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STROTCDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, Pa., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1851
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TEAS!!
J. M. & E. W. COHLIES.
No. 69 Pearl Street. New-York,
Itr porters and Wholesale Deal-!
era in
Groesi and Black Tens,
gnffiffijof all descriptions suited to the
Cnulrv Trade.
Are' also receiving from the hest manufac
tures a full assortment of TOBACCO, of the
most appiovrd brands, all of which are con
fidently offered as equal to any in market,
and at the loicf.it cash prices. j
Merchants visiting the City would do well j
to call and examine our stock belote purchas
ing elsewhere.
Sepieinl rr 4. 1S5I. 3m I
HARDWARE,
$ry Gauds & Grocery Store,
(at burke's old stand,) j
hi Xbrth ILimUton-sl., Buston nearly op-
positcihe While Horse Tavern. j
TIIOMAS T. & DEPUE S. MILLER j
would respectfully announce to their
old friends in Monroe county and the pub-,
lie generally, that they have taken the
above establishment, and offer for sale a
large and well selected stock of Hard
ware, 'Dry Goods and Groceries, compris
ing the following
50 doz Rim Locks, with wtete, brown
and brass Knobs. j
2000 gross Screws, assorted.
200 doz Butb, assorted. ;
50 " Pulleys, flakes &' 'Wfstville's :
manufacture.
60 doz Till Locks." 1
500 planes assorted; thq. celebrated M. '
Copehmd's make of Planes are amongst
this assortment. "
20 doz Saws. Spear & Jackson's, and
also the celebrated London spring Saw,
manufactured by H. Disston. Also, Dis-
ston's Mill Saws for sawing white pine;
circular and cross-cut do.; Broadaxcs,
hand and cooper axes; hatchet?; eompas
sc.,; Steel & trying squares; Stock Howls
and cooper cros?. Also, a lot ot JUacke-
rel & llickardson's celebrated window
fnf fTmifr3 "Flush Bolts, shutter Bolts :
plastering and mason's trowels; hammer-
ed pans: brass and iron Kettles; shovels
and forks,&c., with a great variety oi
hardware, too numerous to mention
The a33tfimcnt will compare with with
any in this place in quantity, style and
price.
jDJL ID'S,
Clotlts. French blue blaclr, blue, brown,
cadet style, mixed, Beaver, Tweed, Cro-
ton; Siucts; a full assortment of Cas-
himeres." A large assortment Ladies'
Drcas Goods; blaclr silk, black silk warp
lustre, bareges, delaine, lawns plain and
fancy linen, gingham, calicoes, &c. Ded
ticking, bleached and brown muslin; lin-
en plaid; coatings; checks; annclj hoes j
i i '
jjuttons: tnreiiu uuu a iun uuit
ment of
GROCERIES.
10 hhds jIolasses.
120 bbls N. O. and Trinidad Molasses.
5 hhds Sugar.
30 bbls do. white and brown.
15 " sperm, whale and lard Oil.
25 boxes soap.
20 do. caudles.
3000 lbs Bacon.
25 bbls mess pork.
25 do Flour.
10 chests Imperial and Young
Hyson Teas,
llice, starch, chocolate, Indi-
rrn AffirMor nllnm. &C.
Dried apples, peaches, white Deans, o:c.
100 eacks of Salt. .
50 kegs v.'hite Lead; window glass and
putty. "
100 kegs nails.' 1
100 bbls, and half and qr. bbls Mack-
crel.
All persons visiting JSaston, jvill find
it greatly to their advantage to call and
make their purchases of Miller & Broth-
vuuoi i
Goods. Sold wholesale and retail. at
'
a larcc auu wen auieciuu cw vi
ourke s old stand, by
HIXfLE-K & BROTHER.
K&ston, April 24, 1851.
3l Sic WJ&MmW
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
EE3
Has removed his office to "his dwelling ' -but 1 1 liavc.trespassed too much on your
houserfirst door-below-thofficVof- theM0 lll! L
'Monroe
site'S
street. -.. ' - -.-.If
Demo6rats"and" directly ono-- . ?.-t ...t. jt :B'n';i'nnt
..JsdftlhiadiswhoteJ.JfflizSboth vto 1RipnnVrTirmi:it;i .iKnlRlofrnultiDlv words
otroudsburg, Dec. 19, 1S50. '
Siller's Slopes arc Go;ac.
