i)c 3cficvsonian, TUTJftSDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1868 " lt w The next session of the Legislature will rwnpnce on Tuesday the Cth of January. V Upe it will prove more advantageous to tbe people, and less expensive than the last. l,3.T!it sale of the lots belonging to the Lu tiit ran (.Vr.jcrcgation, cf which we made nun ii.ti la-t week, took i-Iaoe on Saturday, as per ur.ouncenunt. They were sold for $o0 each, the one to Daniel Preher and the other to Kcidt-n II. Cress. Very cheap. poN.erioN. The frit nds of the I lev. J. K. 1 m i-, hit 1'a-tor of the 1'rcsb-. terian Church M h'.. aw nee. propose pivirjc him a testamonial 3 Mnation, at hi-" residence in Shawnee village. tn January 1st, ISiiO, afternoon and evening. uv public g-ne-ra'ly is cordially invited to at tend. - - -"We are plra.-tnl to observe that the con tent for the United States Kenatorship in na.r r1"'!!.? down to observable limits, with the i-'i.tnccs a!t.;r-i!:r in favr of the Hon. Oalu fis A. Grow. The election of no other man soobi so well subst-rve the public interest, f.om i whit ever j.oi:.t you may vie the situation. Ti riKET. We have trot one for Chrlt A real, live Tuikcy, pocd and f.tt joring and tender. Cranberry sauce and pood sl.itigs p'i.era'Jy, but r.oi.t we live high. Vie r.; uivb-r o! !t-a?ions to ot.r stauneh iVir.o--raiio frl' -id, J. II. Conner, for this s-.ibstantis.l Jiti n tv our Chiistmas birder. Nov. who will foi! in s-iit, or trump friend Coiii:ti"s trick b f.trni.-hinjr the fc-.rt f r N v.- Year -cv tvrn, v.e'll i::.! th:;t. tv;?"' i-.-attempted naturalization fruudsex poed d..r:..g the went lHlliical campaigns have h d li.e people to demand a radical change in our i.ttiir.e.iMiion laws, Jo make this; i t'.?'.- wi.j lorm one oi t.'ie dunes of the i ro --lit Cei.grc., and we hope the duty will be so pert, rme.l a to secure the ballot box from t'i" kin J of fraud in thf future. A number of pia-M to ccurc honest naturalization have ln-n s::gc:etd, and it is be hoped that Congress will sw-cd in relectirig the l-est. rr..A wvek from next Mondav the Decern-! 11 c:,e' an,I'lc n"Taiion lor tne money m br Term ..f our several Couitbegir.s. The! VC!,t"L And our Mills would have done the -om;,,g to Court to hear the. murd-r trial-! Ui tl'w& if ,,ur f "I'ist, inten-stcd had se---i!l f.irn;,h tl-c indebted to us either for ml-1 CUred -'r-,er OTew :ld agents- xicrinc criptie.n, adverti-ingor job work a rare epper- ,! nn anJ virtd them.-elres of the old fo X Hd-.y to bring or send the- small amounts dur i K-v n,,io ,hat a 5ollar invested to-day i. lost, 1.9. Wv do r.vt intend tl: .v a dun, bi t mere- or al U-'vl ia Jai1i?cr. !sa it return to-mor- ij a a ijiiii to our reuuers ttj.it we eto de!i!;ht i i.i f,:ii:,g nj. those b-autifully printed ri-eipts, j of bi .b we always k- j. a "supply cn hand c-l p:al lu :Le demand. Ir a- a Lint to our readers that we do deit:ht!row ac'--on!l'stJ"'" -t" another dollar, gathtr- LiiM t.k T.vain. of comic notoriety, pai 1 ir !i'-: a flying vi-it on Tuesday. While hre he w.i5 t!ie ?n.e.-t of Ir. Jaokson. his fel- !- pa.-.- rgt r on the (Quaker Citv vovnee I.vt e.tr. Mark loft frS-ranton veterd where t be Irr-tur.d .'it evening. While in town Mark paid ii .-!:.rt visit in our i.-tnetum, and win r. i ); !i-.trr . 1 left bt hind him the i:c.privs of the ! nir.ri a:;d !;iJ-.iiori:-t tb.r.t he is. Wt ; hir !:ty liere was i'ccsr-rlly so rv rjret, further, that wo could not r.gr;t r!.: s':.-.rt, s.nd br fu vor 1. i ws- s n:;:n, w!t! v, :tii a t-: b!5c talk W.j-.!.i:-:'s iNi'iA EKCi:. We learn that the C"-nircg:t:lon. iu lieu of the usual do- I ntii-'u to the I'a!or, Lave i;uidc arrangements i r .i U--!:;r. , to bo delivered at the Court House :i S::ti.rd-iy evening. January 2nd. The price oj" til Lets L- fixed at the mere nominal sum of eciit e-ieh, which, together with thet:bjeet -f the vt.;re, tb.u!d draw cn overflowing l;use. 1 lie subject selc-ctel fir the lecture is ''Woman's IiiUnenee,'' and when we announce the I'ev, I. M. llenkel as the lecturer, wc will 3:ve said all that need be said to assure the lub:ie t;;i,t it will be most ably handled. We wl!J site f ;rt!icr j'articulars next week. -t. ti'ill W:i :ivct!n2 of the Lutheran Ct t:grego I.vld, cn Monday evening la;t, ta take m" o- ir'j.'j fjr tae liquidation of the claims jigiinst il.t; new church building. The mpeting was not a fully attended as was expected, but, w are pleased to learn, that the beft f'-eling prfvaiicl, and that the ruceesa wa ve-rv en-r-iraging, and sucli as to warrant the conclu-i.