SJcuotcfr to JJolitirs, literature, Agriculture, Science , iNoraUti, ani aural Intelligence. VOL 20. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. OCTOBER 3, SS6I. NO. 37 Published by Theodore Sehodw TERMS. Two dollars per anmimin advance Iwo dollars and a quarter, half yearly and if not p.nidbe forc the end of the year. Two dollars and a half.- . N p incr.li?RO'jt!nued until all arrearages atepjud, except at the option of the Editut. IC7 Advertisements of one square (ten lines) orl'ss, one or three insertions, $ 1 00. Eac h additional in cr ton,2j cents. Longer ones in proportion. JOS PRSKTIffG. Having a general assortment of large, plain ant or naniontiilType, we are prepared to execute cvcrvtlc scription of " i Cards, Ctrcif lurs, Hill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, Justices. Legal and otiier Hlanks, Pamphlets. &c.,piln ted with neatness and despatch, on rcasonuhlctcrms at this oBice. Murder in Sussex County, JT. J. John Cruvcr, of Sandyston township, vas brought here on Monday morning by constable Jobn Drake, and placed in iho County Jail, charged with the murdcr(of Alleu Skclliuger, oa Sunday afternoon lat, iu the (.astern part of Sandyston township. The facts and circumstances attending the murder are substantially its follows : A girl named Paugb (a t-istcr of Allin Skellinger's Viife) mace her Lome at tjta houc of deceased, and was occasionally employed there as a domestic. On Sub day morning last she went to tho hou;c of John Cruvcr, one or two us ilea distant and while there, s young nau called'aid proposed that she should work for lis father. The terms he offered beinjr ic ecptable, she said that it Cruvcr and Us wife would accompany her, the would go to SkelHnger'a iu the afternoon, and get her clothes, and return with tleuj, atd be ready to go with the youo mac when he ihoulii call for her. They consented; and Cruvcr, tbinkiu he mi,ght procure some game on the way, took his gun and dog with him. When near 31 r. Skeliitg tr's house, Cruvcr and wife stopped, aad let the girl go ou alone. She went to the house, packed up a bundle of wenritig apparel, and had just left the house, when Skellinser saw Cruver and his wife tot far from the hou?e. He Paid that it would bo improper for the girl to go with Cruver, whose reputation was' bad, atd whose boue was a resort for lmmoial rersoo'. lVi rs. S. at once saw the propri- !? of restraining her sister, end accord y followed her. Coming up with her, .hc urged her to t-tay at home. Cruver and hi wife then came forward, and took a part in the conyer-otion Cruver soon became violent, and threatening flr-.t to kick aud afterwards tosboot Mrs.'Skel- linger. Hearing high word-, Allen Skel b'nger, came out of the house with an ic nnt in his'arin:, and walked io the direc tion of Cruver, and told him he would not allow him to use such language to his .tife at the same time ordering him to leave bn premises. Cruver refused to go, and swore that if Mr. S. attempted to force .bim off. he would shoot him. Skel Icnjier iniojediatelv nlaced tho infsut on the grass, and advancing in front of'Cru vcr told him to "ehoot and be damned." He had no weapon in his bsnd, nor did be make any hostile gesture. He advan ced like one who had no fsith in his ad versary's threat, and was simply putting hiii to the te.-t. But he was terribly de ceived in the character of the desperado be confronted. Cruver raised his gun, took sure aim, and fired the whole charge into bis left breast. The unfortunate man pitched forward, and would have fallen against Cruver, had not the latter pushed him aside. Whirlir.g around, with his arms wildly flnu out, he grasp ed bis wife, who caught him in btr arms, cud let him gently .sink to the ground. And there, giving a few gasp, he died, not uttering a word after, receiving the fatal charge, ibis occurred about 4 o -clock in the afternoon. Turning from the bloody ccu?, Cruder skulked awsv. About a mile distant, he entered the house o Martiu Rutan, and told the latter io presence of his two sons, that he had shot and killed Allen Skellingcr, being compelled to do so in elf defence. Mr. Ftutau could not cred it the .