3cffcvsouian
.
Republican.
Thursday, Airil 22, 1 52.
FOIt CANAL COMMISSIONER,
jncob Hoffman, of Perks county.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL. -
A E. llrowii, Jnmcs Pollock.
Samuel A. l'umanre.
REPRESENTATIVE.
I .!i:ani F, Huglic.,
i Jamt-sTnjuair,
.1 .folis. U" Stokes
4 J'.'hn P. Vuiree,
i Sjm irer Mcllrainc,
fi James W. Fuller,
7 James Penrose,
s Jt.j.n Shaefler,
9. J.icob Marshal!,
M Diaries 1'. Waller,
M. Davis Alton,
12. M. C. Mcrcur,
13. NerMiildloowarth. " '
14. Jume-s II. Campbell,.
15. James D. Pax'ton,
10. James K. Davidson,
17. Dr. John McCiillock,
IS. Ralph Drake,
l'J, Sohn I.mton,
20. Archibald Robertson,
2h Thomas J. Highumv
22. Lewis L. I.onl
23. Christian -Mevprfs,
24. Dornian I'liefp.
07" Mr. Jacob Singmaster, of this place,
has sold his Tanner)' to John De Young, Esq,
of Flicksville, Northampton coanty, Pa., for
:10,700. We have been informed that Mr.
J)e Young is making the, necessary arrage
mentis to erect, during the present season, a
large Brick Store House, da Elizabeth street,
directly opposite the " Indian Queen Hotel."
A Capture.
.Mr. Oljs B. Gordon, whilst out on a gun
dmg excursion along the McMichael's Creek,
on Friday last, shot a Bald Eagle, which
measured five feet nine inches from the tip of
em; winjr to that of the other. These birds
are scarce, and very rarely met with in this
part of the country.
QCrThc steamer 44 Major Harnett" contin
itcs to make her regular trips between Lam
bertvtllaand Easton up one day and down
the next and is iS?ll supported. Passen
gers find it a pleasant conveyance, and cheap
er thin the former mode.
Stale Agricultural Fair. The Carlisle
Hi raid says tfoal the committee -entrusted
with the selection of a place for holding the
next State Agricultural Fair, have decided
upon accepting the proposition made for the
ime, uy tne citizens oi iincasier.
Jocob Hoffman, Eq.
The Xorlh American, in speaking of tfa
cob Hoffman, Esq., of Berks county, thonom
nec of the Whig State Convention for Canal
Commissioner, remarks that in his nomina
tion, the convention was particularly fortu
nate. Mr. Hoffman is a native of Pennsyl--m
i, sja uf ' the good old Herman stock
.m i'i lias done so much to promote the in
tciists and sustain the character, of the Com
mon .lth; and he possesses, in a very high
i ogre e, the qualities necessary to the succcss
i il administration of the office for which he
lias kvn selected. His mind naturally acute,
h is bc,n cultivated by diligent training ; and
In; has directed his attention particularly to
Mndy of our public works, with which in
nil their relations and dependences, he is tho-
rv:gli!y familiar. He has. moreover, un
bounded energy, untiring industry, and a vi
gor of purpose, which no obstacle can over
come. Should he be elected, as we earnest
ly hope and fully believe he -will be, no con
siderations of false delicacy towards his col
leagues will restrain him from instituting and
pursuing those inquiries which may be neces
sary for a proper exposition of the gross mis
management which is now known to prevail.
In him the public may look for a vigilant and
jealous guardianship of their interests-a strict
supervision of all that properly comes within
the sphere of his official actiqn, and a faith
ful and intelligent discharge of every duly.
"When the campaign fairly opens, we have
no doubt Mr. Hoffman will present himself
personally before the people, and discuss with
i hem freely face to" face, the topics involved
in thp candidature upon which he has enter
ed ; and we are quite sure that wherever he
may present himself, he will secure favora
ble consideration and support.
Dead Horses. Most every body whose
ijanceslors were engaged in the war of the
, revolution, have presented to the government,
! claims for the loss of horses in the military
hser-vice of the country. Since 1835, up-
t ivards :of tco . hundred and twenty-five thous-
iand dollars have been paid out of the treas
ury for these dead horses, and the cry. is,
till they come." More than half these claims
arc fraudulent.
Tlie Defeated Liquor taw.