-n that all clainis will be speedily rntt, and tbat th arrangsrments for the ctjmplttion of the l-uildi.'ig i only a question of short time. The taurch edifice Ls now under roof and enclosed, and, we arc sati-Ged, that the ppirit of the con ..-pxti'jii of cur public generally will not long p r:,:it it to regain in lis p re-setit 'JiiLmth i coudl.Ln. Ttk Laiy'i! Dock. The month of Dcccm 1.T U but half out, and yct the Lady's Book f.r January is already on our table. This too w the initial number both of the new year and the nc toluinr, and the number is quite cbar eitririic of the n:anner in which the distin ituished editor and proprietor, L. A. CJodey, r-q., fulfils his promtM-e. We have always looked uj-jn the Lock as a brilliant fpecimen r.f the perfection of magazine publishing; but if (io ly keeps on through the year a Jic has Ugun with the January number, he will suc--eed in making an improvement even on per fection iti-elf. In the get up of the Look, i is plainly evident that the aim U to secure xhe aid of the best only. The best writers "write for it; the best artists design for it; the lt cngre vets engrave for it ; the best paper uaaLcT furnish it with paper and the bet prin tcra print it. Engravings, fashion plates, de signs for model cottages, drawing lessons, origi nal music, children, horticulture, health, re rtripu on every subject for the bodoir, nursery, 1 ite-bcD, house and laundry, each forming a de partment, all bring with them unmistakable e Tieienee cf being presided over by the bent. To aecure this result must require an immense outlay e.f iciincy ; and yet the Lady's Book is furnished at tke luere song of $3 per annum; 2 copic fur $o; 3 copien for $7 50; 4 copiee for $10. ow is tl uro to Bubscribc. Ad- iltH O'b j'rf J... '., p.v-k. Philadelphia. IV BaA raucn v.hy wc Lave net, ere thin, e merged faru our present ftate of business back wardness, is not so mnch owing to a want of means as a community, as to a want of vim and boldness of enterprise. Wc are not rolling in wealth, it is true, but we have enough, the oth er rceiaisiu-s being equal, to rie us well up in I the scale with those who arc now lar ahead of ju:in all that gives business character and repu ! talicn for thrift. Nor are wc, m a people, par ! nimonious. Th improvements ereetf d for our present business necessities and our personal convenience nil militate against such an idea. Wc may be slightly selfix'i in the employment of our means, but what we chiefly need to pro perly set the hall of mildness progress in motion u a business lioluness which will not hesitate to cast the bread of prosperity upon the waters, and be content to await its return with profit even after many days. That this is true of us we have the evidence right here in Stroudsburg evidence, tco, the most conclusive, and which should incite us to shake olf this most dama ging characteristic, and to go to work bravely, as men determined to conquer must do. All know that we already have a Woollen Mill in our I orengh, with building well adap ted to the purpose for which it was erected and filled with machinery of the most approved kind and of the best working quality. The en terprise of our capitalists erected and stocked it ; but it now stands idle, a monument of the purility of enterprise without vim, and, in a measure, a scare-crow against other home-step looking towards the building up cf a manufac turing mart in ,'.r midst. That it has not put dollari into the pockets of its stockholders, is not because It is a woolen mill, nor because the woolen bufine".