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Cl)c 3cffcvsonian.
THURSDAY, FEBHUARY 25, 1869.
fOTho Rev. Dr. Maclie delivered two ve
ry able and impressive sermons in the Presby
terian Church on Sabbath last. It is rumored
t hat tlic congregation arc about to give liim a
all to the pastorate of the church, with every
jinnjHjct that it will be successful.
Fowler's Appointment Festival.
A festival for the benefit of the Rev. G. L.
Shafer, Pastor in charge, will be licld at the
residence of Aaron Stone, (late A. Loder a ) in
Stroud township, on Tuesday evening, March
2nd. The public are cordially invited to at
tend. -
Fatal Accident.
Mr. Reuben Swink, brother of Charles and
Robert Swink, and formerly a resident of Tan
uersville in this county, but latterly of Hollis
Urvillc, in Wayne county, was instantly killed
at KeifenydcrV Sawmill, about seven miles from
Sand Cut, in Luzerne county, on the Huh inst.
He was st wcrk on the mill, and was in the
art of putting a belt on the wheel with a stick,
when a strap caught the stl.-k and hurled it a-gain-t
his breast with niieh force, as to knock
J. in a distance of eight feet, and kill him in
stantly. The deceased was one of nature V no-M.-nien,
and was much respected by all who
knew him. He leaves a wife and fire children,
and a large circle of relatives and friends to
luourn his untimelv end.
The 22nd of February.
Mon.I.-.r last was the anniversary of the birth
of him was "lin-t in peace, first in war and first
i.i the heart" of hia countrymen" the groat,
the immortal Washington; and yet, what to
ken of the fact was visible in. our borough on
lh:it day. There was not even so much as a
ng let loose to the brceza. Time was. when
the 1th .f July, 10th of September, St h of Jan
nary and 22nd of February were looked upon
a demonstrative holidays, and the people join
ed, heart and soul, in celebrating the events
which made the?e days memorable. Now,
itli the exception of the -lib of July, they
.nrc i'rmitted to pass by without recognition,
and there is reason to fear that even the events
-f New Orleans and Lake Erie, and the birth
f Washington are rapidly being forgotten.
Tnget up a decent 4th of July celebration,
now-a-day is one of the hardest jobs imagina
ble. Lecture.
Our rciidere should not forget the lecture, tc
come off" at the Court J louse, on to-morrow
Friday) evening. The Lecturer, Mrs. M. M.
L. I Sums, is a lady of the highest rcspectabilitv
nnd of i'.iiihed intellectual attainments. She
ii:ia, for some time enjoyed a fine reputation as
a writer for the periodical rres?, and since her
:nivcnt into the lecturing world, success has at
tended her wherever she appeared. Her ub-
j-t "Woman's Mission," U one in which
every one is interested, and as she appears un-
!.-r the auspu-es of Post No. 150 G. A. 71., a
x'.re gnr.rantee that every thing will be as it
should Ik.-, she should be greeted by a crowded
bouse, ihe Scranton JnVVr thus ppcaks of:
. Irs. j. :
' V,'e ha ve listened to most of our ablest lec
turers to some of them many times but have
never lx-iu entertained by more beautiful
ihffichN a?id imagery. We" unhesitatingly ao--ird
Mr. llnrns a high jdace amonir our "root
iHpuIar biturers. In elegance of style, in
d.-j.th of thought, and in beauty of rhetoric,
rM'h TJ:l, if not the superior of Anna E.
Our Table.
"Godey's Lad Rook," for Mareh, reached
us on Thursday last, as usual, in advance of all
the monthlies, and loaded down with artistic
und literary gems. Every family should be
n Uio regular receipt of the book. Terms, $3
k r annum, in advance. L. A. Coder, pub-
i"hcr, Philadelphia.
"Arthurs Home Magazine," for March, is
p.lso on our table. This is a new visitor to our
tectum, and U really a most welcome one.
