Meceipts $ Expenditures,
Frederick 'Kiser, 'Treasurer, in account .witia
tiic JoniUy of Jionroe, from the First off
J.au'r, is;42, to Uic 31st Bcccinber, 1842
49 05
'69(5 12
'2245 05
595 77
TptCash,reccI.ved.on: account pf Taxes
asscssedgin. the .year -.1837, . ,
do, . , ,1839,
. 'jsaf-v :ao ' tm :
ivo fin icyiu.
'..JIH--.-: 3866.50
lomnouM.pf Jblnty (luxes assessed on Uiif
sealed Lands for the year. 1 840.i '4 1 .
On lands in Chesnuthill township, Ji3$. 51" "
" Coolbaugh' 1G8
5.60"
"84 G4
'80 CO
294 25
;14 77
2 48
,046.7981311 76
!
Hamilton
Middle Smithfield
Pocono '
Pi ice
'Ho'ss
Smithfield '
Tob'hanna ,
To Taxes ree'd on sundry tracts of.
land, alter having been paid by .
some person, $51 GO
Do Christian Heckenwel
dcr and Francis Lesher's ' land,
which belong to the county and
paid by some persons, 4 97
To cash ree'd, being gl5 00 paid
to A. Storm, late treasurer, and -1-refunded,
and twenty five cents, '
overpaid to James Kafierty. and '
refunded, being for an overcharge
for publishing Argument,.. Trial
and Jury Lists, . 15,25
JR. J
71 82
' ' '' 4 ',5280; OS
a, Jiumuns era non or uusiice.
. .... .
Pay and milage of Grand Jurors to
February term, 1842, '
Do
Do
wDov
Do
Do.
Do'
Do
$71 37.. ... ,.
82 62
90 25
. 78 87 $329 12
1212 37
211 37A
174 87A
73 23 $671 85 A
40 00
Hdo May term,
dd vSopt. term
.do, Dec. term
Petit Feb.
do . iVIay
do Sept.
do Dec
Commissioners1- Counsel Andrew H Keeder,
UUiMiMISSIONEKS' CLERK..
James il .Walton, for services ren
dered in' 1841, " . " gSl 00
--Do - it in 1842, 40 47 gl21 47
, :j TCOMPENSAT.IONrTOjOMMISSlONjERS.
John,CBush, k , 114 54
Johu Smitji-f j GO 00
Elihu Postons. t -. , .105 25 - $579 79
. 1 'GOIPENS'ATI0NSTO AUDITORS.
Jeremy Mackey, Jor auditing accounts
in IS42, last settlement, $lfe 50
K S Staples, do do lfc 50
John Merwine, do do '9 00 42 00
David Beecher, Levi Fluff, Price, J 1 13"" "!
JiramlYardjJiUizabctliJiees
John Turbpll, PhUip,ilann,t Price. 22 51
odjErfwaAf TDuffcam. Smithfield IQkG'Sfe
JohnBjrawjij Thedf.Shantfon, Price, 27023521 A
Amount paid' for'htilding township ariagenetaf
- elections, " - - ' VlHOh
. ASSESSMENTS. .
Amount of.imonies pajd.tq the Assessors" of the " " X K
different tow nshipsn for making assessments,-. ' 5;"
&,c. &c. .... ' ! 320 11'
'Constables Amount paid to Constables for ma- ,u
king Returns, and attending Courtjv 79 08'A
Witnesses' Fees ihHhe JollowingCases ;.
John KellercolSts in cases "of Commonwealth v
a's. Kintner, Hall and Dailey, 2 70
S Gunsaules Commonwealth, sundry causes-8 37V v v' ' "
iVl H Jjrener xjo uo i!4y rr t -
vs. Bower, 3 34
vs.. Oliver-Jones,-2 04
... . Evans 8c Eckr444 f f
Witness fees,f 16V73 llf
do ,62
vs. Eck, ' ' '164
' Bellas, 1.22c vi'-
Radeiv 8-77''
.. do - ' 5 43' " ,: -e
, do .ji,-jj4t83j-ilf H,
'Clo 5 43
John Edmger, road view and witness fees, 3' 86"
Joseph Wagner, Commonwealth vs.vRader, 2220. J$?
