JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, August 29, 1S50.
FOR CANAL COMxUlSSIONER,
JOSHUA DUNGAK,
OF BUCKS COUNTY.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
HENRY W. SNYDER,
I OF UNION COUNTY.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOSEPH G. HENDERSON,
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
When the Wicked Rule, the People
ITJourat.
The law prohibiting the circulation of small
notes went into operation on the 21st inst. The
following article upon the subject, which we copy
from the Susquenana Register, of the 22d inst. we
commend to the attention of our readers. "' .
Previous to the existence of this law, or rather
enactment, no man in Pennsylvania or out of it was
obliged to take a bank note, a bushel of potatoes,
a pound of butter, or in fact any thing else but the
hard, precious specie, in payment for labor or ser
vices performed, a note, or for any demand what
ever, unless he of his own free will chose to do so.
A man could woik for his fe'low, or trade with his
merchant with a perfect freedom ; taking in pay
ment his note, a batik note, the specie, or anything
else as the parties could agree ; enjoying all those
rights and liberties guaranteed and secured by con
stitutions and laws, and which the declaration of
Independence says are inalienable.
Where then the necessity of a change 1 Not a
petition for the law entered the capitol ; the Gov
ernor told the Legislature, the previous similar law
was not obeyed and it was very impolitic to have
statutes that popular sentiment disapproved.
The fact is, Locofoism, that mock guardian of the
rights and liberties of the "dear people," which al-
07-We are informed there will be preaching wiihrnfinlarPnvihiBhnninpH9A,nnHnpnpnn.
on the Camp Giound, (on the Island belonging to Accustomed to straddle the people's back and ride
Franklin Starbird, Esq., near this place,) on Sun- them in harness in party discipline, it must also
dav next, at 10 a. m. and 3 p. m.. and that there on the spur and leading strings in legislation
,,;n h or; ,h0 M.hJc, Tr.! The kree musl bow, and the rights of freemen
" w" " 1 r yield to the demands of patent Democracy
unurcii on aaDDaw morning. But we have houe. Repeal is soundimr the leneth
and breadth of the State. Another Legislature
they will have, in this Borough, full houses.
07" Rev. Dr. Castle, Rev. Robert Gerry, and cannot sit out its session without striking the odi-
Rev. Mr. Hurn, of Philadelphia : also Rev. John ous enactment from the statute book ; and we
a p u nr cmnr, roi,r r,A nth.r Aia. mucn misiaKe n u win not oe us nisi act. me
... . . , ,, ,. , ,. p . . Supreme Court however may do the work for them
uubu.9i.cu m...3lri3 u, u.c MuV. juupa, jf s0 we shall like it the better. The voice which
Church, are expected to be in attendance at the demands this is not the voice of faction, but of the
Champ Meeting to be held near this place, next people not of violent excitement, but of dispas-
vppL- sionate reason it is the voice ol the btate. He
who would represent that dissatistaction is con
i- - f t . 1 .i
S tinnt F'Ttiiikitimis nea 10 'ne nortnern counueB aione, euner is ig
, ,,. , ...... , . .i j norant or means to deceive. 'Our exchanges bear
e can ,ne auenuon oi our reaaers 10 me aa- lestjmony 0 lhe fact . and some even of fa dem.
verusemenioi mese exnioiuons, l ne periorman- 0Cratic papers not content to be silent, are de
ces will consist of a great variety ol dialogues and nouncin? the law in no measured terms. If the
single pieces; besides which, the Brass Band will reader wishes to see what democratic journals say
. ri, p. u u of it, we refer him to the Tioga Banner, and a
be in attendance. 1 he rupils have taken much ;. , r.i, .,.,u-..
