Scffcvsonitm ttcpublican. Thursday. May 8, 1S51. -Tt-nr Readers. To-day we prewfit the " Jeffersonian Re runMCAN," in "a new dress and an enlarged form. The type, as will be seen, are of a clear, beautiful mould, and of nearly the same size as those lately used. But the number of columns is increased, and we will now be able to publish, weekly, a much larger amount of j reading matter than heretofore. Wc embrace the present, as a proper op portunity, for returning our sincere thanks to the people of Monroe county, for the liberal and steady support they have given, to the paper and office, during the Ten Years that wc have had the honor of conducting them. At the same time wc earnestly solicit a -continuance and increase of their patronage. We hope that our friends will exert them selves to extend our circulation. If they do so, it is our intention, in a very ishort time, to follow up the present improvement, by still further enlarging and otherwise perfecting the paper. A playful "freak" of Nature.' M. D. RoBESo.v, Esq., '6f this place, has in Jus yard a young calf, of the feminine gen der, naturally minus a caudal appendage and a passage from the intestines. Dividend. Tlje Directors of the Easton Bank, on the Gth insL, declared a dividend of five per cent for the last six months, which will be paid to the Stockholders on and after the-lOth inst The Pocket Companion, For Machinists, Mechanics, and Engineers, bv Oliver Bkyne, Editor of the Dictionary of Machines and Mechanics, &c. Professor of Mathematics in the College of Civil En trineers, London, &c. Pocket form, Tucks, CHt Edfrcs. Price SI. Dewitt & Da- v export, Publishers, Tribune Buildings, New York. The Publishers have spared no exertion or expense to make this compendium everything thnt it purports to be. In order to effect this, they engaged the services of Oliver Byrne, celebrated in Europe as the author of a large number of the scientific works in the language and already favorably knovn here as the au thor of the Dictionary of Mechanics and En irlneering. It has been the .author's endeavor to. make the work-eminently practical, and to condense the most information into the least possible tp ice; and after a careful examination, we do not hesitate to say.thatitis, in our opinion, infinitely superior to any Treatise of the kind now in use, and one that should be in the hands not only of the mechanic and working ju-in, but of every person desirous of mucli information, in a small x:ompass1 on almost every useful subject We find no Jong columns of figures of no use except to en cumber the book, but in place of this, Tables are used, as far as necessary, by which the reader is taught how to produce the necessa ry results himself. It would far exceed our limits to give even an idea of all it contains. Many very useful things will be found in it which are peculiarly the author's and not to be met with in any other treatise of the kind. We can mention only a few. In the first place the work is embellished with three Steel Engravings of Steam engines, the Sta tionary, Locomotive, and Ship Engine, in the very best style of Engraving, all the parts of which' are accurately pointed out and explain ed by numbers, so that any person . perfectly ignorant of their use would be able to learn how to manage one. , : ALSO, An Almanac for -all time, a,-very use ful as well as curious 1 arrangement, peculi arly the author's. ' i . , A Universal Thermometer, showing theJ scnsible'heat of many substances according to the three most approved Thermometers, By inspection the degrees of one. of these thennometric scales are converted into de grees of either of the others. This has been got up at great expense, .and is .only to be' found in this book. , - How Logarithms' are? applied to facilitate the calculations of the Mechanic? Machinist, and Engineer. The most accurate Planetary Tables. Tonnage of Ships. . .., The Thickness of water Pipes, of Iron, Cast Iron, Copper, Lead, &c. Dilation-of Solids .by. Heat '- : Wind and Windmills-presurc bf the windj moving at given velocities f4 The Weights of -"different countries com pared. J " ' Torsioii, Twisting, and- Cohesive powers of Bodies. ' ' ' , . ' . Alloys and Compounds.,. The Retardation of Railway Trains. Mechanical Powers. . .. , ; Wheels, Drums, and Pulleys: . . - .. "Gearing, and the Teeth of Wheels. ' Dimensions of Wheels in actual use, 1 Moduli of Elasticity, &c - 'The' Index t the book is very copious ana well afrangjiiftnl to that we reieruiereua- cr lor a.iuriucr . synopsis oi .' n . t. . : cit ;u ; , . w , w' . t . . .... BSriirom ail parts 01 mis ciare, inere p.reila?terin2 accounts of the Wheat cryop. Borough Election. At the, Election held .at the Court House in JthisBorough,.on Monday last, the follow-? .j, .li'. ' " jJ Tt 2 .