Jacob W. Rupert, do .do j 471-$99. 95
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
H. Hamman. for xssessment books. Sll-18 J,'i,.''.'
Thos. J. Albright, an elbow to stove pipe, 25 f r i
Daniel Stroud, lime for an oven, 1 00 ' tf' "
Rnhprt Rovs. naner and Ifnnp. 69
H. S. Stnnles & Co. store hill. 91 Q5? jf ?ffTr
John Boys, do 3 68 "
Abraham Gish, 2 00'' .,r-
James Palmer, repairs to court house, --'187 'V
It. S. Staples & Co.. paper, brooms, &c. 758-:-" '
Wan'del Ilreimer, mending waterspout, 18752 05$
. " '
-- 5025717;i
Treasurer's com misior.s on receiving, -v . '
at l per cent, i5S0 08 f -
Do db - Spaying out 'WraK' : "
at 1 percent ,r - -V. 625T 1?)., 115 37
P Greenameyer, Sup'vr Tobyhanna'tsp $50
Frederick Knecht, do " do 29
.Cashpaxd lo Supervisors on'accounl of Road Taxes'
collected on Unseated Lands tn I8S8 iV 9i viz :
00
00
Conrad Dotter do do : 100 00
P Green am eyor do I '-doVl 150 00-329 00
Deputy Attorney GenendT s Fees.
John D 'Morris, . , y $13.50
Cash paid to Jacob Bush, Jate treasurer,
as appeared .by' the Auditor's Report ...
in January, 1842, - ' ' - 20G 81
Cash pai1 htm for money which "depre
ciated in t-alue in his hands, . 9 00-215 SI
Mon ies refunded-to Tax Collectors. ' :
Felix Weiss, overpaid-on duplicate, ;4 51
John Brown. do .. . do . -iq-lT- ' S"C81
ROAD -DAMAGES.- " 1 "! '
John Urket for a road Tunning through'
Penn Foire?t township, : - 265 00
Joseph Altemose, do 35 00-$300 .00
Support of Convicts in Eastern Penitentiary, . 28 OS
Expenses of running a tine bcivseen Luzerne, Wayne
and Monroe counties'.
Moses W Codlbaugh," . 227 59
WH'.inm Kees; markinfr line'dh Mnp, 50 g28 09
- r-9
riiZMiUMSb
On "Wolves, John C Stiunk
Jacob Edinger,
A. Edinger,
Frederick Bush,
M. H. Dreher,
Frederick Bush, '
Jasper Vlicc,
Jacob Huddle,
Anthony Sebring,
John Rhodes,
Henry Stocker,
George Schleicher, Do
James Cross, Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Treasurer's commissions at 1 per cent.
ton re cei vi n ff-v.!?- jBassSsiBrrJSiuuiSi;-
1 jf
$172370
BalancoduCitho, cburityr-Monrpe, by theTreas- . '
1 urerlalrreetifckKiser, on.RoadTaxes, , ;$l80 42t
Scliool Taxes collected on JJnsefttOd
Chesnuthill township, io' amount collected i J-S38-51
1 1 l. ' .1- . ,.rJ .
iooiuaugn, x uo
'Hamilton" do
Mlcidlo Smithfield dp
Pocono ' - fdo
Price '. .1 ' do
Ross tip?-
Smithfield t,.
CIS.
. 'u "iua i'j
U0
A!
'fin l ITdriae'? t:
do;
2&4 2
do
1 5
.-t" i-'
T4 77
' - 1 12
323 33
Si
S975.G3
1 : Hn : ir1n Jnhn Pnnfi.fWdo,'"""v!!l-'150'
do. - do, n Joseph Troch, ? .: do - U 1. -? - , 5
Balance due Frederick Keiser on the' ' r
foregoing settlement, . i$1092' 47-
gG372 55
Frederick Keiser, Treasurer, in account zcilh the county
e jnonroe, jor ixeaempuon juonies received on Un
seated Lands, during the year 1S42.
TO'casti of Jsaac Post, for redemption money on -
Benjamin Bonnell, . .,, ' " ,gj4 17
To'cash of Isaac Gould, red'n money on Jacob Cist, 10 77
do Ji. Josephson,ll 11
do John Still, 17 76
do A. Hiliyard, 17 60
'do TJ.;Thatcher, 17 27h
do J. Dyer, 13 02h
do JohnDonalson, 6 05.
do William Ross, 7 12
do Wm. Wood, 19 40
Do
Do
Do
Do
D
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
. Do
Do Do
S. J. nollinshead,
do . ,
Crispin Blackfan,
Fish, Green & Co.