It is erroneously 6tated by the press gener
ally o;er the State that the liquor bill voted
down in the House, was the same as the
1 Maine Liquor law. This is wrong, and should
'be corrected as extensively as the error has
-been promulgated. The bill defeated in the
m louse was the one that came from the Scn-
jatc, and provided that the liquor traffic should
I net be followqd in any less quality than 31 gal
lons. ' It was in reality the old 31 gallon law of
I Massachusetts which did no good to the Tem
perance cause, and was long since repealed.
TIip original Senate bill, which prohibited
f, the liquor traffic altogether, in a manner sim
ilar to the Maine law, was so entirely chan
ged and modified in the Senate as to defeat
the object of th'e-nutnerous petitions sent to
the Legislature. It closed the grog only on,
those who are too poor to buy abarrel.of "tlie
. i.llcr at once.
Jt was such as; every .real
r ttiJ oi temperance should fecl'.hlD.selfcpn-i
.Ua.ncn ttf rote against
Sucliviva.
v;c A ;;i
the ..Hotijse.. HaribajgTele-
Pennsylvania tesislaliire.
April 13.
In the .Senate, several bills were passed,
among them one to incorporate the Allentown
and Pottstown railroad company.
The Congressional Apportionment bill was
discussed, and adopted as far as the 9th. sec
tion, when it was laid over.
. The other business was unimportant.
In the House, a number of bills were pass
ed, but none of interest to our readers.
Mr. O'Neill introduced a bill to regulate
the manner of granting licenses for taverns
and. places of public resort in the city and
county of Philadelphia, and repealing the act
changing the mode of granting tavern licen
ses in the city and county of Philadelphia,
passed in 1849.
The House took up and passed the bill to
; incorporate the Veterinary College, of Phila-1
delphia.
April 14. In the Senate, the Congression
al Apportionment bill (reported by Mr. Evans,)
was again taken up, and considered by sec
tions, and adopted by a vote of 18 to 15 Mr.
Fraley (Democrat)and Mr. Hamilton (Native)
voting with the Whigs. It was then order
ed to be printed.
In the House, the bill for the better regu
lation of the public works was discussed, also
several bank bills before the House.
lpn7 15. In the Senate, various subjects
of no great interest were disscussed and ac
ted upon.
In the House, the General Appropriation
bill was again taken up and amended by ap
propriating $200,000 of the North Branch
Canal Loan, and a sum not exceeding the
same amount of the balance remaining in the
State Treasury after the payment of the Au
gust interest, to the avoidance of the Inclined
Plane on the Allegheny Portage Railroad,
under certain restrictions fully set forth. The
amendment was adopted by a vote of yeas 58,
nays 30.
Agreeable to order, the House proceeded
to the consideration of certain bank bills
the" first being the recharter of the Eastorj
Bank, which was passed finnlly, without a
division.
The following bills were then taken up,
and passed finally : To charter the Com
mercial Bank of Pittsburgh yteas 50, nays
41 ; to charter the Anthracite Bank of Tam-
aqua yeas 4G ; nays 42, to charter the Far
mers' and Mechanics' Bank of Carlisle late
the Dcpositc Bank yeas 48, nays 39 ; to
charter the Erie City Bank at Erie yeas
47, nays 43; to-charter the Bank ofMcad-
ville, Crawford county yeas 44, nays 43;
to charter the Bank of Pbcenixville yeas
44, nays 50.
The bill to charter the Newcastle Bank,
of Lawrence connty, was lost by a tie vdtp.
j The bill to charter the Bank of Pottstown,
j Montgomery county, was defeated yeas 23,
I nays 59.
CfcT" Rumor says the Governor has votocd
the entire batchfexcept the Easton Bank.
April 1G. In the Senate, the business was
varied, but not very interesting. The Judi-
j ciary Committee reported against the bill to
consolidate the government ofrPhiladelphia
1,1 and districts: also against the bill abolishing
the death penalty.
! In the House, the following bills were pas
, sed :
j Bank of New Castle, Lawrence cotmy 47
) to 39. :
To increase Southwark Bank to 400,000
5 to 38.
Mechanics' Saving Institution, IIarrisburgv
44 to 29. '
Fanners' and Traders' Bank, N.Liberties
44 to 39.
Bank of Warren county 43 to 41.
Valley Bank of Monongahela ",2 to 38.
Bank of Hanover, York county 42 to 38.
