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VOL. 25.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER 29, ISG6.
NO. 57.
Published by Theodore Schocli.
TERMS Two dollnrs a year in advance and if not
paid bef re tlie end of the year, two dollars and filfy
cl. will be charged.
No paperdiscontinucd until all arrearages ure paid,
except at the option of the Editor.
IOAlerli.scincnls of one square of (eight lines) or
"iss. one or three insertions $1 50. E.irh additional
Visertion, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportion.
JOXJ PRINTING,
OF, ALL KINDS.
KculN A"-aauole
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S. UOfflES, JR.,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Ojice with S. S'. Drvher, Esq.
All claims against the Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
ft7- An additional bounty of 8100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
TREK OF EXTRA CHARGE.
August 2, 10U
DR A. REEVES JACKSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Begs leave to announce that, in order to
prevent disappointment, he will hereafier de
vote THURSDAY and SATURDAY ot
each week exclusively to Consultations
and Surgical Operations at hi? office.
Parties from a distance who desire to con
sult him, can do so, therefore, on those days.
Stroudsburg, May 31, l?CG.-tf.
Furniture ! Furniture !
McCarty's ha Furniture Store
DUUHUK'S L liUILDlAU, two
doors below the Post-office, Sirouds-
burg, Pa. He is selling his Furniture 10
per cent, less than Eastnn or Washington
prices, to say notniugauuui irviguiur urean-
are.
May 17, lSGG.-tf.
DINING-ROOM FURNITURE in Wal-
nut, Oak and White Ash, Extension
Tables, any size you wish, at McCARTY'S
new Ware-Rooms.
May 17, ie00.-tf.
F YOU WANT A GOOD PARLOR
Jt Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut,
McCARTY has it. May 17, lSGO.-tf.
IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODLOA,
from one of the best makers in the Uni-
F YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
ted States, solid Rosewood Case, warranted
5 years, call at McCARTY'S, he would es
pecially invite all who are good judges ot
Music to come and test them. lie will sell
you from any maker you wish, -$10 less than
those who sell on comnfission. The reason
is he buys for cash and sells for the same,
with less thin one-half the usual per centage
that agents want. J. II. McCARTY.
May 17, ISG5.-tf.
TJN0ERTAKLNGLN-ALL ITS BRAN j
t,.?;?,V, .Anf;nn -ni v. m.on tn iKi, !
branch of the subscriber's business. lie will
always study to please and consult the
wants and wishes of tho?e who rmi!oy him.
From the number of years experience he'has :
had in this branch of business he cannot and ;
will not not be excelled cither in city or '
country. Prices one-third less than is usual- j
ly charged, from 50 to 75 finished Coffins al-
ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best (
Hearse in the country,
at one hour's notice.
May 17, lSGG.-tf.
Funerals attended
J. II. McCARTY.
Saddle and Harness
Manufactory.
The undersigned respectfully informs
nWtiane nf lf mn.lsKn rrr nnd PUrrOUU-
ding country, that he has commenced the j
above business in Fowler's building, on
Elizabeth street, and U fully prepared to
furnish any article in Lis line of business,
at short notice. On baud at all times, a
large stock of
JIarnest, Whips, Trvvls, Valices, Car
pet Bajs, Ilorsc-BlanJ;cts, Bells,
Shales, Oil Cloths, drc.
Carriage Trimming promptly attended
to. JOIIN O. SAYLOR.
Stroudsburg, Dec. 14, 13l55.
Gothic Hall drug Store.
William EIolliti!ica(I,
YIioIcsaIc and Retail Druggist.
STKOUDSBUKG, Pa.
Constantly on hand and for
sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup
ply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
Oil, Glass, Putty, Varnish, Ker
osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods;
also
Sash, F)iut1 :u;1 Doors.
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal
purpose.
P. S. Physicians Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7, 18G4. i .
TIN SHOP !
The undersigned begs leave to inform bis
friends and the public jrpnerally, that he has
.now opened a TIN SHOP, on Main street,
iear the Stroudei'urg Mills, opposite Troch
A- Walton's, formerly R. S. Staples' Store,
where he id prepared to manufacture and
,?ell at wholesale and retail, all kinds of
Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron-Ware.
