4gFFERSQNtAN REP1JBLICAN
Thursday, February $2, 1849.
Qlj?3 Andrew Callighan, lite Irishman, who mur
dered George Kay, at the mouth of the Lacka
waxen, in Pike county, about two months since",
was tried at Jtfilford ia'st week .and found guilty x)f
murder in the first degree. . On Monday he re
ceived his sentence. In our next we will en-1
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deavor to lay before our-readers a full report of
hc trial. .--
' 'TCP The Albany Krilc&rboc kef says it was so
old on Monday, that it broke up a marriage that
v'as coming 'off,' the' u'ridjrooms' passions being
frozen up. ,
O3 The route of-ihe Befvidere Delaware" Rail
road has been-laid out down the Valley of the
Delaware, from Belvidere to Trenton. It lies
partly" in Jersey, and part in Pennsylvania,-xmd is
f3 miles long.
flr The Whig members of the Ohio Legisla
lure, have nominated Judge McLean for United
States Senator. The day of election has not yet
been. agreed upon.
Or Gov. Johnston has nominated Joseph Sut
ler, Esq., as associate Judge for Carbon county.
ID3 We have occasionally given extracts from
the Jonesborough (Tenn.) Whig, edited by Rev.
W. G. Brownlow, as showing the peculiarities of
editorial life in that region. The Reverend editor
has a particular spite at that thing called democra
cy,and misses no opportunity of giving it a dig in
its most vital parts. By the following extract from
his paper of the 31st ult.,we see thai he has not a
much better opinion of dancing and the city of
.New Orleans. The latter, especially, would seem
to stand in great need of the Parson's reforma
tory labors :
A Taylor Ball. A portion of the wicked in
habitants of New Orleanst are to have a Tatlor
Ball in that city, on the 25ih of this month. As
all diseases- are just visitations of God for sin, they
had better humble themselves in view of the risht
eous indignation and wrath of Heaven, which' are
among them in the shape of that dreadful pesti
lence, called the Asiatic Cholera. If, about the
time these srnners get under vvay dancings they
should hear of the death of the President elect, by
Cholera, they will look like they were shot at and
not missed I
We were in -New Orleans last Spring,- and re
nrajned there some two weeks. Our notion then1
was, and still is, that we were a hltle ntartr to
Hell than we -ever were before or since I
Ma?Fiand Gold ITIine.
In reference to the gold mine'lately said to have
been discovered in Montgomery county, the How
ard Gazette, published at Ellicott's Mills, says :
" We have information from a gentleman con
nected -whh the family,- that Mr. Samuel Ellicott's
farm, near Brookvilie, Montgomery county, in this
State, quite probably contains gold, as we pub
lished last week. The farm contains about 100
acres, for which Mr. E'. paid $10,000. He has
had $20,000 bidden for it on risk, and $30,000 if
its supposed mineral wealth should be realized.
The same gentleman stated to us that a stone had
been' found, which contained a hundred dollars
worth4 of gold."
The Fruits of JLocofocoisnt.
;The JIarrishurg Keystone, makes the following"
confession:
" Let any farmer, mechanic or' laboring man,
lake up the huge volume of acts passed at each
session, and turn over the pages from the begin
ning to the end, and see how many he can dis
discover in which he'has any interest. He will
find them almost wholly made" up of acts of incor
poration, or supplementary thereto, and special
and local acts, most of which neverrought to have
"been passed."
Jt will be remembered, .that the Locofoco' patty
has .had for a-long and-almost unbroken series' of
years, the control- of the legislation of the State;
yet-is has,-by its majoritj'sg, perpetrated these al
leged outrages- upon theopje. Before every
election, the editorsandiorators-pf jhe party are
clamorous in their denunciation of these legisla
tive abominations, and' predict ruin unless the peo
ple save the Commonwealth'' by trustlng-to the vir
tues o f the patent Derrioqracy. AfteMhe election,
according to the Keystone they set vigorously to
work to-violate every pledge Ihey haregiven : and
we-jfind their legislative achievements "'almost
wholly made upof incorporation or supplementary
thereto, and special and local acts, most-of which'
never ought to have been passed.""
Good Shot. Mr. William J. Ford, of Queen'
Anne's county, killed on his farm, at one shot, a
few nights since, seven wildJgcese-, averaging be
tween io and 11 pounds each.
