JDrootcl to fltolitics, literature, Agriculture, Srinuc, iltoralitu, anir (Snicral Intelligence. VOL 20. STROUDSBURG, MONROE. COUNTY, PA. SEPTEMBER 12, 1SG1. NO. U Published by Theodore Schoch TERMS. Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars and a quarter, halt" yearly and if not paid be fore the end of the year, Two dollars and a half. No panersdUr.oiitimicd until allarrearagcsatcpaid, except at llic option of the Editor. ICTA li'ertiscino.nts of onesquare (ten lines) or less, one or three insertions, $ 1 00. Each additional inser ion, -23 cents. Longer oncsin proportion. JOB PRIjlTlNfjt. Having a general assortment of large, plain and or nanicntal Type, v c are prepared to execute cveryde scription of Cards, Circulars, Hill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, Justices, Legal and other Ulanks, Pamphlets. &c.,prln o,i wftti iip.ttuess anddesnatch. on reasonahlcterms . " at this office. SHERIFF'S PjIOCLxSVJATION. Whereas, by "an act ol tlie General Assein- ! application and make such proof of residence , unless he prove a fighter, is simply an a bly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, j ,,e district as is required by this act, and nomination. cnlUicci -an aci regulating too ireiierai ciec regulating the General Elec - - said Commonw.ahh," pass- tions within the cd on the 2d day of July, IS39, it is made lite duty of the High Sheriff of every coun ty, to pive public, notice ol such elections to be holden, and to make known in such no tice what officers are to be elected There fore, J JAMES N. DURLLXG, High Sheriff of the county of Monroe, do make known by this proclamation to the electors of the county ol Monroe, thai a General Elec tion will be held in said county, on Tuesday, Silt of October next, at the several election districts below enumerated, st which time and places are lo be elected by the freemen of the county of Monroe. One Person For member of the House of Representa nnd Pike in lite House ot Representatives o( tives, to reoresent the counties oi iu-mrne ihe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Two Persons F.ir Associate Judges of ihe County of .Mon roe. One -Person For Counly Commissioner of the County of Monroe. One Person . For Treasurer of ihe Counly of Monroe. One Person For Auditor of ihe Counly of Monroe. Places of Volins The freemen of the township of Chesnul hill are to hold their election at ihe house of Felix Siorm, in said township. The freemen of the township of Cool baugh will hold their election at ihe house of Melissa Vliet, (lale John Vliet, dee'd) in said township. The freemen of the township of Hamilton, will hold their election at the house of Jos. Keller, in said township. The freemen of ihe township of Middle Smilhfiejd, will hold their election at the house of James Place, in said township- The freemen of the township of Pocono, j vill hold ihcir election at the house of Ma- nassah Miller, in said township. j The freemen of the township of Paradise, : will hold iheir election at the house of John ; S. Vandoren, in said township. 1 The freemen of the township ol Polk, will hold their election at the house of Joel Ber lin, in said township. The freemen of the township of Price, will hold their election at ihe house of Lewis Long, in said township. The freemen of ihe township of Eldred, will hold iheir election at the house of Jos. Hawk, in said township. The freemen of the township of Ross, will hold their election ai the house of Jacob II. Stocker, in said township. The freemen ui the township f Smithfield will hold iheir election ai the house of J. Depne Labar, in said township. The freemen of Stroudsourg, will hold their election at the Court House, in said borough. The freemen of the township of Stroud, will hold their election at ihe bouse of Sandt & Kachline, in the borough of Stroudsburg. The freemen of the township of Tobyhan na, will hold their election ai the house of Washington Winters, in said township. The freemen of the township of Jackson, will hold iheir election at the house of John Osterhoudt, in said township. The freemen of the township of Tunic- j annocfc, will hold their election at the, bannock, will no o meir eieiuuii . house of Sam 1 iMildenberger, in saio iown- sliip. The freemen of the township of Barret, I will hold their election at the house ol Alex ander Deibler, in said township. Notice is Hereby Given, That every person, excepting Justices of the Peace, who shall hold an office or ap pointment of profil or trusi under the United States or of this Slate or any cily or corpor aled disirict, whether a commissioned officer or otherwise, a subordinate officer, or agents who