The number before us is full of good thing in
a nterary way, containing continued chapters
f "The C rahams and the Armstrongs." a fe
rial by Mr. T. S. Arthur, whose name Las be
come a household word in the land; 'The
Kairviilc Sewing Machine Temperance Socie
l.S" bj the author of Ten Nights in a Bar
room, and other tales of great excellence, be
side elegant engravings, fashion plates, patems.
usic, Slc, &e. The number before us, in the
NK,king department, imparts direction for pre
paring rish and Oysters in fifty different ways.
Terai, ?2 per annum ; 3 copies $5 ; 4 copies $6,
Avr. It is decidedly the best of the $2 maga
tin. T. Si. Arthur A Sons, Philadelphia,
publishers.
The Eame publishers have also gracc-d our ta
ble with the Mareh number of "Once a Month,"
a very ncaL monthly, filled with articles of more
than usual literary and scientific merit. The
articles, "Among the Shops," "The Great Ne
bula in Argo," "Life in Japan," "Audabon,"
and, indeed, all the articles in the magazine
are of unusual interest, and make the work'
worth fur more than the subscription price.
Terms, $2 per annum ; 3 copies $; 6 copies
510. T. S. Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia.
We are also indebted to the same publishers
for the March number of the "Children's
Hour," a magazine filled with choice and in
Mruetivc reading matter for the "little ones."
We never taw belter judgment displayed in
a work for children, whether we consider
the Stones or the elegant engravings by which
they are illustrated. The magazine is well
worth the subscription price. Term1, $1 25
rer annum, in advance; 1 copy 3 years $3; 5
copies 1 year $5. Addros T. fc. Arthur &
Sons, Philadelphia.
"Packard's Monthly," for March is also on
hand, and when we announce that Junius Hen
ri Rrowu, Horace Creely, Louis Gay lord Clark,
Mark Twain, and a host of writera of like ce
lebrity write for it, we think the reader will a
jrree with us that it is dirt cheap, at SJ per an-
r.'-VU. . S. J'a. k.inl, publi.-hcr, New York.
The Democracy.
The loaders of the Democracy opened a vent
for the relief of tho party, at the Court House,
on Monday evening last, and appeared to have
a very pleasant time of it. His Honor Judge
He Young presided, with becoming dignity,
and, upon taking the chair, in a very neat
speech returned thanks to the meeting for the
honor conferred upon him, in selecting him as
iist chairman, and, at the same time, forcibly
set forth the object and duty of the meeting
to be, to take measures to socurc the nomina
tion of Asa Packer, and his $20,000,000, as the
Democratic candidate for Governor. During
tho proceedings the Judge developed the strict
parliamentarian, which, though possibly a lit
tie out of order in a purely Democratic meet
ing, is not so far out of the way when consid
ercd in connection with the fact, that rumor bo
frequently connects the Judge's name with
scat in Congress, where skill in such matters
becomes a virtue. AH in all, the President
made a "werry" good President.
For Vice Presidents we had Richard S
Staples, of Stroudsburg, Isaac S. Case, of Cool-
bangh, Frederick Siglin, of Chcstnuthill, and
Robert W. Swink, of Stroud. Ab the Vice
President of a County meeting is usually more
for ornament than use, and as the Vice Preai
dents in this instance proved no exception to the
rule, we feel like congratulating the meeting ov
er the securing of uch beautiful timber. Hand
somer men could not have been culled from
the meeting, and with the President at the
head, we think we may safely venture the a
sertion that a more briliant display of beauty,
and pure, disinterested Democracy, never grac
ed our judicial lonch.
Nor waa less care displayed in the selection
of the lower lights of the meotinr. Our excel
lent friend, John S. Fisher, would gracs any
position, whilst the meeting might have gone a
great ways from home, and failed to have found
one who would have so worthily filled the re
remaining Secretaryship as our amiable friend,
Amandus Orcvua Grcenwald, of the Monroe
Democrat. When Amandus took his scat, and
presented his pleasant countenance to the de-
lighte d auditory, we were in voluntary remind
ed of the figure-head of General Jackson, which
graced the prow of the good frigate Constitu
tion some thirty-five years ago, and alout
which Commodore Elliot, and the old line
Whigs of that period, got into such a terrible
muddle ; and we were happy in the reflection
that A. O. this time proved to be "the coming
man," and that there was no one present to
snub him and make him afraid.