-tsiemcnt; but Cruver reiterated it, and as a proof of the fact, showed where the blood of his victim had spirted upon his hands and clothing. Cruver said further that ho intended to go back to Skellinger'e a course which Mr. llutan approved; and by way of making it sure, r be and bis sons tied uun, and accompa nied biin to tbo scene of tbo murder. In the evening, Messrs. Young and natural, that the old gentleman felt that Hursb, Justices of the Peace, with many he was doing a kindness to both the par other citizens, repaired to the bouse of ties as indeed he was, but at his cost in the murdered men, and a jury of inquest the eura of threo hundred dollarH 1 KeW beini? impaneled, testimony was taken, ark Advertiser. and a verdict rendered charging Cruvcr, j with tho commission of tbe murder. He -was placed in tbe bands of Constable Drake, who brought him to Newton and gave bim into the custody of the Sheriff. Cruver is a stoutly built man of medi um height, and about 30 years of age. Skeilinger was about 26 years old of industrious habits, and enjoyed a good reputation among his neighbors. Sussex Register, 20th. Qr"Sal,,f exclaimed Ebenezer to bis dearly beloved, when he arrived in Bos ton with bis bride on a wedding tour, "Sal get on your Sunday go to-meetings and things, and let's take a perpendicu lar promenade round the prejuncts of this principality" "Well, Zeb," replied the fair bride, '"I'll do nothing shorter. But can't you say your grammar and collego cdifioation! If you want me to elather reound, and take a trot with you why in tbo salted Jerusalem don't you eay so!" Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1861. Another Eeconnoitance. To-day the Itebcls bad an opportunity to fight, which they didn't improve Gen eral Smith's soldiers had a second lesson in war, and showed themselves apt sobol- ars. Five thousand men under command of General Smith, moved toward Lewins- villc, on the road where tho first recon - noissanco was made, with one -hundred wagons to be filled with forage taken, supports being left at various points as the column proceeded. The advance corps cousisted or ti.uou men, with sis pieces of artillery. Thoy halted at the house of a nbvxician. on an eminence, a- bout a mile and a half from Lawinsville. Two euns were Dlanted to tho risht of the road, and four to the left, infantry supporting, and bkirmishcrs thrown out on each flank. From 95 o'clock a. m. till 3 o'clock n. r3 in. our forces rested the enemy making no igu WHyons and our men busilv loadin? tnc with hay and corn belonging to Lewinsvillo Rebels. Shortly after 3 o'clock, movements were discovered in the woods. About a regi ment appeared on our flank, and a heavy column in front at least four .regiments of iufantrv. one of cavalrv. and six Dicces of artillery. Notice was given to tho supports, and 1 Wn,lc ,n pnson lie was frequently vis Generals McCall and Porter were tele- ; ,ted bJ Mias Mason, who took upon her graphed to hold themselves in readiness. ' se,f to aot the Part of a sistcr- Sinco his PrcMsntlv the cnemv onened with shot release ho has occupied hia time in pay- and shell. The first and second fell s-bort. The third bur.-t behind our line, wound ing a private of Col Baker's regiment se verely in the arm. The artillery of both Mott and Griffin opened fire. The first frhcll dropped among the bushes where a Hp.hel hatiprv vas nlnTifpd. After we bad thrown twenty-sis shot and shell the Ethels disappeared, both . ou tnc irent ana ilanK. Thev haa oc- clincd to accept the gage of battle tbey ! ?o loop affectioff to desire. have ucen ?o long arrecting At 5 o'clock cur forces returned to tneir po.-itions wun mnetv odd wajron- Burke i an Irishman of Winchester, who mistook ! our pickets for theirs. He represents bimvelf as an aid of Col. Stewart. No information was obtained from bim. Our men behaved admirably, and kept their positions undisturbed by the rebels' shells, eager to have them come on. The expedition wa3 ostensibly for for age, tut really to see if tho enemy meant fiht, and also to try our men. Geu. McCIellan was not present-during the affair, but was represented by Col. iveves oi his start. 