is or shall be employed under the leg gislaiive, executive or judiciary department of this State or the United -Slates, or of any incorporated district; and also, that every member of Congress, and of ihe stale legis lature and of the select or common council of any city, or commissioner of any incor porated district is by law incapable of hold ing or exercising at the same lime, ihe office of appointment of judge, inspector, or clerk of any election of this commonwealth, & that no inspector, judge or other officer of such election shall be eligible to be then voted for. And ihe said act of Assembly, entitled "an act relating to elections of this common wealth, passed July 2d, 1839, further provides Thai the Inspectors and Judges shall meet at the respective places appointed for hold ing the election in the disirict to which ihey respectively belong, before nine o'clock in the morning of the second Tuesday of Oc tober, and each of said inspectors shall ap point one clerk, who shall be a qualified vo ter. "It shall be the duty of said assessors re spectively to attend at the place ol holding e;ery general, special, or township election during the whole time said election is kept onen. for the ournose of civinrr information to the inspeclors and judges, when called on in relation to the right ol any person assess ed by them to vote at such election, and such other, matters in relation to the assess ments of votes as the said inspectors or judg es, or either of them, shall from time to time require. Agreeably to the provisions of the sixty- first section of said act every General and llMtirc nf ninhl rinH Ion in flio fit nm&Yt nnd ..r ,i r. -.r-.v.. ' i;i 1 1 CMm iniif ivii nn ii lnifirriirtiirin rr n ri . ? .. - i journment until seven in the evening, when the polls shall be closed. "No person shall be admitted 5'6 vote whose name is not contained in the list of taxable inhabitants furnished Iby the Commis- sioners, unless first he produced a receipt aiuiicis, unless mat uc uiuuutxu a iciciui. r . ... . . r i. . county tax assessed agreeably' to ihe qonsti - tulion. and give salislarloty evidenceyeitlier success uoi bo iducu upou puraonai prow on his own oath ot the affirmation of another ecs as upon a mechanical exactnient in that he has paid 3uch lax. or on failure to jts evolutions. produce a receipt, shall make oath to the,. 1 . i i i t. vinlil 1 i-fln ltT lint nn on t r- hulntnan the ages of 21 and 22 years he shalldespose f tllfi Slalfi a. ieas, ne Vfiar nvt hfir.,re his jia, ie Anes ver, v heheve. from the accounts ial ie does verily believe, , given hjm llial ie j3 f , f the age aforesaid, I nnl twtyta clinn rtnOr nndnnm o o lo irmill rOll if he sha be admitted lo vote by reason of , 1 1 . . . , , such age; shall he called out to the clerks, who shall make the like notes in the list of voters kept by ihem. j S4In all cases where the name of the per ' son claiming to vole is found on the list fur- nished by Commissioners and Assessors, or his right to vole whether thereon or not is whether thereon or not objected to by anv qualified citizen it shall lm iha Holt n iho mi.aitnr ti oVnminP such person on oath as lo his qualifications, i and il he claims to have resided within the J district for one year or more his oath shall by this act, whereupon the name of the per ; formes mejhat, through the disclosures son so admitted to vole shall he inserted in of a deserter who had just arrived from j the alphabetical list by the inspeclors and a the rebel lines, he had learned that a ! note made opposite therelo, by writing the quantity of ammunition, consisting of sev . word 'tax.' if he shall be admitted to vote by erai thousand ball cartridges for musket i reason of having paid lax, or the word 'age,' Ilsp hjlfi uHn r.nna(,0A ;n nn nnnnr room be siinicieni prooi ihereoi, out shall maKewirom the camp, at sunset, and each pro- p.roof at least by one competent witness w'hojcee(j thither by different routes, in order shall be a qualified elector that he has resi- j the better tQ avod obsorvation and a9 ded within the district for more than tent , , . ,, j , , . . ; soon as darkness fe l upon tne soeno, drive days ne.i preceding-such election and shall . r also himself swear" thai his bonafide resi- j cautiously to within a few hundred yards deuce in pursuance of his lawful calling is, of the dwelling ooutatning the oontempla within ihe district, and thai he did not re-, ted plunder. Then, hiding the wagon in move in said district for the purpose of vo ting therein. j 4Eery person qualified aforesaid, and who shall make due proof, if required of his residence and payment of taxes as aforesaid, shall