Am Come darkies lislcn to dis somr.
That -Bigler is a clever man
No one pretends to doubt, '
For? since the canvass first began,
. He's-shown it "in and out,','
Byinaktng for himself a claim
Of all the AVhhjs have done ;
13ut aa wc'Tshout Bill Johnston's name,
lie finds his hopes are gone.
Oh ! Bigler's hopes are gone
Oh! Bigler need not try ;
He thinks they love him in their heart,
'Tis only " in his eye."
Oh ! Biglcr's hopes are gone,"
Oh ! Bigler how you sigh,
Bill Johnston's on the track again,
And Locofoco's fly.
A dozen laws, how strange it is,
That other folks have made,
He says are handiwork of his,
And grew beneath the shade ;
The sinking fund the Whigs have tried
And found to work so well,
Then loud against the plan he cried,
Now hear him o'er it swell.
O Bigler's hopes, &c.
Once on the Senate floor he stood
As champion of the slave,
Denounced the hunters of their blood,
In maudlin tones, yet grave ;
Now turning from that platform free,
Flies not the storm-cloud faster,
Than he to bow the coward knee,
Unto his truckling master.
O Bigler's hopes, &c.
A boy once tried to catch .the lark,
He thought he could not fail,
And slily crept up in the dark,, ,
And looked to see her tail .
Some salt he held within his hand,
And moved as light as air,
But as the nest he Blankly scanned,
Behold she was't there. v
O Bigler's hopes, &c.
Tims would sold Bigler gain our votes,
With protestations strong,
But he has sung the same old notes,
And we have heard them long ;
And as he tries to chain our ears,
With soft Vords. from afar,
And fain would draw us still more near,
Behold we are not " Aor."
O Bigler's hopes, &c.
31 v. S:ro!ii:i.
The Hon. John Strohm, the Whig candi
date for Canal Commissioner, has just pub
lished a letter in relation to the unscrupulous
manner in which some of lh?s opposition press
ass.cn ami re-assert mat ne, wnue a memoer
of Congress, voted against the granting of
sunolies to sustain our armv in Mexico.
Mr. Strohm recapitulates the whole facts of j
the case, and says that while he was prepared
to votG forlhe original bil the main features
of which were to authorise the President, if
he deemed it expedient, to call for and accept
the services of any number of volunteers, not
e.-eeed ing 50,000, and appropriating -$10,000,-000
for the purpose of carrying the provisions
of that act into effect he was not prepared
. r . I . t r
10 vows ior tne amendment introduced by ait.
Boyd, of Ky., which declared that the war cx-
isted by the act of Mexico, and authorised
the President to 'prosecute it to a speedy
and successful termination. He could not,
he saidj Eanction a bill which contained asser-
Uons SQ palpably faiseand which xvas fraught
; with such mischievious consequences. This,
however, was very different from votingagainst
J the bill to grant supplies. Mr. Strohm con
' eludes his letter with this language :
J " After the passage of that bill, in which
' the war with Mexico was recognized and
sanctioned by the regular and properly con
' stituted war-mak;ng power of the government,
! I made no further resistance to the war, but
voted for all and every appropriation proposed
to sustain the army, and prosecute the war
with vigor, and I defy any of the Democratic
orators or editors to point out an instance
in which I did not, unless accidentally
absent from the house. But I am accused of
w H..um0u1,l,)a,.u0uii,
! the volunteers in Mexico.
The only vote of mine that can be tortured
i into anything like a withholding of supplies,
was the vote on the bill above alluded to, and
Ydt was before any volunteers were ordered
'out. That bill, as already stated was to au-
lhorige lhc presidGnt to accept the service of
voluntccrs ond making provision for their
, ,
pay and sustenance. Both propositions went
together, and had my vote been decs ive of
r.... iti I.. 1 1 f m T1iinf fors rrmm iinr !