' practical, common sense view ol the subject in an
pains to make tne entertainment as pleasing as arljcie in the last Democrat signed "Citizen."
possible to their parents and friends. We learn It is in sentiment the same as that your hear from
that the exhibitions of this kind, in the Institutions e mouths of almost every democrat in the coun-
formerly under the charge of Mr. Post, gave oen- . u .u . n t l , a a
J b fa b YVe are told that Gov. Johntson recommended
era! satisfaction: and operating as they do, as in- the law in his annual message. A greater false-
centives for scholars to study and excel, we trust hood never vap,invented. So far from advising
its passage hejjRjgested the expediency of repeal
ing a similar law then in existence. The Gov-
ornnr cave
mt r t i .- i . 1 i j
ine iiassacnuseus eiecuon nas lerminaiea in The Iaws jntended l0 prevent the circulation
the election of but one member Elliot (Whig,) in of notes of a less denomination than five dollars,
the 1st district. In the other two, the 3d and 4th, are practically disreparded by the citizens. In a
there is no choice. This is the tenth unsuccess- government founded on popular opinion, experi
ence would teach tne impolicy ol continuing in
force, statutory provisions which are generally in
operative. The violation, with impunity, of laws
however unimportant, will lead to a disregard of
The Marshal of Massachusetts has completed others, indispensable to the security of Society.
the census of that State, and it is said that the in- The fact is, as any one can see by reading his
crease in the population in the last ten years has message, the Governor thought it better to allow
. . . .. j;,. . our own banks, over which the laws of our State
been at least a quarter of a million. This is an had contto t0 issue smau noleSj and lhey possesa-
unexampled rate of progress for an old State, and ing a more uniform value through the Stale would
affords eood evidence of the prosperity of that be safer and better currency, and supersede the
great manufacturing Commonwealth. useA 0 ,orc.n nol.es- " no QOUm.8 11 .f,01 one-
'vuuuuU lia uiciiua aic auuiui d iiiuuci tuna
Over twelve hundred persons have recently ana oeseeenmg tne people to g ve it a support as
been thrown out of employment at Allegheny . op- disasiouslv tcalIb f its reDeaL ,ve lhfnk lhe
posite Pittsburgh, by.tlie stoppage ofsix of the most people will spare them the humiliation of repeal
extensive cotton factories of that place. This is ing their own acts. The members of the Leeisla-
owing to the enormous quantity of imported goods tnre had ,lh,e experience of other States before
h..i ,-n,n ti,a mn,b0, lhem; and they well know the opinion of the peo
ple of their own ; but alike regardless of all past
experience and public sentiment, they persisted to
ful tiial to elect a Congressman in the fourih dis
trict.
A Voice from Home.
A Locofoco meeting of Crawford county, Pa.,
Which is the place of residence of J. Porter Braw
tey, the Locofoco candidate for Surveyor Gener
al, recently passed the following resolutions.
They hardly need comment.
Resolved, That the Democratic party of Craw
ford county have heard of the nomination, by the
Williarnsport Convention, of J. Porter Brawley,
of this county, for the office of Surveyor General,
with feellinga of the most profound regret and in
mass meeting assembled on the anniversary of, the
day that gave birth to a nation of freemen, declare
that we will not vote for him.
Resolved, That this man's nomination has been
urged in a vindictive spirit, and procured by a
system of management, upon the part of a low
set of political cut throats, in this Congressional
district, who glory in defeating the wishes of the
party in this county, who are ready to embrace
any "black leg," practically and politically, whom
they can use for disorganization in high places,
and who will talk Indian to procure for them plun
der. Resolved, That we will go into the convention
and make one more effort to save Crawford from
going into a permanent minority, and we appeal
to our friends to send their best men. If that con
vention attempts to endorse Brawley, we will not
be held accountable for the result in October.
Resolved, That under the distatorship of James
E. McFarlaud, the Democratic party can never
Arrival ol the Etiropa at Halifax-
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
The steamship Eurupa arrived at half-past ten
on the 19th inst. with news from Liverpool to' the
llth.
The cotton market has been quiet during the
week, and all American descriptions below fair,
have reduced one-eighth. Total sales, 59,000
bales, of which speculators have taken 27,000 and
exporters about 1,000 bales.
Flour and Corn Gardiner & Co's., Circular, of
Aug. 9th, says : " The weather has been showery
and variable, retarding harvest operations. Along
with this, we have large arrivals of wheat, from
the North of Europe. The natural upward ten
dency thus caused on the one hand, has been
counterbalanced on the other, and prices remain
pretty nearly as before for wheat and flour.