The bill to incorporate the Pottstown Bank
was again defeated 33to 37,
April 17. In the Senate, several bills
were passed, among which was one to incor-
porate the Nornstotvn and Frcemansburg
railroad company.
In the House, the congressional appor-
tionment bill was discussed.
Mr. Dvxiel J. Holmes, of the Sophomore
class of Yale Collage, New Haven, was mar
ried, a fewgvenings since to Miss Ezilda L'
M. Plumb. On the evening following this
advent, the -Sophomore class met and adopt
ed suitable resolutions, one of which was:
Resolved, That, in consideration of the
crying cviLs which naturally result from such
unions, we.present him with a cradle, which
like the purse of Fortunatus, we trust may
never be empty.
Goose-Liver Pies.
There is a store in Broadway, Xcw
. i
lork, where are sold the genuine patcde
rr, ny. f i. : a
livers of geese. These pies are imported
from Strasbourg, where the livers of the
geese are enlarged by standing the poor
birds before a .hot fire for a considerable !
time before they are killed. The fact is"i
the livers of any other fowl arc just as
good as those of the goose, and are prob
ably used, iu the real Strasbourg article.
Wc have eaten pate de foie gras that was
made in-New York, which was every way
superior to the imported article, but such
if.it ij "i .
is our national habit of underrating our
own productions, and looking to JSuropc
for nearly everything that wc eat, drink I
nnJ -i.nnt. 11-J 1.1. it . 1
uuu dc.u, wax, ia uuueu liuuiiuxiauic, mat '
our hotel-keepers throw away tons of the ,
i t iii-
raw material oi wiucii Strasbourg pies
are made, and pay high prices to the
crack grocers of Broadway for the foreign
article. Wevlaugh at the traditiou of our
Dutch
ancestors importing einsrerbread
Ironi IxolJand, while we are importing
goose liver pios froln 1 ranee, .
ftomeMcatl Exemption Bill.
A bjll providing for a Homestead lxemp-
tion from levy and sale for'ilebtand damages,
has. been submitted in the House of Rcpre-
sentatives by "Mr. Hronmall, of Delaware
county. The bill enacts the- louowmg am-
cles of property owned by, or in the posses
ion of any debtor, or belonging to the estate
of any deceased debtor, who shall have left
surviving him or her a wife, husband or line
al heirs, shall be exempt from levy or sale on .
any execution for any debt contracted, or
damages recovered after the passage , of this
act, and also from distress for rent.
I. Household utensils not exceeding in val
ue fifty dollars.
II. The necessary ' tools of a tradesman,
and the necessary farming utensils of a
farmer.
HI. All wearing apparel of the defendant
. and his family.
IV. Four beds and the necessary bedding
and bedsteads. . .
V. Two stoves with the pipes thereof, and
fuel for the same for three months.
VI. One horse, mare, or gelding, or one
yoke of oxen ; one can or wagon, one plough
and the. necessary gearing.
VII. Two cows, fojir hogs, twenty sheep
with the wool thereof, or the yAn or cloth complishments, honesty, industry and moral
manufactured from such wool; and feed suffi- Uy, s that of any other portion of the Union.
cient for such cows, hogs and sheep, from the
first ot November until the last of May.
VIII. Any quantity of meat, not exceeding 1
two hundred pounds; twenty bushels of pota
toes, ten bushels of grain, or the flour or meal
made therefrom.
IX. All Bibles and school books in the use
of the family.
X. The real estate constituting the place
of rffeidencc of the defendant, which shall
have been duly set apart and designated as a
homestead'by an instrument in writing for
that purpose, executed, acknowledged, and
recorded as deeds are by law executed, ac
knowledged, and recorded, prior to the con
tracting of such debt, or the incurring of lia
bility to such damage. Provided, That such
real estate shall not exceed in value one thou
sand dollar?.
Sec. 2. That the hereinbefore enumerated
articles of property, real and personal, belong
ing to the estate of any such deceased debt
or, shall not be deemed and taken to be assets
in the hands of the executors or administra-
tors oi sucu utxuucm, uiu ya.yuicui.ui pui.ii
debt or damages, and the surviving wife or
husband of any decedent may elect to take
.u j r.i,c..;,i .,mMt
the possession and u&e ot the said enumerated
1 '
. i. i i. .. .i t r
articles of the property, for the term of his or
her natural life in lieu of his or her share oft
the estate of such decedent, under any last
will and testament, or by the intestate laws
of this Commonwealth.