be admitted to vote in the township, j ward or district in which he shall reside. : "Ifany person not qualified to- vole in this ing able to load it even if wo sucoeed in Commonwealth. a;reeably to law, (except coming in contact with the coveted am the sons of qualified citizens) shall appear , ujUujtion bug. I was greeted by a sig at any place of election for the purpose ol is- i;fi.f :t. j fIt- - tt,raa c. l suin tickets fr influencing the c.itizensqual i ifieri to vote, he shall on conviction forlou and pay any sum not exceeding one-hundred dollars, for every such offience, and be im-1 prisoned for any term not exceeding ihree months. Pursuant to the provision contained in the Ulll CL lltlll il UlU 111 l UUMC3UIU, iiiu Juui;o of the aforesaid district slrall take charge of the certificate or return ol ihe eleciion of their respective districts and produce thsm at a meeting of the Judges from each district at ! the Couri House in the Rorough of Strouds , borg, on the third day after the day of elec- ; lion, being lor trie preseni year on i . , "w . " . r T, , ' " : TV" in 1 1 r !Jiin nor firm i np inn ihv rMtiui thii uv i law of said judges. Also, that where a judge by sickness or unavoidable circumstances, is unable to attend said meetini: of Judges, then the certificate or return as aforesaid ' shall be taken charge of by one of the In spectors or clerks ol the eleciion of said dis , trict, who shall do and perform the duties re- quired of said judge unable to attend. Also, that in the blst section ol the said act it is enacted that "when two or more i neau auu etuuiaj cipitosiuus ui uidouuo- ' counties shall compose a district for the j faction all of which were met by great choice of member or members of the Senate dismt and heavy throats on the part of of this Commonwealth, or of the House of tne Zouave of a marvelnous punishment Representatives of the (Jnite I States or of I tQ bjj deaU QUt tQ tho mutinou1 ..darkey" this commonwealth, the judges ol the elec-r.fL , , , ,, , , lionin each countyhaving met as aforesaid. ;'f e presumed to dog our path-he per- ihe clerks shall make oul a fair statement of ied us to depart, aod wo left him, ev all ihe votes which shall have been given at I idently in a thick fog qb to the fate of tho such election within the county, for every J ; person voted for, as such member or mem bers. which shall be signed by said judges and attested by the clerks, and one of said 'judges shall take charge of said certificate) unrn un unj . .ruii ... n moiin.i f!8Pt whero be bod i ...... ;...tnnfrn.n ,,i, nm,tv nt such ohtce in! such distric ts as is or may be appointed by J m auch purposet which meeting . seventh day afler the shall - t 1 1 . , (J , sevenlh day afler the elec- elec-i . , - f ,, resent on Tuesday the ! 1 15th day of October at the Courl House in .. . 7 A . . ' . .... n t.t Stroudsburg, Monroe county, for the Hepre sentaiive return judges, then and there to perform the duties required by law of the aforesaid Assembly disirict. (God Save the Commonwealth.) JAMjESiN. IJUKLUNli, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office Slroudsbur September 12, 18C1. 1 A Patriotic State and People. Indiana has about 30,000 in the war and preparing for tbe field, not including i any of the three months troops, In one town of Martin county o Kentleman worth only S40,000ho:.cxpendod$10,000inca8h for tbe families of volunteers, and is will-1 ing to give all to the cause. In anotberj a father of 15 children has enlisted with his eldest son for the war. Examples like these ouaht to awaken the patriotism of the people. w - ...t.i John U. lleenan comes out in tnis.snown irom iu umi uuuw . -A.- Wilfc- Snirit with a challenge Jan apartment onibo ground floor. The asserting bis nbv 1 - ;il.nno0fltr. fihtnnv man "I tnr S,0000. Uc r.refetb.t wr i a u Si " www w ttt j . he fiif should take place on this side of he Ught snoui i f the Atlantic not liking bis treatment up- U oTpo" 7s 500 To ... - . tn... War Sketches by a Northern Ranger. A- NIGHT ADVENTURE. j I was invited by a soldier of tho regi- moot of the "hire Zouaves" to aocompa Dy him in one of those private adventures wbich wero fio popuiar among tho meD of his corps, during our recent movements nnnn tho. h.inkfl nf fhn Knfnmnrv w w -r -- w j This bind of expedition always carries J with it a charm inflames the imagination of the volunteer to a degree unknown in tDfl moro precino movotuents of a regular foroe Th(J irjdividuai COUrago of tho ... n , man rectus lo 1 oonot'ntratcd msa whiob depends for ita jie0 0f the description of my- advon Qf taroua mead are generally dcspirters i O J 1 Rllf? ctol oats and close