Cl)c Scffcvsonicin,
T HURS DAY, NOVEMBER 20, 18 C8.
07-WHAT MAKES YOUR HAIR SO
rirri. ! Mrs. S. A. Allen's imfrov-
(;iac sryOllAiR Restorer or Pressing
(in o.-ic iofne ) rnce uue uoimr.
1r.iiFt s-ells it.
I-"We hive had a Terr fair specimen of
W.-u.r weather in this neighborhood for a
pa-t, but no snow to peak of.
On: first rage contains a very graphic and
"i.Uem tiinr aceount of the manner of mining
and reducing Gold quartz, in the far west. It
k-npth hould preclude no one from reading it.
xi fr-.-r.i it can be learned the fact that gold mi
iiiff U not alwav; a labor either of comfort or
vf u.'?c.w.
trThe African Methodist brethren arc
-.t:i!i along quite rapidly with the brick work
of their new church, on Analoniink Avenuer
corner tone of which was laid a rear ago
Un M:r..:.i r. From a view of the plan we
"I'iirc bst, when completed, the congregation
vrl!I h -.ve a verv neat and convenient place of
r- r h'.x:
re?" We rejoice, jut now, over the reflection,
t'ia: while we, from choice, are giving thanks,
in Tv.irs'-.ance of the proclamations of the Press
Ik: t and the Ciovernor, over our usual fare of
"hg and honiinv" and "rare done beef steaks'
nn ,,,.. our thousand and one kind and at-
t.::iive rentiers are enjoying a most delightful
f - v- rt-ti'ir with Turkey, cranberry sauco, Ac.
Ma- e.a. h and everv one of them hive abnnd-
. .s r .?;!-.: to be thankful
STi,.The 'Crecian IJend," in a mild form,
uJ.' it appearance on our f-trccts last week.
i lie partis attacked watUWod along, uouineo
t id t .v". -;cd, a though suflering severely, yet
? 1 1 ! ,iri. Humor insist:? upon it that the discae
i- i,t.: half as bad here as it is in oilier places.'
If tl;'- is ro we pity t!ie poor dear victims a
1 ro.,.L YumM'nt "peppermint and brandy"
a:.:.rd nlief? The compound used to be fa
1 v.u.- as a' specific for "cramps and pitch.' It
i- a h jpy reflection that the disease has taken
li -j Id of !;:t verv few of our calico-clad angels.
1 1 1 1111
L.Tho season of spare-ril, pon haa, liver
w :.-. t, .'.v.: J.".ge, scrapple, sour krout, buckwheat
" - :t".d x'hA things generally, (we heard se
vt !:.! tt:- ke;.s gobble last evening, but they bc
1 :U t!;e chap who lives a few doors oil,) ha?
. a'na.'y V.vj'W, and the way folks hereabouts
,: . o j't: r-ow is a caution to epicures. There
si" tine nhu-h may with more propriety be
v :K:.-.i.:!pd the season of fat tilings than the
f.;i I ushering sea.-on especially in a town
l,kr ..um, where nearly every family hasag:od
1 !. .' or !ru to kill.
i '::t church-going public and our
f pvVIie should be church-going will be
". t rjaru, tint the Rev. Mr. Evcritt, of
i'r terin church, will return to hir
. it. tiiae for services on Sabbath next
! with the permission of his congre-
:i. St ! R.-c-urmnr abroad for several
? - the -v.rjo-e of ricruiting his health,
h::d bit-Oine much impaired though his
r a! in furthering the erection and com
'i of the new church edifice. The many
:- ' . f t h c Per. gentlemen, and his mot es
lo 1 !y, will be pleased to learn that both
:i v.-'.L health much improved.
Tur. lli.rxTORAl. College of Pennsylvania,
v. ''l jf..-t at Harrisbarg, on Wednesday, the
1'iid pro-.irno. William Davis, Esq. is the rep-
ii:-:vc from this District Of course, the
f the College will be, unanimously, given
c- I rant r.nd Colfax. The manner of voting
fv. r I'rc -i 'cr.t ami Vice President, by Electoral
"oll'-g.-s, w.is Crt-t moved, in the National Con-"it.-.'.li-.al
Convention, by Jaraes Vt'ilson, a
t ' b g.te from Pennsylvania, and a representa
c, we l-elieve, of the district of which the
1. r I: jry now comprising Monroe county, form
. 1 a ru;t.