Sec. 3. that the person making such de-
sirrnations of lands as a homestead, shall have
with the wife or hus- j
'
power, in conjunction
band of such person, if any there be, to
ii
en
or. mortgage the same wun me satneeiieci as
, i . . nr .
if such landd had not been so designated. Pro- '
vided, That if such persons have a wife or hus-
hnml.tl.nden.1nrmnrtmifTe.asthocii8em.lv be. '
shall be executed and acknowledged in the
same manner as if the landjs were the joint
proper of the husband and wife.
The fourth section of the bill proposes the
repeal of the S300 Exemption, which. at pre
sent exist.
The London Lancet records the death of a
tradesman's wife from eating, pins. Upon a
post mortem examination, the stomach was
found to contain in its lower half, nine oun
ces of pins'df.a purple black color, not corro
ded, all bent ro broken, many very pointed.
The contents of the stomach were very much
thickened. The intestines contained a mass
of pins, very tightly packed, of various shapes,
similar to those found in the stomach, and ,
wholly obstructing the tube. Their we ight ,
, 1
wnR n limit, n iinnnrt.
TesllMSOSliai.
The following letter from the lion. ! Forty years ago this island was granted by
Lewis'Cass to Mr. Clay, about the time ' J?'111 Qrown to John P. Salas, and in
. ... . , , 1823 was purchased by Col. Simonton, who
of the alleged "bargain and sale," by stjii resi,3es here. In 1832 it was made a
whipli Mr. Adams was elected President, military station, and in 1845 the Barracks
is now published for the first time. The were completed, consisting of eight commo
slander at that time did its work, but She j dious and, airy buildings, placed on three sides
record of history is now being made a quadrangle, opening toward the sea, each
right. Mr. Cass certainly was not impos- S!,,i,di" UaV?S ? P,azza entirely around ,it.
ed upon : and he for one rendered timely The fit white female settler was Mrs. Mal-..i-:i
n t lory, in 1823, the mother of,the present U.
justice. Had all the intelligent men in s Sonator from ForidB s h Jn inteu
the country been as candid Mr. Clay ! gcntf energetic, woman of Irish descent, and
would long ago nave ueen resident ol
the United States:
Detroit, April 1 4, 1 825. Dear Sir: I
have just finished the perusal of your
masterly address to your late constituents
and I cannot refrain from expressing to 1
!, i,;i, Onf;0foftf;n it- i, i,i
t. . - , ji-ii- ,,
- It a '"V1 refutation of the
we itiuuicji wnicn nave pcen propacatea
respecting the motives of your conduct
in the peculiar circumstances in wliich 4
you were recently placed. You may safely ,
commit your character to the judgement
of your countrymen and of posterity.
They will not fail to award you full justice, i
J J .
I must ask your indulgence for this al
most involuntary tribute to your claims
and services so strong is the impression
which your appeal has made upon me,
that I could not restrain this expresson
f ,uy. deling. With warm 'regard, I am
v l"l'J ;"U1
Lewis Cass.
lion. IL Clay.
Xeicspqpcr AiinejtMion. -The proprie
tors of the Harrisburg Weekly Amc'rtcaii
and the Whig Slate "Journal, announce
that they have united the two journals,
nrA .,C11 I 1.1 1 J- il. - ?1-
Utt"r Puu"su uu7uef 1t t
A, 7 t ?US latC TmrnaIi y J- J-
WhjU West.
Cm pomlenC); 6f The y.Tribune.
j by West, Tuesday, March 30, 1852.
j Florida, asregards populatjpn, Is the smal
lest of the thirty-one States; her white pop
llr AT 10D onI lin olnfm flfl .
, uiu-.u. ...u
341. A Spanish settlement was made with
in the limits of the State nearly fifty years
previous to the settlement at Jamestown,
Virginia. Fort Marion, in the city of St.
Augustine, is certainly one of the oldest in
the United States, having been finished in
1756, in the reign of Ferdinand the Vlth ;
and St. Augustine is the most venerable city
in the'-Union, having been settled forty-three
years before Jamestown, Va., by the British.