A. Bradshaw,
do
Robert Levers,
Daniel Scrfass,
A. & J. W. Loomis,
W. Shouse,
do Jacob Overstake, 13 52$
J, L, Cheesetpan, do
J. Singmaster do
do do
do - - do
do - r.flo
Jesse Shafer,
Bernard Taylor,"
John Ballv,
B. F.. Fqltrer, . r.u do
.,. do Nathaniel Waters,! 3 24
do
do
do
Jacob Eyerlv, 6 86
John Shook,' 8 82
John Teel. 9 -0r-i
Philip Place, . 9 31
. Caty Bonnell, 13 85
Wm. Wood, -19 72 h
Peter Curts, 33 52A
AVm. Cameixin,- 8 81
. John Frecse, 9 26
William, Barnot, do Matthew Conrad, 31 52.
.Atwrew aiori)!, ,1 reasarer.oi ine.county
'of Monroe, for 18S? and l'84p,
-244 79
Byjcash'paid to JD Eckf redemption money, $6- 65
$562 2Ii
Fovos-
to sundry persons,
wild cats, ' do
An
25 00
106-12A
r 1 .-'J
v.-ruv 'lieaas,
Road Views Amount paid to Viewers,
Bridge Views Amount paid to Viewers,
13S 977.
105 12
27 00
R'adanl Bridge Views, included in same Checks,
Amount paid to sundry persons, 2G 00
Uoud and bridge Views and Wood, Jnpludrd in
same checks, 5 80
Support of Convicts and Prisoners in County Jail.
Amount paid to Edward Scott, Jailor, on
sundn- orders, - . G2 3.4
-Bridge Completion Mjid'jfepairs. . r n
S..J. UiJlinsiiitadj in part for Bridge ' "c
oveVPooono.OT.eek, . " . ,tS22500
Amount paid to iuudny persons for v Vt" f
matciialb atsd labor at Ransbury5 ..jgn v
bridge, , ;. . . . ...S67J7
James Henry, for building a Bridge. , . ;
over West Branch, ' . 9400 :
Amount paid to! sundry. persons for
material and ltbor at Bell's bridge, 10,37 '. " .
Do: do Smithfield briflirf. ? 3fi7- if - ';'
-h. . 0 ' -
. uo
.Do
do
-27:50'";
Sundry work7 material's and repairs
i.o ciutcnent oniqges, 344 (33 t-, ,
Jleazer -Price, for -building Stony -a '
Creek bridge , :ci., . 121 00-' S2257 8
COUNTY PRINTING.,
James Rafielty, $2o 26 ' ' .
Theodore .Sdhoch, 39 12A G4,37
Amount paid for wood for court house and jail, 21 SO
isa&Ti yjricr. vvm r MauocK, attenaing1 court
'- , and waiting up6n Auditors,. 30 77
Ambunjl paid jor Tdx.ejs funded on scaled Tracts
of Land.
To S- J Holiinshoad, for Emanuel Joseph
son, m Prico tsp. - $M IT ' " '
T U '0lin P"CG tSP: 17 76 " '
&iG,r for'Alnry Huston, fMiddIe -
SmitWfidW,., fi SCjg so'--
i w u, iracts.ftj tlffiSlfldl 3. OU-
W c S 1 f?r Pionffobyant 8 j 11 A m
w uT.ik,. , ien Alton. Pocono, 780
Do - ido . x 4 j ; - do.
Do Isaac Gould, . .... '. do
Do Stroud Rees, ' do
Do Henry IX Maxwell;, do
Do - do - - do. .
Do Samuel Price, Sr; . ; do
Do John C. Strunki . do".
Do , Robert Brown,"" do'
3 Do - do do
Do John Lander.,' " do"
Do Holdridge Dewe, 'do
Do George Parsons, " ' : do
Do do ' 5 - ; do
Do Jacob Singmaster, f do
Do Joseph Fennqr, do
Do A.' H. Ree'deK ' do
Treasurer's commissions, -J'pe'r cent,
C Q9
:J0 77
-,5i8
19. 72,
89 44.
, -7.03.
- j3 85
697.
.18' or
. 9.26 V
13 24...
8 78
39 13
do
-do -do.
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db
do
do
.do
John Shoemakerr-do'
Peter Newhart, ' do
Peter Heller Treas ;
do -. - - i--do-
'. .
' do do Jacob Fxaniz, School Treasurer,
. do do" Josiah M. Pratt,'
Treasurer's commissions on receivings
at 1" per .cent.- .t -A . i
do do- ,- :on. paving
00
00"
38 oa-
8GG0
S41r00
.100 00.