"-:r"r Ilicksit? Friends are just finishing
n very neat meeting hou.se, at the corner of
.S.iv.Ii and Franklin streets, in this borough.
'i'nii movement was rendered necessary by the
'il!i!daud condition of the old meeting house,
--r. k r-f 3Iain street. The new structure is
- t" bri'-k, two storie high, is covered with slate,
r.nd m Iir ri fuiishctl, will embrace a school room
iii.l a ro'.r.i for business meetings on the first
t'oor, nnd a religious meeting room on the sec
.!"1 il.-or. Quaker-like the work is being ve
ry quietly done, without troubling any one, and
wh'-n completed the building will be quite an
t rasnu-nt to that end of the town.
S. 'AW.rk on the i;?w Lutheran church edi
f". under the sujKrvision of the Rev. D. M
Ilenkel, Pastor in charge, has jrogressed with
cpHncndable rapidity, and promises to be oue
of thy handsomest, if not the very handsomest,
Xiur.-h buildings in this section of eountrv.
f Lc l.ui! Ilrg is alxmt.under roof, and, we pre-
'' ii',', lie next work will be the completion of
!.e sindli'.'rium, so as to secure, speedily, an
.'mvii h'tnc- Lr tlie congregation. There are but
fcl.Itrr y&xxtn than Mr. Ilenkel, and but
few congregation that could have been induc
ed, in so tliort time after organization, to at
tempt the erection jf so beautiful, eommodiouB
and conly a builJic The spirit of both xa-
tur ai::l w hc is truly worthy of all praise.
fir-We U(iditaiwl that the subject of the
enlaigcrac;:t 2nd inipiovcti'jt-nt of the Metho-di,-t
church LuiLdiris again under considera
tion. We hope, this tisie, tiiat the discussion
will end in the aciual accomplishment of the
The congregation i iho largest in town,
riI s.3 weallliy as any other, and the crowds
- hi !;, on each Sabbath, ajuLLti within the
Juirch landing, are most convincjve of tliC ab
solute nec'ePrity which exists for the enlsrge-
jnont and improvements. The pulpit of the
church, since, its existence here, has always
been ably filled ; and by none more ably, zcal
xwly or accj.tably than by the present pastor,
the Rev. Mr. Pidgwav.
There are oub tiro bar rooms iu Salt
;..lke ifV.
United states Senator.
"Wc observe that our Republican cotempora-
rice, throughout the State, are casting about for
a suitable candidate for the United States Sen
atorehip, to puccccd the Hon. Charles A. Euck-
alew. We observe, too, that Republicans of
other States are manifesting an interest in the
matter. This is emincntlv proper. For the
honor and interest of our glorious old Common
wealth, the beat man should be looked up, and
when found he should be presented to the Le
gislature, and elected by the Republican mem
bers of that body without a struggle. This our
large majority in that body will render an ea-
sv taek.
It is with more than ordinary pleasure that
we notice, in this connection, that the Repub
lican press of Pennsy lvania, with singular unan
imity, representing the voice and will of the
people, is rapidly settling upon the man whom
we would most like to see elevated to n seat in
the Senate of the United States, as the repre
sentative of our State. Honest and capable
bevond a peradventure, true to the principles
which underlie Republicanism and our coun
try's best interests as is the needle to the pol
rich in a legislative experience rendered mem
orable by untiring exertion in the cause of free
dom and progress, and fitted thereby to repre
sent us in'a manner which could not but reflect
credit upon us, the Hon. GALUSIIA A
GROW, is decidedly the man who should be
chosen to aid the patriotic Cameron in truly
representing Pennsylvania, and in securing
peace and prosperity and permanency to the
Union.
Nor is Mr. Grow without tangible claims
upon the position. A life devoted to the prin
ciples of Republicanism, and his matchless con
duct of the momentous campaigns just cloed,
call for and should receive some marked re
ward from those villi whom he so faithfully
acted, and whom he po skilfully marshalled on
to victory, despite the frauds and despicable
machinations of an unscrupulous foe.