Enolxnd. The question relative to Baron
Rothschild's taking his seat in the House of Com
mons, has been postponed till next session, when
Ministers are to introduce a new bill upon the sub
ject. Harvest operations have commenced, and the
crops promise extremely well.
France. 1 he corn harvest is now about halt
over, and it is said will not be so plentiful as was
expected.
Wednesday. A terrible storm broke over Paris
to-day, and did great damage. The rain fell in
such torrents that for an hour the streets were im
passable. The heavens were completely obscur
ed, and in some houses candles were lighted.
Denmark and the Duchies. A protocal, which
resognizes substantially all the leading views of
JJj3 When Boots first came into fashion, a
pair was presented to a worthy mayor in some
part of England. He examined them atten
tively, and concluded they were a new kind
of banket. Accordingly, when he went to
church ihe next Sunday, he slung one round
his neck, and put hi prayer book into it. His
wife used the other to bring home hej market
ing in.
triumph. Had he represented public sentiment the Danish Government, was signed in London on
, , . r i ii . Saturday, by nearly every foreign Minister at the
... j , , rjourl of St. James. A telegraphic despatch da-
have been nominated ; but in order to gratify a ted Hamburg, Aug. 7, ttates that Gen. Willesen
heart naturallv malignant and constitutionally sel- has declared that he will hold the Danish Provm
fish, this heavv calamity had fallen uoon the ?. for whatever may happen to those of the
, , . Schleswig-Holstein party. ISTo change had taken
Democratic party ; the continued eulogy in the piace in ,lie position of the armies Gen. Wille
organ of men known by the whole cuonty to be sen has issued another proclamation, praising his
corrupt, and the constant defamation of those troops, and declaring that they cannot be driven
whom he can in no other wav whfn. is calculated from the soil of Schlewig, except by a second and
t mi j i e . third battle, and they will be bloodier than the
to chill and repulse from active service our most Tne'Danisll f(Jce is estimaled at 42000 l0
nonest democrats and useiui partizan. 44,000. The ardor for the Holetein cause is said
Resolved, That any man who has barely es- to be abated, at and near Plamburg.
caDed conviction, and that totally UDon technical Advices from Altonia, of the 5th, state that a col
j : , .r :i.: r.i i Iision between the Danish and Holstein armies
, , , took place on r nday, near Mohlde, which resulted
Hon laws, to procure lor nimseit an election to a jn the defeat of the Danes, with inconsiderable
lucrative office, at the expense of one honestly loss on either side. Little doubt exists among
nominated and running upon the same ticket, and well informed parties, that higher powers will be
f : . r j i . , i invoivea in me aajusimeni oi mis aispuie, oeiore
Inr ennsnir no with n Ipflprnl pniinr to spll. nnrlpr I ... r I
r 6 anything decisive or satisfactory will be done.
a wriuen comraci, eraocrauc patronage, years in Should diplomacy not succeed, should Gen. Wil-
advance, if he gets knocked down by a decent lesen be victorious in the next battle, and recross
man. should take it as a comnliment rather than the Jkyder, Russia and England will piobably in
otherwise ; and the Democratic party, in order to !"fer,er :, n? sl)ul lheDafles and RU8h
' . into Holstein, the Prussians and the Hanoverians
be successful, must not, through their organ, be wiu be likev to altack lhem. Should it so occur.
made a party to his personal fights. Should they that either Russia or England shall be compelled
not disown them, thev too will be whiooed. to interfere, there is reason to apprehend a revolu
Resolved, That we respectfully, yet earnestly uon. ln erny, wmcn tne present ruiers may oe
demand an insertion ol our grievances in tne uem
Singular Phenomenon.