,,125 00- 2G0 00
12 00 ,
300' 00
out-at. 1 per cent.
$.100 00.
200 00-
f , .:
S975.W3.
.893 40
S893;40
1S-C9
$912 09
$63 54
JBalance due the county of Monroe, .from the Treas-
mrer, fcreci rick Kiser, on bchool monies, up to
31 December, 1842, 1
r-
Recapitulation of the foregoing accounts
and Balances.
Balance due to Frederick Kiser. Treasurer, on ac-'r'
..count of receipts and expenditures f'or ihe coun- "
ty of Monroe, from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31, 1842. vOlOQS'd""
Balance due by Frederick Kiser, to the
county of Monroe, for and on account '
r of monies collected on Redemption of ; . 5
unseated Jands, and paid out to tho " , . ,. , 4 -persons
who purchased at Treasu- . '
rcr's sales, -' SlB6,87A-fcfc,vl '
Ealance due by Frederick Kiser, Treas- ' ' : ' v- '
urer, to the county ot Monroe, lor and 1
on account of Road Taxes collected ' '
on unseated lands, and paid out to the - ( . .
Supervisors of the dilTerent townships,. ,.- . ..nil ti5 " ' " '-
lrom the 1st January to the 31st De
cember, 1842,
Balance due by Frederick Kiser, Treas
urer, to the county of Monroe, for alid
on account of Scliool Taxes collected
on unseated lands, and paid out to the
different townships, from the 1st Jan
uary to the 31st December, !1842, -
Balance due to F- Kiser. Treasurer."
1802 :
i
-G3 513081
" -Y ' - - -
' ; . "
The subscribers, Auditors for the county of Monroe, hav
ing carefully examined the accounts of the County Treasurer,
and all hooks, papers vouches, &c. relating thereto, do cer
tify that we lind the sum of six hundred and sixty-one dollars
and sixty-three cents clue from the county, to Frederick Ki
ser, Treasurer of said county. - $601 G3
Witness our Hands at Stroudsburg,,thc 6ih day of January,
Anno Domini, iS'i3.
ABRM. LEVERING,.!
Auditors:
Adam OvxiiriELD,
Elihu Postexs, VCopimissiohcrs.
J.oh.v Smith, . )
Attest, James II. Walton.
JNO. MERWINE, V.
JEREMY-MACK EY, ) '
65 52-366 C
on receiving
Do
on paying out
do
do I
- T'
562 21i;f.
,1
366 0C;
06
9 28
Balance due the county of Monroe,
by the Treasurer, Frederick Ki
ser, on redemption monies, gl86 87
iioad laxes collected lor the years 1840
and. 1841.
DR. . .
Chesnuthill township,- amount collected
Coolbaugh , .dp .r - do,
Hamilton do " .dd
Middle Smithfield do do'
Pocpiio' i;th77,. do
Price . do dp .
Ross do ' ' Uo
Smithfield "do . do1-
Tobylianna do- do
$17 siy,
200 41
8 40 v
105 93
109 53'
58S43 ,
20i:i
3 10
810 61 1901 13.
Credit by amount' received by the differ-?!
1 cnt Supervisors.
M.
S47 81
By -cash paid to Ja'cdb" A'ltemoseVSupervisof,-
.do-, dp -John UalJalian; do S100 00
,,,-do. ( do. iJamos Johnson, - do I00o'o 20000
By c'ash.paidirenry dverfield, Supervisor, 75 00 ? - '
i do '' ' dov . do 24 A3 C 99 03
Bycasiiipaid to J. Bisbing'ahd Peter Miller, Sui,w5
pervisors, - r' 100 00
do
"io
' to
- do -'
j t &b'
-. do ,
do
do
do
do
do
-do
do
dp
do
"do
-do
lienj. Bush, Supervisor, $100 00
Samuel Price, sen. 100 00
' " do GO 95
Benjamin Bush, 150 00
Samuel Price, sen. 75 00
Sam. Price and Benj. Bush, 40 00-
Samuel Metzgcr. Sup.orvi.SQr,
v do fdo
d$K f ao-
Robert Nowcll, Jr.
:Fredeiick Kncciit,
-'JosiahiM-; Pratt-,'
it,r5deriGl)d5ftepii,
250 00-'
250 00
aso oo-'i
50 00
52595
15; 00
A
700 00"
Andrew Storm, late one of the Treasu
rers of the county of Monroe, in 'ac
count with said cGtinty.