There are other good men, and a host of them
in Pennsylvania, whose names have been men
tioned in connection with the position, who
would, ordinarily, represent us ably and honor
ably ; but these arc extraordinary times, render
ed such by the evil doings of cur opponents.
and require men or more than ordinary abili
ty to meet and settle the emergencies which
may at any moment arise in them. Just such
a man is the lion. Galusha A. Grow a man
in every respect suited to the times the man
demanded bv every consideration of right and
of Republican well doing. I lis election wouh
be received throughout the Union with rejoic
ing only second to that which greeted the tri
umpbant election of Grant to the Presidency
and Colfax to the Vice Presidem v. His advo
cates for the o;:ition hail from all parts of th
Commonwealth and the Union.
DelaTrare.
The State of Delaware is a Democratic Stale
Delaware votes Democratic always, and on
Tuesday, November 3rd, Delaware gave Sey
mour and Blair a clear majority of some 2,500
votes. Delaware is a firm believer in the oh
Democratic saw, "the Union as it was, the Con
stitution as it is," barring always the progres
sive spirit infused into both by the meddling
"BIack-Rei)ublicans." On the 21st inst. Dela
wars gave another evidence of her love of 1 em
ocratic principles and practice, which should
be an occasion of rejoicing by ihe Democracy ev
ery where. Slavery and the slave-driver's lash
arc abolished from its borders, but the twin
barbarism to these, the whipping post and the
pillory were not touched by constitutional a
mendment, and Delaware and Democracy re
joicc that these remain, and that the former i
left free to indulge, erf libitum, in such pleasan
and elevating amusements as wourging the
backs of old men of seventy, and cutting the
blood out of the backs of stripplings of twelve,
amid the jeers nnd plaudits of the delighted
spectators. Here is what Democratic Dla
ware has just done in this line. It is a burning
disgrace to the State, but it furnishes a rare and
special opportunity - to our neighbor to trot
out his big "rooster," and his battalion of "Con
federate Greys" and indulge a lusty crow over
"Another Democratic victory in gallant little
Delaware !"
The Wmrrixo Tost in Delaware. New
Castle, Del., Nov. 21. This leing the dav for
executing the sentence imjKjsed upon criminals
under the benign laws of Delaware, there was
quite an influx of strangers to witness the inter
esting spectacle.
The terrible work took place in the yard of
the rw Castle county jail, which was fined
with people, chiefly children, who witnesset
the hideous punishment of the whipping post
with cheers and laughter.
Seven irsons, convicted of various petty of
fences, Mere tied to the iost and wlupjod.
One of these was a man seventy vears old
who received twenty lashes on his bare back.
He cried bitterly during the whole ordeal.
1 wo bovs, about twelve v-cars of age, were
flogged with twenty lashes each for petty oflen
ses they had committed.
One man was placed in the pillory until he
s totally helpless from cold, and was then
whipped with twenty lashes.
Each of the criminals, after receiving the
barbarous punishment, was returned to pnson,
to remain for Ax months ; after that they will
each have towara convict dress in public for
another halt vear.
8If any body abroad has, from any cause,
become impressed with the idea that Strouds
burg is a dead town, tn idea that used to pre
vail, or that 3Ionroe county is a dead county,
it would be well for them to come hither and
discover the grossness of their error. No town
in the country, unaided save by its own natu
ral resources, is making near the progres as is
ours ; and no section of country is more rapid
ly emerging from a state of dreamy standstill
ativeness. In town, houses spring up with, al
most, the rapidity of a Jonah's goard, while in
the country, the barren wastes, and thickly
6tudded woods are alxmt as rapidly giving way
to as thoroughly cultivated aud thrifty looking
farms as are to be found any where. And
then too our improvements are handsome, sub
stantial and permanent , and the greatest beau
ty of all is the beauty, you know, that we
mo;t brag about our houses arc filled with
prompt and intelligent occupant, who make
good livings, and something to lay up for a
rainy day, out of every variety of skilled and
ordinary labor. And our farmers are begin
ning to raise abundant crops of all the cereals
and farm produce generally, for which a ready
market, &t .price In axivanre of retail city pri
ces, is readily found right here at bomc. 1 f any
doubt let them come and .at.