-1. lngnamcu gentlemen wereeiecieo. uuwuyn vjmccrs?ior uxe ensuing year;- -"Burgess, S. C. Burnett, Esq. Cbuncilmen, Dr. Sydenham Walton Silas L. Drake, R. S. Staples, John N. Stokes, t'-Y J MarkiIiller. -High Constable John Stone. Town Clerk, i Darius Dreher, Attorney General. Gov. Johnston has appointed Thomas E Franklin, Esq., of Lancaster, Attorney Gen oral of the Commonwealth, in the place of C. D aii u ag h, resigned. Methodism has prospered to an unprc cedented extent in New Jersey during the past year, 6,200 persons having been re ceived to full membership. Lewisburg University, at Lewisburg, Pa. has two hundred and forty-seven stu dents, including female and primary de partments. Luzerne County. At a meeting of the Whigs of Wilkesbarre on the 21st ult, S. D. Lewis, and Samuel Wadhams were appointed Representatives, and C. D. Shoemaker recommended as Sen atorial delegate to the Lancaster Convention The following resolution was passed: Resolved, That we have the fullest confi dence in, and regard for, our worthy, able and careful Chief Magistrate, Gov. JOHN STON, whose Administration has been sig nally successful in regarding and promoting the interests of the State. Cumberland County. The Whigs of Cumberland county, appoint ed as Delegates to' the Lancaster Conven tion : Dr. T. L. Cathcart, of Shepherdstown, and R. P. McCi.be, Esq., of Shippensburg, Messrs. Richard Wood, of Dickinson, and John Rupp, of Allen, were appointed alter nates. The following resolution was passed by the Convention. Resolved, That we have unaltered confi dence in the character, integrity and patriot ism of WM. F. JOHNSTON, our talented and high minded Chief Magistrate, and look upon his re-election as vitally necessary to the continued prosperity and welfare of our beloved Commonwealth. ITIetalic Red PainS. A vein of Paint has been discovered, says the Danville Intelligencer, on the land of Mr. Joseph Maus, two miles North of Danville, in Valley township, Montour county. It is found to be a superior article of paint, having been tested in Philadelphia, and pronounced to be of the finest quality of Metalic Red Paint It does not require as much oil as other Venitian Red, for painting: The Merssrs. Maus' are preparing to manufacture it at the Franklin Iron Works, two miles North of Danville. Susquehanna Railroad. At its late ses sion, the Legislature passed a bill incorporat ing a Company to construct a railroad from Harrisburg, up the Susquehanna river, to in tersect the New York & Erie Railroad. The Sunbury American says, "The people of the Susquenanna are resolved to have a railroad up the valley of their noble river, which will not only connect with the New York & Erie Railroad at Elmira, but will be carried up the West Branch, and frpm thence to Erie. We understand that -a sum nearly sufficient to build the road from Harrisburg to Sunbu- ryj is. ready for the work." Exemption of Property. An. act passed by the late Legislature of this State, defines what kind of property shall be exempted from taxation, and reduces the quality of exempt property. It provides that all real or personal property owned by' an as sociation or, incorporated company, which has been by previous legislation exempt from tax ation, other than that which is in their actual use and occupation and from which an in come or revenue is derived by its owners shall hereafter be subject to taxation in the same manner, and for all the purposes for which other property is now by law taxable. It also repeals all former conflicting laws, and provides for the taxation of all cemetries. 0 The steamboat Webster, on the Mis sissippi, one hundred miles above Vicksburg, took fire on Friday, and burnt to the water's edge. Of the one hundred persons on board, only about sixty were saved. - The Contested Election for District At (orney of Philadelphia City and County was decided on Saturday, in favor of Wm. B. Reed, the contestant The opinion of the Court was prepared by Judges, King and Kel ly, from whose conclusions Judge Campbell dissented. The friends of Mr. Reed fired one hundred, guns in honor of what thgy,;cohsider- ed a great .victory of right and justice over frauds upon the hadlot Jjox. frTThe Erie Railroad has been onened to jki,, und freight trains commenced run - - gg ulL Express trains ,will ,1 commence running the ISth of May,jnst. i o - ....... Uwhen the boats on Lake Lne will commence for the scaSQ Jn connexion at