,bu ;
. Cure for -In flamed Eyer.
Piour boiling water on some elder - flowers, and
steep them like tea j when cold, put three- or four
drops of laudanum ,into. a small glass of the elde
flowers, and let the mixture run-into the eves three
or luur unies a oay, wntcn win become perfectly
strong in the course of a-'week, if UftV remedy is
constantly, apphedi. v, . , - - . - -'
A Character. -
A western mansays he once saw in the South
prier6f the queerest looking blackies imaginable.
:His face was so black that he couldn't tell when
i was morning; his wool curled so. tight-that it
made him round shouldered ; his nose was so flat
and greasy he had to, put tar on his fingers when
he wanted to blow it ; his shins were so sharp he
couldn't go through a corn-field without splitting
the stalks ; and his heels were so long it was im
possible for him to go down hill without tying a
couple of stones on them for ballast ! He died
young, of mortification, which commenced in his
legs, in consequeri'ce of their being too crooked
for the blood to find its way Up.and down!
A Pious Sell A Fact.
In a neighboring city this fall, an extensive cir
cus company, gave several exhibitions under can
vass. At one of these' a missionary entered the
showj and taking his stand by the door present
ed visiters as ihey entered; eacrh with a neatly
printed tiact entitled, " Sinner, Damnation A&ails
You .'" Every one supposed ho was getting a
programme of the performances, and thfe effect on
the audiance may be imagined, when on looking
for the particulars of the unequalled display of
equestrian, gymnastic arid accfobatic talent" so
liberally promised in the large bills, they were
confronted by the gratifying piece of intelligence
contained in the caption above quoted. It was a
scene for a painter. Cily Item.
Poisonous Clams.
A worm, very nearly resembling in form and
color the common leech, or " blood-sucker," is
said by the New Haven Palladium to exist in un
usual qaantities in the soft-shelled species of clams
this season, concealed in the skirts ; and as the
editors are inclined to the opinion that the eating
of these occasioned the deaths which occurred in
the eastern part of Massachusetts last season, they
caution the puhlic accordingly.
We never before heard of a couple getting mar
ried without even hearing each other's names.
And yet, it has happened, it seems. A party met
at a sleighing frolic at a hotel in Kinsbridge, N.
Y. the other night. A strange gentleman walked
in fell in love with one of the ladies proposed,
was accepted and married on the spot the min
ister marrying " this man" to " this woman."
His name was not known,- at the house, and some
inquisitive persons who tried to find out what it
was,- failed entirely in their undertaking. The
newly made wife did ntft like to ask so odd a ques
tion of her husba'nd, and a whole day elapsed be
fore she was made aware of what her new cogno
men was. Of all the hastily concocted marriages
that are recorded, this appears to cap the climax.
Spirit of the Times.
Prince Jolni's Latest.
John Tan Buren met Mr. Fillmore at the time
f
ofhis last visit to Albany. " What are you going
to do for us, Mr. Fillmore, now that vou are in of
fice !" said the hopeful heir of honer. " Do for
you "i"saidth& Vice 'President elect, good hu
moredly, " we shall do nothing we don't know
you." " General Taylor will certainly redeem
his pledge to us," said John. " Pledge ! what
pledge " " The one he gave at Bue'na Vista', not
to leave his wounded behind him."
Salt Lake Salt.
The salt found in the great salt lake, in Cali
fornia, is superior to any now in uso for preserv
ing1 butter, beef, &c. It is the strongest salt ever
yet discovered. Three barrels of water made one
of salt.
Slewed Celery.
The editor of the Horticulturist gives the fol
lowing mode of cooking celery, and from long ex
perience' of its merits reebmmends it as a delicious
dish :
l Cut the blanched or white portion of the cel
ery stalks in pieces about an inch in length, and
put them in a saucepan over the fire with milk
and water, in equal proportions, barely sufficient
to cover them ; add a little salt and let them stew
gently-until perfectly tender. Then take out the
celery, add a piece of butter to" the liquid it was'
boileUTn, thicken it slightly with" flour, pour it'
over the celery, and serve it up."
A letter irom Pensacola, dated the 16th instant,
says': "The weather is as pleasant as in May.
