jfeffergoniau Republican.
Thursday February 20, 1851.
mGeleIimlion of Washington's-Birth Day.
'FIREJIEK'S PARADE,
"Oii Saiurday the 22rf of February,
The members, of the Humane Fire Company of
this;porougli, will have a, grand parade on Satur
day? the 22d of -February, in honor .of the I birth-day
of Washington. The Company will move from
the Engine House precisely at 1 o'clock ) after par
ading through Elizabeth street, will repair to the
Court; House, where several addresses, appropriate
to, th'e 'occasion, may be expected.
After the exercises at the Court House, the Com
pany, will parade through the principal streets of
our Borough.
The exercises of the day will be enlivened by
the presence of the Stroudsburo Brass Band,
vhich,vwili discourse some of its most popular pie
cos.
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wThetpublic 'generally, -is invited to participate
in the exercises at the Court' House, where the
procession wiirarrive about 2 o'clock. '
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, .Jy order of the Com.oJ Arrangement.
New Post-Offioe. . .
iDhci Postmaster General has established an of
fiSein Pike county, called Shehola, and appointed
IX C. King, post-master.
Contested Election.
'' The investigation into the frauds by which Win..
B. Reed was defeated last fall for District Attorney,
of Philadelphia, is now going on in' the. ;C,ourt of
Common Pleas, and exhibits one of the most astound
ing series of fraud's thathave been perpetrated upon
the ballot box. Much more than sufficient has al
ready been discovered to elect Mr. Reed. Both
Democrats and Whigs denounce the frauds.
The February Interest.
The serrri-annuaJ interest upon the State Debt,
amounting to 940,274 27, was promptly paid in.
par .funds on the 1st instant, and money, enough
left in the 'treasury to meet all current demands.
"Great Btnxnixo Contract. The New York
papers say that" William B. Astor, Esq., has con
tracted for the erection of one hundred and fifty
first class louses in that city. This is probably the"
hrgest building contract ever heard of in the U.
States-amountiug in the aggregate to not less
than three quarters of a million.
Free Banking;.
A writer in the Pennsylvanian, takes bold and
solid ground in favor of a Free Banking Lav.-, and
declares jt to.be eminently democratic. in its prin
ciples. . He avers that the lack of enterprise so
long complained of in Philadelphia, is to be as-,
cribed to a want of banking capitol. He shows
that while the city of New York has 27,300,000,
and Boston 21,716,000, Philadelphia has only
10,518,000 ; and that while the whole State o
New York has a banking capital of 848,250,000,
and Massachusetts 38,150,000 Pennsylvania has
but 1S,523,000.
Whether this be democratic principle or Whig
principle, it is the trite principle, which will be a-
dopted sooner or later in Pennsylvania. It is un
deniahly the safer system for the people, inasmuch
as no bank will be permitted to issue, a note, until
ample securiy is pledged, to the State for its re
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aempnon. i no most radical reformers could not
ask for more, and the most rigid conservative could
not yield less.
Jat what i Waisted
A "resolution was introduced into the United
States Senate inviting an inquiry into the propri
ety of reducing the weight of our silver coin,
which was adopted. This is a timely movement.
The Tribune says it is out of the question fo keep
the standard of silver up to the, old point, when
the value of gold has undergone bo great a change
as within the past two years. Either the quality
of silver com must be reduced or its weight; of
the two the latter seems preferable. Why should
not the place of silver for half dollars, quarters,
&c, be supplied by a . new combination of gold
with some inferior metal 1 Silver dollars are. cer
tainly unnecessary as long as we have gold ones,
and we see no reason why, in case of need silver
money cannot be dispensed with almost altogether.
OCT" The cholera lroke out on board the steamer
Arkansas, on the Tallapoosa rer, lately, on her
"iyay from Mobile v;ith 360 emigrants, fifty of
whom. died, besides. the rpilo.t and a cabin boy.
Everyone on aboard vassick. The emigrants
were; very unruly tlie ojHcer of the boat being
obliged, to keep them of bay with iins.
OTThe Hon. George X Lawrence, the present
able-and popular Senator from Washington coun
ty, is spoken of in one of the Pittsburgh papers as
the Whig candidate for Canal Commissioner.