Key-West is an island at the southern
point of the Peninsula of Florida, and belongs
to the Archipelago which beautify the Flori
da coast and the entrance into the Gulf of
Mexico. It is the southernmost settlement
in the United States, and, by its position, is
the Key of the United States to thc.Florida
Pass and the Gulf of Mexico. This island
has so long been connected with scenes of
maritime disaster and wrecking, that its rep
utation, abroad,, has been associated, very
generally and unjustly, with barbarous vio
lence aud quasi' piracy.
It is, however, one of the most attractive
"beauty-spots" resting upon the surface of
the Ocean with a climate more salubrious,
healthful, and remedial, than any other spot
upon this Continent, and with a population
r.hnrnr.tprWpt hv nn mimh intr11irrrnr.r. ac
! ley West is tne most populous town in tne
omit; oi norma, containing auoui o,uuu in
habitants. It has 050 houses, 26 stores, 10
ware-houses, 4 churches, (Episcopal, Catho
lic, Mpthodist and Baptist) court-house, jail,
custom-house, marine-hospital, commodious
i military barracks, a fort in the process of
I construction, on which $360,000 has been
expended, and requiring over a million more
to complete it. It has 27 wrecking and j
coasting and fishing vessels, with an aggre-
' gate tunnage of 2,250 tons. The harbor is
t large, safe and of -easy access, by different.
channels, for ships of 22 feet draft.
The island is four miles long by half a '.
mile to a mile in width, making the area a-1
bout 2,000 jicres, including a salt-pond of
some 350 acres. It is composed of a forma
tion of coral lime-stone and sea-shells, with
a sandy and rocky surface,, and very little
available soil. The hisfhestelevution on the
, island is not over 12 feet above the level of
the sea. The unoccupied parts are covered
J with low stunted wood and bushes, the larger
, trees having been prostrated by the destruc
tive gale of 1846. The prickly pear, gera
nium, &.c, grow luxuriantly and the wild
flowers never cease to unfold their petals it
f is an evergreen spot. The cocoa-hut tree,
the banana, the nlantiin. the lime, thooranire.
icmon, lig, tamarind, date and other tropical
trees grow well where there is earth enough
t0 sustain them, and are always found in the
' yards and gardens, adding greatly tothesingu-
J. , fa , . ao . . p ,
nr hpmitir nrifl nttMplivpnpca nt Ina nrmoin.nl
. r. . ' . ' . : ?
resi,encej
The production of culinary vegetables is
unceasing such as sweet potatoes, cabbage,
beets, lettuce, cucumbers, turmps, ic. Ihey
mUa , fimn.u r-A mn.
aCTS gardening expensive and the production
of vegetables is limited.
ne Palm Tree is the pride of tropical
nlimnfnn .wl r t U . . (l.nr. nil ,.t 1.
.iiiiiutv:, aim kuniuuuics mint; uini an uiu
i . i- i -
urs, pernaps, 10 give a peculiar anu imposing
c)aracter to those
regions.
The family of
Palms comprising some 700 varieties, and a.-
niong them the Gocoa-.ntjt True is a majes
"c wcuasmosi usemi vcgeiatHe,
In the
Society Islands it grows 70 and 80 feet high
aL Key West their hight is from 20 to 50
feet. The stem tapers to the top without a
forth 20 to -30 leaves from 15 to 20 feet long,
and these hang in a graceful tuft around the
top. When the branches spread out, clus
ters of fruit, like "bunches of bladders," clus
ter thickly around the body, where the branch
es join the trunk of the tree. Some trees
1 bear 100, others 50 and other 30 nuts, straight
' unbranching trunk, the long and graceful !
leaves or branches, and the clustering fruit ;
give to this remarkable tree a most noticeable
and singularly beautiful appearance, and it
furnishes timber, fuel, mats, baskets, ropes,
drinking vessels, ISod, beverage, strainers,
( bonnets, oil and bowls.
lhe original name of this island was Cago
Huesson, or Bone Kexj, from the quantity of
human bones tound upon it when discovered
b Spaniards. Key West is the English
corruption ui jago jiuesson : it is, nowever,
.1 . . ' . n. t .1
Byt the western termination of the Jteef, there
eing several other islands, with Tortugas,
UhR Inmost, enmh fifl milo flistrmt
still keeps ani excellent boardinrr house, for
the accommodation of visitors
-there
beincr
no tavern upon the island.
The population consists, of emigrants from
most of the States an5 civilized nations.
