El)c Scffcvsouicm. TIIURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1872. LUTHERAN CHURCH. Liturgical Services next .Sunday. Mi:ninu, 10J, - - - Evening, 7 Mousing Si:kmon: CV.tmlw. IIvening Skrmox : Menc, Menc, Tckcl, I'pharsin. G. W. MAKKIOTT, I). D., Pastor. lie v. lTm. Cooper, I. D. will preach in the 31. K. Church of this borough on Sunday evening at 7 o clock, hxtra services every night this week. nText quartorley meeting for Tannersville Circuit, will be held in Paradise on the 16th, inst Quarterly conference, at 3 p. in. and preaching by the Elder at 7 p. m. J. PASTonnKij), Pastor. TIic fourth quarterly meeting of Cherry Valley Circuit M. E. Church, will be held at Cherry Valley, January 1 4th. Preaching by Presiding Elder at 10 a. m. Donation. The friends of the Rev ieo. 15. Pechant. will make hini a donation viit, at hi-i residence, in Fcnncrsvillo, Janua ry 2 ), 1S72, afternoon and evening. The public "are invited to attend. I-fy-Thc friends of Rev. (i. W. Marriott Pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, will make him a donation visit, at his residence in Stroudsburg, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1S72, af ternoon and evening. Tiie public are invited to attend. iKT" A Donation festival will be held at I he house of Levi Merring, in Stroud town ship, on Monday evening, January loth, 1S72, if storm v the next lair evening. The public are cordially invited. ly order of the Committee, Dealers in, and manufacturers of Ci gars, who sell at retail, are required to totally destroy the stamps on all boxes as soon as they are emptied ; and Revenue Officers are charged to destroy any empty cigar box upon which a cigar tftamp, not totally destroyed, shall be found. A Sad Accident. IIakriseuro, Jan. ii. The express train tf yesterday, on the Northern Central rail road, at Kockville, eight miles west of here, struck a wagon containing Jacob Baker and M is-; Julia Strow, injuring Baker and killing Miss Strow instant Vy. She was on her way to Dauphin, where she was to have been married last evening. 2'Oun. once famous President, the Hon. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, is determin ed not to be entirely forgotten in his involun tary retirement. So, every few months, he does or says something to bring hii name into general notice. Since his address to the mcchauics of Tennessee at their fair, last autumn, Mr. Johnson has been quiet. Now lit; comes before the world with the announce mont that men with middle names are "of no account." To be sure the ex-President is not of this unfortunate class, but the great War Secretary, Stanton, had a middle name, and Mr. Johnson made much account oi hi ni, while the men whom he derided most, Charles Sumner, and Thaddeus Stevens, ft 1 inn. 1 were, hkc uiinscit, iommatc m having no mid lie name to mar their importance. Yet Mr. Johnson, despite his experience, was anxious for more designations, and, as his parents had not been generous to him in this respect, he helped himself to the additional cognomen of Moses. But consistency was nei-cr one of Andrew Johnson's shining qualifications. A Small-pox Remedj-. The following statement of a corresjKndcnt of the Stockton (Cal.) JIrraI(l)as been going the rounds of the papers. An ex-California n nays he has seen it tested with entire success. We reproduce it therefore, for what it is worth: - . ' I herewith append a recipe which lias been used, to my knowledge, in hundred of cases. It will prevent or cure the small-pox, though the pitting are filling. When Jenner discovered cow-pox in England the world of science hurled an avalanche of fame upon his head ; but when the most scientific school of medicine in the world that of Paris pub lished this recipe as a panacea for small-pox, it passed unheeded. It is as unfailing as fate, and conquer in every instance- It is harm less when taken by a well person. It will also cure scarlet fever. Here hi the recipe as I have used it, and cured, my children of the scarlet fever ; here it is as I have used it to cure small-pox ; when Icarued physicians aid the patient must die, it cured : Sul phate of zinc, one grain ; foxglove (digitalis), 0113 grain ; half a teaspoonful of sugar; mix villi two tablcspoonsful of water; when tuofvMjhly mixed add four ounces of water. Take a spoonful every hour. Either disease will disappear in twelve hours. For a child smaller doses, according to age. If counties would compel tlieir physician to use this there would be no need of iwst Louses. If you value advice aud cxperiwjec uJ th'u for that terrible disease." Germany evidently intend to carry out to the fullest extreme her threat against France, if outrages on soldiers in the oc cupied provinces te allowed to continue. By way of Loudon we are informed that the orderg recently issued from Berlin for the arrest and deteatiou of French hos tages, in places where outragea are per 'Ctrated on Germans, have been rigorous y executed. Warning is alio given of fcunjuiary proceedings iu all CiS of mux jer uud assassiuuti-ju. i BOfiOUGii AND COUNTY. On 14 Landlords, Saloon keepers and Ice cream folks, arc just now engaged, gathering the Ice Harvest. The crop is excellent, and we hope an abundant supply will be housed. Several very important accessions were made to the Good Templar fraternity last week. "Aut sthill ire J if" as Dutch Char ley would say and the work goes bravely on. Our "imp" reports ten Snows in 1S71, and two, thus far, in 1872. They have'nt been much to brag of, however, as there has not loen a decent sleigh ride, among the whole lot. TIic lighting of our street lamps, b.v the borough authorities, is an improvement that reflects credit upon the town. The jolly old Captain proves himself a verjiprince of lamp lighters. " Howard, the colored, man who brutally assaulted a small white girl at Rochester, X. Y., a few days ago, and who was the cause of the riotous demonstration in that citj-, ar rived at Auburn Friday morning, and was safely lodged ?u the State prison, where he s to remain for twenty years. . . . .. Lost or Stolen. A lady's j Gold Watch, Chain and Breast Pin, were lost by, or stolen from a little girl between the store ofC. D. Brodhead and Brown & Keller's Jewelry store on the Sth inst, . A liberal reward will be paid to the finder, or to the person returning the same to this office. ' ' (jan. 11-lt Four dehn ed passenger trains from San Francisco arrived at Cheyenne on Friday, bringing abott eight hundred persons who had been snowed up on the Union Pacific railroad. They suffered considarable priva tion, having to subsist principally upon crack ers an 1 dried meats. These trains left Oaden respectively on the 21st, 22d, 23d and 28th, being from ten to seventeen davs in making the journey between the two points. Deal lis from Small pox. The total number of deaths from small pox in London during the last year was S00, while the average of the thirty-one years preceding was only t'.(K). The medical journals call at tention to the alarming increase of the dis ease. They warn the public to take all precautions and appeal to the government to interpose rigid sanitary regulations, tocstab lish special hospital aud carefully quarantine the infected districts. Bc careful of j-our fires, especially on re tiring for the night A defective flue or pipe, or a trifling neglect may soon leave you houseless, and without the clothing neces sary, for your comfort See to it that every thing is right about your stoves and chim neys, but particularly where a stove pipe passes through a floor, or the roof tffa build ing. These points should have careful look ing after, both day and night. : ; Aft or a careful investigation, we arc ful ly satisfied that there are no cases of small pox in Stroudsburg, or its vicinity. Far mers aud others need 110 lomrcr be afraid to visit us. At worst there was but one plainly defined case of the disease. The others said to have been afflicted with it, were very mild cases of varioloid, during which no pock's made their appearance, and the patieuts, are well, ar nearly so. Our recent Holiday was rendered extre mely happy by the keg of Ale which found its way into our sanctum. All hands brauched the article, and but one scntimcut prevailed in the crowd. The Ale was excellent in every sense of the word. It was Herzoc A- Co., who did it, and while we would notifv the public that they always keep of the article on sale, we would indulge the aspira tion that the shadow and generosity of the firm may never be less. Monroe County Agricultural So c let 3-. At an election by the Directors of this Soci ety, held at the Office of John S. Fisher, on oauiruav jasr. me Ioliowiiifr named rnrsnns L . 