No Senator YeL On Friday last, an attempt
was made to elect an United States Senator, by
the legislature of New Jersey, Capt. Stockton Jiad
been, nominated by the Locofccoe; John R. Thom
son having been withdraw, as it was known he could
not be elected. Five ballots were had, the last of
which stood Sbckton38, Dayton 35, Scattering
5. The Battering were democrats, who. refuse to
place their necks under the ixon.Jieel.of the " Mo
nopoly. Tw.o Whigs voted" for Sfockt oh the
ball(Jt w& w,ere afterwards" burnt in effigy.
'They were' also unable o elect a State Treasur
er and Ke'eper of State Prison I and adjourned to
next Saturday.
The present number of Slaves in the Union a
mounts to nearly three ..millions. jln "1840 the
number was less-tfean two millions and alialf.
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The Fgee Banking Law.
correspondent of, the hliltohianfstiyfythek Lei?
"Hslature is literally flooded with 'memorials : and
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P anions m iavor v oi me csiauiisumem ui'u. ovbluiu
jail ' - ," ' "
of FreelBankmff based 6n State Stock, 'generally
emenating from the New York and Ohio borders
of our State. The fact cannot be disguised the
mcasure is popular.' et "us talk a, .little of its
merits. The present debt of Pennsylvania .is $40,
726,459. The sum of 39,811,831 compriseshe
total amonnt of the funded debt at this time. Of,
this sum 324,237 is invested in: Stat!e Stock, .'andd
held by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund,
under the law uf April .10, 1849, providing for the
gradual and certain extinguishment 'or liquidation
of the above State Debt of 40,726,459; ' The bal
ance of the 39i811',831 :may be enumerated in
the following items : ." ?
Re-issue of Relief Notes , .. 8547,000 00
Old Issue " . 106,164 00
Outstanding interest, certificates and
Domestic Creditors' scripts 201,464 61
Making an aggregate of : ' 9l4i628 61
It will be seen that there is, at this time, 653,
144 00 of really safe money in circulation in this
State, being the entire amount of the old and new
Relief Issue. Of irresponsible paper, issued bv the
Banks there is 11,385,779. If this amount of, ment tney Jiave been dividing eignt per ceut. semi
money is actually necessary for the business trans- annual dividends, or sixteen er cent per annum !
actions of the community, would it not be safer if j Let .it.be remembered, too, uiat this Canal runs
issued upon the basis of State Stock, in the estab- through a country furnishing comparatively no
iisuuiuiiL vi uiu r ree liaiiKinsr juaw j- uie circu
la ting medium of the State oi'New York is deemed
good, sound and safe for all the wants of trade and
commerce, because every dollar of the Free Bank
paper m circulation is based upon State Stock, pur
chased and paid before a single dollar could be is
sued. The establishment of this law. besides.
would swell the coffers of the Commonwealth:
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Assuming, forabasisUliatlhesaificTunount of mon
ey would 'be -employed in the b'usihdss' of Banking
namely, the sum of 18,48,382, and that, upon
that sum, the Commonwealth would realize two
and a half per cent, the annual gain to the State,
from this source alone, would be 461,959 1 55.
It might be urged bv some that the enactment of
a Free Banking Law would make paper money
more plenty than at present but is not, the mon
ey market, like all other markets, regulated by
the supply and demand. This, at least, seems a
law of trade which knows no variation, because
it is a fixed principle as well as a governing one.
And even if paper money didbecome more plenty
in consequence of the enactment of a Free Bank
ing Law, no possible evil could result to the com
munity,' because every "dollar of that paper money
would be as good as gold itselr. You may depend
upon one fact the adherants of the measure will
show a bold front when thev are called to the
ballot.
(r Berks County Prison. rThe Report of the
Inspectors of this Institution, tor the last year,
shows that 113 prisoners wore received 92 for
rial, and 21 convicts (only 10'from Berks Coun
ty,) a decrease from the previous year of nearly 24
per cent. The expense of maintaing prisoners du
ring the year 1850, was 1,318 62; the earnings
of convicts at labor, durinir'the same period, a-
mounted to 1,270 01. The current expenses of
A
the year 1850, were 84,292 80; cash receipts for '
goods sold, &c, and paid over to the Treasurer, !
SI 730 10 I
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The KiiS of Jhe.Polaloes.