Monroe County Temperance Union.
The next Quarterly Meeting of the Un
ion, will be held in Stroudsburg, in the Pres
byterian Church, on Friday, Nov. 27, 1668.
But-iucss meeting at 2 p. m., when all the
Executive Committee are urged to be pres
ent.
3 p. m.. Essay by Rev. E. J. Pierce, on
thts Religious aspect of the Tcmpemnce
cause. Essay by Rev. C. W. Ayat3, on
moderate drinking. The essay3 will be
open for discussion.
At 7 p. m , Address by Wra. Nicholson,
Esq. of Philadelphia, Secretary of Pennsyl
vania State Temperance Union.
By order of Executive Committee.
, B. S. EVERITT,
WM. M. RIDGWAY,
SAMUEL REESE,
Committee of Arrangements.
Ten Millions of dollars are less than
the daily tax imposed on the people of the
United States by the party that drinks in
toxicating liquors as a beverage. Count the
retail cost (one thousand four hundred and
eijhty-three millions and a half) of what is
returned, take the report of the internal
revenue officers, that the Government is vc
ry much cheated, and it will be fair to swell
the actual amount far beyond the amount re
ported; add to that the waste of time, the
cost of poverty and crime, the destruction of
property, the stealing of properly, the value
of production, prevented by idleness, inabil
ity and inefficiency. All these added togeth
er will surely exceed SG50 millions of dol
lars a year, which is ten millions a day.
"The Pennsylvania State Temperance Un
ion was set up in February, 1807, as a sort
cf connecting chain between all the organi
zations with intention to promote the gener
al practice of total abstinence. It has been
busy and effective. By report ot the Secre
tary, made to the Board of Managers recent
ly, it appears the agents of that Society have
held near three hundred public meetings
from the beginning of this year to the end of i
August, and are still organized for more cf
fective action, now that the election is over
Persons in any part of the Commenwealth
desiring the services of first class speakers,
can procure them by writing to Rev. Pen
nell Coombe, No. 513 Arch 6t. Philadelphia,
or Willjam Nicholson, Esq. No., 115, South
7th st. Philadelphia. A State Temperance
Convention will be held at Harrisburg, in
February next.
.
United States Bonds.
The "world of America is as good as its
bond
and its bonds shall be made as
good as the brightest gold that ever shone.
That bond bears the great seal of liberty.
That bond stands for the freedom of all
mankind. That bouds stanls for the
glory of the American name. That bond
stands for the glorious army of heroes
who overthrew our foes. That bond
stands fur the millions of gentle and heroic
women who kissed the soldier rood bye
who healed the sick, and said prayers
over the dying, aud wrought and suner
ed, and called on God that their country
might be saved for'their children and
their children's children, free and entire
to the end of time. That bond stands for
that army of martyrs who havo gone on
before, and watched us with celestial eyes
from the shining hills cf Heaven. That
bond stands for Abraham Lincoln, wiset
of statesmen, purest of rulers, gentlest of
men. I hat boud is written all over with
the heart's blood of the Republic. Ac
cursed be the traitor that would cheapen
that bond ; palsied be the voice that would
defame it. It is our bond ; our sacred
promise to mankind ; our pledge to God
that as he has carried us through our
wilderness of fire and tcmptest, across our
Red Sea of sacrifice for liberty, no jot or
tittle of that plighted honor shall fail ;
but every promise given in the hour of
our peril shall be a thousand fold redeem
ed in the hour of our triumph. liev. A
D. Jllayo, Cincinnati.
Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, has
issued his proclamation declaring the
names of persons returned elected to Con
gress in the different districts. In regard
to the Twenty-first district, composed of
the counties of Indiana. Westmoreland
and Fayette, he says no such returns of
elections have been received by the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth as would,
under the election laws, authorize him to
proclaim the name of any person as hav
ing been returned and duly elected.