1 1 . a. . I i tl m were elected Officers, to serve for the present a - 4 vcar : J. S. Williams, President Theodore School), Vice President John S. Fisher, Treasurer. Win. S. Kees, Secretary. Wm. S. Wintemute, John Kdinger II. 11 Depue, Conimitte of Fair Orounds. The undersigned bogs leave to inform the Citizens of Monroe county and viciuity, that he has disposed of his entire interest in the Real Estate business, to his late partner, ilson Peirson, for whom he. solicit a con tinuance of the patronage so liberally bestow ed on him heretofore. ' dec. 14, '71-tf.J. GEO. L. WALKER. The undersigned beg leave, to inform the citizens of Monroe county and vicinity, that they have enterad into co-partnership, for tne puriosc of buying and selling . HEAL ESTATE, as successors to the late firm of Geo. L. Walker & Co., and respectfully solict the continuance of the patronage extended to the former firm. , WILSON PEIRSOY dec. II, '71-tf.j TIIOS. STILLMAX ' The Scranton Post-Office. The business at the Scranton post office snows an increase of twntw above that of 18G9. The total of that office exclusive of money orders, is, wimia a iraction, 5'JU,000 per year. ConsjdfiriDg that there are post-offices at I'rnplonAA Oil.! I 1 n3 TV.t 1 . 1 1 j iituinj ouvi Mjuc x ars, doiu i resi dential appointments, within the city limits,) this is doio very well. Rei,ub. Ucan. One day last week the Western Ex press ran from Harrisburg to Allentown, ninety miles in two hours asd fortv min- utes, including stops, which, allowing for taking in water at three stations, was an avcra-e of forty wilea au hour. Fire. Otlf Town was- stirred up liufrnt 1 1 o'clock, on Monday last, by the startling cry ot , rue. Jiunmg wun lue crowa we soon discovered that the Shop and residence of our distinguished Tonsorial Professor, John II. Lee. esq,, was a threatened prey to the devouring element. Every body, however, went to work with a will, and the building was saved with but little damage. We regret to learn, however, that the Profes sors loss iu the burniiTg of, and damage to, furniture and clothing is quite considerable. The Steamer was on hand, after a while, but it was evident that the laddies were a little in the fog at first No kindling in the fur naceand not a match on hand to light it with, if there had been. But all will be right next time. The lesson has been learned, and "Der Merchine," in a little while, at the fire,, satisfied all what she would prove a host in fighting the devouring ele ment, if promptly and cenergeticalry hand led" The fire we learn originated from a defective flue. .Scranton Correspondence. Sckanton, Jan. 8, 1S72. FniKxn Sciiocii: Within the memory of the "oldest inhabitant," such weather as we have thus far been blest with this jintcr, has not been experienced. For the past fortnight it has appeared much more hike a mild summer thunder showers . and; all than it has like stern winter. , ,p-day, how ever, the mercury has taken a sudden "slide," and it is now extremely cold. Not one day of sleighing has been enjoyed thus far this winter. Some weeks since, we apprised your rea ders of the "Sunday Concerts" being given at Zeidler's Germania Garden, and of the immense crowds who gathered there upon that day and listened to the melodious strains warbled by the Tyrolean Troupe of Alpine Songsters, and, in the meantime, quaffing an immense quantity of lager. Things pro gressed finely at this place of "amusement" for a consiederable time, when City Mission aiy Mossman cvdently wishing to enjoy the spoil also paid a visit to the saloon, some three or four weeks since, on Sunday, even ing. At this particular time the hall was completely jammed with 3-oung aud old 0 every nationality, and all were enjoying themselves hugelv. "A ehunge came over the spirit