On Friday afternoon last, in common with
a number of our fellow townsmen, our atten
tion was directed to a collection of small worms,
which had made their appearence in countless
numbers in a field belonging to Mr. Levi Wood
ring, below the " old Jordan bridge," at this
place. They were of the caterpillar species,
black color, and varied from thtee-fourtha loan
inch and a half in Iengih. The most singular
thing connected with their appearence was the
fact that they were only seen in this one field
in the vicinity, and there in such myriads as to
defy any attempt to count them. The whole
surface was literally covered with them and
in walking over the field it was impossible to
step without crushing large numbers beneath
the feet. Where did these worms come from ;
and what caused their simultaneous appearence
at this spot ? were questions universally asked.
The field alluded to is one that was completely
flooded by the high water during the late fresh
et. Will some ol our learned naturalists inform
the public whether the existence of the worms
has any connexion with this event ? It is a
subject well worthy iheir investigation. Al
lentown Democrat .
ocratic papers of the county. If they continue to
exercise a censorship over our voices, they shall
not over our votes ; and if the Democratic conven
tion which shall assemble in August, will not con
demn the wrong inflicted upon us by our common
Danville Tragedy.
Considerable excitement prevailed in Danville
last week, in consequence of the death of a young
and beautiful girl, named Miss Smith, from Lu
zerne county. Circumstances that have since
been brought to light give rise to very dark suspi-
leaders, we will condemn them ourselves at the cions of foul play somewhere. Her death bed dis
brought into the market.
The New York Tribune gives some particulars j jjs adoption
of a gambling case at Saratoga. The first story Viewing the subject in all its aspects which we
was that a gentleman of the Commercial Empori- are capable of, we can come to but one conclusion,
urn lost the large sum of $100,000 in a single night. and lhaul is' lhe, legislature has endeavored lo force
. . . , , . f upon the people a measure they had condemned,
It is now said the loss was nearer $200,000 than aJd under a mllder form wouid not regard-thus
$100,000, and it 13 staled by some as exceeding intending, by fines and imprisonment, to coerce
the former sum. He offered to settle by paying them to submission. If this is not Tyranny we
each of the two winners $5,000 down, and giving have not ri8hl conceptions of the-meaning of the
his notes for $50,000. This they refused, and af- leIr ousef we mend t0 offer ro resistance t0
ter some discussion it was finally agreed to leave the law, or in any way obstruct its execution. It
the . matter to the arbitration of a furuth parly, who is a bantling of the Locofocos and as such we
decided that $2,000 was as much as any gentle- ruea.n they shall father it. We join issue upon its
. , . . . i . ... , merits in the approaching contest. We unfurl the
man had a right to lose at one sitting, and that the banner Qf rep and sh fighl under it for the
winners, therefore, were each entitled to no more rjghts and liberties of the people. If the prece
than that sum. The victim immediately forked dent or principle becomes established in the leg
over the amount, well content, no doubt to escape islation of our State that a man shall not exchange
ruin so easily. I . r . ...
J I invocmn chnrl nl 9 Inln vnrranHar . onH Ina iHaa
flint u'P finrmcrlv irirlitlnorl fhot tha nonnlo horl
421Ar Crnlf nmiti n tfaniliiltniiB I . "
s rJghts, is but a phantom, a shadow, an illusion.
ilARRISBURG, AUgSt 25.
The hearing of an habeas corpus case of three A Kind Husband and Good Provider. Alex
negroes, brought on a charge of horse stealing, oc- ander Vroman, of Duram, N. Y. was committed to
cupied the attention of the court the entire day, lne Catskill jail last week for attempting to poison
and a decision was rendered this morning, it ap- his wife. He had dug her grave in his cellar, and
peared in evidence that the negroes are runaway
slaves, who stole the horses to effect their escape
with. The Court derided this morning that the
stealing of a horse by a slave to make his escape
with, was not a criminal offence under the law for
reclaiming fugitive slaves, and ordered that the
prisoners be discharged. About a dozen men
from Winchester, Va. assembled in front of the
prison, where a large number of whites and blacks
of this place had previously assembled. On the
negroes being released, the Virginians attempted
to arrest and hand-cuff them, when a general riot
ensued. One of the slaves effected his escape,
pelted with stones and clubs. The other two their
masters and friends succeeded in arresting and
hand cuffing despite the desperate resistance
made by the bystanders.