. , , ,
ve received on .Saturday afternoon, , by the
vxeorgia, the most remarkable speennon of the po-' rations 1 Nothing can more powerfully contribute
tato tribe which has ever been seen in this city. 1 lo the success of a Railroad, than to have the citi
It was raised by Mr. Henry Fulles, on his farm 1 zen? of tne various sections through which it pas
near Portland, Oregon, and bv him forwarded to ' fS 'f 'X inrf ?J in its Sent; and
' ' - iui ttiuu LU j this can only be effected by a general subscription
Messrs. Crane & Rice, of the California Courier, to its stock. We think that we are not beyond
wno nave transmitted it to us lor presentation to
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the American Institute in this City. After the
voyage of 7,000 miles, it is as fresh and sound as
if just dug from the earth. The circumference
this monster potato is 23 inches, and- its
3 pounds. We should like to see this beaten on
the Atlantic side of the Rocky Mountains- Tri
bune. The Erie Rail Road. It is said in Wall st.
that the Directors of the Erie Railroad Co. have
determined to enter the market for more money.
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Theyhave about 17o miles of their .great road
. g - u i e -i . ,
to complete or finish before it can be opened all
4, n m,. , ., t '
the way to Dunkirk. This 17o miles is at the
w.. .... .iiviuii Mijtjai iu ocii Llll Cl;
millions more of their bonds, to realize the neces-
lllinlrirlr nnrl I (loir fhornfnrn nrnnnon rrA tU-
sary funds. It will be a great road when comple-i
if. ii i r I
tpn. and r.nst n rrnnA dn.nl nfmnnov
ted, and cost a good deal of money.
Converts to Catholicism. The Catholic Di
rect ory contains a list of the names of twenty-five
ministers of the Established Church, three Ameri
can Episcopalian ministers, one Scotch Presbyte
rian minister, and one Genevese Protestant minis-
ter, and one French Protestant minister who ioined 1
the Church of Rome during the year 1850. Also !
two lords, three countesses, one honorable, two
country gentlemen of wealth, two captains in the '
army, one member, of Parliament, and one. doctor I
ot law. Total, 43.
Wonders oir Art. There is a man in Lon
don who has a glass eye and spectacles, a wig, one
arm and both legs of wood, a nose which is, fasten
ed to the skin of the forehead, a lower jaw of sil
ver, an artificial set of teeth, a part of his skull of
caoutchouc, and a palate and both ears of the same
substance, as well aa a large part of the abdomen.
We Jearn that he was formely employed in supply
ing a steam engine with coal and in an explosion
of the boiler was most horriblv mutilati.. fir
ECemble succeeded, almost by a. miracle in saving
his life, and made hun what he is now. Almost
an artificial yet breathing man.
Essence of Coffee. This is a very desirable
article. Try it once, friends ! and we think that
you will never again trouble yourselves with the
preparation of coffee in the ordinary way. It is
so very convenient with a hot cup of sweetened
milk and water before you, all that is requisite is
to mingle in a teaspqonful of the extract, and you
have, in an intsant, a qup of superb coffee clear,
pure, and of most Exquisite flavor; while it does
not effect delicate nerves, and seems .exempt from
the usual deleterious proprieties of .this sort of bev
erage. We commend the article most cordially.
It' is a matter of taste with us so to nV. a ;t
only kind of coffee we use hi our family. Nesbitt's
American Times.
A CJiaaaceior Profitable la vestment.
While so much is said aboutthe conyenienqcpf
ihavimra Rail Road throueh our; county tofthe
subject
and see if our people are doing a wise thing in
permitting strangers to come in and take the hon-
praswell as the, emolument sof buudmgforjis a
work that bids fair to be more profitable to its
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stockholders than any road now kjiown. To make
this the more palpable, let us take a view of the
Delaware &;. HutlsoniCanal'iCompany, who obtain,
their coal from the same Valley, rand see what their
operations present as compared with: our proposed
opening. They have a: Canal 103 aniles iK. length
with 100 locks, and. a Rail Road from Honesdale
to Carbpndale of 16 'miles; -over which, all their
coal has been. brought io the. -Canal until .the last
year, during which they .have built and brought in
to use the Washington Rail Hoad,- 40 mile in
length, as another .feeder to the. Canal making'
the distance 124 miles by one route and, 148 miles
by . the other, from the coal, mines to the Hudson
River at Rondout, or Kingston, N. Y, 50 miles a
bove Newburg. They have Invested in these pro
jects about 7,000,000, and, uponthis large invest-
surplus agricultural ' products for market that it
is only open' seven ;months in the year, and that
the river at Rondout is close'd on an average from
three to four weeks longer every year than the
Hudson at Newburg. .