, , .
the fatepf the bill, the volunteers could not
have been accepted, would not have been
called upon, and consequelly would not have
been starved in Mexico, even without an
, appropiration. .
I might say mucli more upon mis suujcct
or accumulate arguments,
yf . - -
' Yours, &c.
JOHN STROHM.
Ecoe li G3farc She people,
That Wm. Bigler, in the legislature of 1843,
voted against the election of Canal Commis
sioners by the Peopfc.
That Wm.' Biolcr, voted with three others,
against the present law to punish reduction..
That W.M. BifiLER voted against. the indi
vidual Liability in a bank charter, in the Le
gislature of 18d3.
ILel TTax-aayers f&ememlcr
( That the State debt, Nov: 30th, 1848, was
as follows :
Recorded debt, 40,474,736 93
Floating canal, railroad and
motive powcrdebtcontrac-
ted prior to that time, and
returned in 1849 and '50,
as per appropriation bills
for 1849, '50 and '51, 373,861 48
Total debt in 1849 $40,848,598 41
Debt Sept. 1, 1851, including
the Loan of 8400,000 to
avoid the Inclined Plane at
Philadelphia, 40,116,362 44
Amount paid by Gov. John
ston in two years and a
half, 732,235 97
Remember, that counting this loan of
$400,000 in the sum total of the debt, the
whole amount of the indebtedness of the Stale
is over SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS than it was
when Gov. Johnston was inaugurated two
years and a half ago ! Of this amount, Gov.J
Johnston's Sinking Pund has paid over SIX
HUNDRED AND FIFTY TIIOUSAD DOL
LARS! ! ! The remainder has been paid out of
the ordinary resources of the State. !
And in connection with this, let the people J
remember that Wm Bigler, in his speech at
Towanda, Bradford county, on the' 15th of
August last, SAID PUBLICLY, that he was:
IN FAVOR OF
A LOAN "
to complete the North Branch canal. Gov.
Johnston has commenced to pay the State
debt. William Bigler has pledged himself,
that, if elected, he will favor a direct is- j
crease of the Slate debt by borrowing sufii- j
cicnt money to complete the North Branch
canal ! Remember this ye men who are op
posed to making any more debt, and who
think your present taxes heavy enough to be
borne!
W!i:.l's iiie Row ?
The Democrats arc constantly in hot wa
ter. Fix it as you will, there is always a
screw lose somewhere. Every thing is wrong
that is done by a Whig, no matter what.
Just now there is a great snarling from the
whole editorial pack at Gov. Johnston, be
cause he don't stay at home and attend to
his business. The Government is going to
smash as sure as the moon is made of green
cheese. They don't waiL to point out one
s5nSlc duty neglected, for this they-cannot
find ; but the fact that he is out among peo
ple, receiving the testimonials of their appro
bation and rendering himself, if possible still
more popular, and giving the lie to their li- j
bcllous chanres, is sufficient evidence to i
bcllous diaries, is sulncient evidence to
them that tho whole machinery of Govern
tnem mat tne wnoie macninery oi uovern-
ment is out of geer. Gentlemen, don't be a
larmed. Gov. Johnston can administer the
aflairs of Government better than any Loco
foco, Governor-we ever had, and travel half
the time at that. Wait till the milk is spilt
before you blubber about it. When you find
one single duty ncglecteQ, then blow it out
with all your might. But don't borrow trou
ble ; it will come to you quite fast enough.
Gov. Johnston is able to take care of himself.
He is not, Bigler fashion, in leading strings,
nor a cat's paw for any clique or faction.
His attention is directed to the welfare of the
people, to the payment of the State debt, to
thcreduction of our taxes. He will continue
to labor for these, and the hue and cry of par
ty aspirants cannot hinder it. Look at the !
SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOU
SAND DOLLARS OF OUR DEBT paid by
the action of the Sinking Fund recommended
by him, and a floating debt of TWO HUN
DRED THOUSAND, making nearly ONE
MILLION DOLLARS, and then eay if we
want further evidence of his noble devotion
to the interests of the people. Then say if
we are not in duty bound to benefit ourselves
and the State by re-electing him in October
next 1
Slntup Speaking. -
"Fellow citizens," said a stump orator,
"we have the best country in the world,
and the best government. No people on
the face of this globe enjoy more liberty
flinn wo dn Horn we luive Tihertv nf
ch nd ubcrt flf the prcSBj withoufc.
i . tin j .ii :
onerous despotism. What, fellow-citi-1
zens. is more desirable than this: Do
you want anything more, my counery
meu?" "Yes sir-ee!" sang out a red-faced loaf
er,- "this is dry work. I want a suck out ;
of that pint flasksticking out of your
coat pocket behind.7.'
j uui ui niui .iruo uuui jjujLui j niujviii in i
1 -Ti.. 'll,i A.' .
ills LOihy iinij, uiiu utiiuu uuivii uuuuuui-
ing. He suddenly vamoosed ! from that
neighborhood.
PiiiiudeSphin WSaisspcakstig for
tlavisssvlves.
Locofocos have been very busy circulating
reports that the Whig votc in Philadelphia
county would be greatly reduced Hhis fall.
Unfortunately for Locofoco stories, Philadel-
pbia Whigs have spoken on the subject and
gtven the he to all their prognostications.
At the immense mass meeting they had in that
city on Monday the loll,, they passed the fol-
lowing resolution. We commend it to those
Locofocos Vho have taken so great interest
in our aflairs :
Resolved, That the friends of the National
and State Administrations in the City and
County of Philadelphia, still as ever cherish
union for the sake of the Union ; that they
recognize in the issues of the present contest
every duty and incentive that has ever united
and sustained them, heightened by evils more
oppressive, and an exigency more threatening
than any which has hitheto invoked their pa
triotism ; that they enter into the field under
the same banner which was upheld by the
'mighty arms of Harrison, Clay and Taylor,
and with all, and more than all their olden
union, ardor and confidence; and that they
pledge themselnes to their friends of the in
terior, to give a larger vote and a heavier
majority for Johnston the tried and true
than any recordedin the annals of the party.''
This is not unmeaning phraseology. The
! to do all they j
. f V
to bear part of j
1 ,
Whigs of Philadelphia intend
promise. They are anxious
the honor in re-electing to office a man who
has guided the State so successfully for the
tne public credit wno nas improved our pun
lie Works, and who has paid
8732,235 92 of the Public Debt!
B-el il ha Siemt'iisberctl
That the present Locofoco party is the old
I tuuiui "juji ill uisyuisu, Willi LMUk 111
old Federalists, James Buchan.nan, at its
head.
LET IT BE REMEMBERED
That the Locofocos accuse the Whigs of d
loyalty to the Union, to draw the attention of: Shunk was Governor of the State. Was j more or less. In Canosa, the ancient Can
the people from the fact that they are co-op- h responsible for the riot and murder? i asiitm, founded by Diomed, and whose walls
eratino- with those arch-traitors, the secess-! ov- Shunk intercsthimselfin arrest-! once enclosed a circuit of sixteen miles, three
ionistsof the south. ' ! inS tIie. rioters? Did he issue any -Pro-1 hundred and seventy-six houses were thrown
LET IT BE REMEMBERED
That the Locofocos made the whole of our
enormous State debt, and that a Locofoco
Governor never paid off a cent of the funded
debt.
. LET IT BE REMEMBERED
That Gov. Johnston has paid off 8059,122
93 of the debt contracted by his Locofoco
predecessors, without increasing the taxes.
Who tells flic Truth?
The Locofocos call Gov. Johnston's Sink
ing Fund a 'humbur' and a 4 cheat:'
Ithasn.-iid over HALF A . MILTJON of
tiie State debt, and will pay more before this
r l r i r- i i .i r
fiscal year expires. General Bickel, the Op -
nosition State Treasurer, who is comuetcnt
toiudire, savs-lhe Sinking Fund Act is a
'WISE AND SALUTARY ENACTMENT,'
and that if undisturbed, IT WILL PAY
i
j THE STATE DEBT. Mr, Bigler and the Lo-
cofoco press generally, have taken ground-a
gainst this Sinking Fund. Will the people
sustain men who oppose, ridicule aud de
nounce what is PAYING -THE STATE
DEBT I
ijd the People EScmciiibcr.