drill, and os- Dcctal admirers of a loose lacket and a "free ficbt." With tho ta a merimont. In a few words, accompanied by somo in tr.rarinnc nncf n v.a rn tt f r I n n r? T J O t J in , , , , , j of a bouse belonging to a noted soocs9ion- . , P b rn. . , aad aaspeoted spy. This house was distant about three miles from our eo- campracnt, and tho cartridges which were concoaled therein bad been packed in small canvass bags: these bags tho dar- : fel,ow Dronoaed. with tho assistance u o ,f - j - n:. r"au waa tu,a' tTr vve l' tt tT f rv nhf nin rrt fiome means, a horso and wagon, to be ready at a certaio point, a short distanao a neighboring clump of trees, some dis tance from the road, wo were to proceed in such a manner as cirouiuhtances would permit. In answer to my inquiries as to tho feasibility otprocunng the wag- 0n, and the possibility ot our ever Do- , . . , , , . , .t ' ,w r V "w 7 ... ' productive of rauch intelligence, were quite indicative of the Zouove's determin- Ration to carry out his design j The sun was declining when I Etarted nnmvir.nrr.Pir fa!?; n snmnsliiii mr. cuitous patb to the place of rendezvous, and walking in an irregular strolling manner, the better to escape the observa tion of the comrades of my friend, whp were always on the alert for any adven ture. JJenmd a rising and well wooded j 0f ground I -soon discovered my one friend ti . coolly seated in a horse wagon, smoking a short pipe, and, at intervals, philosophically lecturing a ragged son of Africa upon tbe propriety of bis meeting us at this same spot on the following night, in order to receive bis horse and vehicle, and the desired re muneration for the use of them. After many aourarui scratches oi nis woouy 1 i i i t : r j : o -. : ,- property so inconsiderately entrusted to the sale keeping of a ftranger. After a short drivo, during which but few words were spoken, we arrived at the airrcod to conceal tho horse and wagon. I his aperotion effeo- ted, we next proceeded to calculate chan- ce. After a few parting puffs H- book the ashes from his pipe, thrust it ;, fu n-b-f. nf hU ? nVof nnrf rfr.twin v"v r - 0 forth from tho wagon a coil ot une rope, which he bung round his neck, gavo tho word to advance. It was now pitch dark; tbe distauco from the place of our desti nation two hundred yard, according to my comrade's estimate. A solitary light, gloaming red amid the darkness ahaad of us. betrayed the spot whero stood tho building-wbich contained the object of lour expedition. With this light for our guide we cautiously advanced in silenco, unbroken save by tbe occasional mapping of somo dried twigs beneath oua feet and the muttered malediotion bestowed upon it by my companion, ARRIVAL AT TOE SCENE OF OPERATIONS, length we came into close proximity to tbc boUB0. Everything seemed to be buried in a deep etillnoss. Not a sound n..A WH imor. Not the warninc crowl ,www - - r?u of a dog gave notice of our approach. No light was visible but the one which bad hitherto been our guide, aod this still shown from tbe half closed casement of it.- t.tf nc.nr, nf ... . . t-ii- . i w ndow sti was about as nign irom mo . . .round as the ordinary height ef a man, and under this we crept end crouched to q q listen for any sounds that .miguc esoupo r ntarrnr I) imnt c nvnr tms room H " tfd ... . P'izo dense that it was with difficulty wo could discern tho presence of each other as wo lay aod listened. Suddenly there was bnstle within and the sound of several voices. The warn ing produced by the low, hissing "huh"' of my comrade preventod a half uttered j exclamation of surprise from fully escap ing my lips. This noifie of men and voi ces was evidently caused by a largo par ty now collected in tho room in which the light was burning. They must have entered the bonse from the other side, and the clang of arms, as we distinctly beard the men carelessly lay aside their weapons, assured us they wero no neu trals in the struggle going on between our j divided countrymen. I From fatigue, arising from the oon- strained posture in which I lay, I made a suaaen movement, which oauscd me to fall against my companion, at tho same time making the gravel beneath my feet send forth the grating sound pcouliar to it when suddenly and violently disturbed. In an instant tho sounds within ceased (silenced by tho suspicions cauaed by my most unfortunate tumbling,) the case ment was dashed open and half a dozen heads were thrust out into the gloom. A movement now, if no louder than that the lizard makes amongst the grass, or a sin gle sigh forced from our beating hearts and compressed breath, would have been the forerunner of c.ertoin death. Noth ing could