ALSO,
Stove, Stove Pipe and Elbows.
Old and second hand Stoves bought and
sold, ot cat,h rates.
CASH paid fur Old Lead, Copper and
Brass.
03 Roofing, Spouting- and Repairing
promptly attended to and warranted to give
satisfaction. Call and see for yourselves.
WILLIAM KEISER.
Stroudsburg, Dec. 8, 1665.
RECEIVED this day a splendid afsort
mentof HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
August 2, 16G6.
BLANK DEEDS
For sile ;t this Q$e
The Curse of Alcohol.
God made man in His Own imnn
the image of God created He him. Who
1Q
with impious and polluting hand, defaces
the image nnd superscription of his Ma
ker, and stamps him with the counter
feiting die of the Devil? Alcohol!
Man, by nature, walks erect lifts his
forehead to the stars nnwpr nr1 rlnmln.
. . . :
ion nave been given to him over all the
creatures of earth I.e. is nature's TCino-f
j Who is it breaks his sceptre of authority,
laivMiium mm nis imperial crown, and de
grades him below the brute? Alcohol!
Who destroys his reason, hides her
bright beams in mystic clouds, that roll
around the shattered temple of the soul,
curtained in midnight? Alcohol!
Who makes him a madman, and then
lashes and hallots on the mad r-L- f
his vilest passions?
Who fills our jails
with lelons. and hans von tromlilino.
wretch on the gallows? Alcohol! Who
crowds our alms-houses with paupers, our
hospitals with disease, and our grave
yards with dead? Alcohol!
Does any of you waut to be a fool nay
worse, become the iibc and derisinn nf
fools? Let him drink liouor. Does nnv
of you (I don't care how proud and vir
I tuous you are,) does any of you want to
j be a rascal, with a hang-gallows look, or
j become a low, vulgar blackguard ? Drink
Liquor!
If you are a father, do you want to see
your children rarrsed and i?norantkrrnw.
; t oo a 1
1 ! ms up young- candidates for the peniten-
j tiary and gallows? Drink Liquor! If
you are a son, and you want to pay with
; black ingratitude the debt you owe your
j parents, and bring down their reverend
o-rav Jiairs with
sorrow to the grave.
j drink liquor. If you are a husband, and
! want to steal all the beauty from your
j sweet wife's face, break her heart, make
j her wretched and sunremelv miserable.
drink liquor. lo any of you want to
lose the property you have gathered to
gether by the sweat of your brow, as a
home for your wife and little ones, and a
retreat in old age? If so, drink liquor.
If J0U want to pay a high premium for
bcin?? poisoned, drinlr linnnr! Tf rnn
o I j - "
want to bid an eternal farewell to your
freedom, and become a greater slave than
was ever lashed at night to his dungeon,
drink liquor ! If you want to exchange a
healthy body, so-" fearfully, wonderfully
made," for a diseased-cursed frame that a
demon would scorn to inhabit, and the
soul quit in disgust, drink liquor. If you
want to blast with disease your
Z7
the cIa7 uPn a foul mass of cor-
ruption more distrusting than thelenrcsv
t of JSamaan, or the sores of Lazarus, drink
j liquor I If you want to go to the grave "un-
wept, unhoncred, and unsung," and let
infamy there spread her sable plume, and
fling its blackness o'er a drunkard's tomb
drink body-blightin
jqUOrJ
spirit
blasting
Do it "Well.
Whatever you do, do it well. A job
slighted, because it is apparently unim
portant, leads to habitual neglect, so that
men degenerate, insensibly, into bad work
men. " That is a good, roagh job," said a
foreman in our hearing, recently, and he
eant that it was a piece of work, not
elegant in use t, bat strongly made, and
well put together.
Training the hand and eye to do work
well, leads individuals to form correct
habits in other respects, and a good work
man is, in most cases, a good citizen.
No one need hope to rise above his pres
ent situation who "suffers small things to
pass by unimproved, or who neglects,
metaphorically speaking, to pick up a
cent because it is not a dollar.