-a'hat on tho 13th of May, 181G, in the Con
gress of the U. S., a motion was made to in
crease the pay of privates of infantry, artille
ry, and riflemen from eight to ten dollars per
month. These men were engaged in fighting
the battles of their country. This motion to in
crease their pay was OPPOSED by a large
number of Locofocos among whom was RICH
ARD BRODHEAD, now Locofoco United
States Senator from this State ! It was SUS
TAINED by a large number of Whigs, among
whom were Joseph Buffington, Cornelius Dar
ragli, Joseph R. Ingersoll, A. R. M'llvaine,
iB;Sll0CifAndreyr b5ewaS. ..5:fr
oinuriivi, oi rennsyivania. iiieiiiuuuu iu,
increase the soldiers' pay was carried by a ,
majority of twenly-two votes, notwithstanding
Brodhead and other Locofocos with the same
want of feeling voted against this humane
measure. (For the vote see House Journal,
1st session, 20th Congress, 1845- b page JJ.;
When Locofocos talk of John Strohm's voting
to starve the soldiers, tell them it is aise, anu
tell them they rewarded a man who voted
iifrninst increasing the soldiers nay, by elect-
to starve the soldiers, tell them it is false, ana
mg him last winter to represent their party
in the United States Senate.-llarr.sburg
merican.
Worth Bsiou'in.
young lauy oi tms city, says
The inttauiation and pain were of course
i
vnrv o-rnnt. nnd lock iaw was apprcl:
ien-
ded. A friend of the family, however,
recommended the application ot a ueet
taken fresh from the garden, and pounded
fine to the wound. It was done, and f he
effect was very beneficial. Soon the in-
flamation began to subside, and by keep -
ing on the crushed beet, changing, it for
o fr'h nnn as its virtue seemed . to be -
come impaired, a speedy cure was r-ffec- gardod by his brutal father, The dc
ted. Simple but effectual, remedies like censed died in loss than an.hour after the
this bjiould be known by everybody ! assault was committed upon him.
TSiey want tohiilvay confidence
agnail.
The Loccofocos have the effrontery to
ask the people to trust the Tariff question
with them. Do 4h!y suppose the people
fVn it a n q,i,i i
; J tho p q m
, J j
j 1 UStf t! 0 Part betrayed them
heretofore? Do they suppose the People
, aSm fall into a trap which deceitful
: Locofocs set? The people are honest.
They despise and hate the dishonesty and
j deception of the leaders of the Locofoco
party, and if they are wise, they will nev
er again confide their dearest interests to
the Punic faith of Locofocoism.
ITJr. Bigler's Champion.
George W. Woodward is out making
speeches for William Bigler. This Mr.
Woodward was a member of the Con
vention which reformed our State Con
stitution and on the 17th day of Novem
ber, 1837, in that body offered the fol
lowing resolution, (for which see Debates
of Convention Vol. 5, p. 444:)
"Resolved, That thesaid committee be
also instructed to inquire into the propri
ety of so amending the Constitution, as to
PltEVBNT ANY FOREIGNERS WHO
MAY ARRIVE IN THIS STATE
AFTFR THE FOURTH DAY. OF
ULY' I841 IiVR0M ACQUIRING f occasionally occurred at the time of writing
THE RIGHT TO VOTE OR TOHOLD,, nfwT 7
mmr, . x, . n ,,, is letter, and all eyes were turned upon e-
01' l'lUL in this Commonwealth." . f, , , ,. . ,
This man undertakes now to wheed'ei
Pcnnfylvanians into the support of Wm-1
Who wits liii; itiurduror of Jasues
j J.ne varnsic iicraitt ot tue -zizu uit,,
contains the following pointed paragraph:
rn n - tt ... ii p it . n nt. ..ii
J son
u-xiv. w wuii-
i ii n i .niArnrtnc? tiif t- r ma r i-ai i Aim,
responsible tor the riot m Lancaster
ty and the murder ot Mr. borsuch.