- could not be made to pay. It is rcciuse the Stockholders were inexperienced and timid mui, who looked for the enterprise to rim as a strong man ere it could be expect ed to creep as an infant in swadlings. Want of experience in manage cit-nt firrt, and timidi ty in the employ m rnt of means gerotnl, undoubt edly, therefore, formed the great draw-back to the prosperity looked for. Ere ii had bcn in i exigence a vear, and before its fabrics had been ! introduced to tire outer world, it stopped net because the means of its stockholders were ex hausted, but because thoe stockholder could not dive-t ihcinseIves.of tlair old twenty-five rer cent, and pneedv reiurn notions, ami de- . J ., ;.,,,;i,-.li:!t(. r. tnrn in sliai of ilivi- dkiids which could not, under the surroundings, be earned in so short a time. Woolen Mills in other sections of the coun try some witli more, anil many with less cap ital invested which kept on with manufactur ing, have secured to their stockolders, from the large business growing out of their geahcada- i .i uwui, g.uni- a? '"J" lLe ":t.v- A true rtiterprizc and a tnu' 'oli"I,u'4 FI i"1 would, as iu Yankee land. have made the spindles hum and the looms have made the spindles hum and the looms tremble with inces.-ent labor, and lookenl rath er to next week, next month or next year for the return which was to pay. And the pay would have come. This is assured by the truths of experience r.ot only portrny-d abroad, but a'! T'lt here at home in other brandies off business, as will take occasion to show in f''"ure artivles. give, on our fir. t page, cojti&u ex tra.':ti fre-m the President's message, together with a very fcir syncpaical view of all that wc- fail to quote in full. The extracts are a fair specimen of A. J. let loose, and have in them uuout a? much convent rated bitterness as his ace Money, in his political demc-iitedness, is capable of foisting on the public. The intre duetory paragraphs are made up of the Presi dent's dilapidated opinions, hitherto vouch safed us iu his vc-to messages, manijulatcd and boiled down to the little end cf a point ; and they certainly make their author appear small er in status than we ev-r expected to see a I're sident of these United States simmered down to. The message was received by the members of both houses of Congress with the contempt which it deserved ; and we much mistake the spirit of the American people, if it excites any other feelings than those of contempt in their minds. We can give it no better title than that of the dying eflbrt of one w ho has proven him self a traitor to his party and a worse than trai tor to his country, and who, bravo like, is de termined to die "game," and unrepenting of his crimes. The promulgation of the message can Kilurd its author but little consolation now, and the message itself cannot but prove a rank ling thorn in his side to the day of his death. The crowning infamy of the message is that portion which so boldly, in answer to the be hests of Democracy, teaches and advises the adoption of the doe-trine of the repudiation of our National indebtedne1. Vi' have no reason to complain of the want of Winter now; and the prospects and prophecies for an open w inter have ail vanish ed into thin air. The air for the past w etk has be-cn bracingly cool ; indeed zero has been touched, and many degrees below it. There has been no melting weather, and snow liee u- pon the ground, ouuide of the paths of the road to the depth of at leat twenty inches.- Bettcr sleighing than now exists here never before favored a community, and it ie a plca sure to notice that it is being made good use of both by town and country. We observed, on Monday, a large party of young gentlemen and ladic "lads and lassies," we used to call them in our poetic dayb ftarting for an afternoon and evening enjoyment of the sleighing. They went to Portland, be-low the mountain, and, af ter having had an exceedingly pleasant time, returned home sometime between sunset on Monday and sunrise on Tuesday. While at Portland the party were the guests of mine host Hiestand and his excellent lady, which is lay ing eudeicnt to assure every body that they were well taken care of. BCongress, during the past week, has been engaged with matters preliminary to the great business of the session, which latter will hardly be touched until after the holidays. It requires some time to lay out the work intend ed to be done, and to get the machinery, iu shape of the committer, in proper trim. To 'this th d?r Irrsd' gon". snd th?e vr in come prior to the temporary adjournoierit, have been nnd will be devoted. When the mcmb ern fshall have returned from their holiday en joyments work will begin in came.it, and we will endeavor to keep our readera advised of the sayings and doings at Washington. From present indication.