Dunkirk; De 'trait, Cfeavelaiid, &c. Later from California. A: fortnight later : Extraordinary speed I idates down to the 1st of April. Arrival of theSteanishu Alabama-at new uneuub. Shocking state of society -Good reports frvinlae Mines. Important legal rfw-: ion as to land claims. New Orleans, May 2d, 1851. Thi StPnmshin Alabama lias arrived here 'i , Vn siv ,W from Chafes, with 1.70 passengers . and a large amount of gold dust. The Steamers CresccntCity, North Amer- : ica, and Georgia, all from New York, had ar-4 rived at Chacrres previous to the sailing. ot . ... cj the Alabama. The dates from San Francisco are down. to tlje,lst of April. " The news generally is; unimportant. From the mines, and dry diggings the . re ports are very favorable, and new discoveries are constantly being made. In fact, the pros pects from all quarters appear to be encour aging. A decision has been given in the District r.nnrt nf Snnmmcnto. sustaining the suitors of claims on all lands on which the city is located. No further attempts have been made to dislodge them, nor is it at all likely there will be. The steamers Tennessee and Columbia had arrived at Panama, with a million and a half of gold dust The exports of GOLD on the day the steamer Tennessee left San Francisco a mounted to TWO MILLION OF DOL LARS. , There had been frequent rains in the val ley, and snow on the mountains, thus ena bling miners to renew their digging opera tions. Gold from quartz rock has been pro cured with better success, but no machinery is suitable for the purpose. A great many murders are reported as hav ing occurred in different parts "of the country, the most cruel of which is the murder of Captain Jarvis, of Texas. The papers literally teem with fights, mur ders and robberies.. The foreign miners tax had been repealed. The city of San Francisco is to be . supplied with water from lagoon four miles distant. A difficulty occurred at San Francisco be tween the Collector of the port and the acting. Postmaster, relative to the mails the Collec tor directed the Surveyor of the port to pro ceed to the Post Office and examine the bags landing from the steamer Panama, as they were opened; in attempting to discharge this duty, he was rudely repulsed by the Post Of fice officials, nothing was found to cause i . .i rr 1 1 . a. suspicion, uui uie anair nas causuu greui ex citement Agriculture this year will be an important feature in California, a large portion of the population having turned their attention that Way, if Congress passes any law by Which the farmer may know lie has good title tb the land he improves, the State will supply her consumption in a few years. The Indian difficulties are not yet defin itely settled. Politics arc exciting attention and the peo ple are marshaling for a contest. The Le gislature is still in session, but no further at tempts have been made to elect a United States Senator, probably something will be done this session. The Legislature attaches the penalty of death for grand larceny. The Committee of the Legislature have reported in favor of im peaching Judge Parsons. Extensive preparations are making to re build Navada. The richest mining section in California is stated to be in the neighborhood of Yuba and Feather Rivers. By the burning of Nevada City the loss is estimated at 200,000. The markets are dull with an immericc stock of Merchandise on hand. The price of gold dust through the opera tions of the U. S. Assaycr has risen. San Francisco Markets, April 1st. Provisions Mess Beef is selling at .$12 a 14, and Mess Pork at Slo a'10; Clean do .'17 a 18; Prime do $7 a 10. Lard $10 a 12 Prime butter is at 15 a 40c. Cheese 12 a 20c. Pickled Hams 13 a 14c; smoked do 12 a 13c. Salt Well in Tennessee. Mr. Easter brook, formerly President of the Knoxville University, has been for some time engaged , in sinking a well in Andenw county, Last j Tennessee, and has succeeded in reaching a j bold stream ot strong salt water, at a depth ; of aboutfive hundred and seventy, feet. Tubes ' have been ordered, and aH possible despch ; win De empioyeu 10 commence me maiiuiac- dense forest of heavy timber, and is within one or two hundred yards of inexhqustible coal beds so that fuel will ever be cheap. Other wells will soon be sunk ; arid the pros-1 IUIU HI DUJl. J. uu J1J jo nuiiuuimuu n un u. pecinowis in;iiniu.erLouuu.