Some of the wisest law makers, the best
statesmen, the most gifted artists, the most
merciful judges, the most ingenious me
chanics, rose from the great mass.
A rival of a certain great lawyer sought
to humiliate him publicly, by saying:
" You blacked my lather's boots once."
" Yes," replied the lawyer, unabashed,
" and I did it well." And because of
doing mean things well, be rose to greater.
Take heart, all who toil! all youths in
humble situations, all in adverse circum
stances, and those who labor unapprecia
ted. If it be but to drive the plow,
strive to do it well! if only to cut bolts,
make good ones; or to blow the bellows,
keep the irou hot. It is attention to bu
siness that lifts the feet higher up ou the
ladder.
bays the good book, fccest tuou a man
diligent in bis business, he shall stand
before kings; he shall not stand before
mean men.
Preserving Potatoes.
A correspondent of the Scientific
Americau says that he has tried the fol
lowing method of keeping potatoes for
years with complete success, though in
some instances the tubers were diseased
when taken out of the ground : 44 Dust
over the floor of the bin with lime, aud
put in about six or seven inches deep of
potatoes, and dust with lime as before.
Put in six or seven inches of potatoes and
lime again, repeat the operation till all are
stored away. One bushel lime will do for
forty bushels of potatoes, though mpre
will not hurt them tbe lime ratner ini-
provides the flavor than otherwise."
" What's whiskey bringing?" inquired
larce dealer in that article. " Bring
ing men to the gallows and women and
children to want' was the truthful reply.
Base Ball
That ubiquitous fellow, Q. Philander
Doesticks, who manages to dabble in al-
most everything, has been playing Base
Ball, and here is his experience :
'1 squared myself, raised my big stick, ! reference to the area, population and den
Sv ? toldJ:hi Pitchman to pitch in. He sity, of population of the United States :
did so. The first ball came like a cannon Tim In ml witnr cnrT'i Art r
snot, but L dodged it neatly. The next
one hit me plumb in the breast. I drop-
ped the stick, and asked him what he did
that for. Captain told me to mckun tha
stick again, and try to hit the ball. Did
so. When I saw the ball coming, I poked
iny stick at it, but didn't hit it. The reason
is, I wasn't prepared to have it come so
fast. Told the pitchman to "ive me a
L fair ball an easy one; then all the fel
lows laughed. Then I got mad punch
ed the stick at the next ball didn't hit
it; punched again all the fellows yelled,
"run, run. run. you muffin!" and our
Captain howled, " run, you infernal jack
ass, run ! Run, you diabolical fool run !
nun, l tell you, you." About this
time I started to run: didn't look which
way I weut; ran into the catchnian, who
stood behind me: bowled him over his
head. " Not that way run, run!" yell
ed every body again. ChaDged my
course; tumbled over the umpire, and
tangled my leg in his chair.
Veered about and dashed furiously
against our Captaio, and caught a dim
vision of his heels in the air, as I started
on a new course and backed into a sturdy
policeman. Then tumbled over one of
the base bags; some felUvsye led -btop!
others-Lun, run I Started once more;
dashed into a crowd of spectators and up-
set aoout a uozen ; men pitenea into tne
ganie-keeper ; finally ran into he feuce,
f 1 .1 .!!..
and fell all in a heap into a frog-hole.
When I was picked up everything was
spinning round, the sky and the ball
ground was all mixed up ; the policeman
seemed to be floating in the air, and all
the monkeys to be whirling round at a
terrible rate among the clouds ; while
the spectators, the bases, the bags, the
officers, the wagons, the club house, the
trees, bushes and frog-pond, seemed to be
joining in a frantic jig on the double
quick, only ten time faster than any dou
ble quick was ever executed yet. When
I came to my senses, I found every body
shrieking with laughter, and calling me
the " dashedest muffin that ever held a
club." My nose was bleeding, my el
bows skinned," my hair full of burdocks,
and my munkcy suit covered with mud
and frog spawn. Captain came up, and
as soon as he could stop laughing long
enough to speak, he said, " Well, of all
the daslied muffins I ever saw, you are
the dashedest." I didn't wait for any
more compliments, but went home.
Tobacco and Heart Dheaie.