-" we judge that finance w ith a view to the speedy resumption of specie pay ments; reconstruction with a view to the per fecting of work already done in that line, and universal suffrage will be among the imi-crtant topics considered and acted upon. Teachers Institutes. The Annual Teachers' Institute of Mouroe County will be held iu the Court House in Stroudsburg, coiuuiencinj; ou Monday, the 11th day of January, and continuing in session five days. Last year I explained the lavr relating to Coun ty Institute., and deem it uunecessarj to do 90 g-iin. (I pimply give the law as it is now in force in this county). The attendance was po large last year that I dare not hope to sec the attendacc any tetter this year. Out of 107 teacher- lsstyear 104 wete present, a per centae of attendance not equaled in any county in Pennsylvania. But Iroui every quar ter of Pennsylvania comes the encoura ing news, that the average attendance this year will far exceed that of the lat Teachers of Mouroe County, do not let us be behind. ,n intcrcating programme will be furnished in due time. It ia now cer tain that Professors Porter aud Coffin of Lafayette College, Professors Knneu trout and Jack of the Keystone State Normal School, will be present, giving in Etructiou during the djy and lectures at uigbt. The school officers of the couuty, aud the public generally, ar uuvited to be prevent. THE E&TABU.-M2.MKNT OF TKACHIKS IX STITUTi:s. Section 2. That the county Superin tendent ed' each county in the common wealth is Jincby authorized and required once in c-a: year, at such time as he, or a prnptly authorized committee of teachers acting with him may deem most convenient, to cull upon and invite the teacher of the couimou schools, and oth er institution of learning jt his county, to assemble, together, and organize them selves into a teachers' institute to to be devoted to the improvement of teacher in the scieuce aud art of educatiou nnd to continue in session at lest five days, including a half a day in goings to. nd a half a day for returning from, the place of mcfting; said institute to be p: abided over by t tic county superintend ent, or 13 some oue designated by hiui.anJ subject, iu its general management, to his eoutrcl. Even the Philadelphia Leljpr, the most cautious and conservative of all our dailyjouruals, feels compelled to rebuke the message of Preident Johnson as dii creditable and dishonest. It resents the recommendation that the national debt shall be repudiated by the confiscation of the iuterest to pay the priuuipal. His case must be a bad one indeed when the Letltjir thinks it right to bestow censure. It is tiue that this country never before had a J resident who was so constant and defiant iu his iuaults to Congress and so far lost to a sense of honor as to directly counsel such a vioklion of the national faith as has always been left to the ex- trcmcst parti-ans, I ke Yallandihani and 1 omeroy, w;th w!ilj Jcunsuu sms. now to Lave cast his lot. A writer to the Chester County He jiublican says th?.t Philip Miller, of War wick township, while slaughtering a cow for his brother, found a gold dollar iu her stomach Mr. M. was about to empty the etouiach, t have the tripe cleaned, and when he cut it open the knife hap pened to hit on the precious treasure. Mr. Miller at first supposed he had found a button, and wondered why it should be so bright. Lut upon close examination uiscovered the eagle on cne side, and head upon the other. The date was worn off, as were also the stars and milling up on the edge, ibc animal was twelve years olJ when killed. Prof. Yille, of France, has long been experimenting to determine the nature of the potato disease and the best means of averting it. Ilia observations seem to prove that potash is ene of the most es eential fertilizers for the potato crop, and that the disease makes its appearance in fields which lick that ingredient, phosp hate of lime, and have a superabundance of nitrogenous matter. Tanners should notice particularly the peculiarities ol the soil and the soil and the mean of cultivation where the disease has com menced its ravages. Josh Millings has been experimenting with ptlla, and certifies as follow : "l never hev used enny ov Doctor Emanuel's Liver Coasoihng and Kidney hncourag idg Pills, and therefore kaut tell you how influential they am, but cf yu arc Kinking after pil tz mild ui a pet lam and uz searching s a fine tooth com, buy