&cuvtuL-u buurce . , , . i. i - l - of wealth to East Tennessee is about to be unlocked. Remarkablk Hail Storm. There was a remarkable storm at Galveston, Texas, on the 5th ult. Hail fell freely; and after the storm had subsided, hail stones were picked up, measuring, in some cases, three inches in di ameter, and weighing more than half a pound. Several thousand panes ot glass wpre broken from windows faciner north and west. The temperature of the atmosphere was jxt no time, before, during, or after the stern, chan ged. During thc storm, the Star Hotel was struck by lightning, and a youth jiving with Mr Sauters, severely stunned by it. The building was a good deal charred, and the alarm of fire sounded, but a flame did. not break out. Seven Tons of wild pigeons w?re brought to N. York, in one day last iyeekJjy the Eric Railroad, , and f it js stated that not 'less t h'an seventy-Jive tons ihad previously been Jbrought. to. market over the same road, chiefly from' Steuben and Alleghany Couties. The Woodworlli Patent Case. , The Philadelphia Ledger of Saturday pub Ifches a report of the Charge of Judge Giuer, irthe UnitedStates Circuit Cpurt for .that in . . ft R(, nc uffinjlt vs-Sonno" and infringement of the Wood worth others, toran inmn e , patonV- with the finding of tho Ju in the Pa",u"k . , , case and the remarks or the Judge tnereup- These last are sufficiently important to - on. claim a place in our columns, as follows : . Verdict. The Jury found:-1st That Wm., Woodworth was the original inventor of the machine patented by him December 27,- 1828. 2d. That the reissued patent ot JUiy o, 1845, is for the same invention, intended to have been patented by the patent of Decem ber 27, 1828. 3d. That the machine of the defendants infringes upon the said amended patent of Ju- j ly 8, 1845. When the Jury brought in their verdict, Judge Grier remarked: "I am obliged to you, gentlemen, for bring ing in your verdict so soon, and, as I think, rightly. The Woodworth patent has been tried in every circuit court in the Union, over , . , t i r T,i ! and over again; and verdicts always found, upon evidence undoubted, in its favor ; and j vet men will come almost every day and . j j ; ... i swear against its originality. 1 will consider i l : I it prima jacin uvmeiice ui puijui m ui.jr son denying the validity of the Woodworth ' patent, or at least swearing to what he does not know to be true; and so I warn any man who comes with such an oath again. 1 hope no counsel will have any thing more to do , with it: I have had trouble enough, and the time of the court has been too much consum ed with these cases. After twenty-three years' possession, and verdict upon verdict in its favor, men will still come forward and swear that something of the same kind existed before. Men will always be found to swear that some of the most important inventions in the world existed some forty years ago, and were then abandoned and lost sight of ; but discoveries so important to the world arc not so easily lost sight of. I hope no gentleman will ever ask me to try an issuce upon this patent again." A World's Fair at Governors Island. An effort has been making to hold on Gov ernor's Island, New York, an industrial ex hibition, simular to that which is to take place at London next month. In further ance of the project, a number of delegates re presenting the various railroads and steam boat companies in the city of New York, assembled at the Aster House on Thursday, and considered the additional facilities which the proposed meeting of all nations at that place, in 1852, will require. Gen. John S. Darcv, acted as Chairman, and the following resolutions, offered by James S. Green, were, unanimously adopted : TTTl T ! C A V. A. vvnereas, inusroo. uiu piosiiuuiom great exposition of the industry of all nations to be held on Governor's Island, appropriated by Government for the purpose, which expostion will demand additional facilities for the rail- road and steamboats and stages interests of the Union to consult on the measures neccss sary for the purpose : Resolved, That an adjourned geneal meet- t t t t . i-l in"" of railroad and steamboat and stage di- jjj0 ui landau o o rectors and proprietors be called at the Aster House, at 12 o'clock, on the thirteenth day of April, 1851, for the purpose of taking into rnnRU.fiint.inn tlin mfinns nf nnnnmndt in rr the - O increased amount of travel which may be.cx- pected. Resolved, That the directors of all the rail- road and steamboat routes, and the proprietors of steamboats and stages, be invited, and earnestly requested, to attend personally, or by their representatives, the said adjourned meeting. Curio sis Scenes -Abbey Folsom. Some curious scenes were enacted in Bos ton while the case of Simms, tho slave, was pending, and on the night he was put on board the vessel for the South. The mob that followed the procession having the slave I . p house to thewhart, in charge, from the court sung psalms and hymns, and one revercned gentleman made prayer as the fugitive was placed on boardappealing to God to "destroy thn minimi nmr.fr mhirJi ruins ns" nml p.nl- uthun(crbdlts of hcavcn to l)C d fhe4)ffice of thc law! Thc nm-tnfnrs firrhf. witll R;rit,mi w,- 7... . 