The meeting being thus beautifully and ably
officered, Mr. John M. Coolbaugh, cf Middle
Smithfield, moved the appointment by the chair
of a committee of one from each township, to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the
meeting, which was done, and Mr. C, for his
motion, rewarded with the chairmanship.
The committee having retired, S. S. Dreher,
Esq. was, on motion, called upon to address the
meeting. 'Squire Dreher promptly responded
to the cull, and though he maintained a bland
and pleasant smile during the progress of the
speech, it was evident, from his contortions cf
argument, that he felt that he had taken upon
himself the ta.-k of the bov who had undertaken
to roll a big stone up hill, and had as much
he could do to keep from getting r mashed by it,
without attempting to make progress. The
'Squire was not, by no manner of means, dis
couraged by the past defeat of the Democracy
O.n the contrary he thought there was reason
for encouragement, and he arraigned the Re
publican party on its failure to redeem its sol
emn proniisc-3 made la-t fall. The 'Squire
would be sure he was right, and, diving deep
down inio the breast pocket of his coat, he ex
humcd a musty document, with which he was
was much more familiar last fall than he has
leen since, and read therefrom a plank of the
Chicago Platform. With this as his theme he
improvised most beautiful Democratic varia
Hons on the negro and negro sufirage. He
charged the Republican party with a violation
of pledges, but his attempt to makes his char
ges good was a most lamentable failure. He
said that Republicans attempted to force ne
gro suffrage on the North under the Constitu
tion as it is, but his own sense of justice com
pelled him to qualify this by saying that mam-
more Republicans voted against the absurdity
and defeated it. lie again charged violation,
in that an attempt was made to establish negro
suffrage all over the country, by constitutional
amendment, with the aid of prefect State Legi
latures. Justice to himself, and to his hearer?,
should have prompted him to declare that the
project is not yet a success, and is not like to
be, unl:s Democratic Congressmen come to
the aid of the extreme Republicans. Aband
oning this branch of his theme before he kid di
lated upon all the facts in the case, the 'Squire
next essayed to make "a big thing" out of our
finances. Heavy taxes were groaned over, the
word extravagance was flippantly used, and
charges of an increase of the public debt sevc
ral times ventured. Rut mum was the speak
er over the cause of our heavr taxes and oar
national extravagance, whilu, even in hia own
hands, the increase of public debt dwindled
down to sonic $30,000,000 in nhape of bonds
loaned to the Pacific Railroads, both principal
and interest of which the roads are bound to
pay. It had probably escaped his memorr
that these roads have been the especial pets of
both parties in more than one Presidential
campaign, and that they have, thus far, been sub
sidized by the votes of both parties ; but it was
a relief to hear the 'Squire declare that he was,
as are the great mass of Republicans, pleased
to hear that Gen. Grant was opposed to the
granting of anymore railroad subsidies. It
would be w ell, if, in view of the fact that lit
is too honest ever to make a popular Democrat
ic orator, the 'Squire would confine himself to
such fpirited platitudes as "two pigs equeal
ing under a gate." Such thinga revive the spi
ritsof D emocracy hereabouts famouslv, while
his "honest confessions of the 60ul," which con
tinually keep interlarding themselrc-ft in the
heavy matter of his efforts, have only the effect
to make the Sheriff' Deputy enuff and ppit
prodigiously.
The speech concluded, Mr. Chairman Cool
baugh reported the resolutions, which had been
unanimously adopted in Committee. Judg
ing from their tenor, we thould Bay they had
their origin in the same brain from whence
flowed the speech of the evening. They eung
"jiigger," they gave a spasmodic yell over ex
tra vagance, and thev liuzzad for Packer. Thev
j did this in addition tby recommended Jude
Rarrctt for the Supreme Rench. On motion of
one of the old foswlrt of Democracy, the only
one permitted to take part in the meeting,
they were adopted en tnasre.