Dr. Kink bones client Parambulators 27 in a box. Theze pills don't phool round but attend strictly to business, aud are as good in tbe dead of uight az an alarm clock. The iron steaiupship Ilibcrnia. bound from New York to Glasgow, foundered off that coasts on the 25th of November last; and one of the steamer's boats, con taining thirty three persons, was lost. The captain and fifty one passengers are reported to have been saved. The first mate wasdrawned. Two of the ship's boats are still missing, and much anxiety is felt in regard to the safety of their pas sengers. Twenty two thousand dollars were sub scribed ia Baltimore during last week to- ward the fund for the endowment of the American College in Rome. This amount has been nearly all given by twelve wealthy Catholics of Baltimore. 1,11 ' " aj in On old lady recently died in Massa chusetts who had eighty-eight !mog grand-cliil Jren. LEGISLATIVE SWINDLING. It is said that the folding pasting, and wrapping of the Legislative- Record and documents of the House of Representa tives at llarrisburg last session was per formed by about fifty men at a cost of a bout forty thousand dollars.- Messrs Ilauch & Cochran, of Lancaster, publish ersof Father ALrtham. propose to do the same work at the next session for five thousand dnllars. They will give bonds in the sum ol twenty thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the contract Both gentlemen have been much at llar risburg of late years, and understand what they are about. The members ol the House cer tainly cannot ignore this opportunity to save the State the nice lit tie sum of thirty five thousand dollars. Messers Jiiucli V Cochran are responsi- pat ties and will perform what they promise The number oT hangers on, and super numeraries receiving pay from the State Treasury during the sessisn of the Legis lature last winter was notoriously and unpreccdentedly large. These worthless characters, either incompetent of unwil ling to earn an honest living, annually hover around llarrisburg. begging the dominant parly to uppoit them at the public expense. A vast army of them will soon congregate at the State Capital. The pay given to each of these public plunderers if about equal to that of a member. The Republican members arc in duty bound to their constituents to put an end to this extravagance and dishones ty. Here is joint fide offer to save the State $35,009 ; and a third as much more can be saved by similar retrenchment- in tie Senate. Humour Legislature the iinn hood to effect this beginning of reforms? Iu less than a year the people of the State will be railed upon to choose their Governor. Their verdict will be greatlv influenced, if not decided, by tha course of the party in power this .v inter. If from $3"), 000 are to be squandered again in a single session in mailing public doeu mentstif the United States Senatorship is to be made a matter of bargain and sale; if the publication of the L'tjislat ice licconl is to be continued as heretofore at the couvcnicnce, and for the sole profit and advantage of a part' paper at Harris burg, and without reference to the accom modntion of the public; if the old system of plunder and extragance is to be pur sued, the party that counteuauces such corrbptiou will enter the campaign at a disadvantage, which may not uulikely prove fatal . Let the Republican press of this State manfully ventilate this whole subject; if the people are thoroughly aroused to the matter their representatives may think it worth while to seriously enter tain propositions for reform. There is said to be a modicum of honor among thieves, and we may yet hope to speak of honesty at llarrisburg without exciting the risibles of our readers. The Miners' Journal in speaking ol The Grand Army of the Republic says j It is steadily working forward to iu pro per position as one of the finest of our many charitable associations. It has had to eucouuter from the first mnch opposition ; short sighted friends as well as enemies have striven to prove its purposes wholly political ; they could not conceive of the soldiers and sailor.