1 pons. At an abolition meeting held in. the Tremont Temple, Abbey Polsom, a distin- ffuishe(i character, was treated with irreat in- u,mtv navin uuu" u,rubL out' u,u"v" ul'uu , the floor of the vestibule, while two parties j ' had a fisticuff engagement over hcr prostrate person: some chimin? -that she should be ! . . . . , . , , , . , , , u insisting unbii her reicc- tion. During thc night Abbey was found ly- j ing in the street, near the Temple; and re- ' fusing to go home, was taken 'to thc watch house. Boston is all sorts of a place, inhab ited by all serts of people ! jjgIt is said that the Cuban Expedi is broken up ami the project abandoned in consequence of thc vigorous measures ' of the TJ. S. government against it. Difficulty with Mexico. A dispatch from Washington, states that a formal com plaint has bqen made by thc Mexican Gov ernment in relation to the Indian outrages on the frontier of Mexico; against which, by the terms of the Treaty with Mexico, the United States agreed to protect her. Congress hav ing' failed at the late session to make the ap propriation asked by the War Department for, this duty, thc service has not been per Tprmed; and Mexico now refuses to ratify' the. 'Tehuantepec treaty, unless tho provisions qf Hie Treaty of Pcoce are" first fulfiiiod. a KvnnsE of the Rappings. Mr. Burr. I ilt a. 1 i whosrecently favored? our citizens with seve ral lectures, exposing the monstrous delusion' known as the 'Spiritual Rappings, lastweek visited Hvdesville, Wayne Co., where .the spirits 'first manifested v themselves, xnere Mr. Burr was put in full possesion : of all the r. . j -tu ti.o liiRtnrv of the un iacis cou viU1 j -- posture, A rnUdVo nf thfi Fox lamiiv resi- ding there a lady of unimpeachable cnarac ter told Mr. B. in the presence of witnesses, C. G. Pomeroy, M. D. and Rev, D. S. Chase, how the rappings were produced by the Fox family, viz., by the toes and knees : that she was taught by one of the Fox girls how to produce the sounds ; that the secret was giv en to her on promise that she too would be come a medium, &c. We understand that t ;n o Ah,n f !. t nublic While its entire truth cannot be ! doubted, most effectuallv disposes of the ' whole humbug. The lady who gave Mr; V . Burr, the information, is Mrs. Norman Culver, of the town of Arcadia. Syracuse Star. Another Discovery Mr. Paine, Avho claims to have invented a method of producing light and heat by the combustion of water, not satisfied with this J!rAffnitf lio c hif iirtnrt i dill pnnfi nnr n rwi ' ; Worcester Snv of more abundant cj. ine Worcester any or 0fyesterdny says -'Although the patent ot the Hydro Electric Light has been secured. Mr. Paine has not remitted Ii is investigations, and . . nt l;st lins Hisnnvornii n nrnefiss ot catalvzinnr y ; -n , ff the oxygen of the atmosphere, and rendering it highly luminiterous at a mere nominal expense, without the cost of machinery, or any other ' 1..,. 4-1 : .:.. r,nK nnf in . uppaJTULUa iiiu.li uu uu juuuivui, uupauiuui iiuiu- ing common air. We saw it in operation last ntfnnln cr in nnr rffirr nvnmlnn1 nillllltplv. catalizcti tie 0Xygen ourself, and read by light s0 produced, which is equal, if not superior, to tiie best gas Durned m me cities, ine name is peculiarly Dngnt- anu Driinani, ourns with a clear, steady light, is entirely inodorous, and during the half hour we watched its op eration, we could see no consumption ofhe catalizing material. The whole apparatus which we saw, could not have cost more than a couple of dollars nd it wrrs capable of furnishing- all the light needed for the illumination of an ordinary sized room. The following are the number of Farms in the several States as reported by the Assist ant Marshals who were engaged in taking the last Census : New-York 174,23-1 127,821 140,821 101,973 70,794 71,002 77,290 21,950 24,504 0,225 34,099 22,002 15,500 Pennylvania Ohio Indiana Virginia Illinois Kentucky Maryland New-Jersey Delaware Michigan Wisconsin Iowa In the Brooklyn Circuit Court, Miss Cor nelia Bruce, a young lady of 40, has been su ing a young gentleman named John Smith, (unfortunate name !) for a breach of promise i of marriage. The Jury have brought "in a verdict lor piamtin oi -uuu damages, is sixty years of