' M. Decaisne, in a communication to
the Academic des Sciences, exhibits an
other clause in the heavy bill of indict
ment agaiust the abuse of tobacco. lie
state3 that in the course of three years he
has met, among eighty three inveterate
smokers, twenty-one instances of inter
mittence of the pulse oceuring in men
from twenty-seven to forty-two years of
age, and not to be explained by organic
lesion of the heart. The abscence of
such lesion or ether condition of health
capable ot inducing intermission of the
action of the heart, and the fact that, in
nine of these instances in which the use
of tobacco was abandoned, the normal
action of the organ was restored, 31. De
caisne believes will justify him in con-,
eluding that in certain subjects the abuse
of tobacco may give riee to conditions
which may be termed " narcotism of the
heart," characterised by intermission in
the movement of that organ and the pul
sation of the radical artory; and in some
cases a suspension or diminution in the
practice of smoking is sufficient to cause
the entiro disappearance of this irregu
larity. Medical Times and Gazette.
Boasting and Frying Meat..
The Kuglish are acknowledged to be
the best meat cooks in the WorlJ. They
never allow any water or broth in the pan
where the meat is. The roast from time
to time, is basted with the drippings from
the fat. In frying a steak or mutton
chop the pan should become thoroughly
heated before placing the meat iu it,
which should previously have been sea
soned with pepper and salt. The latter
should not be applied till just before the
cooking, as it has a tendency to harden.
The steak or chop should be turned con
stantly until it is done brown.
Two French peasants were discussing
the Continental war, when one attemjtfed
to explain to the other the nature of the
telegraph. After repeatedly failing, he
was struck by a brilliant notion, aud ex
claimed, " Imagine. that the telegraph is
an immense long dog so long that its
head is in Vicuna and its tail at Paris.
Well, tread on its tail which is at Paris,
and it will yelp at Vienna. Do you un
derstand uow what the telegraph is like?"
A late advertisement iu an Irish
. . icQirtrv rn til TiTillnrnntr
paper
Jane
O'Foggerty, she had in her arms two ba
bies and a Guernsey cow, all blacks, with
red hair, and tortoise shalls combs behind
her cars, and large black spots down her
back, which squints awfully."
What is that which every living man,
woman, and child has seen aud will never
see again ?
Yesterday.
First, talk of yourself without vanity;
econd; talk of others without slander.
Interesting Statistics of the United States.
The following interesting item
of statistics was nrenared in the Tlui.
, ted States Census Bureau Department
the Interior, and taken from a report in
States are equal to 3,250,000 square miles
j land 3,010,370. water about 240,000,
'squarc miles. The States embrace. 1,-
ouijiioL square miles ot land surface and
uie lerniories, i,iuo,uio miles, as ex
hibited by the eighth census of 1800.
The number of inhabitants in the United
States returned in 1SG0 was 31.413.351
iu the States 31,148,04G and 295,275
in the Territories thus showing an aver -
age of seventeen inhabitants to each
square mile in the States, while in the
Territories there are four square miles to I pretty figure will not shorten life a dozen
each inhabitant, and exclusive of the dis- years or more, besides making her miser
trict of Columbia the territorial area would j able while she does live ?
represent five and one-fifth square miles When a young man is dependent upon
to each inhabitant. In 18G0
'setts had 157. Rhndo Tsl.mrf
Massachu -
133. New
j York 82, and Pennsylvania 02 inhabitants
to the square mile, which rale applied tojder if he is
the United States would give 472,000,000; towards the
in jassacnusetts, 4UU,0Uu,UUU in liliode nen a man receives a periodical or
Islaud, 240,000,000 in New York and j ; newspaper weekly, and takes great dc
18G,000,000 in Pennsylvania, Belgium, light in reading it;and don't pay for it; I
Lngland and AY ales and trance in 185o
had 397,307, and 17G inhabitants to the
square mile respectively. If the United
States was as densely populated as. France
n t .-'roo flnrt.rtrt
and if according to Belgium's density of j jast beeQ elected in Illinois, is explained
population, (397 to the square mile) thca3 f0llowc3- The law of 93d of May
UuitedStates would contain 1,195,000,000, j iS50. fixes the number of m-l of C,.
which is 110,80G,000 more than the en
tire population of the world in world
18GG.
in
What Writings Require Stamps.