7." Hovr an old Gentleman was Swindled out of $-300. An elderly gentleman of Newark was J swmdh'd out ot bduv in the following manner a day or two Mnce He was accosted by two persons, one representing bisuself as a well-to-do farm er, the other as a respectable gentleman and appearing as sueb, who said the for mer had recently sold the latter a farm, anl was now desirous to sell some cattle; that the latter would buy, but the far mer did not feel willing to sell them di rect to the latter, as an unelo whose good will he was desirous to keep, deemed he had been overreached in the farm bar gain, and would not iika to have him soil iho cattle to the same man. However, they proposed to the gentle man to act as an agent, to purchase tho cattle from the former, and then sell them to the latter, thui accomnlibhinir tho de- sired object. The latter unsuspectingly 'fell into tho trap, and the three walk ed off together to one of our city banks where tho old jrentleman drew his check for 8300 and paid it to the farmer. The latter returned him his thanks, saying he wanted to see the Bank President a min nte. asked his friend to eo with the ac- r -t - - o commodatmg oia gentleman ana now ( made the wheel revolve, and drew a ro him tbe cattle aud olso pay him tbe mon- ,ving of cotton from the spindlo into an cy. Both then went out together, tho attenusted thread. "Our fortune is made," farmer leaving them, and had proceeded a short distance when tbe other man said, 'He did not tell me which ones I was to take. I will go and ask bim. You wait here a minute and I will return." So saying bo disappeared, and ot course did not return, leaving the old gentleman to wait for him in vain minutes; it appeared ho plausible and so Grindstones at Retail. Tradesmen arc bo olten seriously an noyed by tedious cutomer6, that they are not apt to cojoy any imposition. of fun. One day a wag entered a hardware store, and, inquiring for grindstones, was taken to the back yard, whore there were rows of the desired article ranged on ei ther side. The day was dritzly, tho rain pouring down silently b.ut steadily. He examined a number, but nono eeemed to suit bis purposes. One was too course in grain, another the opposite At last, when be saw tho salesman was getting somewhat damp and uncomfortable froia exposure to the weather, he thought that uAUUauru iu iuu n6uii"., " 1 he would brinir matters to a finale; aud, lin h l,ml- on a nrettv fair speci- men he innuired How iuch do you charco a pound e a pound for this one? ' "Well, replied the clerk, "I guess wo can let you have that one at four cents a pound." "Well," returned Sam, "kuock tee off a pound and a half " A Truant Husband Put in Limbo. - On the morning of the 20th inst., saya the Albauy Argus, a young man neatly dressed and pretty appearing woman, Mrs. Frank J. Thornton, arrived in Al - DanJ ,rom iew J-orlIi o seared oi her, tho nret bix months in the country, ho husband, who bad abandoned her for a hardly slept two hours a night. He bad dano'Dg. girl named Sallie Mason. a fino patob of oats on bis farm, but was ! Thornton was married about two yesrs afraid to cradle it. One day ho conolu- aS- He waa employed at a sowing ma-Jded he'd take a look to see if there were chine manufactory as shipping clerk, apd , any snakes in the patch; so he got his old earned a fair salary, sufficient, bis wifo( horse, and after leading him through the 8aJa to support them and their child j gap, and laying up the fence to keep the II f- if- OftlVYta tltfl n SMIA t It Ann mh4 I. A 1- .1.1 t .1 , ijuiui. pleasant and honorable life was not "fact" enough for him. One of his resorts was tbe Melodeoo. in New York, where booats. holdinj? ud both lera aa hiirh as nna- soon became acquainted with the stago girls, among others bailie Mason. lheir( a whaling big sntke slipping along tho intimacy ripened rapidly, but his salary oats after bim. Away he went round , was Dofc eofficient to keep up two domes- the patch, and away went the snako, right tio establishments, and so he resorted to 'along with him: sometimos on one sido a . r- r m tea''ng- After a wbilo ho was detected, and about threo months ago ho was lock- ed up in the Tombs on a charge of steaU'gct out of the lot because tho fence was ing nearly 1,000. worth of property from up, and as the snake kept constantly with his employer. Tho evidence of his guilt him, there waB no chance but to leave the was conclusive, but thro.ugh the unremit- i! -e l,DS earatnes3 ot bH young wtte be was; permitted to turn state's evidence against; th0 receiver of tho goods, and thus es-' ; capod punishment. - 1 . i. iu" uioac aiccDiiou 10 uer, io cno ucnicct ; oi ui3 lamiiv. ud oaturuav. the inn : ult., on leaving his home, he generously 0f a slight fence, and mado a stampede j gave bis wife? a penny, but as if conscience through the