I pfjimfv
j in ig47 a riot of a similar
nature
took
nlane at Carlisle, in which Mr. Kenned v.
of Ilagerstown, Maryland, was severely j of Bari the towns f Cerato, Minervino, Spin-is-
injured, and soon after died. .Frances R. . azzola, Andria, and -Trani were all injured
ciamation onerina rcwarui xno. ltov.
oiiuuk aia noc uug wnatever 10 arrest or
ni .. i .i? .i ! i j - j. l .
Wn,nAl)t-Krf1n.,n1.Vftflo47 ,:,
n;nJnr hohm,1 fn a? Rhunh si.m,r,I
was then :u full force ! 'Did Gov. Shunk ,
afterwards recommend its repeal I Did;
Bigler, who still remained in the State
advocate its repeal ot a bit or it.-
They took the matter very coolly, and
said nothing. The locofoco party left the
law of 1S47 four years on the statutebook
and not until the very last hour of the last
day of the last session of the Legislature,
, did the Union get into such imminent
! danger as to require its repeal ? ! What
! httinbuggcry !
: 00 J
Wli K f .?.f?s not
lllli SlatC EObt.
In 1S45, at least bne thousand Justices
mt iuu i cacu hciu l-iuciuu m mu uuat;.
0f these Justices received a com-
, .
ot the I'eace were electca in 1 10 Citate.
llliaOlUll 11U111 lllVi UUltlUUl. J- Ill- 14111
e oo i.
imposes a tax ot . on each ot these
1 , . . ,., ,
commissions, lhc dtate .treasurer s re-
report for that pear shows that instead ot
at least 2,000 being paid into the
State Treasury on this account, only
$2G9 39 were ever accounted for! This
money camo into the hands of some of
the subordinates in the State Department.
Why was it not paid into the Treasury!
Who kept the money? What robber in
fested Capitol Hill and fleeced the State
to enrich himself? This was under Lo
cofoco rule. These men are not yet sat
isfied. They want more plunder. Will
the people give it to them.
A son murdered by Ills Father
On Monday, last week, we learn from
tho Fulton (N. Y.) Democrat, mostbru-
, . - nm.:u.nj ; tho. 4-nrrm f
murder " was committed m the town of
Cnroga that county, by John Sprung,
Sen. His son J ohn Sprung J r., tor some
weeks past had been confined to his bed,
in sonsequence of a fractured limb. The
(jay preceding tho tragical occurance the
vounc man wa3 discharged from the doc-
r , j;
toi.,g jisfc wag n cscenent spirits, enjoy -
appetite, and his limb wo fast
fa . ' ji.i.xi
V? fl(1;ptoti to intosication re-
scd, who iaa
turned home from JeiAiik s Mill,, some-
what disguised by liquor, and immediate-
ly commenced the most violent abuse on
ins oun,
; assaulting him in tho most inhuman man-
mi .i t l i it rl
I O . .... . .
nor. xuc motner intcriereu in ucnaii.oi
' her dying son several times, when she
was violently uirust, out oi uiu room,
( where she remained several Ininutes in a
state of insensibilit', the monster in the
j mean time continuing his assaults upon
' the young man, who imploringly begged
' for his life. But his supplications were
'unheeded; his dying requests were disre-
EarJJiqnake
at I?a
ities.
' Over Two Thousand Lives Lost -Cities
Destroyed and Damaged.
The Washington llcpublic publishes a Ict-
i tcr from the Hon. Edward Jov Morris, the
-.American Minister to Naples, giving a min-
; utc account of the terrible earthquake which
j occurC( . the wcslQm f(jn fc.
: of N le9f on tho LUh of Jt, fc
1 S0In0 2500 lives lost and severaI tnvns ehh.
er totally prostrated or greatiy damaged.
' Mr. Morris says that previous to the shock a
stream that runs near tho city of Mclfi sud-
I denly disappeared, and adds :
At the first shock, Milfi, which contains
ten thousand inhabitants, was prostrated in
the dust, nothing but a few crumbling walla
surviving the general ruin. An unknown
number of its inhabitants were buried under
the falling mass of fabrics. Up to the pres
ent moment seven hundred dead bodies have
been disinterred, and many others are con
stantly being found. More than two hundred
persons lie in an adjacent hospital, suffering
under grievous wounds, while many have
been dug out alive from the ruins. Amongst
others, a female infant, a year old, after ly
ing buried for two days, was brought out liv
ing and unharmed, and restored to its afflic
ted mother, widowed by the same calamity.