Our Road will be :from the coal mines at Scran
tonia 123 miles to tide water at Newburg; It runs
32 miles in New-York state, 46 in New Jersey,
and 45 in the State ' of Pennsylvania: it passes
through, a country unsurpassed in the amount of
surplus agricultural products; -and also opens the
rich valley of Wyoming, by a short' route, to. mar
ket. The Road runs nearly its whole distance in
a valley presenting unequalled facilities for cheap
grading; so, much so, that our portion of this, road,
46 miles, can hardly cost half a million of dollars
to complete with heavy rail, ready to receive - the
cars. In addition; to this we have no ascent over
30 feet to the mile, on which it is ascertained a
locomotive can take 'five hundred tons. Then,
.when we say that our1 whole chain of roads from
the coal beds'to tide water will not cost, when per
fectly equipped for business, one third the sum in
vested, in the Delaware &, Hudson Canal and its
appendages that it will be open the whole year
round, and that, in addition to all its other busi
ness of passengers and mineral arid agricultural
-freight, it will be capable of transporting to mar
ket double the amount of Coal yearly that:can pos
sibly be conveyed through the Canal who will be
.found so skeptical as to assert that our Railroad
stock will not be worth much more than that of
the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, although
tne market value of thte latter has for the last few
years ranged from $130 to -160 for every S100 o
Tiginally paid in ! How .can a farmer, a capitalist,
or anF resident of Sussex, or Warren who has a
uoaar 10 invest, do oeuer tnan to use it to help a-
lon enterPr.ise' nd thus, while enjoying its
manifold conveniences, share the honor of its con-
struction. a.nd thn nrofitrairft tn fW
tne marK wnen we say that there is enough avail
:' o i -TUT . i .
able capital in Sussex and Warren to build the
road through the two counties, if those who nos-t
GoalMine3Vfit seems to be amroper tune to exam-:
inethe subjecbm a dollaidentppmt;of view,
sess the means could be induced to make invest- the ship in her disabled condition, the captain de
;nce ot ments. As it is, we hope a handsome proportion ! termined, with the assent of his officers and pas
weight of the stock will be taken by our citizens, so that 1 senders, to bear un fnrt.hnr.nnst. nf TCnrnnn wWli
by our citizens, so that
an undue share shall not be held abroad.
Sussex Register.
Great Excitement in Boston Arrest of Another
Fugitiae Slave and his Rescue by a Mob.
Boston, Feb. 15. 1851. Deputy Marshal Riley,
nnd flflsiKtnnte. nrrncfnA nt f!nm TTill rvT TT....
f,70 -i ni -
to-day, one Frederick Wilkins, a negro waiter,
nn n roworif A u . tt a r.
on a warrant issued by the U. S. Commissioner,
r t n.,-f,-o i u . tttm, .
G. T. Curtis, on a complaint that said Wilkms is
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, tion, and carried immediately to the U. S. Court
r0 nn.'nr.u i - ,
lhe nftws of the arrest spread rapidly, and the
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room.
Court room was speedily filled by a lare crowd of
rather excited spectators. The examination, how
ever, went oft' quietly. Seth J. Thomas appeared
for the claimant, and Messrs. Small, Elias Grey,
Coring, and others for the. defence.
From the documents offered by the claimant, it
appeared that the accused was. the property of John
arPeareQ inat 1
- Debree, Purser in the U. S. Navy, of Virginia, and
that lie escaped in May, 1850. The deposition was
to the effect that the claimant had seen the prison
er in Boston and ponversetl'-with him, when the
prisoner, acknowledged 'thtiie" had escaped from
Norfolk. The counsel for ithe defence asked for a
postponement in order to prepare testimony. This
was granted, and Tuesday next, at 10 A. M., was
.assigned for the examination..
The Deputy Marshal then ordered the room to
be cleared of spectators, wtiich was. gradually done.
The prisoner remained in the custody, of a dozen
men, as, by a law of the State, the. jail cannot be
used to imprison fugitive slaves.