Several negroes were stabbed and otherwise
wounded. The owners of the slaves were slightly
injured. The Court immediately issued warrants
for the arrest of the owners and all engaged in the
affray, on the charge of assault and battery, with
intent to incite a riot. The slaves and their mas
ters are now in jail, and a number of arrests have
since been made, which the Court is now engaged
in disposing of.
The Court also ordered a posse to be immedi
ately employed to disperse, at all hazard, the mob,
as&mbled in front of the. jail, which they succeed
ed in doing without much resistance.
The town at present, Jias comparatively resumed
its quietness
Ballot box.
The Meadville (Crawford county) Gazette, in
noticing the above proceedings, says
" Well may the Democracy of other portions of
the State fall back and repudiate a candidate who
is repudiated by those who know him best !
closures caused the arrest of a lawyer named Ran
kin, and Willaim H. Crandall, a physician of the
town in which she formerly lived. Crandall has
been committed to the Bloomsburg jail.
New Scientific Developments.
Before the American Scientific Association,
" If the Whigs of Washington county or any now in session at New Haven, Prof. Loomis.
respectable portion of them, had, in county and of IMew York, late Professor of Natural Phi
township meetings, denounced the nomination of Josophy, at Princeton College, delivered an
Joseph Henderson, the WhiV candidate for Sur- mieresung lecture on jLiectrici-y, anu maae
Mayor Barker, of Pnihburg. is a whole
team. He was elected while in jail, ha car
ried on a warm crusade against the rum hhop
ever since he ha been in office ; abated all
sorts of nuisance ; and a week or ten days ago
arrested the Sheriff of Allegheny county, for
not proceeding in a certain case aa his Honor
desired. His last feat caps the climax of offi
cial authority, being nothing less than the ar
rest of the Catholic Bishop, Rev. iMr. O'Con
nor, for an offensive odor arising from the sew
er of Mercy Hopi'al, of which the Rev. Bish
op is the head. His honor fined tho BUhop
820' and ordered him to be sent to jail if ho
did not pay ii. We need not say that ihe mon
ey was speedily forthcoming.
veyor General, as the democrats of this county
have the nomination of Mr. Brawley, we would
either haul down his name from the head of our
columns or abdicate our position as an editor.
several new developments on the subject He
says many houses are highly charged with the
fluid, so much so as under favorable circum
stances to give very sensible shocks. He
gives an instance of a little girl who ran away,
A wealthy banker of Cincinnati loetin the street
jn that city, a few days ago, a pocket book- con
taining from two to three "thousand dollars. A
small Boy picked it up, arid resjor it to the own
er, Wfien tha'banker drew out his purse and hand-'
ed him fifty centshe did.
was engaged in making her coffin, in which he
compelled her to assist him. Wanting a board
which was in the chamber, he sent her for it, when
she escaped to a neighbor's house and entered her
complaint.
A Strange Metamorphosis.
The Erening Post says that Barnum, whose
peculiar abilities as a curiosity hunter, has
gained for him a world-wide notoriety, has pro
cured one of the strangest cases of metamor
phosis ever presented for public exhibition-
It is that of a colored man, who is undergoing
a complete change of color, produced, accor
ding to his own statement, by ihe outward ap
plication of the juice extracted from a weed,
the name of which he will not disclose. It
appears that while a slave in the south, he dis
covered this weed, and on further investigation
found that it possessed the peculiar property of
completely changing the color of his skm from
black to white.
When applied to any part of the body it
causes much pain, and gives the flesh a scaly
appearence; so says the man himself. His
arms, legs, and portions of his face and neck
are of a pure, natural white, presenting no per
ceptible difference in appearence to the skin
of a white man. fie will not teveal the name
of his master or what part of the sojth he made
his escape from, alleging as a reason that he is
liable, ii discovered, to be retaken and carried
back into blavery. The story he tells of him
self is strange, and, if true, be should receive
the attention of the scientific. He exnects to
be completely changed in color in the cnursa
of a year.