The following information will prove
valuable to business men generally, and
should be kept ot for reference :
1st. Instruments of writing dated be
fore Oct. 1. 1SG2, do not require stamps.
2d. Those dated between August 1,
1SG2, and August 1, 1SG4, may be stamp
ed either before or after use by the Court,
Itegister or Recorder.
3d. Those dated August 1, 18G4, aud
more tnan twelve months old, can be
stamped before United States Collector,
without the payment of the penaly of $59.
4th. Those dated after August 1, 1SG1,
and more than twelve months old, can be
stamped upon the payment of the penalty
of 850.
And every assignment of a note, which
assignment is made since Oct. 1, 18G2,
without regard to the date of the note, is
to be stamped as an agreement, namely ;
five cents no matter how
the note may be.
large or small
All persons having notes unstamped
should have them stamped at once. A re
ceipt for money or propery of over $20,
no matter what the amount, only require
a two cent stamp.
Visit your
Schools.
The desire to be noticed, to be thought
f some importance, is ccrtaiuly a natural
ingredient of tho juvenile mind. A
manly independence cornea of mature,
years, and is born of reason an 1 judgment.
While it may be desirable to cultivate the
latter, the former cannot be overlooked,
and should not be neglected. How often
we see children stimulated
to great exer-
tiun by a kind look and an
encouraging
word. Parents would scarcely think of
sending their children away alone to ac
complish an important work ; aud yet they
do just that, when they send them to the
school-room and bestow no further thought
upon their education from the beginning
to the end of the term. Your children
needyouroccasional presence at the school
room, to notice, praise and encourage them.
And oven teachers arc not without this
childish feeling; they, too, need encour
agement, and desire appreciation. If then,
you desire to make your schools all you
could wish, visit them often aud pupils
aud teachers will be all the better for it.
A gallant olT gentleman by the name
of Page who was something of a rhymes
ter, finding a lady's gloves at a watering
place, preseuted it with the following
lines :
"If from your glove you take the letter
G. Your.glovo is love which I devote to
thee."
To which the lady replied :
"If from your Page you take the letter
P, Your Page is age, and that won't do
for me."
Salt Your Chimnies.
In building a chimney put a quantity
of salt into the mortar into which the in
terstices of brick are to be laid. The ef
fect will be that there will never be auy
accumulation of soot in that chimney.
The salt in the portion of mortar which,
if exposed, absorbs moisture every damp
day. The soot thus becoming damp falls
down the fireplace. Our readers should
remember or preserve this little piece of
valuable information.
During the month of October the Na
tional debt was reduced by tho immense
sum of 22,02G,93G. Fifteen millions of
this was paper money. As this is con
tracted prices of all commodities must fall.
Since Sept. 1, 18G5, the debt has been
reduced by 8184,352,030.
-.
" Honorable" John Morriscy makes
twenty-five thousand dollars on bets that
Hoffman will carry New York city by
pver forty thousand majority.
Wonders!
When a young man is a clerk in a store
and dresses like a prince, smokes "foreign
of cigars," driuks "Dice brandy," attends
theatres, dances and the like. I wonder if
he does all on the avails of his clerkship? j
When a voun'r lady sits in the parlor
during the day, with her lilly white fing-
ers covered with rings, I wonder if her
mother doesn't wash the dishes, and
the work in the kitchen?
do
When the deacon of the church sells , whose only object is to keep himself in
strong butter, recommending it as a good j power, but tha the has remained in offieeaf
article, I wonder what he relies upon for j tcr expiration of his termbecause this was
salvation? the only way in which he thought the
Whe u a man goes three times a day to ; National Government of Mexico could bo-
get a dram, I wonder if by and by he
j wont go four times?
When a lady laces her waist a third
j less than nature made it, I wonder if her
' his daily toil lor his incomes and marrneS
, a lady who does not know how to make
! a loaf ol bread or mend a garment, I won-
not lacking sumewhere, say
top, for instance?