Taking it all in all, the meeting was "a thing
of beauty," and should be to the Democracy "a
joy forever. There was nothing said about
the regular nomination of county officers, as
we were led to suppose would be the case. It
proved to be Packer from the officers, Packer
from the speaker, Packer from the committee,
and Packer all around the house : and will, in
the end, as in the New York Convention,
prove to be Packer, and nothing the.
Batehelordom.
Reader, have your ever attended a trial in
the Court of Ratchelordom ? If vou have not
we have, and, though we paid particular at
tcntion to the sayings and doings, we could not
begin to tell of a hudredth part of the good
things that were said and done. Time Satur
day evening. Place Robeson'a Saloon. Oc
casion the trial of Chip F., one of the most un
compromising of the order, for having taken
to himself a wife without permission of the
brotherhood. And there was an indictment,
and Chip waa indicted; and there were judges,
and Chip waa judged ; and there were witnesses,
and Chip was witnessed against; and there
were lawyers and Chip was lawyered, and both
prosecuted and defended ; and there were ju
rors, and Chip was jurored against and convic
ted ; and there was a constable, and order was
preserved in Court, and the Court waa proper
ly and sufficiently watered. And there was dig
nity, and fibbing, and truthfulness, and fun, and
punishment in shape of oysters raw. stewed, bar
bacued and fried, served up in Mra. II' s. match-
Iw . tyk?, and yet Chip, the incorrigible, ptood
by and enjoyed the fun innocent-looking
and unconcerned in a new-born babe, i'uf-
fy thotrght that the punishment was righteous,
and that somebody ehould be punished "jea so"
every two weeks and others thought as
Puffy did and immediately warrants were is
sued for the arrest of two other incorrigibles
among tha brotherhood, becau.-c of suspicious
movements in which they had of late been de
tected. At a seasonable hour the Court ad
journed and left Chip in close communion with
himself.
SQuThe Court, on Monday last, granted li
cences to all our saloon applicants. This was
somewhat of a disappointment to our temper
ance folks, whils to the lovera of the "refresh
ing beverage," who have been living under a
"heavy dry" for nearly a year, it seems to be
somewhat cf a cause for rejoicing. We are
pleased toobeerve that the indulgence in lager,
thus far, is quite modi-rate.
Court Proceedings.
Court convened on Monday the 22J. All
the Judges were prcent.
The Grand Jury appointed E. II.Gunsau
Ies, of M. Smiihfield, foreman. They dis
posed of the following- cases, viz:
Commonwealth vs. John A. Quaco. As
eault and battery, on complaint of William
fluff. Bill returnej ignoramus and prosecu
tor to pay cots.
Commonwealth vs. James Haldemail.
Fornication and BiBtardy, on oath of Catha
rine Huffaker. True bill.
Commonwealth t. BalJus Glcegler.
False pretence, on oath of D. M. SSlutter.
Bill ignoramus and prosecutor to pay costs.
On Monday P. M. the license npplica-
lins were taken up and all granted. A long
remonstrance waa presented against the
granting of licences to any Eating Houses
in Stroudsburg but it was disregarded
and Geo. I Walker licensed to keep a Hotel
a la European style ; Christian Ililler to keep
an Eating Douse; Peter Born and Jesse Al
bert, the came. The Judge, however, inti
mated very strongly that if either of them
should be convicted at any future time of
any infringement of the law under which
their licences were granted, they should be
prepared to pay th? full extent of the fine
which the law allows to be imposed, and
with an extra suit, to go to jail.
On the civil list the following case was
disposed of:
John D. Frail ey vs. Jackson township.
This was an appeal from the settlement of
the Township Auditors. Frailey was Treas
urcr of the Bounty Fund. Verdict for Plain
tiff of $3o 00.
Philip Krege r. Peter Merwine, Jr.
Ejectment for land in Tunkhannock town
ship. On trial as wt- go to press.
The remainder of the proceedings will be
givn next week.
Widening the Delaware Canal.