streets. They separated in stricken, he still more generously sought to two divisions, one rushing up and the ; some sewing for her, and actually broght other down the street. The papers give to her a dozen shirts to be made at tbo starvation price of six cents a piece 1 "S"" acqmueu oioibeu acooroing ""'J lw " ce sougl t l"e jig dancer, and tbo two repaired to Albany, Miss Masou seekiog i.i til r l Til an. engagement at one of the theatres, and he moro than willing to live on her earnings. J usttce Parsons issued a warrant for the I arrest of both. Miss Sallie was caugh t ; crushed and trampled to death by those first, and soon after Mrs. Thornton, mnct- behind them. Some springing with their ing her husband on the street, compelled fun weight on the wagon, brought it to bim to accompany her to the police, where the ground, crushing the driver in a man , the warrant was served upon him. Of'DOreuebaB to occasion his death a few ! course he had nothiug to say in exculpa-' tion, and be ana his companion were sent; to jail. Among other things found upon! his person was hi wife's watch and chain,1 which he bad borrowed from her the day ! before he abandoned hia house, Invention of the Spinning Jenny. The following beautiful anecdote is re latcd of Harcraves, tho inventor of the Spinning Jenny : The invention had long engaged his at tention, when one day be was observed to drop suddenly upon his knees, and roll on the stone floor at fulliength. He lay with his face toward the floor, and made lines and circles with the end of a burnt stick. Then he sat upon a chair placed his head between his bands, his elbows on hi knes, and gazed intently on the floor; then he sprang to his feet, and re plied to some feeble question of his wife who bad not risen since' tho day sho gave birth to a littlo stranger by aloud assurance that ho bad it; aud taking her in his sturdy arms in the blankets, the baby in her arms, be lifted her out and held her over the black drawings on the floor. These he explained, ond she join ed a small, hopeful, happy laugh, with his bich-toned assurance that sue snouialDor would he put it on again until tbey never again toil at the spinning wheei that ho would never asain "nlav," and have bis loom standing for want of weft. She asked somo questions, which he an swered, after Beating her in the arm chair, by laying her spinning wheel on its back, the horizontal spindle vertically, while bo he said, spcuking of his drawings on tbe floor. "What will you call it!" asked his wife. ''Call it I What an we call it!ni,ht. I'll run her till twelve, o'clock, after thyself, Jenny ! Tbey called tbeo!aned then tie her up, 88 you aro afraid." J Spinning Jenny afore I had thee, becauso I can run her any night and any j thou beat every lass in btanchill Moor at; the wheel. What if we call it 'Spinning Jenny V mA nnasnnt who had a miserab a , r , ii.i e i a his coadjutor was asleep, ho rounded tue back horse who was absolutely of old., ".J , , ',, , i nn jr; , , . j . i- i boat to a wood yard, and tied up. His age, resolved to destroy him. Ae be was "7" J, no ji P..' . , 1 1. 1 friend the second engineer, was on duty, b J . . . . I . n ...II . . I n n . (1 . horse. "My friend," said tbo owner of tho an tiquated animal, "I'll bet you ten dollars I can do with my horso what you can't with yours." "Done!" said tho jockey. Tho peasant quietly led his horse to tbo brink of .be rWer ..d pM Um '"''Now let's 8eo ym do th.l .ilk jour'0".'- hJ.l l" ''0 "J i.- . 'turn in Main or you mil mako a emasb Tbo jockey preferred paying the ten dollars. ggrThe Califo.rnia Christian Advocate states that a secessionist recently entered i ! an oatiog-houso at Martinez, and called i for a "first rato Jeff. Davi meal." In due course of time tho waiter placed bo - lore mm a largo coverea uisu ouiy that and nothing more." Un removing ut, fn i, n I finmrliT pnildH nn tUQ wuivi iovu & J vw f a hempen rope, ttith a slin-noose at one Und. lie left had no appetite. Afraid of Snakes. There is tbo greatest coward about snakes up in the Calhoun district, that lives in America. Ho came to tho east 'laet snrinp-. and bouchr, a farm anJ fnr t o o uug0 uui, ub iook an om ecyine anatu m bis hand to fight with in case of an attack, ' mounted his horso and struck out into the sible. He hadn't gone far whon be saw - i -a I a m and sometimes on another, sometimes be- hind, and sometimes