His counsel, wishing to, consult with him, they
were readily admitted to the room to the number
of half a dozen. They remained about an hour, and
in the meantime a large crowd of negroes gath
ered upon the outside, blogking up the entrance to
the court room ; and as the door was opened to let
the last lawyer leave the room, the mob from with
out suddenly rushed in,jseized and knocked down
the officers in. keeping, and. filled the . court room.
The prisoner himself was frightend at their demo
niac appearance, and, fled, with a cry of murder, to
the farthor end of the room.
A Rich Miser, in Aubun, New York,' is' to be
buried in Owasco Lake, a beautiful sheet of water
near that town. He has, ,a stone coffin, made
-ivuicn uiKes twelve yone pt oxen to draw it. He
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gives a man a jiice farm for burying him. He is
to takghhn into the Riddle of thejake,. and sink
him.
TWO WEEKS LATER FROM EUROPE
irrlvafceofi theSleams!ilRf Africa, at?
I -SAFETY OF THJETLAWTJCij,
r The BfSteamship.Afiica Capt. Hyrie, arrived
at New York on Saturday evenmg, from uver-
pool, which port she left on the 1st instant. She
brings the oratifyino intelligence of the
safety of teie Steamship Atlantic. Tliis will
prove joyful newtf to the many having friends on
board; and we may add that the passengers of She
Atlantic were brought' Out, in'the; Africa. It ap-
pears that the Atlantic, leavingXiverpool.on the
28th December, proceeded c-n her vpyage.'Witil the
6th January, when in the midst of a fearful Btorm,
the main shaft of the engine was brpken, and she
was completely disabled. The wind being, from
j the northwest, rendered it impossible to steer for
her course was set for Bermuda, but on the 12th,
the; wind, cominglround to the- southwest, Captain
W. determined to steer for, a European port, and
.useless as were her engines, and . only slightly
adapted for sailing, he succe.edpd on the 22d in
reaching the port, of Queentown in safety, after
sailing over 1500 miles. A meeting of the passen- suppose he fell from the wagon and becoming en
gers was held on board the steamer at which reso- tangled with the chain, could not extricate himself,
lutions were passed in testimony of the unwearried and was thus dragged to death rwhilst there are
care of Captain West and the other officers, in ' others, who believe that he was murdered by some
bringing the ship safely into port The following I person or persons, who supposed-that he had drawn
detailed account of the accident to the Atlantic, .is ! a considerable, amount of money at Summit Hill,
fornished the New York Herati by the chief offi- j nnd resorted to this plan, to conceal the murder.
CGTh?AtknS Mr. D., was a hard working and industrious
her. in fine steaminn- condition, and without anv 1 man, engaged in sawing lumber, and- cultivating
annrehension on the partof her officers in recrard to
uie voyage, it was ciowing u. tsuung guiu u,l uiu
time of departure from W. S. W., so much so as to
render it impossible to land her pilot. On the 29th
Dec, at 9 30 P. M., she passed Cape Clear, and
fairly commenced her homeward passage by plung
ing at once into a heavy head sea, and steming
strong westerly gales, which continued without
intermission for the time following up to the day of
the accident. On the 6th of January, at noon, she
was in latitude 46 12, longitude 41 W. it blowing
strong gales W. N. W. At 6 30 P. M., the
engines were stopped, as it was first supposed by
the engineers on account of the breaking of the
eccentric strap to the starboard engine and, on
examination, it was determined to go ahead again,
working that engine by hand; but another revolu
tion of the wheels proved that the accident was of
a much more serious nature the mam shaft was
found broken completely through, (in a diagonal
direction,) the bearing of the starboard pillar block,
and the additional turn after the first stoppage
caused, one part of the shaft to lap over the other
thus fracturing both pillar blocks, and" rendering
the engines perfectly useless. The ship was at
once hove to under storm canvass, the wheels, lash
ed, and all hands employed, during the night, and
for the following day, in sending up her square
yards, and stripping her wheels of the floats a
task at once difficult and dangerous in a gale of
wind, and the decks covered with ice, but ;fortun
ately accomplished without accident. On the 7th
and 8th laying-to, with the hope of an abatement
of the gale and a change of wind, as the captain
and all hands were extremely anxious to reach
some port on our own coast. On- the 9th, the wind
hauled to the nornhwest, and became quite moder
ate. Immediately made sail,, and shaped a course
for Halifax, 897 miles distant, and N. York 1,400.