have saved ua from the fate of the spy. For several minutes we re mained motionless, and heard various conjectures among the men as to the cause of their sudden alarm. Little did they , imagine that at that moment, within a j few feet of their knives, wbich more than one grasped in bis band unsheathed, lay, concealed by the darkness, two of tho bated invaders. But wo would have 1 been found no easy sacrifice. Each of us covered with the mozzle of hU reiol- 1 vcr the breast of a foe, and tbe first inti-. mation given of our discovery would have cost them at least two lives that night. At length they withdrew their heads into the apartment, half closed tbe casement as before, and wo were again a lono. Whether thoy retirod perfectly sat isfied as to the result of their blind in spection or not, we could not tell. It was at this moment that H , grasping me by the arm. whispered me to follow him closely. In crouching attitudes wo orept round tbe building; each step taken with peculiar care, lest any unluoky sound on our part should again arouse suspicion, which, in all probability, was still unal layed. After many cautious pauses and anxious straining of eye and ear, we reached tho other side of tbe bouse, where, after pro ceeding a few steps, my leader halted and began exploring with bis baud; until and lighted npon the latch of a door in the wall. Placing his mouth close to my ear, be again whispeaed me that it was of vital importance wo should cast off our i shoes and carry them in our hands, as by leaving tbem behind thoy might bo found by the enemy thus become the means of betraying ns. Accordingly, in a few sec onds, we stood in our stockings ready to pursue to the last limit tbe windings of tbe adventure Noiselessly lifting tbo door latch, H led the way into a pas sago, if possible darkor than tho outside gloom from which we entered. DISCOVERY OF THE AMMUNITION. ' Groping our way we carefully ad vanced, and reached the foot of a flight of stairs, whiob, at a bign from my cooapau- j ion. we ascended as swiftly as the impcr- . ative necessity for a perfect silence per- . . . IH i J .L . I 31 1 miltca. we reaenea mo lauuiujr, wuosu extent was hidden in tho same impene trable darkness, traversed it for the dis tance of soveral feet, and at length ar rived at a door, whioh H attempted to open, but found locked. This he as sured mo was tho room whioh contained the cartridge-bags, and not to gain an en trance into it would render all the risk wo had hitherto run useless, as all furth er attempts wc might make would prove unavailing. At this crises of our proceedings wo discovered, within a few feet of us, a small window, which, on gently opening, we found led out upon tho roof of the pi azza that ran along all sides of tho houso. To step out upon this soof, olosiog tbe window after us as gently as wo had o pened it was tbe work of a few seconds. Here we lay down, at full length, for sev eral minutes to liston; but no sound reached us, excepting an indistinct cla mor proceeding from tbe room be.neatb, in which was assembled tho party of reb els. Relinquishing our reoumbent pos tures, wo crept on our hands and knees until we reached tho next window, which belonged to the room we were so anxious to explore. To our great satisfaction, wo found it not only unfastened, but opened wide, and one after tho othar, wo passed through into tho interior. Again wo 1 paused in motionless silence, and again i wo lUtened intently, but nothing beyond. Again I tbe sounds already mentioned i thn annnrffl nlrflftdv mentioned met our m j ears, and we proceeded to search m dark- i r. iu v.n -.. o m mi.n.rinn We noes tor iu ugo u. came upon tbem simuiuueouMy corner of the room, piled into a neap Wq oommcnoed our work at once by naflsinu mem ouv iww " fio .p.. the Pi, roof. Si- objects, animate or inanimate, it con- The Treasury Hotes-'-The Patriotic Sboe taioed. j -maker. Passing out,' our ncit movement was! The first Treasury Note isaaed will bo to carry round the bags to tbe extreme to the patriotic 31 aef-aohanetu akooker end of tbe piazza. This involved tbe ne- whose letter, accompanying & remittance ccssity of traversing tbe full length of one of S100, which he tendered to $he Gov sido of the building. With much labor eminent for ton yearn nitbout interest, and anxiety, as we had to proceed more was published a few days go. Tbo warily than ever, at each step, we at last name of tho man who set to patriotic an accomplished it. And now we held a example ia E. P. Wailcca, aod be is a consultation, whether it were better to resident of Amesbury Siillp, Meachas risk the attempt of carrying off our prize etts. Tbe Secretary