-, after battling so m mlully the foes of their country, quietly resuming their position as citizens of the saved Republic. All over the land these posts are form ed ; they purpose keeping alive the as sociatious aud recollections of day3 gone by, of aiding upon every opportunity their crippled comrades and above all, for the deep love they cherish for the memories of those who came not back with them. but peacefully sleep under the sod, to ten derly care for the widow and orphan. With these uoble purposes only in view they have had to contend against opposi tioo and misrepresentation and they have done it nobly. S.VGAC1TV OF A HoitKK. An old farni ly horse that bad been runuiog at will through the streets and commons, lost one of his shoes recently, and with the intelligence of a human being, the olu horse walked up to the black-smith-shop where he had been shod for the last twenty years, aud to the best of hisabili fy asked the smith to shoe him, by rais ing his foot and stamping the ground The smith being busy, drove liiai away several times during the day, and thought nothing of it. The uext morning on go ing to the shop, he found the old horse at the door. Again he drove him of, but the horse cntuc back, and entering the shop, walked up to the anvil, aud there raised his foot, thus attracting the parti cular notice of the smith, who examined the foot, and finding it worn to the quick, kindly picked up an old horse shoe, and fitting it to the foot, nailed it on, when the gtatcful animal, frisking his tail by way of thanks, trotted off contentedly. Maditon (Ohio) Courier. LorisviLLK. Ivy., Dec. 12 A Yigi- lauce Committee t-aid to hail form Sey mour, Ind., arrived at New Albany at 11 o'clock last night, aud at o o'clock this morning proceeded at Floyd county jail, aud demanded admission, which was re fuse by the jailor, who was, however, soon overpowered and bound. The watch man was then compelled to open the cells of the notorious express robbers, John, Frank, and Siuiou Reno, and Charles Anderson, who were immediately seized upon, and all four of them hung. Frank Reno fought desperately for his life The Committee then returned on the 7 o'clock train this morning. Two of the robbers, Frank and Charles Reno, hud but receu tly arrived from Canada, where they had been tried under extradition. There was a singular death in Califor oia recently, or rather a life after a man ought to have been dead. Iu one of the hydraulic mines, a stream of water struck a man named Edward Tyler, threw him down, and broke his neck. His body below his neck was completely paralyzed at once, but the heud lived three days, and talked and felt a well as ever. The doctors aay there nerer was anything like it. Louisville papera complain of much drunkenness atnoDg women it that 'city. Rethlehem boasts of its station house, and call it a benevolent institution. A divorced and re-married Westerner has eloped with his first wife. The Duke of Nassau recently invested one milliou in United States Bonds. The number of cadets now at West Point is 224. Number authorized by law when all the States are admitted, 200. Mr. J. P. Alexander, called the "cattle king" of Illinois, owus 75,000 head ol cattle. Three dry goods clerks employed by one firm in New York are paid 10,000 a year each, The Cuban revolutionary flag has blue and white stripes and a tsiangular field with a large white star. By the rejection of certain votes, a color ed mau from Louisiana claims a seat in the present Congress. A St. Louts husband has applied for a divorce on the ground that bis wile throws the children at his head. 1'ive cents a pound is considered :i good price for vensiou iu Western Mis souri. Three millious of piece3, worth nearly half a million of dollars, were coined at the Philadelphia Miut last week. There has been an official count of the cats in Paris, and the uumber is found to be 700,821. The Lehigh Yalley Railroad Company has in contemplation the erection of a new depot at Mauch Chuuk. It is calculated that at least threefourthx of the Members of Congress will go home to eDjoy the holidays. The tax rate for Philadelphia next year ha? been incre:;sed from one dollar and forty to one dollar aud eighty cents on one hundred dollars. The Washington damsel who married Hole in-the day, the Indian chief, is now a penniless widow, seeking for a chance to do housework in Minnesota. LarauclSchcver, of Northampton Coun ty, was found dead in a barn recently, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict of too much rum. A man in Indiana was choked to death by a piece of beef, on Thanksgiving Day. and his neighbors Kay it was a judgment ou him for not eating turkey. A lady in Yermoot had triplets, and she named them Faith, Hope and Charity. She neglects to report whether Charity i$ the greatest. Experienced miners are at work dig giog a four hundred foot shaft at Quiuey, Illinois, in the hope striking coal at that depth. At least $50,000,000 are involved in the mining of copper in Michigan, and 30,000 to 40,000 people are dependent u on the mice. After the first of January. 