The shocks and rumlling of the earth still
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f ruf hn fircs m,ht csc though no
iuuui oiyus v.uiu yut apparent.
The neighboring towns of Atella, Rionero,
Barile, and Rapolla arc sufferers by the same
! convulsion. Rionero is a frenoral wreck, not
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a sounu nouse remaining more than a nun
i drcd persons have perished, and as many have
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Deon maimed or wounded.
In B iriln t!ip nn.
; , ediflce Mt entire v d Ja
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ana
asylum, while the discovered dead amount to
: auuuL UI1U ul!U "7- tne commune
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i finu-n
At the last reDort the shocks around
Mount Volture continued, and one-half of
! lne Clti of v enosa, the ancient I cnusia, con-
! tzin'mS SI'X thousand habitants, and cclebra-
teu as tne wrui-piacc oruorace, wasucstroy-
ed- ThcniounLun provinces of Apruzzi and
i V ,;, , , f '9uaKe ,
rllhoilsand ,1IHnan bei have thus far
! ecape(j.
A liaffJo for ;i Xesro.
The Louisville Journal relates us an inci
dent a negro raflle which came offin one
of the towns of "Mississippi. Mr. , the
owner of the boy having a note to pay that
day, (1,000, which he had endorsed for a
deceased friend,) and njt having the where-
j withal to do it, was compelled to do what he
i gladly would not have done.
1 he bov to be
! rnfflpil fnr u-nt: :i cmrtrt intnlhVor.t Infl nfnhnnt
j IS years of age, and he went around and got
me cnance luKen nimscu. ne went oy me
i wmu iini..i muicu. m. .ui. j .
name of Bill. There were eighty chances,
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one chance remained, anl this was taken by
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a stranirer who hanneneu to be nresent. and
',,, "n ;. t;h fl, ' k,,-
; he WOuld throw the dice himself, and "shake
! like oxen." Bill rolled his ovps in a verr
astonishing manner, and after a hearty wha !
wha ! in which he displayed two frightful
rows of ivory, opening a mouth " like the
break of day, from east to west," with a low
bowsaid, "I'll try, massa." As may be sup
posed, the scene became highly exciting.
The raffling commenced. Bill looked un
concerned at anything but the idea of leaving
his old master. y'len tnc chances were all
raffled off but the last, Bill took the box; pre
viously to his throwing, however, he was
offered S100 for his chance, the highest throw
yet made being 40, which stood " a tie" be
tween two individuals, but Bill was no "Com
promise wion," he refusod the offer saying
" de whole hog or noffin," and made his first
throw, which was 14, his second throw was !
16 ; Bill stopped, scratched his head, threw
again and up came 18. It was declared that
"Bill was free," and such a shout was never
before heard.
Bill's success induced him to try another
speculation of the same sort, believing that
j he could do as a free man, as much as he had
j before done ; he proposed to set himself up
; again in a "raffle,'' and he thought it uoifld
. again
j bo no
m-;
more than fitir that he should put the
price at 600 this time. The chances were
soon take". B'" reserving lut one chance to
g
- ; owueand
himself were the two highest again, and, m
throwing off, Bill lost. It proved a very fortu
nate speculation for Bill and his master both.
made clear and Bill
remained with his kind
intended and evc-
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g "e P? "3 1B,UBtt oe "uu
ills mOnGV a UULltU
flserFrom 1 847 to 1 349, . the Legisla
ture appropriated 5-700 per year to aolerk
in the State Department, whoso duty it
was to record the Lawa parsed by the
Legislature. THIS . MONEY WAS
PAID OUT BUT TI1.E- LAWS WERE
NOT RECORDED! What Locofoco
Olork pobketod this money ""This is a
nothewpeculiarly Locofoco- mode. 6fr rob
bing the State Treasury.
The Great