This weather continued until meridian of the 10th,
when an observation placed the ship 180 miles
south and 70 miles west of her position at the time
of the accident. A gale now sprung up again
from the southwest, and it became necessary to
heave the ship to; for even with moderate weather
it was evident to all that she could do nothing by
the wind under canvass. At 8 A. M. of the 11th,
a large ship passed, bound to the Eastward ; but
she either did not see or took no notice of our sig
nal of distress. At 10 P. M., after taking an ac
curate account of stores on board, and considering
the annarent imDossibilitv of ren rhino- Win with
sengers, to bear up for the coast of Europe which
was accordingly done. From this time to the
twenty-second day nothing of importance occurred.
We had following gales and high seas, and the
ship made an average distance of 150 miles per
day, and in that interval ran 1,400 miles. At 3
P. M. of the 22d she anchored in Cork harbor,
which fact alone, -when considering the immense
size of the ship, her small spars, light canvass, and
heavy machinery, is sufficient to prove her a splen
did seaboat, and must add, in no small degree, to
the reputation already acquired by her commander
for prudence and seamanship. In regard to the
conduct of her passengers under such trying cir
cumstances, too much could scarely be, said. Suf
fice it that they bore the misfortune with becom
ing fortitude and cheerfulness, and testified, on
leaving her at Cork, as much sympathy 'as those
who have a permanent interest in the good old At
lantic. The Atlantic had on board 550 tons of
freight, and a considerable quantity of specie, which
the Cambria was chartered to bring over and pro
bably sailed from Cork on the 4th ink., direct for
New York. Before the Africa left, arrangements
were making to tow the Atlantic to Liverpool for
the purpose of being repaired. This will possibly
require three months.
Changes in tlie Climate of Europe.
Those who have read the ancients with atten
tion, conclude that the degrees of cold are at this
time much less severe than they were formely.
The rivers in Gaul, namely, the Loire and the
Rhone, were regularly frozen over every year, so
that frequently whole armies, with their carriges
mm uaggagc, could march over them. Even the
Tiber froze at Rome: and Jnvnnal rhvk. nrwiti!,, '
that it was requisite
to break the ice in winter in '
order to come at the water of the river. Mam
passages in Horace suppose the streets of Rome to
be full of ice and snow. Ovid assures us that the
Black Sea was frozen annually, and appeals for
the truth, of this statement' to the governor of the
province, whose name 'he mentions. -lie also .re
lates several circumstances concernining that cli
mate which at present agree only with Norway
and Sweden. The forests of Thrace and Pannonia
were full of wild boars, in like manner as now the I
forests of the North. The northern part of Spain 1
waB little inhabited for the same cause. In short I
".iio.wiuj wjuj inunuon uie climate of Gaul
Germany, Pannonia, Thrace, speak of it as insupl
portable, and agree that the ground was covered
with snow the greatest part of the year, being in-
Pr?n0fT? d4CInfi 0live aPes, and most oh
n wi' 15 fW0 COnccive toat the forest being
clearedaway the face xf the country cultivated,
and the mdrshy places drained, the moist exhala
tions which generate cold must be considerably les
sened and that the rays of the sun must have a freer
access to warm the earth. The eamc thing hap
pened m North America, since the Europeans have
carried there their accustomed industrv. Th
tory of the North leaves us no room to doubt that
there have been vast forests cut down, and by this
Bmgle means extensive marshes have been dried
"Pi and converted into, land fit, for cultivation.
v Mysterious Dcatli.
We have just learned the particulars of the mel
"aticHolyand rather mysterious death of Mr. Jno.
DnebacH, who reaidad at North Creek, in West
Penn township, about seven miles south-east of
this place, and three and a half miles south of Sum-
mit Hill. Mr. D.; had a contraet with Summit
J Mines Company, to supply them lumber, he being
engaged in that business ; and as it appears, left
j home on last Saturday morning with a load, and
remaining longer than usual, his family became
somewhat alarmed, and went in pursuit of him,
Lwhenjiis friends, met the team near his residence,
onjtheir homeward road, walking, leisurely, along.