Two separate certificates, one certifying
Hon. John Uovode to be elected, and the
other certifying Foster to be elected, have
been issued ; hence the Governor has
tbjown the responsibility of deciding the
case upon the rorty-first Congress.
On Nov. lf, in Paris, died Baron James
Rothschild, fifth son of Mayer Anselm
Rothschild, founder of the great ltoths
child European family of baukers. His
father had ten children, five of them sons.
James was the head of the house in Paris.
He was born May 5, 1792, and was for a
time with his brother Solomon in Vienna,
but eventually took up his residence in
Paris. The five brothers constituted but
one firm, in which all had an equal in
terest, but conducted the business under
five branches, each under the charge of
one of the brothers. Of the five brothers
James was the only one still living, but
the members of the family of the third
and even of the fourth generation have
been taken into partnership.
The man who never failed is a myth.
Such a one never lived, and is never like
y to. All success is a series of efforts.
in which, when closely viewed, are seen
more or loss failures. If you fail now
and then, don't be discouraged. Rear in
mind it is only the part and experience
of every successful man , and the most
successful men often have met most fail
ures.
The price of wheat in St. Paul, Minn.,
has Roue down to 75 and 80 cents per
bushel, and fiour sells at 5 per barrel.
The funeral of Mr. George Warren was
to have taken place yesterday, according
to published announcement, but we are
pleased to state that that gentleman is in
a fair way of enjoying life for years yet.
On Saturday last at 11 A. 31., in the city
of Mcadville, George Warren, to all ap-
pearauccs, breathed his last. He was
prepared for burial, and the remains were
to be sent to this city for interment.
His sister, who was present at the time
of his supposed demise, arrived here on
Saturday night, and made preparation for
receiving the melancholy cortege. Un
On Monday a hearse and carriages went
to the depot, but the object of their search
was not there, and they received word
that the funeral party had missed the
train. The hearse went to the depot
again yesterday, but instead of the corpse
there came a despatch stating that 31r
Warren showed sings of life. A despatch
received at a late hour last evening stated
that he had been removed from his coffin,
and was sitting up in bed. What must
be the feelings, of his friends, at thus
having restored to them one mourned
as dead beyond the possibility of a doubt?
He lay in the death like trance state for
about forty-eight hours before ezhibitiog
signs of animation, and it was almost a
providential circumstance that the inter
ment was set for a place some distance
from where the supposed death occurred.
The disease that prostrated him was ty
phoid fever, and the contemplated inter
ment at Erie was probably the means of
averting that horror of horrors uncoo
sciously burying a living human being
The case, altogether, is one of the most
remarkable we have ever heard of, and it
suggests the painful inquiry, whether or
not boldics are interred when there is yet
life dormant though it be m them -Eric
Dsijxxtch of jYop. 11.
The Mystery of an Old Fort
A letter writer, in describing Fort
Marion, one of the defences of St. An
gustine, Florida, gives the following story
"Fort Marion has an old, solemn, and
rather threatening, .war-like appearance.
The outer wall, five feet thick, of the
material called coquina (ko ke-na), found
in great abundance on the beach, near
the light house, has quite a slant, or in
clination inward, several degrees from a
perpendicular. An inner wall, two and
a half feet thick, standing perpendicular
keeps in position a bank of sand eight or
ten feet thick, between the outer and
inuer walls. Rehind these walls are the
casemates, strongly arched overhead, and
extending all arouud the interior. Upon
these arches and the walls, a floor of brick
stone and concrete is laid, whereon the
heavy guns of the fort are placed. Very
few arc in position now. ithiu the in
closure of the fort below are piles of can
nou balls and quite a number of oU
Spanish guns, partly eaten by rust
"In 1853, while putting some heavy
guns in position on the fort, an arch gave
way, making a hole some five feet wide
disclosymg a cell hitherto unknown
any person living. Iu this
strange
apartment were found one or two gun car
riages.mado of mahogany, finely wrought.
During the excavations made by the of
ficers, one of them accidentally discover
ed the appearance of a doorway that had
been masoned up. They determined to
test the reality of the suggestion ; nnd re
moving a few stones revealed and open
ing into another cell, where was found a
bedstead, on which lay the skeleton of a
man chained to a huge staple in the wall;
beside the bed stood an open mahogany
chest five feet long, two and a half feet
wide, side of plank two inches thick,
mounted with hugo iron trap hinge3 and
three enormous locks. No clue has yet
been found to the history of this case, or
the offence of this terribly punished vie
tim."