before. Ho couldn't old horse, and try to keep out of the way. rr . . .... .. . He went it that way till every stalk of his oats was trampled down, and until tho horse was just about dead, when be discovered that ho bad been running from the iJiadoiv of his scythe snath A Horse Panic. About tbrco hundred government hor ses Kept in an enclosure at bt. Louis, be .,, rr;ni,fnnnii u ,ua ,,u: the following particulars: w "bive large Government wagons on- countered one division not far from the ""'"-itapui wueru tuu btampeue uecan. J.ne . . . ,; wagons were a short distance apart, and ali the drivers except the first escaped. , The horses attached to tho first wagon 'were knocked down and crushed to ' death, sudden Two or three of those coming in contact with tho wapon were hours afterward. Ths second wagon was likewise smashed to pieces, a dead borse being here also found beside tho wreck, Eight or ten horses wore found dead at various short distances from the lumber yard where they started and two inside the yard. The fact that the etaaipede was kept up' for a great distance, is proved by the fact of dead horses being picked up at a distance of two, three and four miles away from the yard. Nearly all the horses were recovered and taken back to tho yard. The. Rival Pilots. Tho Uncle Sam was the largest boat of the day, and bad two of tbe best pilots on the river. Between theso two men whom we will call Smith and Brown there existed a bitter spirit of rivalry. The first engineer sided with Smith, the first pilot, and the second engineer with Brown. One day, when the boat was leaving Natchez, Brown, who was steering, ran her a short distance down tbe stream in order to pass tho town under a full bead of steam. Just as she was abreast tbe town, the first engineer, who was work- jnK the boat, shut the steam nearly off; ifinnllr. nnd verv slowlv nassed the town. , , j - j i Brown saw tbe finger of Smith in his ma nouvcrs, and swore revenge He got it. On the next down trip a heavy fog a roso at sunset; and Smith, who, at that time, abandoned tbe boat to Brown; or dered him to run tho boat till nine o' clock, and then tie her up; to have steam kept up all night, and if tbe fog should lift, to call him. "Tie tho boot unl" said Brown. "I Lan run her in anv such fo" as there is to where that you can," replied Smith, "aud if you do move her till twelve, call me then. That's all. Rrnwn kent on for a time, but tbo fojr gruw ucuv,u'' u"u , ""6 . . , . Unrf aonnrdtnEf to Brown s direction, tho O ' wheel was unshipped and tho steam kept up. At twelve. Brown went to the whoel a- Igain and sent a waitor to call Smith, who soon made his appearance, ruuuiug uia eyes, and anything but pleased at tho prospect before him. uuiu Smith crowlcd out that he was ablo to steer any boat in any fog, and took the wheel Brown went below. The wheels which wore uninjured, turned around with tho swift cueront, and , i j u 1 tho splashes reached his ears; and so, his bad luok, Brown 6 obstinoey and hia : own stupidity, in accepting tbo banter, ho iuru ni " that, expecting every moment io near iuu hnnt st.riko nirainst something. A thou- v - n did sand timos Gurinc uis weary w", bo determine to give up his desperate un- dertoking. and as often did pride step in and overtakn him: and sn finallv havin?' : made up bis mind to let the worst come: J to tho worst come, he gave a tuburlar or- ' der to the engineer to work very low, and ; keep on. About sunrise. Brown, accompanied by tbo captain and other officers, came on deck 'Hallo, Smithl'-' said Brown, "is that you.0 "Yes it is," replied Smith, crossly e- nougb. "You have been running all night reckonl"-oontinucd Brown. answered Smith. "Don't you know where you; A vast there, men! don t strike a arel" If you don't, you had better get blow." your eyes scrubbed out." ! Ho then began: "Who cbtamancfg "No," said Brown, "I can't aay that I this brigl" when a low-browed, villain do. Where aro weT" ,ous-looking mulatto stepped forward and "Just abovo Natchez," was tho reply. replied, in broken English, "Him ga "Well, smarty," said Brown, you have shore wid mate in dat boat dare." Thon, done it this timp, and I wouldn't be in as his eyes flashed fire, he balanced a your hoots for a hogshead of uiggera." cocked pistol iu hi3 hand, with a very "What have I done, and what do youccd and nervous finger on the trigger, mean?" demanded