age, and more. . i . t i r r ti i John . married womall has bccn bound over? n Philadelphia, to answer the charge of misdemeanor in seducing a young man. ' It was proved before the Aldermand, thaUshe had refnt(:dfa rom in which sho,keI hcr in; nocent victim the greater part ot the past wmter The yong man is about 18 years of ' age, and the suit was brought by his father. What next ? " In the Township of Murray, Canada w est, , . r J . a or two ag-0, a young man was tending a cifcuiar saw-mill, when passing near the saw, it caught a great coat he had on, threw . him across the log, and in an instant cut him . COinpiLiei m tu. -Is a Dog PitoPJ-ntTr t A case recent ly came before Judge Sill, of lSuftalo, involving this question. 'One of the de- fondants was a Justice of tho Peace ; the other made complaint against plaintilT for ' stealing his clog. The Justice issued a warrant, &c., anS suit was brought to test the fiuestion whether a dojr can be a sub- ject of larceny. Judge Sill said "I am inclined to change the rule wliifdi bus Inner lrrnvnilcd on this subiect. for I cnanot see any good reason for such a doctrine. Dogs have become valuable , , , . . - i and almost necessary domestic animals ihey are raised and kept tor purpose ot oi sale and barter, and certainly have an in- trnsic vaue. The Supreme Court of this district have held that a dog can be the subiect of a civil action, and I will set the ball in motion by deciding for the defendants, and hold that a dorcan be a subjoct 0f larceny j i New Breed OF llAimiTS.-At a recent ..:..n i f ni.n,.., vT - , ! a Sllft X , .v ; ....... . ...... . nrftV?(ip,i with sunner, and animal, a male, the lensth of the cars was 21ff inches; m another, a female. 21 inches, with a breadth of nearly 5 inch es. HEAVYTAXEd.-The city of Buffalo paid a tax last year of over $400,000 being ..1.. .1 11 r xy .tuu uT iui in ciy juau woman, anu cmui m tnat city, llns looKs at tirst sight ike a ruinous amount of tax- ation ; but, when wc considdcr that a largo portion of this tax is expended on works of internal improvement which are making Buffalo one of tho most com- mercial and rapidly increasing places in tho Union it will be readily perceived how the seeming burden can be borne.- In this day of progress and improvement temporary sacrifices must bo submitted to by the inhabitants .of every commercial city, in order to secure such advantages as will enable thorn to compete with'their enterprising cr. sisters. Columbus Enquir- '- J&af-Not only in Tcw York( State, but fgThere are at thc present time one '"Pennsylvania and'OlHoVth'ctwh?atferqp:1iidfcd and three 'clergymen of diner U extremely promising. A Gaits oa villains Brolten up Detroit, Tuesday, April 22 The Diiw Tribune of the 21st published at iw J contains the following We briefly anl nounced on Saturday the arrest of a gann- of men in Jackson County who were organfzed for the most nefarious purposes that depravi ty could suggest. Our readers will remember that for the last two years the Central Rail road Company have been constantly annoyed along their line, by persons whose sole oc cupation seemed to be placing obstructions on the road, and otherwise destroying the property of the Company. At one time, so systematic had their work of destruction be come, that the Railroad Company were indu ced to employ a couple of shrewd persons, whose duty it should be to travel along the line and detect the offenders ; but so wefl or ' r --..v-u at IlPtvm ganized were the band that for 10 months tnev eiuaeu uju muot iiw.laiuff inquiries. 1 1 1 it nt Somc four wecks a !1C f Ule Persons ployed by the Company obtained an inkling of the organization, and by adroit management succeeded in worming himself into the confi dence of the initiated ; but before they would trust him to any considerable extent, it was required as a proof of his illegiance, that ho 1 .f nrn:Ao,-i :t ,vnQ nnt. nmviouslv donoU snouiu uru im; j.ej)ui ui --niun j anindiVidual from this city, who was to be gent Qn for th;i(. purpose. The night came . i a"d l Wafd f n T Y ' T . t0 secure fun confidence of the gang, the , Depot was firedall necessary precaution?, ! i, ' ver )iavinr been made to avert anv so- ious damagc t0 the buildings. The news 11UUO uuniuiv - 3 , ... t-v -vtm mat tne uepoi at nuv uau . fortunately discovered in tim sec on nre, , but fortunately discovered m time to prevent its destruction, at once gave to tne new re cruit the fullest confidence of the gang, ami he was forthwith admitted into the most se- ! cret counsels of the leading desperadons. Counterfeiting, horse stealing, incendia rism