The Director of the Bureau of Statistics
at Washington is preparing an elaborate
report upon the statistics of taxation in
the United States. It will exhibit the
Federal, State, county, township, and
corporation taxes in detail throughout the
country. The total sum of the various
revenues now exceeds $700,000,000 per
annum, a sum which forms a considerable
portion of the entire earnings of the peo
ple. The various forms of taxation are
discussed with minuteness, and the re
port embraces the statistics of 37 States,
2,759 counties, and of a still larger num
ber of municipalities.
A Singular Potato.
A gentleman residing iu the southern
portion of this county has two sections of
a potato which present on their surfaces
a representation of a human form of ar
tistic beauty. 1 be blue veins in the body
of the potato form the face and features,
the hair being represented as flowing
down over the shoulders, while the arms
and waist of the figuro are symetrioal
and beautiful. It is one of the most
singular freaks of nature that it ha3 ever
been our lotto witness. Lancaster (i'a).
Intelitjencer.
The meteoric shower on the night of
Nov. 13 was witnessed by many persons
in various parts of the United States. A
despatch from San Francisco says the dis
play there exceeded in brilliancy that of
lob7. 1 he course of the meteors seem
ed to be almost directly west, but few
moving in any other direction. The
number of those seen in New York city
were 2,500 by actual count, while 3,800
fell in and around Boston some of the
meteors being of great brilliancy. The
display on the Potomac was so bright,
that passengers on the Norfolk boat were
able to read the papers.
"Father did you havo another wife be
fore mother V "No my boy : what pos
sessed you to ask such a question V
Because 1 saw in the old family Bible
wher you married Anno Domini, 1835.
and that ins't mother, for her name was
Sally Smith."
The Pairs papers consider the Great
Republic strengthened by the election of
Grant from all possible danger for years
to come.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A rumor says Bon nor has given Dex
ter to Grant.
One firm in Beloit, "Wisconsin, has
made during the past year, 1,500 reapers.
There are just five hundred acres of
public lands left in Ohio.
Mahogany is so abundant in Nevada
as to be used for fuel.
Christmas and New Year's come on
Friday this year.
There are 1,678 billiard rooms in .New
York city and Brooklyn.
Gutta percha houses are suggested for
earthquake countries.
Brighatu Young exhorts the Mormon
youths not to whistle and throw peauut
shells in the gallery ot his tneatare.
The first advertisement was inserted in
a London newspaper in 1G43, and pailia
mcntary rcport'ng naa us origin in ion.
Senator Sumner predicts that we will
1r.ll
have specie payments by the 4th ot July.
Brigham Young is said to be the third
largest depositor iu the Bank of England.
Potatoes have been down to thirty-five
cents a bushel in Chicago this season.
October, 1868, averaged four degrees
colder than any October since that of 1856.
Easton has a young lady who weighs
500 pounds.
The grain crop through this State is
reported as being unusally large.
The market at Cairo is flooded with
game, such as wild geese, ducks and tur
keys.
Wild turkeys are more abundant in
Bedford county than they have been for
many years past.
The marriage presents of a New York
belle last week are valued at $359,000
exclusive of the groom.
London is to have a new large news
nar.cr. in which all he editorials will be
sigued.
The boot and shoe trade of Philadelphia
has received uew life from the increased
Southern demand.
A Newburg (N. Y.) lady has been
made the mother of four children at one
birth two boys and two girls.
The prcsetts at a fashionable New York
weddioir last week were worth three
hundred and fifty thausand dollars.
Californians expect to make the jour
noy from San Francisco to New York bj
rail next lourth of July.
The British navy, according to the las
report, consisted of 735 steam vessels and
181 sailing vessels.
A Frnchman recently drank eighty
fonr cues of coffee ou a wager His life
was saved by an emetic.
The past season has been one of the
most prosperous that the Lynn, Mass
shoe manufactories have ever had.