Smith ferociously. and looked bim in tbe face, saying, in a "Done? Done enough';" roared Brown, low, precise tone: "Now, my man, at tho "I left the boat tied up to old Jones' first He I'll blow your brains out. Tell plantation, aud you've gone and towed where you came from." that down to Natchez. They'll havei Tho villain quailed os be stood beneath you up for abduction, and seduction, and, the gaze of the old white-headod skipper, nigger stealing and putting obstruction ana tremblingly replied, "Froinde Span in tbe channel of the river, and tbe lord Main Laguayra.. have mercy upon you." A very moist ray of tho sun peeping through tho mist at this moment, nar-i tially disclosed tho situation of the boat and shore to the astonished Smith, and darting below, be remained there until the boat did rnanh Natnhp.z. And from that time ever after neither tbe Uncle'. Sam nor tho Mississippi river knew him more. TTPA writer in the Savannah fGeor - gia) Republican asks tho question, "HowjBlowly up until the barrel of the weapon shall we dispose of tbo prisoners?" and . was level with his forehead, and the man answers it as follows: was Btrechod dead on the deck. He then Let the Quartermaster General of the! pulled .out another pistoi from bis belt, Confederate States issue bis proclasaa- j and without changing a mucle ofhia do tion,stating that the prisoners will be hired j termincd face, beckoned to another of tho out to the highest bidder for some speci-jgang, and in tbe same cold, sardonic, ficd time, and in such number as the hi-i low, though audible tone, said in Span- rer may desire. I know of a gentleman of this city, a rich planter, who would gladly take 200 of the Yankees on his plantation to build up and mend the dams of his fields. Ho is more desirous of do ing thi3, he says, as tho Northern gazettes have lonr asserted that we can do with- out negro labor, and he is anxious to tortjno longer, but fell on hia knees, and, tho quefction. One good black drive to. every forty Yankees would insure good order and lively work among them." That illustrates thetomperin which the war U waged on the part of tho South. The temper of Northern apologists for the rebellion is not much more bland. On the 17th iost., Yioe President Dal- las addressed a meeting in Philadelphia Hear what he said. "In this war, then, there is really no alternative for loyal constitutionalists. In tho explicit language of the unani mously adopted resolutions of Mr. Crit tenden, it was forced upon tho govern ment, lletrospeotive narrative, there fore, would bo alike tedious aud useless. It ia on our hands. Wo see it, bear it, feel it. Our fathers, brothers, and sons aro falling in hecatombs, sacrificed to its fury. Every breeze comes laden with its changing incidents, its alarms, its hopes, its gloom, its taunts, its cheers, iti covert i staying and its open struggles. lbe gates of Janus sro expanded wide. No room now left for diplomacy of any sort; nono for soothing words of remonstranoe. Fight we must; fight a I' oulrance, those whom wo havo heretofore fostered and taugbt how to fight, drive them, from their infuriated and parricidal purpose of de stroying their own country; and pause only when that country, its Union and Constitution are inacccssiblo to outrage." . . tt 10 tllO UUI . Rich Death. A very good story is told rod Rtnta .Tnnrnal. of a sai sailor ou board a vessel laden with Spanish dollars wjnch iv. " " I - - had oeen wrcohea. s ne ew u ou tho wreck in boats, and just before le ast boat was pushed off, a man was sen , BUCK IU iiauoitam mmu- uw. ,.. be some one left. On arriving on tho main deck, whero the casks bad been jeit, ne louna a enow w u.u ur.u , open severalot tho receptacles of base. , r. f r 1 L I 11 I. lucre and spread the contents thereof on; erthan b5mgelf and b Vhom he had a table cloth on deck, in the midst or,..,. run Tn Vila nliilr?rfn nrA linlfPO I which ho was seated, weapon in hand. - lieingtold the snip was .si going io pie - oes, he replied, "The ship may goI havo lived a poor rasoai an my mo, ddu I am resolved to die rioh. Remonstrance J X 1- - was in vain, anu poor jacu, wno pre- ferred tho death of a rich man to tho lifo of a "poor rascal," was left to die alone iu his glory. The foffowing etory is told of Col. Po-, was something in it, as ho himself was a vor, and as tbe Colonel has told it him-; sort of medium. How a medium?' in boU, it must be true : ! quired tbd landlord. 