of their dreams," however, jas this individual nut in an aTnearance. Ilissess aud shouts greeted his cars from every part of the room, and finally, he was struck by one of the party ; blow followed bloWi and the man was very rougly handled. He was rescued from the hands of the mob so-cal led), by Mr. Zeidler. His visit, how, ever was the means of putting a veto upon Sun day beer selling at this place, for the iircscnt, at least. And while we do ' not approve of Sunday liquor selling, still, wc submit wouhi it not have been more prudent in him-knowing the feelings of aminosity existing between him and the saloon keepers to havet called upon the officers of the law to accdmplish the object he had in view? Certaiiiy, hl- motives were good, but, we think, he-pursu ed the wrong course. : ' ' The mines in this section belonging to the three large corporations, viz : the .; L. & W. Co., the Del. & Hudson Coal C'4, and the Pennsylvania Coal Co., are, wc under stand, being worked to their fullest capacity. .1 .vnotuer strike or suspension was tea red by some on the first of January, when the term of agreement exiting between the companies and their miners, and which were effected immediately after a rcsuinpton in June last. would expire. Satisfactory prices have been guaranteed the men for the coming year, however, and our business mcu, as Well a.- thc community at large, breathe perfectly easy again. We understand, however, that the A ilke.s-Barrc Iron & Coal Co's. men some 2,0X) in uumber, and Swoycr's men at Ashley, numbering about have struck on account of an attempted reduction of wages. Came. Death of Laura Fair. A San Francisco dispatch, Jan. 3, says ttiat Airs. Laura D. rair, the convicted murderess, died in prison in that city Saturday, Dec. 30. Mrs. Fair was a woman of great personal attractions and strength of character, and was finely educated bhe once occupied a good social posi tion in the Southern States, but had more recently been the wife or paramour of a great mauy men. For several years she was the mistress of A. P. Crittenden, 1 prominent lawyer and Democratic politi cian of San Francisco. L:ist Snrin P.r'ti - -f tenden appeared to be striving to creak away from the siren and sent for hi wife, who was then visiting the Atlantic Spates Mrs. Fair armed herself with a pistoi and killed Crittenden as he was sitting by the eiue 01 his wile on the l'acihc Railroad ferry-boat, as Mrs. Crittenden was'arriv ing'in the city. Mrs. Fair was tried for mur dcr, and was convicted after a long 'and exciting trial, and sentenced to be hang cd. The defense was insanity, and the defendant's counsel asked for a new trial on various technical grounds, chief of which was the alleged prejudice of some of the jury. The case was argued before the Supreme Court, but postponed from lime to time, and was still peuding when deatfi in prison solved the question which had agitated the courts and the commun ity.' It was generally believed iu San Francisco that Mrs Fair would commit suicide rather than go to the gallows, but nothing in the brief dispatch, quoted above, indicates that such was the fact. This illustrates the danger of going mousing around where one has no busi ness. A mouse in Belfast. Maine, was found the other day frozen stiff upon a hammer. Investigation showed that in picking up somethinz that lav on the head of the hammer the tongue of the mouse had frozen to it, and bein" unable to get away, it died. It is estimated that more than one Sixth of the Inhabitants of the United states arc owuers of real estate. Tiuiiicxtii. JtmriAnY v.v pKxvsYiVAxiA. Namks of THE Jt'lWJKW OF ont tkrtffiTs TlIK KosTKIl OF TIIE SdTtKMK, DlSTBlCT, ASP COMMON Plkas CofKTs TiiErK Tekms When They Becix axd When They wim. Kx- TIllE A COMI I.ITTE AND OkTICIAI. LlST. The following will be fo.ind to be a com plete roster of the bench of Pennsylvania. " It exhibits clearly tHe name of every judge of the Supreme Court, of the District Court", and of the Courts of Common Pleas, with the date of the expiration of the term of each. The li.t conies from the office of the Secretcry of the Commonwealth, and is therefore to b accep ted as accurate : SUPREME COURT OF TEXXSYLYAXIA. Chief Justice Hon. James Thompson, terra expires first Monday of December, 1872. Justices Hon. John M. Keed, term expires first Monday of December, ISTft; Hon. Daniel Agnew,' do., 1878 . Hon. Ceo. Sharswood, do 1S82; Hon. Henry Williams, do., 1884. JUIXIES OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF rillLA UELI'IUA. President Judge J. I. Clark I Tare, term ex pires first Monday of December,-! 