One Boston factory makes four tons per
day of paper hangers and book binders
paste. The best quality of flour is used
for this purpose.
There is a sweet sixteen boy in Belle
fonte, Cntrc county, Pa., whose feet are
sixteen inches m length. He grov
there.
The JIuusfon Union says that the ques
tion of dividing Texas into three States
will be agitated on the reassembling of
the Convention in December next.
. Mr. Ilelmbold, the druggist, desires the
public to be informed that the rumors
circulated by some of the journals in re
gard to his sanity are without foundation.
Flour was recently passed on board a
steamer at St. Louis from an elevator at
the rate of one hundred barrehV in four
minutes.
The citizens of Harrisburg and the
towns upon the Susquehanna river above
that city, are mckiug arrangements to
stock the river with black bass.
In Texas, cattle over a year old, not
branded, are common property. The San
Antonio market is being stocked with
unmarked cattle.
Hon. Ezra Cornell has received more
than two thousand letters from young
men asking admission to the Cornell
Uuivcrsity, on the manual labor basis.
Vast quantities of liquorice arc brought
to New York city from Spain, to be
ground up and mixed with chewing tobac
co. Pittsburg has 89,258 inhabitants and
Alleghany City has 51,292. The popu
lation of the county is estimated at 240,
000. Franklin county puts in 1,504 war
claims, Fulton 127, Perry 5, Bedford 47,
and Cumberland 132. Adams will be
between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000.
A girl in Ebensburg, Cambria county,
who was caught applying a torch to her
employer's dwelling, said she was insti
gated to set it on fire by the devil.
Early in the fall it was feared the po
tato crop would be failure ; but the frost
failed to injure the tops, and so the yield
is larger and better than was at first an
ticipated. In Virginia no real caste can he sold
to pay debts until all the personal proper
tv is exhausted, and not then if the rents
and profits of the real estate for five years
will pay the debts.
Four hogs were killed on November 8
by Thos. Beaumont, of East Goshen,
Chester county. They weighed respec
tively 377, 301,340, and 320 pound?. The
hogs were eight mouths old.
Four men were killed on Nov. 9 by
the falling of the scaffolding at the new
furnace now being erected on the line of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, a short dis
tance above Allentown.
Major Morris Chester (colored), form
erly of Harrisburg, is in St. Petersburg,
Russia, on a missiou from the republic of
Liberia, which he is endeavoring to get
Russia to recognize
The Harrising Slat t Guard doolaTC3
for the renomination of Governor John
W. Geary, and in so doing justly reflects
the prevailing udgment of the Republi
can party in favor of a hraje, and faithful
puouc ccrvam.
" Branding and Drwamlxig Out.
This punishment was lately inflicted
upon a sergeant in a British regiment for
alsifjmg his accounts to the amount of
brty-niue shillings. The- proceeding is
thus described in a Londom paper: "Tho
culprit, having heard his srtence read at
the head of the regiment, is conveyed to
a barrackrootn, where, in the presence of
two officers, one of whom must be a sur
geon, he strips to the wairst. The trumpe
ter or drum major covers the prisoner a
ribs and sides with a preparation of gun
powder and water, and then applies a
small instrument, which, on a spring, br
ing touched, drives a number of needless-
through the skin, though without caus
ing pain. Ihe gunpowder is then rub
bed over the holes, the cuticle is stained,
and the letters 'B. C are deeply tattooed?
upon the man. Ail buttous and orna
ments, are afterwards cut off. from tho
prisoner's uniform, and, attended by tho
trumpets or druma plajing the 'Rogue's
March, the degraded soldier is marched
down the front of the line and ignomin-
iously turned out of the gate or sent to
prison. The sole object of this proceed
ing is to prevent a blackguard from re
enlisting in another regiment, and there
by defrauding the public of the bounty
he will receive."
Strixgiialt in Houses. This blem
ish in horses has been defined to be a
"nervous affection for which there is no
cure." Until recently this "definition1
would have been accepted as genuine. A
more thorough knowledge of the veteri
nary srt, ia connection with a closer
anatomical knowledge of the horse, has
rendered the version obssleJe.