, wondor it he has a soul or a jrizzard,
Congressmen at Large.
The position of 'Congressman at Large,"
- " r v"''v"-
1850, fixes the number of members of Con
gress at two hundred and thirty-three,
who are re-distributed among the States
after and in accordance with every deci
mal census. An act of 3Iarch 4th 1852,
increased, however, the number of Rep
resentatives to two hundred and forty
one, by allowing one additional Repre
sentative to eight States, of which Illinois
was one.
The number of Congressmen of Illinois
was thus raised from thirteen to fourteen.
The State Legislature of Uiineis, instead
of dividing the State into fourteen dis
tricts, preferred to elect only thirteen
members of Congress iu separate districts,
and to have the fourteenth elected by the
vote of the whole State. This i3 the
" Congressman at Large," for which of
fice General Logan has just received a
majority approaching sixty thousand.
Illinois is the only. State in the Union
which has a " Congressman at Large"
(not counting the States which elect only
one Congressman).
A Word to Young Men.
My friend did you ever know, can you
call to mind any single case of a person
who, having his own way to make in the
world, spent his time on the street, in
billiard saloons, around hotels, or in any
form of dissipation or idleness, to suc
ceed in an eminent degree in any enter
prise ? Look over your list of friends
and acquaintances and note their course.
Do you not find upon examination that
those who to-day arc men cf influence and
honor were the youth who made the most
of valuable time, turning it-4o good ac
count, and oa the other hand do you not
find those who stood at tho corners with
a cigar or pipe in their mouth went from
bad to worse, from worse to ruin? Sadly
must tho answer be made, O that it
were not so they have failed, will you
not profit by the experience of others ?
Go uot that way. Never be idle. Ev
ery moment of your youth is a golden
one; use it as such; improve the mind; fix
your eye upou some noble object; be men.
The call is for men, will you not be one
of that number. Who can say, " I am a
man."
A 3Irs. 3IcClurc, of Guincy, Illinois,
has been buried alive. She was supposed
to have died Sunday last, and on 3Ionday
was interred in a vault belonging to the
family. On Wednesday groans were
heard from tho vault by the children of
the buried woman and an old lady who
was with them. Upon learning this, the
husband and neighbors repaired to the
vault, broke open the door, opened the
coffin, and found the woman alive. She
had torn her hair and wounded her fing
ers in vain efforts to escape from her nar
row prison. She was taken home, and is
said to be now ou a fair way to recover.
A Wonderful Meteor.
Nashville, Nov. 23. About four
o'clock last Thursday morning a meteor,
lighting the whole heavens, was seen in
the vicinity of Rome, Ga., moving rapidly
in a southwesternly direction. It appeared
like a fire ball as largo as the sun, and ex
ploded, apparently ten miles off, with a
report like a forty pound cannon, that
shook tho earth and made the windows
rattle.
Coleridgo was descanting, in the pres
ence of Charles Lamb, upon the rcpul.-dvc
appearance of an oyster. "It isn't hand
some, Coleridge," said Lamb, "but it has
tho advantage of you in one thing."
"What's that?" querricd Coleridgo who,
as every one kuows, was. an exhaustlcss
talker. "It knows when to shut its mouth,"
was the reply.
The following is goiug the rounds as a
Domestic Drama: Scene I. Mother in
the cellar splitting wood. Sceuo II.
Daughter in tho parlor singing to Clar
ence Fitz Noodlo the pathetic ballad of
" Wio shall care for mother uow?"
Mexican Affairs.
It
13
speak for the Republic of Mexico, that it
is the firm intention of President Juarez
to order an election in accordance with:
the Constitution for a President and
members of Congress, as soon a3 it shall
; be practicabl
3 to do-so. They further as-
fcrt that President Juarez is not, a3 his
enemies have endeavored to represent him,
an ambitious and linscrnnnlm? mm.
. .. . i
' preserved. It is doubtful whether he will
allow his name to be used as a candidate
! for re-election, seven should his friends
urge him to become a candidate.