878. " Associate Ju3ges George M. Stroud, term expires first Monday of December, 1S71 ; M. Russell Thayre, do., 1S79; James Lynd, do. 1S80 ; James T. Mitchell, do., 1881. JUIXiES OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF 'ALLE GHANY COUNTY. President Judge Moses Hampton, terra ex pires first Monday of December, 1873. Associate Judge John M. Kilpatrick, term expires first Monday of December, 1879. JUDfiES OF THE COURT OF COMMON TLEAS. First Judirkd District Ph'di'ldphii county. President Judge Joseph Allison, term ex pires first Monday of December, 187G. Associate Iaw Judges James R. Ludlow, term expires first Monday of December, 1877 ; Wm. S. Pierce, do., 1S7G; Edwin M. Faxon, do., 1880; Thomas K. Finletter, 1880. tSccoml Judicial District Lancaster county. : President Judges Henry G. Iong, terra ex pires first Monday of December, 1871; John II. Livingstone, term to compute from first Mon day of December, 1871. Associate Law Judge Alexander L. Hays, term expires first Monday of December, 187 1. Third Judicial District Northampton and Le high counties. President Judge A. Drown Longaker, term expires first Monday of December, 1878. Fourth Judicial District Tioga, Potter, 3cKean and Cameron counties. President Judges Robort G. White, term expires first Monday of December, 1871 ; Hen ry W. Williams, term to compute from first Monday of December, 1S71. Additional Law Judge Henry W. Wil liams, term expires by resignation first Mon day of December, 1871 ; Stephen F. Wilson, term expires first Monday of December, 1872 Fifth Judicial District Alleghany county. I resident Judge James P Sterrett, term expires first Monday of December, 1S72. Assistant J udjjes Edwin II. Stowe, term ex pires first Monday of December, 1872. Fred rick Jt. Colier, do., 1S79. i Sixth Judicial District Eric, Warren anl Elk. President Judge Lansing D. Wetinore, term expires first Monday of December, 1SS0 Associate Law Judge John P. Vincent term expires first Monday of December, 1S7(J Seventh Judicial Distaict JiucLs and iFontgo incry. President Judges Henry Chapman, term expires first Monday of December, 1871 ; lien ry P. Ross, term to compute from first Monday of December, 1S71. Additional Law Judges Henry P. Ross, re signed to take eiTect first Monday of Decern ber, 1871 ; Arthur G. Olmsted, jippointed to fil vacancy until first Monday of December, 1872 Eighth Judicial District Xorlhumherland and Montour. President Judges Alexander Jordon, term expires first Monday of December, 1871 ; Win M. Rockefeller, term to compute from first Monday of December. 1871. J tnth Judicial District Cumberland, Perry and Juniata counties. President Judges James II. Graham, term expires first Monday of Dcmber, 1871: Uenj F. Junkin, term to compute from first Monday of December, 1S1. Tenth Judicial District Westmoreland, Indiana. una Armstrong counties. President Judge James A. Logan, term ex pircs first Monday of December, 1871; James A. Logan, term to compute from first Monday of December, 1871. Eleventh Judicial District Luzerne county, President Judge Garrick M. Harding, term expires first Monday of December, 1S80. Additional Law Judge Edmund L. Dana, term expires first Monday of December, 1S77 Twelfth Judicial District Dauphin and Lebanon counties. President Judge John J. Pearson, terra ex pires first Monday of December, 1871: John J Pearson, terra to compute from first Monday of December, 1871. Thirteenth Judicial District liraIf ovd and Su quehanna counties. President Judge Ferriss P. Strccter, term expires first Monday of December, 187 . Additional Law Judges Paul 1). Morrow, term expires first Monday of December, 1880, Fourteenth Judicial District Fayette and Greene counties. I resident Judge