A corp3 of engineers arc engaged in
making surveys along the line of the Del
aware Division Canal, with a ticw to the
widening it between Laston and New
Hope, a distance of thirty. five miles. The
averago width of the canal is . twenty-five
lees, ana n is proposed to increase the
width to forty feet. In some places the
work will be a very difficult and expensive
one, but if it is ascertained that the cost
will not exceed $500,000, the company
will commence the work without delay.
The Portsmouth (N. 11.) Journal h&s a
subcriber who has appeared in that office
nearly every Friday afternoon for thirty
eight years, with his coppers to pay for
the paper. The Journal estimates that
the coppers would weigh ouo hundred
pounds, and would make a column of over
fifty feet in height if piled one upon the
other.
It was recentfy decided by tho Com
missioner of Internal Revenue that build
ing or loan associations were liable to pay
a special tax as brokers or moneylenders.
That decision has since been revoked, and
such associations are now released from
tax.
The largest man on record in modern
times was Miles Darden, a native of North
Carolina, born iu 1700. lie was seven
feet and six inches high. At his death,
in 1857, he weighed over 1,000 pounds.
mt
The track of the Central Pacific Kail-
road is again clear through the deepest
snow of the .Sierras.
A horrible t raped v occurred on Friday
night, three miles northeast of llalcigh
Springs, Tcnti. A party ot white men
went to the house ot Col. ihomas uicsens,
while he and two men named Wilson and
Ilumuhrev were eatincsuppcr, and knock
ed at the door, which was opened by
Humphrevs. ithout saviuj: a word,
the party shot Humphrey through the
body, and with kuivcs and pistols in tneir
hands rushed into the room and put out
the lights. They then commenced firing
at Dickens and Wilson. Dickens received
one ball in the body and with Humphrey
managed to crowd out of the room.
Colonel Dickens made his way to a neigh-
boring house, and gave the alarm, uo
returning with a party of neighbors, a
a colored woman, Col. Dickcn's servant,
was found dead near the front door.
Wilson's body was'found in the room with
eight shots through it,"and badly cut to
pieces. Humphrey was also badly woun
ded. The assassins plundered the house
takinsr evervthins of value, and rifled the
pockets of Wilson and the negro woman ;
took two valuable horses from too stable,
und made their escape.
The Morris and Kssex Railroad.
The lease of this road to the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western Railroad Com
pany having been ratified by the Legis
lature, the latter company have promptly
inaugurated measures for increasing the
facilities of the road with a view to the
comfort and safety of the passengers, and
the accommodation of the increasu
freight and coal business. They have
determined to finish the double track with
out delay, and provide such tracks, and
additionel facilities as may be neccessary.
to provida the means for which the M. k
B. Co. have executed $8,000,000 of the
bonds converted into stock, and drawing
interest at 7 per cent., payable half yearly.
in January and July. Ihese are offered
at 85 per cent cf their par value, to the
stockholders of Delaware, Lackawanna
cc estcrn Co., pro rata, according to
their respcctivlc shares of stock. These
teru)3 arc so favorable that the bonds will
probably all be taken up at one, by the
parties to xrhoni they are oilered, and the
work will thereupon be commenced with
out delay. Jersey , City Stutulard.
Of the Supreme Court decision, in the
Oregon case, which is to the effect that
greenbacks are not legally a tender for
what is not a debt, the New York Post
observes :
"The most curious and sweeping result
is to destroy utterly the Pendleton doc
trine of payment of the five-twenty bonds
in greenbacks. Ihese bonds are redeem
able at the pleasure of the United State?
alter five years, but payable only at the
expiration of twenty years from their date
lhey become a debt only alter twenty
years ; and since greenbacks are decided
to be legal tenders only for that which is
strictly a debt, and not for other obliga
tion.s, they are not legal tender from the
United States for the payment of any ob
ligation which is only - redeemblc and not
payable; such as the five twenty brnds
A case involving the right of conduc
tors to eject passengers from cars, under
certain circumstances, wa3 recently tried
in me -t.no county iourc. ine case was
this; Mr. Tabor, a passenger, having
neglected to purchase a ticket at the
offico the conductor demanded of him the
usual excess charged when fare is taken
on the cars, which he refused to pay, in
consequence of which he was put off the
train. He then brought suit against the
company (Philadelphia and Firie), for
damages, and the jury awarded him $S-1G.