Bis. .
To Redemption monies on unseated lands not ac- ,
counted for in the settlement of 1810 and 1841, SS01 42
To an amount of Tax and cost on Chr. Hecken
welder, erroneously sold in 1840 to county tax
having been paid before sale, .. 4 G4
From, the yeaii,86.tos i848, with', the
5 pavmentsanll tvbalaiiccs "fct's d'ublbc
?c.ounty oiiwonroe.-. -; -
.3'
! C'ollCCtOlT.
glGeo T. Mackey,
(Seorgc I.abar,
Aadvv.L. Storm,
George suupp,
John Rouse,
Henrv Mover,
SaihuerUoiid,
John Cascbecr:
M. i)liocmakcr,
Chnst'r Bnrlip,
Freil.SrOtzman,
Jon'an Coffmitn.
JercnuahGalvm
tolix Weiss,
(Michael Drown,
uenry vei?s,
Henry Dietrich,
Mart.n P1acev
Michael Kiser.
GgGreenMVeig'
ASAncetiiiever.
Jolm Dneacli.
joirn uowinan,
Jno. Hohenshelt
John Buzard,
Jolm Smith,
ijonn Slin,
jonn rner,
Ueprep-Wanier
.Mien. AUemoae,
John Kelsey,
Jacob FtKorner,
JJCnnis Murphy;
Edward Crown,
Ggorge Iluskirk,
it. r.yjcnoergor,
John Place
Jacob Corell,
John Setzer,
rvaroujjncsoach
HenrvWliitescll
Charles Henry,
Abraham Vettnr
John Edmger,
Townships: .Dnp-gi
I'cconov 207 13
robj'hanna, ltM92
I
MSciilliTiCd.-r t 01
105 11
TobyliawtJtv
.1 T;!
ChCsnuthill,
Hamilton,
SoiiUnifJd,
Tobyhunnu,
Sm:thf:e'!d. "
Hamilton,-
itoss,
Tobyhanna,
l'.rjce, ,
Coolbaugh,
Chc$tmthi!l,
-
Stroud,
C71 C7
5 10
12i25
23 71
5'J2 52
toss sa
L'ay'ib.
15i 11
20 'j7
ail 22
4175
&IS3
lor 07
307(H)
oai
Ut 70
f -'7 fH
2(faeo lt-oso
S290Ui
3L03
l(!fj C
18 34
519 IT
025 C5 i
MSmithtieW,130U JZXtiSS
Hamillofi, !Mr87753 M
ll'oceno. pn-J 23fjil ti
27 12:3 44
I'nce,
Stroud,
Haiiniiufl.
Sinilhffcld, t;c7 2t:t;75 J4
T.ibyhatina,
Price.
(.'oolbaugh,
41 57
7(1 01
:2 03
Stroud. -Hamijion,.
SmilhlieTdl '
MSrruthneM, 3s4 11
Kos?,
Ohcsnuthili.,
PennJorot,
TObynanna,
Price, '
Coolbaugh,
Pocono,
30 80
3!lt3!)i;2S0g
2236
151 -IU
4S43
11C S3
IS 31
91 03
23'50
C3 sf J
Ux'sncoinsiOv?
C4I
. I 3C
'5CJ
32l7
25 Ami 57
12 21
13 2'Ji
4 41
I5 5S
Sl'2l
V
4
10 o
4-44
121.13
5 74
cr
saw
19 72
:45
63 3w
3
3 39
Jt-S
' -1". .i mm
2 t!it'ii"
r f 5
iU4
MB
v
. 19tf. ' -23J
S7t
tf.Biilance on J.Ca.seljees dupljcaiejiii barjuT(JBujh!r
Taid in full h'ince January Istli3.v. ;- :. 7 -
' f Paid since January I si SlfTqO. -.
J.Paid since January 1st S20 00. " v . m,
Amountof Chocks oulslandin? and due byihK4Suthi(i
the holders thereof, as uppoars.by th; Check? Bmik an.l
Vouchers, four thousand two hundred and uvoniy-Yuor" dol
lars arid fifty and a half echis .'. Si.T.'i'l- 50"l-2i
194 79 .
50'00
1L00,.
15 81
10 02
aoo or-
t , 80G 0G
CE, . .
By Redemption monies paid to sundry-, , A : '-
' persons, as perreceipts, - ; . '$-I8.S-14 "
By amount paid to Frederick. Kiser,
Treasurer, July lllh, 1842, cash, , v,
October 10th, 1842J cash,
January 3, 1843, cash, ,
do 4, " cash,
By commissions receiving $801 42 and
payiner over at 2 per cent. - ' .