Samuel A. (ill more, term expires first Monday of December, 1S75. Fifteenth J udieial District Chester and Delaware counties. President Judge Wm. Uutler, term expires Iirst Monday in December, 1871. Sixteenth Judiciid District Franklin, lied ford. C 1 I I. J - uvrno sa una r tuion. President Judge AVm. McClay Hall,, term expires first Monday of December, 1871; Wm. McClay Hall, term to compute from first Mon day of December, 1871. Additional Law Judge D. Watson Rowe term expires first Monday, 1878. Seventeenth Judiciid District Butler and Law rence. President Judge La wren ce L. McGnflin, term expires first Monday of IVcmrber, 1874. EighteeiitliJiuUcial District Clarion, Jefferson unit x'urei. President Judge James Campbell, term ex tires first Monday of December, 1S71: Wm. P Jenks, term computes from; first Monday of uccfciuix-r, 181. Xini ieatlh Judicial District York A AdaM. I President Judge Robert J. Fisher, term ex pires first Monday in December, 1871 ; Robert J. Fisher, term to compute from first Monday c4 December, 1871. TfCtificih Judicial District Mfj'in, Union and j Snyder. President Judge; Safouel S. Woods, term e?2iresfirst Monday in December, 1871; Joseph C,I;ichcr, term compute from first Monday in Dccumbvr, 1871. ! Tiraity-frst Judicial District Schuyllill. President Judge James Ryon, term expires fist Monday of December, 1872. Additiohal Law Judge Henry Souther, term expires first Monday of December, 1S71 ; Thos. II. Walker, term computes foom first Monday of December, 1871. Tmenfy-sccond Juduiul District JSonroc, Pike, Wayne and Carbon counties. President Judge Samuel S. Drehcr, term eipires first Monday of December, 1880. Ttccnty-third Judicial District Jlerka county. President Judge Warren J. ,Woodvard, term expires first Monday of December, 1S71 ; Warren J. Woodward, term computes from first Monday of December 1871. Additional Law Judge Jeremiah Ilngm man, term expires first Monday of December, 187D, Tvaifyfourth J udieial District- Washington,. Plait and Cambria counties. President Judge John Dean, term to com pute from fir.-t Monday of December, 1871. Ticenty-ffth Judicial District Centre, Clinton and Clearfield counties. President Judge Charles A. Mayer, term expires first Monday of December, 1878. Ttcenty-sixih Judicial District Columbia, Sulli van and Wyoming counties. President Judge Wm. El well, term expires first Monday of December, 187o. Ttrenty-sevenfy Judicial Distr'n t Washington uud Dearer counties. President Judge A. W. Acheson, terra ex pires first Monday of December, 187 C. IVenty-cighth Judicial Dilsicl Mercer and Ve nango counties President Judge John Trunkey, term ex pires lir.-t Monday of December, 1870. Ticcnty-ninth Judicial District Lycmning Co. President Judge James (iambic, term ex pires first Monday of December, 1878. Thirtieth Judicial District Cravford county. President Judge Walter II. Lowrie, term expires first Monday of December, 1880. First District; d im inal J u risd ictinn I )a w pi, in, Ijcbcnion and Schuylkill counties. David Green president judge, elected in 18i;7. In charging the Grand Jury of the Philadelphia Quarter Sessions, last week. Judge Peirce gave special instructions as to their actions in cases of the violation of the license laws, and the law respect ing advertisements of illicit medicines. In rcsard to the former, the Crand Jurv for the preceding term had stated that seven-eights 01 the cases ol assault and battery brought before them had their origin in the free use of intoxicating liqnors. 1 he law of the State, as exrdam cd by Judge Peirce, expressly prohibits - t 1 1 . ... tne saic 01 liquor, except rv licensed deal ers; forbids the sale of intoxicating drinks by any one to persons of known . intcmpeatc habits, minors or insane rcr sons ; prohibits the sale of spirituous or malt liquors, wiuc or cider, to be drunk on the premises, on Sunday ; prohibits ana punishes intoxicatiou ; makes it law ful for the Courts to revoke the licenses of any dealers who shall violate these provisions ; and places other safeguards around this dangerous and destructive source of crime. The Judge directed the Grand Jury to procure, as far as possible, the