Official news from Vera Cruz to the 1st
inst. has been received in this city, with
the following information: The city of
Jalapa and the fortress of Perote have been
captured by the Liberal Genera's Mar
tarrc, Camillo and Calderan. Two Im
perial chieftains in the State of Vera Cruz
have submitted to the National Govern
ment. An official report cf Gen. Diaz tch
the War. Department, stated that after
the important victory he obtained at
31iahuallan, in Oaxaca,""on the 3d ult., ho
advance! aganist the city of Oaxaca, and
invested it for eleven days. As he was
getting ready to arsiult, he heard that an
Austrian column of 1503 men wa3 com
ing to protect the garrison. He, there
fore, abandoned the city, and went to meet
the column, and did so, at Carbonsia, at
11 A. 31. on the 18th ult. The battle
lasted until 7 P. 31., when Gen. Diaz hav
ing obtained a complete victory, followed
the enemy as far as Mcnos, nine mile?
from Carbonsia lie took 395 Austrian,
Polish and Hungarian prisoners, four ri
fled guns, over GOO carbine?, and a very
large supply of munitions.
He further states in his report that he
would march that very evening to Oar--
I aca, to capture the garrison. Eighty-five
boxes, being a part ot Maximilian 3 bag
gage, have arrived at Vera Cruz.
Letters from the City of 3Iexico state
that he had taken fur his own use several
valuable old paintings an 1 3Iciican relics.
Some very sagacious prophecies have
been made in regard to the year 18G7. As.
they may not Le found in all the Alma
nacs, we will give a few for the benefit of
our readers :
The year 18G7 will be a very eventful
one to every maiden who gets married.
Throughout the whole course cf the year,
whenever the moon wanes, the nights will
grow dark. Whoever is in love this year
will think his swect-heart an angel. Who
ever gct3 married will find out whether it.
is true. If a3 0ung lady happens to blush
she will look red in the face. If sho
dreams of a young man three nights in
succession, it is a sign of something. If
any body jumps overboard without know
ing how to swim it is two to one he gets
drowned. If any one lends an umbrella,.
it is ten to one he
is obliged
to go home
in the rain for his pains
Singular notions of the Uarriage Eelaticn;
The Chicago llepuLlican savs
a man.
who said he was thirty-five years old call
ed oa a justice on Saturday night, asking"
to be married to a girl of seventeen years.
The justice asked the usual questions,
and received correct answers until the
following was propounded : "Have you
ever been married boforc ?" "Yes."
"Is your wife still living ?" "Yes." -"Arc
you divorced from her ?" "No."
"where is she ?" I'l sold her." "How
much did you get for her V "None of
your business." "Well, I can't marry
you if your wife is living." "But she
liked a younger foller better than she did'
me, and was willing to be sold for $200
if he bought her ; so I let her go.'
To Pickle Red Cabbage.
"Here's a receipt that we know to be
good and now is a very good time to mako
use of it ;" take a firm, fresh cabbage,
remove the whole of the outer leaves,
keeping the ball entire. Cut it into four
quarters, and, subsequently, into strips,
and place them on a hair sieve or a clean-,,
dry cloth, and sprinkle with silt. Let
them remain for three days to allow the
brine to drain off. After they are thor
ougly drained, put them in a clean jar.
Take as much vinegar as will cover them,,
aud let it simmer over a slow fire, with
allspice, whole black pepper, coarse brown
ginger, and a little pimento. When the
vinegar is sufficiently flavored let it cool,
and pour it over the cabbage in tho jar,,
which must he stopped down for use, and
kept for three months.
An European praetitioucr has used raw
meat, with great success, as an article of
diet, in the treatment of pulmonary con
sumption. In addition to this treatment
it is now proposed to add brandy, leginuing
with a tablespoonfiil and increasing up to
four ounces. If this latter prescription
shall become fashionable, a large increase
of Consumptive cases may be anticipated.
Speaking cf a bevy of lawyers who
wero congregating t) dedicate a new
Court House, a lady said " they had gona
to view the grouui where they must
shortly lie."
Iu 3Iilwaukee during the past year or.o
rolling mill, 4 flour iniU, 2 breweries, 2
distilleries, G churches, 29 business blocks,
and one hundred private residences luve
teen erected.
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