The flowers are in bloom. Orange trees exposed
to the climate are overloaded with fruit and in high
cultivation, bufare- rather sour to the taste the
only kind that can'be raised to stand the frost."
Length of Days.
At Berlin and London the longest day has six
teen and a half hours. At Stockholm and Upsal,
the longest has eighteen and a half hours. At
Hamburg, Dantzicand Stettin, the lorigesfday has
seventeen hours, and the shortest seven At St.
Petersburg and Tobl6sk, the longest has nineteen
arid the shortest five hours. At Torneo, in Ffni
lahd', the longest day has twenty-one hours and a
half, and the shortest two and a half. At Wau-
derb'os, in Norway, the day lasts from the 21st'of
May to the 22nd of July, without interruptions':
aim a.i opiisueigcu, me? iunjjesviasis tiiree ana a
half months:
To be Investigated
The Legihlaiure of New Jersey have passed
a law for'ihe appointment of a committee to in
vestigate ih? charges of fraud and peculation
made agajjithe DFrectors of ihe Camden and
Amboy Uihoad andDulaware and Raritan
i i f ....
Destruction of the Tea at Green wicli.
Theeslniction of the tea at - JSostonis familiar to
all. It is hot so generally known that we had in
New Jersey a little affair of our own, of the same
kind The captains of the lea ships destined for
Philadelphia, did not deem it safe to land their
cargoes there, and most of them returned to Eng
land, One, however, in the brig Greyhound, ven
tured up the Cohansey, and discharged at Green
wich, a quiet little village in the county of Cum
berland, where a popular outbreak was never
dreamed of. The tea was landed witljout resist
ance, and, deposited in the cellar of a house front
ing the market place. But on the 22d of Novem
ber,, 17-74, about forty men assembled in the dusk,
of the evening, deliberately took possession of the
tea, removed the chests from the cellar, piled them
up' in an adjoining field, and made a bonfire of
them...
We are indebted to olie of bur venerable Vice
Presidents, Col. Robert G. Johnson, for the names
bf many of these ardent and resolute patriots.
brie of them was the late Ebenezer Elmer, father
of the Hon; Lucius Q. C Elmer; of Bridgeton; an
other was Richard Howell, afterwards Governor
of the State; a third was James Ewing, father of
the distinguished Chief Justice of New Jersey ;
and a fourth was the Rev. Andrew Hunter a
man as distinguished for his piety as his patriot
ism, and who was a chaplain in the American
Army during the whole of the Revolutionary war.
Hte second wife was the daughter of Richard
Stockton, the signer of the Declaration of Inde
pendence ;" and one bf his sons become Attorney
General of the State.
Suits were, brought in the Supreme Court, by
the owners of the tea, for the recovery of dama
ges, against thttse who had been concerned in
the destruction of it ; but the Whigs of the county
held a meeting and resolved that funds should be
raised for the purpos'e of defending the actions",
Joseph Reed and Charles Peltit of Philadelphia"",
were employed by the owners of the tea ; and Jo
seph Bloomfield, afterVards Governor of New
Jersey, Elias Boudinot of Elizabethtown,' Jona
than Dickinson Sergeant, of Philadelphia; and
George Read of New Castle, were retained on be
half of the Defendants. The suits, however, were
never brought to trial. The plaintiffs being nDrf
residents, a rule was obtained to file security for
costs, and no further proceedings appear to have
been taken.
At the next term of the Oyer and Terminer, for
the county of Cumberland, Chief Justice Smyth
presided ; and it was probably the last opportu
nity he had of making a display of his loyalty
from the Bench. He inveighed with much sever
ity against the " wanton waste of property" and
the flagrant breach of the peace which had been
committed ; and charged the grand jury strongly
upon the subject. But the Whigs of Cumberland
were as inflexible as those of Essex. The grand
jury came into court without bringing in any bills
He sent tbem out a second time, but they still re
fused to fin'd any indictments. Ex. Pap.
A Willing Prisoner.
There is a woman named Barbara Donnelson,
now a prisoner in Newcastle jail, Delaware, who
has been there since the year l8ti&, with but short
intervals. She has such a strong desire to stay
there, that when discharged by the Judge, as she
h'as been several .times, she commences smashing
the windows of the citizens of Newcastle, until
she is sent back. She is a Scotch woman, and
when in jail, is a neat, industrious woman. Her
conduct, apart from her singular monomania to
become a prisoner, and smash windows when out
of jail, is without reproach.