They found Mr. D., suspended to the break chain
by one of his legs; having been dragged the dis-
j tance of two miles over the snow and frozen ground
( and the body broken and horribly, mangled. His
j horribly mangled. His cap and whip were found
j on the top of what is called MaUch Chunk -Hill,
about half way between his house and Summit Hill,
( lying together on the sidesof the road, aa if they
had been laid there carefully,
How the accident occurred is not known many
fa small farm, upon which.he resided?" He leaves
a wife -and three small children to mourn Jiis de
parture from earth find earthlyscenes. Tama qua
Legion.
Ica7 from History.
It wpuld seem, says the Juniata Sentinel, from
ardor manifested .by the opposition in urgingJt Gen.
Cass for the Presidency, that they . have- entirely
forgotten his explicit and unqualified declaration
that he would not again" be. a candidate. Wben
notified of his nomination by the Baltimore Con
vention in 1848i he wrote .a very proper letter, of
acceptance, in which there was the following par
agraph :
" My immediate predecessor in the nomination
by the democratic party announced his determina
tion not to be a candidate for re-election. Coin
ciding with him in his views so well-expressed
and so faithfully carried outr I beg leave to" say
that no circumstance can possibly arise which
would induce me again to permit my name to be
brought forward in connection with the Chief
Magistracy of our Country. My inclination an'd
my sense of duty equally dictate this course." ' 1
It is inconceivable that his friends .should labor
for his nomination again, in the face of a declara
tion so formal and so decided.
03" One state in tlie Union, Qhio, raised !last
year eighteen million bushels of wheat more, than
was required for her own consumption, and-of corn
a much larger quantity. What is the wealth of.
California compared- to this"? - '
OCT A father wishing to dissuade his - daughter
from all thoughts of matrimony, quoted, the. words,
" She who marries, doeth well ; but she whef-mar-ries
not, doth better.' The daughter,' meekly re
plied, ' Father I am content to do well ;f let. those
do better who can.' ,
The Portlander says the reason why the Ver
mont and New Hampshire boys are so tall, is be
cause they are in the habit of drawing themselves
up so as to peep over the mountains to see the sun
rise. It is dreadful stretching work.
Slroudslmrg and iflauch Chunk
This line leaves A. Barry's hotel, in Strouds
burg, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, ai
7 o'clock a. m. via Fenneisville, Shafers P. 0.t
Kresgeville, Weissport, and Lehighton to Mauch
Chunk, where it arrives at 4 o'clock p. m., and
connects with lines from Pottsville, Berwick and
other places. Returning, leave C. Connoi's ho
tel, in Mauch Chunk, every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday, at 7 a. m. and arrive in Strudsburg
at 4 p. m.
This line connects with the Wilkcsbarre and
White Haven stages at Shafers P. O. Monroe
countyand with the New York :Eas.on, Mil-
lord and llonesdale stages at Stroudsburg.
FARE.
From Stroudsburg to Mauch Chunk!
8-3 00
2 00
2 50
& Co.,
White Haven
Wilkesbarre
J. STOUFFER
ii
February 13. 1851.
Proprietors.
A. R. JJlCKSOIV, III. D.
Ha- permanently locaied himself in the bor-
oun 01 iroudaburij, and respectfully, lenders
hl3 P'ssional. services
:es lo iho inhabitants of
,'le borough and surrounding country.
uiuce at cxaJ.. uuinnaneau's hotel.
Stroudsburg, March 28, 1850.
Attorney at Lav,
STROUDSBURG,- MON ROE :Ca.UNjtPK,tA.
Office on Elizabeth street, formerlywoccupicd'by
'William Davis, Esq: ? r
October 24. 1850.
Female Seminary.
Miss Barton will give instruction to Young
Ladies nttending'ihe Stroudsburg Female Sem
inary in the following branches. Spelling. Rea
ding, "Willing, Geography, Arithmetic-, GTam
in&r, History, Naiura), Moral and Intellectual
Philosophy, Physiology, Chemistry, Phonogra
phy, Algebra, Geometry, Geology, AsiraWmyt
Botany, French, Drawing and, Painting. -a
Terms per session of 11 weilcs:
Engltsh branches $2,00
Diawing and Painting 2,p0,
French 3tg
No deductions; made in ,caaa ofiabaence, ex
cepting illness.) JovinVer.i 1850.
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