iri.. mi Lti t i
xne case wm prooaoiy oe carried up, as
the point is one which should be definitely
settled.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has just decided that a contract en
tered into before the passage of theLcgaj
Tender act, and made specially payable in
coin, is valid and can be enforced. It
was further held by the Court that when
the kind of currency is not specially men
tioned in the contract, payment can be
lawfully made in legal tender notes. This
indicates that the Court will sustain the
constitutionality of tho Icgal-tend act a
matter upon which there has been much
discussion lately.
Illinois has some mean thieves. At
Muscatine in that State, a Miss McCar
ren recently died and was buried. A day
or two afterwards it was discovered that
thieves had broken through and stolen a
gold watch and chain and some articles
of jewelary which had adorned the corpse
and the silver nails of the coffin. Poor
Mhs McCarren probably had no gold fill
ings in her teeth, or they two would have
been slolcn. '
A number of prominent Cuban refu
gees have addressed a protest to tho Gov
eruor of Louisiana, agaiust the charges
made by the Spanish consul. . They de
clare that notwithstanding their political
opinions, theywould not infringe upon
the laws in any manner.
Mrs. Starkweather of West Rutland.
Vt., although as well as ever on Tuesday
last had a presentiment of evil, and told her
husband that if she should happen to die
suddenly she wished to have him take
the plain gold ring from her finger and
keep it. bhe died that afternoou.
Our State Senate, on Friday last, by a
decided majority, voted to abolish the
present htate tax on all debts secured by
bond, mortgage or other security. This
is expected to give relief to such an extent
as to increase the willingness of capitalists
to loan their mouey at tho legal rate ol
six per cent.
The political campaign of 18G9 will
open with the following State elections ;
New Hampshire, March 9; Connecticut,
April 4 ; Rhode Island. Anrial 7. A
Governor is to be chosen in each.
Lewis Lane, oolored, was on Saturday,
seutenced at Pittsburg, Pa., to be hanged
for the murder of his wife. He had been
granted a second trial by the Supreme
Lourt, but was a second limo couvictcd.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ilarnum is engaged in writing another
book.
The Moravian mission in Greeland is
136 years old.
There were 570 Methodist churches
dedicated in 1SGS.
A "Newsboys' Home" has been organ
ized in Philadelphia.
Sin Sing prison contains 128S male
and 134 female convicts.
General Lee is to set up a farm in con
nection with his college.
A fountain at Rcnniugton, Vt , throws
a stream 1G9 feet hish.
Glascowhasa chimney 454 feet high,
the tallest iu the world.
New Orleans has had a wedding be
tween a youth of eighty and a matron of
15. .
"A house in Lcwiston, Me., was robbed
of several hundred dollars' worth of jewel
ry on 1 nday night.
Francis McQuade, a machinst of Iowa,
is under arrest in Roston, charged with
making bogus fivo cent pieces.
Three men were killed by the explo
sion of a locomotive at Rich Station, on
the Uuion Pacific Railroad, last Friday.
A man recently brought in a bill of $4
against his brothers estate in Sau rran
cisco, "for loss of time in attending the
funeral."
San Francisco despatched five hundred
vessels in 1863 with cargoes valued, in
the aggregate, at a little less than twenty-three
million dollars.
None of the barons appointed to en
force the provisions of Magna Charta has
a descendant to represent him in the pre
sent House of Lords, j .
At a recent iasmonauie wedding in
Paris, one of the handsomest dresses was
one "blue from bonnet to shoe," worn by
a pretty American girl.
The steamer Nellie Stevens was burn
ed iu Caddo Lake; Red River, La.7"on
Thursday ntght of last week. Sixty
three lives are reported last.
The salaries of Queen Victoria and the
family amount to $3,000,000 annually,
in gold. The prices of coal and flour
never trouble them.
.t an agricultural umner a larmer
gave as his toaat: "The Game of For
tunc Shuffle the cards as you will,
spades must wiu.