The British Corn Laws.
W e' perceive, that there is an impression in some
quarters that the last vestige of the British corn
laws ceased on the first of the present month.
This is not so but a fixed low duty superceded
the old sliding scale of duties'. The' duties which
are now enforced in England are as follows :
One shilling sterling per quarter of 8 bushels, on
all grain, and four pence halfpenny per cwt., on
alt meal and flour.
The Usury t.av.
- The committee of the senate on the Judicia
ry, have reported a bill relating to the usury
laws of the Commonwealth, making it lawful
for all, persons to pay and receive such rate of
interest for the uso of money, as the parties
rriay agree upon, but in all cases where a grea
ter rate of interest tHttn 6 per cerit, is charged
or . paid, the sum of one mill on e'ach cent of t lie
additional interestshall .be added to the pres
ent tax for State purposes on money at interest,
fq be returned and collected in ihe same man
ner as the p'fesent llx x and a failure to return
a true statement of all such mdnied operation
shall nullify to the parties the benefits of these
provisions, and subject them to the penalties, of
jhe'jaw now in force. No greater rate of in
terest than ('per ceh't. shall be charged on
judgments efiteredYh aliy of our courts', ahtinugh
such judgments may be founded upon a writing
Mipnlating a higher rale of 6 per cent, shall be
disturbed; In all such cases where no special
agreement is rrradfr, and irfall suits where in
terei is found to b'edue plaintiff, 6 percent
shall continue to'be (he legal, rata of. interest,
- Pennsylvania' Telegraph.
Washington, Feb. 18, 1849,
Mr. Clayton for Secretary of State.
Hon. John M. Cjaytpn has. been offered the of?
fice of Secretary of State under . ihe new ad
inmistration. I have 8een the letter .of Gen
TaVler tendering to thedi'stlnguish'ed Delaware
S en a tor t h e 'first' nl a c e 4 i ir h i s "C abi h c t . - H G
Pennsylvania JLcgisiaiurc.
HARRisBURcVFebuary- lo.
Senate. Petitions PresentedBy Mr. Oyer
field, several signed by upwards of 2,000 mi
nors and oilier citizens of Schuylkill, Carbon,
Monroe and Luzerne, praying ihatt a law may
ho passed making their wages a lieu upon the
real and personal property of their employers.
By Mr. Small, from Blair tourity, asking that
ihe Consiitu'ion may be so amended as to ex
tend iho right of suffrage id free people of color.
On motion of Mr. Johnson, ihe Senate re
solved itself into Executive Session, and unan
imously confirmed the nomination of the folio w-
ing nameu genuemen as .nssuciaie jHugcs ;
John A. Baker, of Perry county; Thomas S.
Cunningham, of Mercer county, ; John "H Kel
ler, of Northampton, and Joseph Butlej, ol Car
bon. The bill supplementary to the act relative to
hunting arid fishing in the counties of Dauphin,
Carbon, Luzerne, Elk, PikevMo,nroe, Mifflin,
ana Butler, was taken up nd passed'. ,
House. The res.oluuont,jcan'irig,upon the
Canal Commissioners to ijifjjrm. ihe House
whether the tolls on the public works cannot be
so raised as to increasethe reyniie'of the State,
without detriment to the public interests, was
taken up and pass'ed.
LOCOFOCO, LOVE 0T ORDER.
The friends of free trade', while they 'do all
in their power to snatch the bread from the op
eratives in our manufactories, mines and forges,
to swell the riches of the English barorn, do
not hesitate to profess a special affection for
them, and a hatred of their employers. They
afiect to believe that the interests of the em
ployer and the employed, which every honest
mind admits to be identical, are hostile and ir
reconcilable. When their own policy has led,
as the Whigs predicted ii mut lead, to a dim
inution of wages on the part of the operative,
and often to ruin on the part of the employer,
Locofdcoism turns up its eyes with hypocritical
horror at the cruelty of the lattei, and endeavors
to persuade the workmen that" it is a needless
act of oppression. It urges the operatives to
strike. If ihoso be found who informed of ihe
necessity which induces the fall of prices, and
with ii of laljor, anrj knowing who are the au
thors of that calamity refuse to listen to the
councils of Locofocoism and starve, but con
tinue to tabor then the true spirit, the anaich
party is aroused, and those who engaged in the
strike are urged to rfois and outrage, in which
peaceful men, helpless women and inoffensive
children a'ro driven, with brutal violence, from
their labor, and left to destitution and despair.