burglary, robbery, and the smallest petty larceny, were the sworn objects of this monrtrous organization. One of their designs was to blow up the track and cars by an in geniously contrived torpedo, so arranged as to be fired by the locomotive, and explode while the passenger cars should be over it. The informant continued to act with them un til he had procured the names of thirty or forty of the conspirators, and their places of residence, confined principally to Lenua; Centre, Jackson, Michigan, and to this city. On Friday night, the time- it had been a greed to make the arrests in the interior, an extra train of cars was sent out from the cj ty, with a large number of officers and assis tants engaged for the occasion; and such were thcarrangements made and carried out by leaving squads along the line, thatatLeo na, Michigan, Centre and Jackson, thirty three men were arrested simultaneously about day break on Saturday morning, and brought in "and lodged in jail on Saturday, P. M. Among the prisoners arrested are three Jus tices of the Pea cr, five men called Doctors, one Judge, and four Constables the latter belonging to the township of Leoga, not an officer of which, from Supervisor down to Postmaster, but is said to be implicated. In this city Washington Gay and Erastns Smith were arrested on Saturday, andjn the house of the former was found a variety of implements for burning buildings, and so con structed as to burn one hour, or three days, before setting fire to the building. By one of these machines, it has been discovered that the depot of the city was fired last full, which resulted in the loss of one hundred thousand dollars worth of property. The arrests were made on a writ from the United States Court, for stopping the mail and for counterfeiting U. S. coin, and the prisoners will probably be detained until tiie next session of the Dis trict Court., AisoSSiei Baud of Tisicvcs. As a counterpart to the account of tiie ar rest of a desperate gang of outlaws in Michi gan, we five the following almost incredible story from the New Albany (Ind.) Ledger Mr. Jacob Weiss, of Boone county, had four horses stolen from him on the night of the 22d of March. He tracked the thieves to Beaver Lake, in Jasper county, in which there is an island where it is supposed a large gang of horse theives, burglars and counter feiters had their rendezvous. He dashed in to the lake and swam his horse to the island, a distance of three quarters of a mile, and when, as we learn from the Lafayette Jour- i nal, he was within wading distance of the Is land shore, he was stopped by five men armed to the teeth, who told him if he approached the island one step further he would do it at the peril of his life ; at the same time eaca pointed a cocked gun at him. He told them that they had his horses aim ,i . i i i i r ii e woum do compensuiuu ior pu, h ; hc consequnces be what they migh ,t; that his obicct was not to expose them, but to re- , hJs horscg of m for tmn TIllv -mr ... liriivprv ml ,iotcrmiuation. rcqucsted him to come ashore, which he did; thnv told him that if he would swear, upon his honor, that he would not expose the name of any of those he might know, and keep sc- cret an uie transactions uunug uju jujjir it was late in the evening, they would remu nerate him for his horses, and that he should share their kindest hospitality during the night and be taken to the lake shore the next morning. tt.i-inocnwnnppslie -j -JuT thVn accent their s'oZ then shown all thc implements, such as vil lains generally use for carrying out their de signs, such as false keys, bank note presses, metal for making bogus money, &c. The next morning he was paid his own price for cominn- after them, and he and his horses taken lo the shore according tp agreement. Mr. Wiess says there were over 100 men -.in fi.o rmncr. manv ot whom lie Knew, ine residents of this and adjoining mn- i-ll I-l C3J tics all(i thev had occupied high stations a- monff the citizens. He states that there an; about 25 women in the gang, the wives ot some of the rascals. They had 130 horses on the island, and they had just sent 23 out West, in different directions. It is to be hoped that the new society got up 'in JasjJJ and the surrounding equities will put an end to all such vilhnous companies. A .g JaC)b gchu, of v 7Ianover, Montgonier) CQUnty) which haa tWQ fect raouthSf noses, tongues, und three eyes. The mouths stand . hnrf7.rn.tnl hont nnP. inch anart. Mice ana rats should be notified. Where lsliarnui"- Reading Gazette & Democrat.. ent denominationm'the city
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