California's population is only one
lourtn icmaie. in Nevada tuere aro
eight meu to one woman, and in Colorado
twenty to one.
It is said that 120 velocipede patents
have been applied for already in this
country. One hundred caveats, in addi
tion to the above, arc also on file.
The appearance of a popular singer
with a Grecian bend was preceded at a
Chicago concert by the orchestra playing
"The Camels arc earning."
One district in Kentucky has 94 distil
lerics, of which 25 were in operation in
January. The product of 27 of them
was 314,000 gallons of whiskey.
The position of arbitrator upon a
boundary question between Great Rritaiu
and Portugal, has been accepted by the
President of the United States.
It is rumored from Charleston that
filibustering parties, including Cubans,
are leaving various points on the Georgia
and Florida coast3 for Cuba.
Paris, Kentucky, which manafactures
more whiskey than any other place of its
size in the country, is making prepara
tions to hold a temperance meeting
No ono is allowed to attend school in
Evansvillc, Indiana, who does not present
a certificate of vaccination to the teacher.
Small pox is prevalent there.
Eighty persons have applied for divorce
at the February term of the Fort Wayne
(Iudiana) Common Plea3 Court a large
per cent-age from adjoining States.
General Kilpatraick said at Ilolyoke,
Mass., the other day, tkat the proceeds of
his lectures this Winter had beeu $10,
000 for himself aud 20,000 for the
"Grand Army of the Republic.
Prof. Goldwin Smith has not only giv
en his time and services gratuitouoly to
the Cornell University, but purposes de
positing his valuable historical library
with the new institution.
Mr. James Doyle, a well known lawyer
of Philadelphia, was fouud in the street
early Sunday morning, badly wounded in
his head. He did in a few minutes after
being carried home.
Three men were arrested at Odin, 111.,
on Friday night, in the act of robbing
the mails while being transferred from
one train to another. ' The mails have
been robbed at that point for over a year.
The Okalona, (Miss.,) News says that
Mr. Hares' of that place has kuocked
velocipede wagons and locomotives out of
existence by the invention of a self-propeller
that . runs fifteen miles an hour
over ordinary roads.
Robert Dale Owen comes out in the
Roston Advertiser in vigorous opposition
to the latest constitutional amendment,
on the ground that it prohibits discrimina
tion on account of education. He thinks
the amendment ought to be defeated il
proposed to the legislature in its present
shape.
A remarkable suit is on trial in the
Superior Court, Chicago, involving some
city property valued at $1,500,000. The
suit is brought by Henry Unlick, eldest
son of the late Carl Gottfried Uhlick.
The deceased had three sons. Henry
disagreed with his father, and the two
younger sons were of week intelloct. Old
Uhlick, just before his death, confided in
Jon H. Muliko and entrusted his affaire
to his management. The millionaire died
intestate, though he had given directions
that his son Henry should receive $50,
000 worth of roperty, and his socca,& a
small mouthly ullowance, while the re
mainder should be divided be-tweeu his
youngest son aud Muliko ; tb,e latter thus
receiving about 700,000. Henry claims
that his father was oomplctely under
Jluukes influence, and appeals against
such division of the property. The two
younger sons arid- Mulike defend tliq ease-
Suspension of the fourth National Bank
or FimaaeJpnia,
Philadelphia, Feb. 23. The doors
of the Fourth National Rank were not
opened this morumg owing to the defal
cation of Chaster Mac Mullen. The sus
pension caused a large crowd to collect iu
the vicinty of the Rank. Mao Mullen
is here, but refuses or is unwilling to give
any information. The poice haTe hiaiin
their possession. Ihe banK lias been in
bad order for some time and the event
has not caused much puprise. The capi
tal ol the bank is $225,000, the depo.sito
500,000, and the circulation 8130,000
at the last report.