1SG9, no person can take advantage of the bank rupt law unless he can pay fifty cents on the dollar. Five dollars and a turkey to each was the Thanksgiving present oT two Boston gents to the Soldiers' Messenger Corps there. A man by the name of Lewis wm lc.il len on the New Jersey Central Railroad, ucar Spriou'town, He was uuder the in fluence of liquor. A North Caroliuian bet ten gallons of tar that he could drink a quart of brandy and walk a mile before it "slewed him." He won his tar, but was shortly after buried. Mr. Lafayette Lcntx, of Mauch Ch ink. is going into the propagation of trout quite extensively. He has 45,000 of the ot-tt in the hatch room connected with his ponds, on his farm iu Carbou couuty. Arrangements havo been made for a formal announcements of the death of Thaddcus Stevens, in the House, on to day Numerous members will pronounce enlogies in honor of his memory. A California paper says the Chinese are getting oo numerous an the Pacific coast, that they contemplate appointing missionaries to go among the Christians to convert them to the Chinese religion. Washington, Dec. 12. Commissio ner Rollins, after iuterview with Geu. Grant this afternoon, prior to the Gen eral's departure for Chicago, announced that he had determined to send iu his unconditional resignation. The slaughter of wild ducks on the Susquehanna and " rivers iu Maryland commenced about two weeks ago. The firstday thatthc law allowedguuning, over 4,000 ducks were killed ou the Susque hanua alone. At a recent lair in r-aston rx cane was voted for, to be presented to the most contrary man " John McMullin ami .fames Donnelly, two conductors on the Lehigh alley liailroad, received two votes each. i w Ta i t-y a ijoston, t'ec. lo, t;eacon Andrews, was committed to State prisou last night for twenty years, for the murder ol Holmes. He commenced with twenty- four hours" solitary confinement. He appeared to be in good spirits. A western paper tells a story of a man who attended a levee recently, and dis posed of seventeen cups of coffee, throe lies, a bowl of oysters and two quarts of cider, besides various delicacies. His time is quoted at 1,22. Iowa has 1,089 miles of railroad, which cost 57.500,000. In IStU she h id on ly 800 miles, which cost $20,000,000. Iowa has 480 miles more than Missouri. 1,120 miles more than Minnesota, 480 more than Wisconsin, and 420 more than Michigau. Navigation closed far the season an the Delaware &, Hudson Canal on Saturday last, the 5th iost. The total auct of coal shipped up to that date was 1,G1,1, 113 ton, au iucreae of 203,874 tons over last year, when navigation closed on the 7th of December. About 10,000 tons ol coal remain on tha docks unleaded, Wiiyne Covnty J (era Id, On the first of next month about $27,- 000,000 in coin must be taken from the of vaults the Treasury Department to pay the semi annual interest on the bo&'da of 18H1, and the Five-Twenties falling die at the tiracTheati.ountof coin now on hnndi about $Hl ,000,000, and the Treasury will receive about SI). 000. 000 more during the month, making SI 00,000,000 on hand at the end ol this mouth, providing the Sec cetary does not older sales. Deducting the S2G.O00,O:'O to be pid for interest, the Treasury will have on hand ter the 1st of January. 87.i.OOO.M!0. of which S23.00O.OO1J is in old ceitilicatc, leav ing the actual yiitounf of coin thv vaults of the Taeaury, S5O.OO0.U00'. There was u ood deal of excitement ir.' Washington on Friday, over the repeated rumors that the Government had cither purchased Cuba, or was negotiating for it. At first the rumors were not believed to have any foundation ; but diligent in quiry proved they were far from baseless. It was understood that the Hon. Caleb Cushiu;; had actually gone to Europe, by order of Secretary Seward, to offer the new Spanish Government one hundred million in :olJ for the island of Cuba. A Cure foi" Earache. There is scarcely any ache to which children are subject, so bad fe bear, and s difficult to cure as earache. But there is a remedy never known to fail. Take a bit of cotton ; put upim it a j inch of black pepper; gather it up. and tie it ; dip it in sweet oil, and insert it in the car. Put a flannel bandjro over the heal t. kep it warm, it will giva im mediate relief. A Straini inv:oe woman is iu Willfam- ort. She talks iucd-.crentlv of At.