entorccment ot these restrictions. In regard to indecont advertisements, the Judge had seen them in many city pa pers, and said that if thev were not re moved the journals conccred should be proceeded, against lor the otlcncc. The mortality from small pox in Phila delphia shows no abatement, the number of deaths last week having been 230. It is now quite prevalent in the Nineteenth ward, near the Berks street and Kensing ton stations. The fear of the d prevailed some weeks 820 has now almost disappeared, and peoDle o and eomo. ns though nothing wa.i the matter. All the receut cases have been anions? persons who have refused or neglected to b vaccinated, and those who are intcmnomtn or auuicieu 10 gross habits of living. When the latter are attaked they scarcely ever recover, their blood having liprnmo - ii. 1 ... is.: weakened and corrupt. The elficacv of vaccination as a provcntive of small-pox uas now been lutiy established, as cases where the disease has been incurred nftr this process are exceedingly rare. Mr. Senator Wilson fnm n tsmnamn I-....! u. . 1 . . . leeiuie in llOSIon. last ."SnmlAv vn worth noticing, been (IMP hl t'u ttt In Congress durin thn inxninnn Dts nau iounu mat the members who used alcohol were invariably the first to be pros trated by protracted work. "In my ex perience," he said, "while Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, I al wajs fouud that the men to bo relied on were the mcu who drank not at all However, Mr. Wilson thought that there wero fewer drinking men in Congress now than when he Orst went to it. For merly the nirht SPSsiftnq worn An I. - 1 1 r 1.1... . , - -0 -.x.w unuuuu! uu account of the debauchery to which they h"'- "si-, iiuw, auout one quarter of the Senators are r)led?ed tomnor ma and there is not what may be called "a hard drinker" iu the Senate at all. The facts are about the same in the House of Representatives. Once the departments were full of drunken men. now th . the exceptions. Coming from a source to be relied upon, these are interesting and cheering facts. The Public debt Sblimint of .Tniiriri- lst fchows a total, less cash in the Treas- ury, of $2,213,830,411 a decrease of 81,412,950, since December 1st. Cash in the Treasury: Coin, 3111,432,820 : cur rency, 815SG1.493. Decrease of debt since March 1st, 1871, 870.870,435. decrease ot debt from March 1st. lSfii) t March 1st 1871, 8204,751,113 JAMES FISK, Jf.,'DEAD. He is Shelr. by Edward & Stokes at the tfrand Central Hotel, N. Y. James Fisk, Jr., who has recently caus. cd much excitement in the theatrical and Goancial circles of New York, and who within a short time past, has been pro' minently before the public through the libel aud alleged black-mailing case of Miss Jcsic MansGeld, was shot on Satur day afternoon by one Edward S. Stokes who had figured promently iu the suit. I The affair occurred at half past four o'clock, just as Fisk entered the vestibule of the (J rand Central Hotel. The as sailant was immediately arrested, and in now incarcerated in the Tombs. Two balls entered the person of Fisk, and tlnj wounds, which were not at first consider ed as fatal, proved to bc so, however at a few minutes before eleven o'clock Sun.' day morning. The wife and father-in-law of the deceased, together with many of his personal friends, were at his bedside when he expired. The remains were removed to his late residence, 2o. 313 W. Twenty-third street, aud Monday af. ternoon, was fent by a special train to Biattleboro, Yt, where. the funera'd take place. The military of the city generally turned out to escort the body to the depo, . Edward S. Stokes was born in Philadel phia iuJ841, and when quite young wen; to New York city with his parents. His father was the principal member f the firm of Stokes and Budlong. Stokes waj always in early life fond ol athletic ?port.f and, until lately, was considered 3 -;ood pymnast by those who knew him best lie was-educated at the liijh School in Philadelphia, and received a first cbs. EuirlisU uud Latin education, lie was quick to lero, and verj proficient in lii studies. He was with his father's Crm at an early age, and uianifcs.ted :reat en