Several scenes bf this character, marked with
peculiar atrocity, were some time since enacted
under locofoco prompting, in Pittsburgh. It
was vain to allege that thfs violence was un
just and illegal, that it was unmanly and craven,
that it was cruel and savage ; urged by such
councils, the inflamed and Ignorant rjerpetrated
wrongs at which humanity shudders. ,A num
ber of the offenders were arrested and held to
answer. But Locofcoism did not even then re
lax its efforts to inflame a spirit of resistance to
the laws, and to array one class of the commu
nity against another. The organ of that parly
continued, and still continues, day by day, its
vindication of these dangerous outrages, and re
peats its appeals to' the worst passions of the
unreflecting. So well is this poliry understood
by the party, that the press elsewhere has tar
red on the Pittsbvrg Journal in its war against
the supremacy of the law and the observance
of order. What principle is so sacred, that they
would not trample it under foot to win a score
of votes 1 jSut they underrate the intelligence
and patriotism of ihe great mass of the opera
tives of Pennsylvania ; and will learn their fol
ly too late to avert its consequence.
Daily News.
The trade of China' with the United States,
in round numbers, is said to bo worth ten mil
lions of dollars a j'ear, independently of the
traffic in opium, which is principally iff the
hands of foreign houses.
New College.
The Baptists of Pennsylvania, ntimbering
about thirty thousand comtnuning'members have
just. completed the subscription of one hundrod
thousand dollars, to endow Lewisburg tJniver
shy in this State. This speaks well for the
liberty of thai denomination of Cristains.
Goods for California.
A New York paper contains a list of articles
recently dispatched for California, and among
the items we see 819 barrels of rum : 601 of
brandy, and seen packages of books ; 873
gold-waahers and 47 ploughs ; 1 case of must
cal instruments and 254 p'k'ges of mediciue; 38
boxes of pipes and 3 hogsheads, 17 bales, and
992 packages of tobacco"4. cases of umbrel
las and 24 cask's of Crucibles ; 21 frames of
houses and 64 packages of clocks.
The Examination of Hyer.
Baltimore, Fob. 17. 1849.
ver was Drought tieiore tne uotirt at 1U
o'clock this morning. His counsel were Robert
McLean and Collins Lee, E&qrs. The inves
ligation occupied the attention of (he Court tin
ll i m t t r ma
ill nan-past 1 o clOcK, f . M,
The hearing having been, concluded, the
Court pronounced him guilty of fighting, and
demanded bail in his owv, recognizance for
$2000,.and by others fur "1 000.
Hyer is now at liberiynd is with his fam
ily at the Uni'.cd States Jrlniel. Great enthu
siasm prevails jn his favoHoJopks well, and
shows no marks of rGugh-.handUng except that
one of his eyes- is slightly' blackened. There
is pome talk-' of hit giving spsrring exhibition
in one pf our theatres before he leaves our cily.
His behavior Vj He w.a?' noble aruj .ma;ny
hroughoui.
lORnrer xhvr imm .1
rresiuem 01 me united States intends 10 vacaie
the Executive mansion on or about the l,t 0f
March. He has engaged rooms at the lrvin0
Hotel, where he will remain with his Family
until after the Inauguration of Gen. Taylor : J.
ter which they will lake their departure fr0ni
the city.
Will of Peter Miller.
Peter Miller, of Easton, Pennsylvania, died
leaving about $300,000 worth of propery
which by will he directed to be loaned to me!
chanics and farmers, and as it accumulated in.
terest, this too should be loaned out. No part
01 tne property was ever to oe sold, but ihe
loaning was to be continued perpotually. r
there should be no persons to loan, an asyIU(n
was to be built with the unemployed money.-,
A few days since, the Court of Northampton
decided against the validity of the will, and a
nephew of the deceased falls heir to the prim,
erty, as his nearest surviving relative.
Expenses of war Appropriations f0r
the United States Army and iYavy.
In the debate on the appropriation bill n
Congress, a few dayssince, Mr. Greeley stated
Miai uuniig uui si&iy euio ui rjusieuce Udder
the federal constitution generally of peace
with the exception of Indian troubles ihe U.