'Why,' replied,' tto A Presbyterian clergyman, wbile walk- wng, 'I can do a good raany mysterious in tho deck of a steamer at St. Johns, thing for instanco, I can make a bell N.B. where aeceasionism had considera- ring without touching it.' " The landlord ble footing, notiaing the American flag offered to bet he could not. Tha. wag flying from tbo masthead of a ship, taun- prefaistcd, and said (bat . be would lay tingly said to Col. Favor : "why don't you twenty dollars that bg-ebuld make at take a slice off that flag, since you have lcas-t a dozen of tho btfUJn Jhat room lost a portion of your country ?" 'ring within two minutcs,Jiout moving Yaukeo-like. tbo Colone quickly re- from where ho sat. Drinetl exclaimed ' pliod : "why don t you tear a leat irom d : "why don t you tear a leat irom r Bible becauso a part of your church. fallen from grace ?" Tho. clergyman no more to say on that xubject. your has, bad no more to say on that xubj Commodore Percival Overhauling a Pi' rate. When Percival commanded the United States brig Dolphin, many years ago, be one day overhauled" a pirate brig at the east end of tho Island of Teneriffc. He bad chased thin vessel steadily for moro .ihan fifty hours-, and was much exaspera- ted when ho finally camo along side. His men leaped aboard tho pirate with great alacrity when led by their comman der. With cutlasses flashing over tbeir heads, they were about to plunge like de- X monsiutoa crowd of villainous-looking 'scoundrels, when the shrill oioe of Capt. ( Percival yelled out: f "our papers?" "Uonc shore wid cappen. it "And the name of the brig?" rejoined Percival, as he still moved tho pistol ap j and down, and added, "cuidado, amigo, , have a card" as tho scoundrol began to . falter. "Brig namee?" "She namcc Juniata." This was the last word and lie tbe ma- ; latto uttered. Percival'a arm moved ish: "A ball for every lie. Now, what 13 the true name of this craft?" The man looked around to sec if tbero were any way of evading tbe question bj csoapo, wbile- the click of the captafn's pistol assailed his ears, and be hesitated crossing his breast, said: "Sho is a slaver, called tbe Clara." "Ah!" sighed Percival, "even the truth won't save such rascals, and you have on ly swapped the devil for a witch. an ounce of lead for a fathom of hemp."- Then, speaking to the boat's crew, he said: "Throw this yellow carcass over- j board;" and, leaning over the brig's rail, bo shouted to tbe first lieutenant of his own ship to send a dozen marines and half a hundred handcuffs and as many feet irons an board, for tbe pirates. In a few moments the entire band were manacled. Tho following day the cap tain communicated with the Spanish au thorities of Santa Cruz, as tbe vessel had anchored at tho moment fchc was captur ed. Representations were also made to the English consul to "procure tbo evi dence necessary to the conviction of the crew. One of the miscreants contrived to jump overboard on tbe passage to Gib ralter; but the remainder, after a fair trial, wero hanged by the necks until they were dead. A "Well-Mixed Kace. There is now in Rochester, New York, a man aged 1 0G years, ancestry, together with his own progeny, will exhibit one of the strangest mixture of races overheard of. His name is John Shenandoah O'Brion, and be was born in Boston, 1755. HiB father was an Irishman, and j his mother an Indian of the Oneida tribe. I When twelvo years old, ho was sent to nnA thorn fA nn'n tni flQ B TVi Tret . TT , , . - i , mn Jn thjj KcTolulionirY War. Vtcr- XJU iciuruuu iu mis uuutiuy uuu wafd3 hfl back tQ France? BQd therQ ; Qiarrie(j ho daughter of the Emperor of Mo b wbotn he bad eight ohil- - j h, jjj jQ thJ JJftta& ; States for some time. He then married an American woman, desoended from Tculonio ine aD(1 after her death n nilar05a . 7lq fiftr nr . mar- : ho b,0(jd of Ce, tfa5 Tcuton9 tbo l Afri and the North Aincrican In. .. Spiritual, At the Brcevort House, N. Y., 'evening, tbero was a dispute about one tbe 'reality of Spiritualism, whon a wag came ' forward, and said he ha'd no doubt thorn the landlord, anu mo money was put-up. the landlord, anu mo money was put-up. Tbe wag turned round in his peat, opened a closet, door, and turned off tbegas from the upper pait of the building. I u less
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