ergy and business tact. lie had cue great fault, however, liis blood was hot, aud beiug of a ucrvous, sanguine tempera ment, he was liable at any moment to break out when he deemed himself im posed upon or outraged, lie has alwajs been sensitive to an insult sind quick to rescut an injury. Stokes is five feet ui;:e inches high aud weighs about one l.uni. red and forty pounds lie is slightly built, but is very wiry and active cn hi feet In conversation he talks quickly and to the point, and huriics hs affairs through as nipidly as possibly. He is of fine personal appearance, of a dark com plexion, with piorciug black eves and re gular features- His hair, which was black a couple of years ago, is uow partly gre', and weie it not for his active movements ho would pass for a man ol 45 years Mr. Stokes married a lady of good family souio ten years ago, and they now have an in-, teresting daughter. In June of last year, Mr.-. Stole?, vh) Was iu bad health, veiled Europe to seek some benefit from the mineral springs of Central Germany, and when last heard from, as late as Pccctuber 3, was in Pari. The family while in New York, had an elegant suite of apartments at the' Worth House, corner of Filth avenue and Twen ty sixth streets. These apartments were furnished with every article of lusuiy arid refincrcent that taste could device or that money could buy. Nearly a year and a half ago Mr. Stokes bcea:ne acquaint ed with Mr. Fisk, and through the intro duction of the later he made the acquaint ance of Helen Joscphiuc Mansfield, the reputed wife of Frank Law lor, an actor of moderate ability. An intimacy f f -r u n g up between the two which was i:i the cause of serious trouble bctwecu E-JwarJ Stokes and his family. Every person who reads the daily jour nals closely is, of course, fumilh'.r with the suits and counter-?uits if ti e tin cc principals Fitk, Mansfield acd Steles which have burdened the courts auJ the newspaper columns feir a year past. Stokes has always asserted that Fik had robbed him of a fortune of c-00,0i"J ac cumulated in the oil refinery Lusiness, which was the joint property of IMwarJ Stokes and his mother. He was ara-:d by Fisk last year, and locked up to ans wer a charge which was made against hiia of fraud. This charge fell let the ground, and Stokes has since sued Fisk lor fa!?! imprisonment. The Fisk Stokes war has continued in the courts fur nine month?, and while Mr. Fisk has had ail the power of the Eric Railway corporation at his back, the fuuds of Stokes have been de creasing day by day, owing to the fact, that he had to pay heavy lawycrs's fees to carry ou the suits. Stokes lias expen I ed in lawyers' fees during the Inst twelve months nearly ?38,C00, and this contest has beggared him and rendered hiiu de sperate.: lie has often said, '"This is a fearful fight that I am carrying on, r.nd I have no one to help 1110 ; but I wit! never give up until I am righted. Fisk, throit.uli his' lawyers, has endeavored to make me appear dishouest in the eyes of the peo ple of New York, and I will not yield one inchofiuy rights, nor one dollar of tha money which belongs to me." He has frequently stated that he was nfnM of being assassinated by some of Mr Fisk's employees. The quarrel between the two men has been very much embit tered by Miss Matisfiell, who his serve! to fan the embers of the feud until it has reached the present terrible culminat-iou. Cattle Sold in PhiladelpMa. During the year 1871, there were soU in Philadelphia 125,342 beeves 1 1,13a cows, 100,010 hogs, and 72,000 sheep The sale, of beeves during the yeir sluw a larger aggregate thin any previous year the nearest approaches being 1 1 7.SG2 ia 1S70; 100,500 in 1SG3, and 103,1 m 1SG3. The number of cows sold durmi, the years has frequently been exceed!- the number reported for ISoS ocmg '" P:Vnnil fVr 1 1 VI I liiW. Th' sale of hogs has been exceeded oneooatyi in 18G2, when it reached a total 20t.OUO. The. sales of shcendurin-r 1S71 were l-irge 1 ly iu excess of any previous year. - - The official oanvass of tho htc election in Wisconsin,, shows Austiu's majority ta bc 15.7 U.
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