14 The organs, in this county, however, still bear qujt0 frightned, on touching the door handle of
aloft the tatered flag of their damaged candidate one of these ElectVical dwellings. Sparks may
in silence daring neither to defend his reputation, be drawn from various articles of furniture, and
or altackthose of their party who have publicly sometimes considerable shocks received, on
abandoned his standard. The county meeting, strangers shaking hands with the inmates of
held in this place prior to the nomination, abjured tne house. If we were in the punning humor,
him as destitute of " moral and political worth and we would add thai this phenomenon is often
competency," and instructed their delegates to produced wnhout .he agency of Electricity-
vote for another. At the mass meeting held at J1!" ffessor accounts for these freaks of the
n ... . . , , , , fluid from the friction of the feet on the carpet,
Conneautville on the 4th ult., the democracy sol- ann.,m.,.t,. ...: . r . i
, , ' , r , . accumulated under circumstances of partial m-
emnly affirm that they have heard of the nomi- suialion professor Olmstead of Yale, has
nation of J. Porter Brawley with profound regret," discovered some singular results from the mix-
and declare that they "will not vote for him." ture of lard and rosin. The best proportions
Hundreds of signatures, in support of these senti- for combination are lard 3 parts, rosin 1 part,
ments, have been published. This is all done by by weight The lard acquires an additional
men who have hitherto been the most active, and fluidity, and loses its acidifying properties,
formed the most vigorous portion of the democracy which corrode the metals, copper aud bras, for
in this county. Who will dare deny this ? If it example. It may be used with equai advan
is not so, why have not Mr. Brawley's fiiends, if in Panting rust on stoves and stove-
he has any, shown publicly the spurious charac- P'f68.' &nd lh" aM1C,eB ?fJh ,amI8 .ma,erifj-
uutumg oudji is iihjmuvou vy ii, auu us appii
The-parents of a daughter born on the Fourth
&y Rnd whose former daughters had ex
hausted the vocabulary of female names, bad
the " baby" named" Ann ao Folith.
ter of the democracy who oppose him ? Why
have the presses here maintained a studied silence,
in the midst of this open and undisguised opposition
in their own ranks ? The reason i3 too obvious.
The enemies of Mr. Brawley are too ffcrfierous
too powerful too active ! They are a formida
ble host who haTe determined to hurl to obscurity
the would-be-Surveyor General and his friends.
" Such is the state of our political atmosphere
in Crawford county and such, to a greater or
less extent is the state of feeling in the whole
Northwestern portion of the State. If all who de
sire that " honesty, capacity, and moral worth"
shall constitute the passports to office, will but do
their duty, Joseph Henderson, of Washington
county, will be elected by an overwhelming major
ity
Curing Facts.
A very fine young horse, belonging to Mr.
Meyers, living on the Grey's Ferry Road, week
before last was missed from his pasture, on
the bank of the Schuylkill, below the Arsenal.
It was supposed the horse was stolen, and the
owner offered $10 for his return. A woman
passing along the ri er on Thusday last, a week
after the occurrence, heard a horse winnow,
and looking down a well twenty feel deep,
which had been used as an ice-house, discov
ered the horse landing at t tie boitom, with his
head leaning against the aide of the well. The
lop of the well had been covered with boards,
which have been decayed, gave way beneath
ihe weight of the horse as he trod upon it. It
sustained scarcely any injury by the fall : and
an inclined way: having been dug in the side
of the well, the horse came out, suffering on!y:
Irom a week s confinement in the 'well without
either food or drink -Phil. Ledger,
Vote yorself a Farm.
It is said that there are thousands of acred
of fine land in ihe State of Tennessee, beauti
fully located, well watered and heavilycorored
with timber which can be had at from 30 to 40
cents per acre. At such prices there is scarce
ly any one but ran vole themselves a good
farm, without ihe trouble of attaching them
selves to any party, or blustering about the
rights of every man to hi portion of the soil.
The fact is, those who advocate the agrarian
system of seizing any portion of the land they
choose to fancy, and claim the ownership there
of because they fancy it, are usually too lazy
to work. They want Congress to pass an act
to give them land, free gratis, and then they
will want another act passed to have it tilled
for them. If thousands of acres of soil remains
unemployed in such a Slate as Tennessee for
want of purchasers at 25 cents an acre, docs
any body suppose that ii would be employed if
it were given away ? No, not an acre.