of tbe Treasary has by decrees to the spot where wc had con- no power to accept tetiut-ra of oinej vith cealed the wagon, or destroy it at once out interest, or for each s Ion juried, and by lowering bag after bag into a deep for thh. rcaflnn Trnaasrj Not bearing well, H informed me was directly interest ai tbeYats of ? er ocnt f beneath u, as wo leaned over the bal- payable jemi nnally, oill ho iesssi to conyof the piazza. We concluded the, him. Doubtless thero are tJio?9ais of latter plan was the best, and accordingly, "patriotic ffbooBtaki-fs" had- other tne my companion uncoiling the rope he still cbanioa, men of every oee&patioa, who oarried round his neck and fastening one will invest in a similar mwncr. No Ba end of it to the balcony, rapidly descen-' vings institution paja so high tn interest, ded, after telling me to haul up tho other Besides, a Treasury Noto will always oom end again, attach to it the bags (three or'mand, at once, the full amount of its face, four at a time,) and lower them to him with whatexer interest may have accrued, when be would drop them singly iuto the! aod within a fow months will, without well. doubt, bear a premium. They can bo A DEADLY STRUGGLE. Wo bad nearly finished thi. fart of our ; tho who!e period bc drawn afc tbafc task, when, rendered reckless by the ap-!tim0j or at tho tion of thc hoder tfae parent security with which it was contin- Dote9 mo bo 00nverted, if nmountini? to ued the BPla.bing of each bag into theiS50o iD tho aggregate, into bonds of 20 ----"6 DU7,U,UU u" uu r" " "'.years, bearing interest at six per cent. our dangerous neighbors at tbe other ex- The irt8Ue of ,hc demand notes So's, tremity of the dwelling, H flung tbo"and SI 0'a is being pushed forward as rap last nine down into its depths three at idy ag po8ttjb0. About 250,000 per once, instead of dropping them singly, as.;daJ is thr0WQ out oow and tfa(J firetrof he had hitherto done. At this moment, next week $500,000 Pe day will be is tho close proximity of approaching foot-!saed. Ten men will be constantly em steps along the roof made me turn in the pjojed in sij;Ding aod ooyntersining for direction whence tbe sound they caused tho Rcgistor aD(1 Treasurer these notes, proceeded, and instantly I was engaged Each 0De of tbefle makeH on fin aver 0 m a deadly atru-'gle with an antagonist. 3()0o signates each day. At tbia rate of Tbe soene now became one of the wild-j fiignatare cacb clcrk reccivc a e0Si0. est confusion. The rush of hostile feet ' tion of sl 200 per annam. There" are aloo tho roof bespoke the rapid advance 'many, however, who make 1 ,000 or 2 000 of foes, whose numbers it would be mad ncss to contend with. Beneath a despe rate encounter was going between my comrade and one or more of the rebels, as many a fierce oath testified. My left hand waa firmly fastened on the tbroat of tbo man with whom I was contending, yet he clung to one with maddening te nacity. Reflection and action were the twinborn of an urgent socond. With my right hand I had managed to draw and cock my revolver. My life and liberty were in tbe hands of a grasping foe. There were no compromise here; my life or his! Pressing the muzzle of my pistol to his head, I fired and he fell with scat tered brains at my feet. The next instant I dropped from thc balcaoy to tbe ground where H was battling -io close quar ters. Here I stumbled over a fallen man. In tho act of regaining my feet, my hand came in contact with his breast or side, and was instantly bathed in a warm gush of streaming blood. 'Wbere are you, H !" I shouted. "Here." The response came from within a yard or two of tbe spot whero I stood. I found my companion struggling on the ground, in savage fury, with a fellow avidently of much superior muscular power to him self. Quick as thought my strength was united to his, and with one concentrated, determined and desperate effort we flung our herculean foe headlong down tho well. Without waiting to draw breath we started and fled for life, baffling a host of enemies by the suddenness of our plunge amidst the thick surrounding darknes. "This way," cried II , and keeping close together we quickly reached our concealed wagon. To spring inside was tho work of a second, and away we went for the camp. The Zouave drove, and his driving was like tbe driving of Jehu! "I guoss it would have been all up with me," he said at length, "if you hadn't come in as you did. There were two of tbom on me before I knew where I was, when I found I'd lost my Colt; so I gavo one a dig with tbo full length of my bowie, and went in for a wrestle with tbe fellow wo treated to a drink." We reached camp unpursued. The wagon was