The case of Hon. Leonard Myers. Re
publican contestant against Dr. John
Moffett, in the Third Congressional Dis1
trict, was closed on Thursday. Mr. Myers
proved during the examination over sev
en hundred fraudulent votes as having:
been polled for Dr. Moffett. The latter
proved that but twenty five had been castf
for Mr. Myers. Ihe majority ol 31odett
was less than two hundred, and nenu
Mr. Mvers will obtain the seat to which
he was chosen by oyer five hundred ma
jority. ?
The D. L., & W. Railroad.
Osweiro. Feb. 18 The Delaware, Lack
awanna, k Western Railroad Co., of Pen
nsylvania, have purchashed the Morns fc
Essex, and the Syracuse & Einghamton
R R'?., and have obtained a perpetual
lease of the Oswego & Syracuse R R.,
thus forming an independent and direct
route by rail from the seaboard to Lake
Ontaria.
The grant of public lands to the Pacific
railroads are : Union and Central, all
brauches. 35.000,000 acres ; Northern
Pacific, 47,000,000 ; Atlautic and Pacific,
43,000,000total 124,000,000 acres
Under instruction from the Uuitcd
States Attorney General, nolle prosequi
has been entered, at Richmond, in the
case of : Jefferson Davis and thirty eght
other persons indicted for treason.
Among tlicse persons, are William Smith
Sheddeo, Rrcckiuridc, Longstreet, Early,
Ewell and Faulkner. The securities of
Davis are released from their bond.
Commodore Vanderbilt made ten mil
lion dollars iu one day recently ; so it was
stated in open court. If this is true, and
it probably is, it is undoubtedly the larg
est sum ever made in the same time by
one man since the beginning of history.
It is reported that the Cashier of the
4th National Rank, of Philadelphia is a
defaulter in a sum said to exceed 100,000,
and that he has made his escape. There
was a slight run on the bank, yesterday,
but the doors were not closed.
They have submitted shootiug for
hanging out in Utah, Judge Drake re
cently senteuced Chauncey Millard, for
murder "to be shot by the sheriff at Provo
City, on the 29th." Truly the world
movc3.
The association for the prevention of
gambling closed three hundred and seven
teen houses in New York City last year.
It is estimated that thirty millions arc
spent yearly in gambling at the "hells" oJ
that city.
An oak tree was recently cut in Cao
dia, N. II., which was four i'cet ia diame
ter and yielded four toes of ship timber.
It had a hallow in which eighty pound
of hooey was found.
Ex-King Fcdinand, of Portugal, ha
consented to be a candidate for the Spanish
Throne. It is understood that a majority
of the members of the constituent Curtes
aro opposed to the Duke of Mcntpensicr.
Quito a large armed Spanish force has
arrived at Havana, and the Spanish Gov
ernment will send out, as soon as trans
portation can be furuisbed, an aditional
re enforcement of at least 6,000 men.
Abner C. Wood.Jof Little Rritain town
ship, Lancaster county, drove to market,
on the 12th iust., eight head of fat cattle,
averaging the extordiuary weight of 2,100
pouuds each.
Whilo the people of the North are
skating, aud in many pl-ices sleighing, at
this fore part of February, they aro eat
ing ripe water-melons down in Florida.
Gov. Geary, of Pennsylvania, on Satur
day respited a mau named Gerald Eaton,
who had received the dcath sentence for
murder.
Harry E. Chamberlain, aged 15, hung
himself, on Tuesday, at Akron, Ohio.-
His father committed suicide several
years since.
A Ruffalo despatch of Tuesday night
told us of a snow storm, iu that city and
viciuity, which lasted for twenty-eight
hours, and delayed all the trrins.
At Harrisburg, on Monday last, Gea,
Church and Marshall Quay had a hand
blown off by tho prematura discharge of;
a cannon while firing a salute.
The Kansas Senate, refused, on Wed
nesday last, to striko out the word
"white" from the Stato Constitution.
A bill locating; tho Capitol of West
Virginia at Pnkcrburg, passed th$
Weft Virginia House.
A fashioaablp New York lady, recently
in the course of two mouths, ran up a
bill of more than 522,000 at Stewart's.
Plowing has already commenced in
some parts of Chester county.
Marriages in Philadelphia for the yea?
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