Tennessee is a Slave S'tate, and hence the
low price of its lands. The eastern part of the
slate is raountaneotis, but the western part is
level, and very productive. Two large rivers,
the Cumberland and the Tennessee, pass
through the State, smaller branches extending
in every direction. Tennessee contains an a
rea of over 40,000 square miles neatly the'
same size as the Stae of New York.
The average value of all ihe lands, city
grounds; included, in the State of South Caro
lina, is stated to be only 69 cents. N. York
Svn.
A Good Appetite.
44 My dear," said an affectionate wife to her
husband, who had been sick for several days,
44 when you were well, ynu were in the habit
of eating twelve apple-dumplings now that
you are sick how many shall 1 make you ?"
44 Well," replied the husband, 44 I reckon you
may make eleven to-day ; but be particular and
make them a Utile larger than usual." The
wife obeyed. When the husband had eaten
eleven, with the expectation of half a one, his
little son, a lad of home six summer, came up
to him and said ,4 Daddy, give me a little
piece." 44 Go away, sonny," replied the father,
44 your poor dad's sick."
cation renders leather water-proof. Professor
0 failed in his experiments to improve the il
luminating power of lard lamps, by a similar
mixture, but hopes the difficulties he encoun
tered may yet be overcome. The discovery is
considered an important one, and productive of
many practical advantages.
Congressional Wit.
This article is of such rare development it
should be well preserved, when it does appear.
Th following, we think, will pass :
44 During the discussion on mileage in the
House last week, Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, sug
gested that it be computed by a Bee-Wne. Mr.
Chandler, of Philadelphia, objectod, aa he re
garded it a hum-bug.
Apples on a Grape-Vine The Cumber
land (Md.) Civilian mentions a case of fruit
growing, similar to that of our friend Mr. Nice,
of this Borough. It occurs in the garden of
Mr. Hoffman, of that place. There are two
diatinct and well formed Apples growing upon
a grape-vine as healthy as other young apples
upon a tree in the immediate vicinity of the
Vine.
There is a fellow in Albany, who has great
passion for singing. He was found asleep a
few nights since under a stoop. On being
roused up, he said be was only sleeping out to
catch a little cold that ho might be belter able
to sing bass.
44 None but the brave deserve the fair," is a
true maxim, well' exemplified in arecent caset
n Albany : one of the Justiceo united Mr. WmV
Bold to Misa Sarah Fair.
44 Smart weed," which grows in abundanc
by the road side, and along the margin of ditch
es, clay pits, &c, is said to be worth $5 per
hundred fur a stock of cattle, if cut and well
cured when in bloom. One lb. per week to a
cow, ox, or horse, when up to hay, will keep
their bowels from constipation, and their hide
loose. It is alio said to bo a sure remedy for
choltc, in which case it is to be steeped and
drank as any other herb tea.
.HARRIED,
On the 26th inst., by the Rev. M. H. Sisty, Mr.
Robert S. Demund, of Warren county, N. J. and
Miss Mary Ann Wise, of Lower Smithfield, Mon
roe county, Pa.
On the 26th inst., by Daniel Jayne, Esq. Mr.
Joseph Swartwood. of Hamilton township, and
Mis3 Mary Ann McNeley, of Middle Smithfield.
JICI,
In Lower Smithfield township, on the 26th int.
Mr. John Myers, aged abQUt 72 years.
To the Voters of Monroe county.
Friends and Fellow Citizens:"-Through the
solicitations of many of you, I am induced to
offer myself as a candidate for the office of
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, ,
at the ensuing general election. Should ,y.oijw
deem my capacity and claims to ihe office wor-.
thy
by of your suffrages, my most anxious object
nd unceasing efforts shall be to merit y6i app
robation, by a prompt, faithful and imMrti
discharge of its duties. gm
JACOB SPRAGLEf
Hamilton, August 29, 1850. '' 'iw
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