returned punctually next night, as promised, to the astonished and grateful darkey, but whether or not ho received any further remuneration for tho loan of his property than the safo ro turn of it I am unable to state. Morrisunio, New York, Aug. 11, 1861. A Novel Marriage. A novel marriage occurred in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday last, under tho fol lowing circumstances : William Broderick, seventy-five years of age, and Ilannoh Bryan, aged twenty five years, left Lawrence, Mass., last week and went out West for the ostcnhible pur pose of being united in the bonds of mat rimony. The anoient Lothario, however, being rather slow injfedeoming hi prom - iso, tne laay tooK tne manor mio uerowu;,g WDOt i now do. tierc is your money, hands on Monday morning, by rising at,and the interest it would have produced an early hour and taking from tho pook-y0a jf invested. I am married, and havo ' eta of her ancient lover, cash, amounting B objld Bjx months old. I bavo given your to four huudrod and eighty eight dollars. Cbrtstian name to the littlo fellow, for On discovering his loss, the lady was im- tboUgb yon .have unwittingly bees my medintely arrested for ftealing, when she benofactortJo not the loss feel indebted entered a cross-suit for seduotion, tbo re- t00Uj and Tblcas your name every. djl" suit of which was that the couple went bo- fore Justice Swinscoe, and wero married;' Ftlh did efar bavo aoolDor after wbich tbey departed on their wajM.fo beB;dj8 n,otJer , NOt my boy. rejoicing, seeming mutually pleased with what poa?essod yoa t0 DSk ?uch a quos tbe denoumeot. - ti(Jj I .23eoaQ,0 I sw in the oU fami- y ble vrhero you married Anua Domi- Gen. Lyon was unmarried. He lea?ea throe brothers and three si&tors, held as a permanent investment an til mn- fllritv throo tPiirs nnrf thn intorncf fnf more than the average number of signa tures per day, and thoao receive pay pro rata. For the nignature of the whole is sue of $50,000,009 of demand notes, tho labor of one man for seven years would be required. important to State Volunteers. A despatch from Harrisburg, on Tues day says the act of the 15th of May, 1861, section 12th, expressly forbids any volun teer leaving the StBte-except he shall bo accepted by the Governor of the Stato under a requisition from tho President. It has therefore been decided by the Stato authorities that persons enlisting in inde pendent regiments accepted barely by the War Department are not entitled to com missions from the State; their families are not to receive the bene6tsof the funds raised by their respective countieH, and in case of their death the pension of S3 a month for five years, allowed by she State, will not bo made to their wido.w and mi nor children. The Baceof a Congressman. A story is told of the Hon. John A. Gurley, representative in Congress from tbe Second Distriot of Ohio, wbich will bear repeating. Tho honorable M. CL like Mr. Ely, wanted to coe a battle,-and over powered by his curiosity, he took his horso and gig and followed after the array. When tbe battle commenced bo hitched his horse to a tree at a convenient dis tance, and sought a position where bis icw would be uniterrupted. When tho time arrived that made sudden departure neoessary, Mr. Gurley sought his horse and gig, but somebody bad been in that vicinity before him, and his conveyance was gone. No time aa to bo lost, so tbc member from Ohio peeled off his coat and vet, got out of his boots as quickly a possibly as possible, and started with apparently a full determination to make the quickest time to the Capital; and as an evidence of bis running qualities it is stated that bo boat hia own horse and gig to Washington nearly an hour. Compromised with his Conscience. Tho Lyons (France) journal have tho following : "Mr. L , a wealthy merchant of Lyons, lost ahout three years no-z pocket-book containg 3000 franc?, and Shoagh ho offered a liberal reward for ita restitu tion, be could not hoar anything about it. Ho soon forgot tbo matterbut tbrez days ago bo received a box ootitaistng 8450 francs in notes and gold; and this letter: 'Sir, it was I who threeyears ago found your pocket-book. I iras jhen a poor fellow in search, like Jerome Paturot, of a social position. I at first thought of giiing it op to you, hot I reflected that tho money would not make joa richer than you are, whilst it might enable me to prosper in life. And go I oapitulated with my conscience. But I promised my self to repay you in tbe event of God erowning my efforts with eucce3. This ni, in 1835, and that msn t and that msn t uiotncr; tor ner name w?
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