Those amounts, to be accounted for by the Treasurer at
the next settlement in 1844.
Jacob Bush, Esq. late Treasurer of uMon-
roe county, in account with said county.
BR. . ' ' ,.
To amount of Redemption mbhiies receivcdLduring
the year 1841,. oh unseated lands -in Monroe co".
To an amount received of JohmCasebear, Collec
tor of Smithfield tbvn3hip, for the year 1839, arid
hot accounted foton Book,
$79 90
8 00
By amount paid on Tabilha Hoi ton','
" Price township, ' - SI 1 56
James PiaceV'do 10 83-
do
doj
S87 90
22 39
Balan'co aue from Jacob Bush', Esq. late Trea'su-
v. rer, to the county , $G3 51
The county of Monroe in account with
amucl 'Gunsaules, Esq.. late Sheriff.
Todrrtwinprand summoning 7 JurWG atlG 00',
anaiatiuu, ,-
By 14 Jury Funds received at $4 00 each, 5C 00
-S!i no An
V1UU uu
Balance due the late Sheriff, '. , 1 - 52 00
JJixathined and,allowed this 27th day of Jan., A. D. 1843.
- ABRM, Ll'TVERING, Y
JNO. MERWINE, V Auditors.
JERKMY MACKEY, )
Lucky Escape. We had the "pleasure1 of
conversing yesterday with ColqndwAn'drq ,
Neill. lately resident at Guadaloupe, Texas,
vho among others, was -taken prisoner bvHIre
Mexicans at San Antonio, while the' Court f$r
that district was in session. The prisoners
amounting incumber to a1)out fifty nine, were
made to march under a strong guard on-'tlhe
Avayto the city of Mexico changing
the plumbers- and characters . of the guard
as "they came to this and the other military
post. When within fifteen leagues of Mexico".
the route was changedand the prisoners dj-:
v creed into the I'eub a road. Wtheir .wav'tr
Perote; in the castle of which, about half a--mile
from the town, they are now in manacles
and confined. On the evening of the 14th De
cember, Col. Neill bade his captain ''farewell -with
very little ceremony, and on the next mor
ning, at 8 o'clock, he had walked forty five
miles, and was in the heart of the city of Mex
ico.. . having money enough to last him two.or .
three days, he stopped at a-hotel demanded
a private roomreceived no" compahyandat-.
tended to relieving himself of his fatigue, and
Curing his feet,, then weary and sore. In a dSj1
or two he walked out found a certain street;,
and returned to his quarters. ' .'"
He searched the next night for the number
in that street which he desired entered wlis
embraced by his friend, and. concealed in Ufa
house two weeks. He then boldly took a seat
in the. stage (under an assumed name.) which
runs from Mexico toVeraCruzrand even stop
ped, one night at-Perolc, within, rifle shou al
most, of the pri'soiiers. hi the castlq. Oerc -he
heard of his own escape, and cautiously inado
his safety known to those in the castle. Arri
vedat Vera Cruz,Jie was conceaedon- boatrd
one vessel until another craft was ready to take
him to Havana, where he arrived, atid thence
came to this city via Key West. He mentions
that fifty five captives still pcmainy and that
they are treated in ho gentlemanly or honora
ble manner. Judge Hutchinson (whose wife
is n'o'w in this city,) was the only person allow
ed to go aboiit without ;beinc: chained by the
legs. Ool. Neill has not yet recovered the
healthy use ot Ins feet, but proposes returning.,
to Texas immediately, arid joining the " Army
of the West," on the other side of the Rio
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Grande. He states that the Mexican soldiers
are few and far between in that region, and an
ticipates a glorious result from the reported
advance of the Texan army. A. O. Bulletin.
Death in the Tea Spoon. Many persons are
in the habit of using German silver tea and ta
ble spoons without being aware of their poison-
ous.com'position. dome friend of humanitv lias
announced, that German silver is composed of
copper, arsenic and nickel, and that it oxydises
very rapidly in contact with any acid, and tliak
smairparticies,ane.j taken in;o the5 stomachy
which imperceptibly act as a slow but sure poif
son. Nashville Banner.
! T!);l?!9Ple of Louisiana liavesvoted T4i39o
to 5030, to' call a Convention to frame a new
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Atiustj Join
D. Morris, Clerk.
State Constitution,