-his'jn, New Jersey. Jers-y City, etc She says tier husband's name wa I'M. Dounhertv, but lie is dor.d. She is Irish and evident ly a Catholic, about 35 years o! I. dressed in a plain hut neit elreis. no bonnet, ex cept an old cap iven her by a lady in the cars. If she has any friend in either of the places mcnMone I. they should have her properly eared fur. The JJatijor Whig tells a remarkable story of a man down at Ten mini's Harbor, who, bein-j nut iu h..- dory, (ell overboard and, not being able to swim, conceived the idea of striking bott m and footing it ashore.. Acordinnly. shutting his eyes and his teeth firmly together, he struck out for the shore, until. thinki:i he must be near land, he opened his eya and found himself in the middle of & corn field. The bee raisers in the vicinity of Louis ville, for a circuit of twenty five miles, were recently startled by the discovery that their bes had all simultaneously de cau.ped, going no w. knew whither. The mystery is still unsolved. The de serted hives weie all full of honey, con taining from sixty so seventy five pounds each. The opinion of a majority of the the bee raisers w:.s that the unusual mild ness of the se-isou deluded the bees into their mysterious migration. Colore I firm in Newaik. Nw Jersey, having su licit: 1 s iine pecuniary embarrass ments recntly. closed buitie-. and the enior member g;.vc to the public the fol lowing notice: "i-e ifishiUitiou of co parsnips luMctoiore ni-ting twixt me and Mo.es Jo:e in de baiber pro'ession, am heretofor res 1 vol. Pu-s ?is who oes mint pay du scriber. D:n whet de firm oes must call oa Jone as d j firm is in solved." Jury List Bee. T. 1868. GRAND JURORS. CcoUianzkChzT If. Ii 1. Danirl Mc Cirtv. Chrnutfii!lh.c h Com!. Fr-ei'k ijjlin. EUredSon.U IV!: r. lluinillon John W. Young. Theodore Sh cinaker, .n:.el Bittenbci.eier, Jonas Net hart. J.eph Fabb. Jacks m S rroi I A. Singrr. MiJtile Smilhfield t'has l.andrrs, Har ney Decker, II. C Fiuch-y, Kudoiphwa Sell x'tioter. Pocmio Peter II. Mrtrger. Host Davi-i Kern. Timothy Mirh. $7nilfifirlJ J;;t:ob 11. Transti, Emanuel Kinttif r. StrouJsburg Goo. V. De-long-, Grorge II. Drel.er. 11. II D.-puo. Stroud Silas L. Drike. PETIT JURORS. Barrett Ciiarlca linyer, Win. C. Long. Coolbaugh Aicx.n.icr AtwooJ, ILram Warner. Chsstnuthill Aodrew S. Ilintn. Chas. II Haney. Junes Kvcriit. V I X S'o-o.. F.Urrd II a rrisou Ib.ll. Ileube.. Frable, Jacoi Ccrrrl . Nelson flleringer, John Dcitor, Michael Clmstiuan. Hamilton Mai bias Steeper. Jerom Feth'T-oan. Anian:us Wo hi ling, Chas. M. Low. Am 'Us R ibe. Jackson Anbrw J. D-trick. J nas B. Mdler. George J. Milb r. Ab-.iham llutx. Middle Smitlijield Hfi.rv Hu-ih, Joph Sietlcr, S.i..oiel l S.n-th, Wm. M. Over lielti. Frederick Overfb-Lf. Paradise Francis Kel er. Jo-e;dt Bush, Geori;e W. .auuun, Jamo Vi:m. Polk Ditil Kresge, Charles Andrew, Samuel An'h-.nv. Pocono Philip Learn, Jacob Lean, Je.hu Wo dling. Ross Jko'i Fell"nrer, J.-nai Il.iceley. Smilhfield Wm K Snyder. Et Vettcr. fMriHiitsburg Joseph Trocli. Stroud J.m.es S. Fisher, John W. Hu ton, Jabcs G Anl M fees Stdcs. Tobyhanna Jackson Stein. TO t'OASl'-llPTIVES."'" 'piIE REV. F.UWAUD A. WILSON't I re;iired ''rescript if n t;r liie cure nf CONSU V PTIQX. A I'UMA BftONCll I 'ITS, COUGHS. C:OLIS. and all THROAT and LUNG AFFECTIONS. h-.a now l.eir in 05.e fVr over ten years vv it h the inoitj iii irk-il &tic.-css, 'Phe Remeilv. r.f enured under Mr. WiU v I ' soa'n personal supHrvMon. nlsoa pmpnjt Containing the orij nal prescription, wilh, full and explicit directions for preparation and use, together w : i h a sliort history of h's case, may be obiaix d ' UKEIIliK -V UllU,, urnffisra, Siro.idsburjr, Pa., Of KEY. LUH .MiU A. M ILfU.t, 165 S .uth Second St., Williauisburgh, M. 1 VT Pamph et furnished f'ee of SRrj
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