This affection is now shown to be, net
one originating in nervous debility, but
one arising from the strain aod co.eqt
ent inflammation of an elastic cord, ex
tending from the hock to tbc'rcof joint.
This ccrd lies immediately under the
maim middle vein, nnd in rose of strain
the ioflmmation which endues tmy affect
the nerves and other parts hi sympathy,
calling off the rcucou3 secrcctions, render
ing this cord elastic, aud thus causing a
hritch or halt.
If the skin is slit by a skillful and steady
hand, four inches above the hoof of the
leg, aod this cord be carefully drawn out
with an awl and severed, it will relievo
the horse of all lameness as soon as the
wound is heiled, aud experience has
shown that no injury results from the
operation. This incUion should be wash
ed often with warm castile soap suds, and
anointed with sweet oil, cr some healing
ointment, and the horse kept quiet till
the cure is affected.
Salt with Znuts. One time, while
enjoyiug a visit from an Englishman,
hickory nnts were served iu the eveuiu-;,
when my English friend called for salt,
stating that he kucw of a case of a womau
eating heartily of nnts in the evening wh j
was taken violently ill- The celebrated
Dr. Abcrnethe was sent for. but it was
after he had become too fond of Li cup
and he was not in a coti'Jitioa to go. 15
muttered "Salt L Salt !' of which no not ice
was taken. Next raorning he went to
the place and she was a corpse, lie said
that had they given her suit it would
have relieved her ; if they would allow
him to make an examination, he would
convince them. On opening the stomach
the nuti rere found in a mas, llz sr
led salt on this and it imtaediVe'y dissol
ved. I have known of a tud !en death
myself which appeared to have been the
effect of the same cause. I generally cat
salt with nuts, and I consider that it icj-
' proves tbcu,
m i jj i
Philadelphia, Nov. 23. There i
much excitement hTe in relation to' tle
murder of Mrs. Hill. Mrs. Twitchell is
in custody on suspicion if participating
in the murder. The deceased was weaHhy,
having inherited from her last luijbaud.
Mrs. Twitchell is a daughter of the dc
ceased by her former hubanJ, Negotia
tions had been going on for the purchase
of a house at the cornor of Tenth and
Pine streets. It is said that the master
had been intrusted to Mr. Twitchcll, and
that he had had tho deed made out
in the name of his wife, instead of Mrs.
Hill. There had been some difficulty a
bout the matter, aud Mrs. Hill had been
advised to commence a prosecution against
Mr. Twitchell for misappropriation of
funds. It is supposed that the object of,
the deed was to possess himself of the pro
perty, and to get out of the way auy evi
dence as to how he became iu possession
of it. The d&ooascd had only a life inter
est in the property left by the las-t hus
band. . -:
A oouple of farm servants oo a planta
tion in the Southern part of Alabama,
who hwd been asleep in a lofu of a Iaree
bam, were awakened one Jaoraing recently
by a great commotion in tke haymow be
neath them, and on looking down saw a
scene which, probably, is without a paral
lel. Swarming in trough an open wincV
ow was a perfect cloud of wnsp. who.
were attacking a young army of vnt.
whoso squealing had aroused the two farr:
hands. The rats stood upon their hini
legs, in a yerfect paroxysm of rage anc?
fear, and gnashed their teeth at the wasps,
who stung them remorselessly. The bod
ies of tho rats were terribly swollen by
the poison of the iusccts, and in their
rage and fury they turned aud bit each
other. The hayloft was strewn with the
dead hodies of the rats, until at last tho
survivors fled from the scene and left tho
wasps masters of the situation.
MURDER OF AN EDITOR.
Richmond, Nv. Si. II. Rives Pol
lard, editor of the Souther 'Opinioh,i-aA
shot and killed this morning, at' ten
o'clook, shiH passing near his officet by
Jamea Qrant.' Tho causa of the shootinj
wa.s.a publication in the Opinion rerfeefc-
. 1 O . I -
injr on ats character as a mcmLsr o;
Grant family.
Jt : -
A Boston firm engaged in tho manufac
ture of britannia and silver plated ware,
makes twelve hundred dozen castor
frames per ojocth.