappy mariner drifted to land, and as he cxhau-tcdly caught at the rope thrown to him, the kindly na tives uttered an encouraging cheer. i ou arc saved," they shouted, "you. are saved and must show the Conductor vour ticket." With tbe sea still boiling over biro, and a straw tickling his nose, the drown ing stranger suddenly resisted tho efforts to haul him ashore. Stop !" said be, io faint tones. "Tell mo whero I cm. What country is this!" They answered, "New Jersey.' Scarcely had the name been uttured,. wheu the wretched stranger let go the rope ejaculating as be did so : "I guess I'll float a little farther." Pive Deaths at a Time. A Frenchman, resolved to to rid of lifo, weut a little boforo high tide, to a post set up by tho sea side. He had provided himself with a ladder, a rope, tv pistol, a bundle of matches, and a vial o poisou. Ascending the ladder, he tied ono end of the rope to the post, and the other end round his neck: tbeu he took the poisou, fcet his clothes ou fire, put tho muzzle of tho pistol to his head and kicked away the ladder. In kicking down tho ladder, he blopeil tho pistol so that tht ball misned his head and cut the ropo by which ho was suspended; be fell into tho sea thus extinguishing tho fiaipcs of his closhes, aud the i-ea water, which he involuntarily swallowed, counteracted, tho poison, and thus in spito of his pro cautions, ho remained unhanged, unshot unpoisonedunlnrned, aud uncrowned..
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