States government had expended :
For the Aarmy and armed lorces $3GG,713,533 i
For the Navy and naval operations 200,991,123 .!
For Pensions, revoIutiohnryand others 01 ,li9,asi r
For the Indian department 4d,053,2ii a
Total $6Sj.U30,802 5;
Here is a fact for the contemplation f
people, who have had to earn and furnish iln,
enormous expenditure. Sven hundred million,
of dollars, expended for war in sixty years, i3
a sum that must startle etery one who is n con-
trbutor to this enormous fund, by the sweat of
his brow or of his pur.ie.
The 20th Senatorial District.
The following are the official rt turns of iie
election in the Senatorial district, composed of
the counties of Indiana, Armstrong, Cambria,
and Clearfield :
Johnston, (Whig.) Drum, (Loco)
Indiana 1756 1307
Armstrong 1210 1367
Cambria 971 1123
Clearfield 374 720
4311
206.
4517
Drum's maj,
By this it will be seen that the majority for
the Whig candidate in Indiana county, is about
half the real Whig majority ; and that in Clear
field also, the Whig vote is very small. If In
diana had given her usual majority the whig
condidate would have been elected, the major
ity for the locofoco candidate being only 205
in the district.
NeW Lu?e Preserver. A novel exhibi
tion took place on the East River a few days
since. Two men, enceased in ludian-ruhber
life preservers, made their appearance on the
upper deck of the Fulton ferry-boat, from which
they leaped into the water when the boat wu
under way. They continued to float and swim
about for some time with the greatest possible
ease, the size of the dress.being no incumbrance
to ihe wearer. A weeks provisions might be
stowed away in the interior of this singular
ife preserving dress," and in case of shipwreck
at sea, a passenger might spread his sail ani
start for land "on his own hook. Dispatch.
Greece's Poivtit'AL Sagacity. We ha
recently sought out a blip (nays the Springfield
Republican) containing an estimate made br
Horace Greeley, some time previous to tb
Presinential election, which we had laidawiy!
for reference. The estimate fiives to Taylor
the very States which voted for him the foot
ing up being 163 for the former, and 127 for
the fatter, as appeared by the final Result.
LuzfikNE County. The county of Luzerwi
has sixteen prisoners in the Eastern Pertnes-J
tiary, and the cost of iheir support during (bsj
lasi year, at 24 cents per day, was $974cft-
Tl, nrn..',!. C . U: 1U . .1 . lOQ.I
vi iwu ug u uuiuuvu uuo aiiu iu ua jatu ut ""g
county ol 545, W7.
Governor Edwards, of Missouri, recco!
mends the passage of a law to make ihe conj
sent of a. wife necessary to legalize an endors'j
ment. such a law would prevent many a row
irom Doing ruinea.
Important Item.
It is stated that chloride of 2inc and gyp"8
liave been recently applied with success u
cancer, by Dr. Brooks of Cheltenham. EtisM
Mr. Clay in New Orleans.
The N. O. Delta, of the 8th, says that Mr.Cb'l
continues in that city, and appears to be enjoyl
good health. He designs to remain at Nev-tl
leans for a considerable time, and will not be
Washington on the 4th of March.
An Old Apple. The Portsrp-oUtn Journal sta
the family of the late 0rrj3 jobbSi 0r $C'
ampton, N. H. nave an apple grown in the y 1
l'"6, nlch 18 still in a eaod state of present
in interesting cnua near tne nour ol us w'i
i .u- .t r t . i ' . .1 rtfi'iJ
graven me men iresn annia nnn imp marks w-i
v ! f-ir v
teeth still remain,
nflHROW PHYSIC TO THE DOGS.-
X is all the old-faahinnfld nrininrr and na
seating conipounds ?hich have been the terr
of mankind from time immemorial, and inste;
tnere.ot, betake yourself to Clickener's Sugary
ed Purgative Pills, which are delightful wjP
taste and inoffensive to the bowels, as wellj?
being the very best purgative and purifying
cine that ever rescued a grateful svstem from u
1
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clutches of an untimely death. .
"Fnr lfi at th Rfinnhliran Ofpp.. hv T. SchA
the only authorized agent for Stroudsburg-
The National Intelli
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