J.,,?1re aJ"e; about COO slaves, well cared for,
oiv Joyous, and nearly one-half of all
luaiuuiius nits iimivuB or me Danama istanas.
T, are caljed Coach-men or Coaches, by
rmmn nf thofr Hi.-;n ?n vua nr
- erally uneducated and ignorant of the world,
but a hard', industrious & honest race, getting
their living by wrecking, fishing, sponging,
turtling, diving, &c. They are employed in
diving into the holds of sunken vessels, to
ma,"j. fa.8t t0 ood ' t0 djve under and exam-
nn I lin Imttnmt! nf i.nocnlf. flint I. - .. - I,
uuiiuui- ui vvogcis tiiuL iiuvu uwuu 111-
! jured upon th'e reefs; 40 to 50 feet water being
, regarded as good working depth. They are
indeed an amphibious race, having been known
to dive in 90 feef water and make fast to an
chors, &c.
. The principle business of Key West is de
rived from the salvages, commissions and per
quisites of wrecking. It is not however, as
many suppose, a sort of piratical employment,
but is as legitimate aB any other occupation,
and conducted according to well-established
and legally recognized rules, for the mutual
benefit of the wreckers, the wrecked and the
underwrites. Those eniraercd in it are moat.
J ly merfof wealth, pharacter, of generous sen
timents and humane impulses. The rule a-
,non& wreckers is, 'that he'who first' board
e wreck. has control her'bntilrdelivere,
s
prfiil
into tlie hands of the Court, lie determines
who, if any, shall aid him, and in what order
and rate they shall share the benefits. He
also decides, unless the captain selects, to
whom the wrecked vessel shall be consigned.
Then thevhole matter is left for legal adju
dication ; the amount of salvage is determined
bythe Court, and each party shares therein
as promis ed by the wrecker who first boarded
1 ' '" ' o . -; t
the wreck
The award averages about one-tenth of the
value of the property saved, and the commis
sions, expenses, &c, swell this to about one
sizth. There is annually brought into Key
West about $1,250,000 of wrecked property,
which leaves behind some $200,000 to be di-
vided among captains, crews, wreckers, wharf
owners, lawyers, auctioneers, shipwrights,
&c, &c. It is the principal reliance of the
business men of the Island.
The reefs abound in sponges, and many
persons are engaged in collectinrr them : it is
nntfn n miration hncinnca nnm nt- II
"to 50 per month to each hand. About $50,
000 is annually shipped. The sponges are
cleansed, dried, packed and pressed and ship
ped to New-York, and 'thence mostly sold to
the French to make felt for hats.
Some 30,000 bushels of excellent salt are
annually made on the Island". Theie is a salt
pond, covering about 350 acres, the influx
from the sea being regulated by a canal.
There are wooden pans, as af Syracuse, and
"ground pans," inclosed in stone walls and
cement, of various dimensions, from 40 feet
square to a quarter of an acre, the water be-
ing introduced into the wooden and ground
pans by pumps worked by wind-mills. J he
salt sells, at the works, at 20 cents per bush-
el, and the works, which can be extendSd at
pleasure, are now being enlarged nrJ
The finest fish, and of many varieties, are
.,w;imn.n.;tiM 'r..riimr''inb:n
a regular business," and large exportations
of the "article arc made. Turtles are taken
in nests, but the sjmrt is had in turning and
pegging turtles. They come upon the san
dy beach to deposit their eggs in the night,
and at such times they are stealthily ap
proached and turned upon their backs before
they can escape to the water. " P
egging
-turtles ' is a singular sport. A small instru
ment is used, not unlike 'and very little lon
ger and larger than a shoemaker's pegging
awl. This is riggid harpoon-like and thrown
at the turtle, and by piercing his shell, it
sticks fast, so that a turtle weighing 400 lbs.
is simply hauled in and secured by the use of
, . r.j . ...
1 this small -pegging instrument.
At' Key West the seasons glide impercepti
bly into each other, exhibiting less differences
in temperature than any other place in the
United States. The climate is preeminently
remedial in pulmonary consumption, chronic
bronchial affections, &c, and onsome other
occasion I will urnish you with some useful
and interisting facts in this connection, and
also other items touching this
upon the Florida Coast.
" beauty-spot '
L. C. T.
Latest CoaiBitcrfcHs.
3s, on the Bank of North America,
Gonn. are said to be in circulation pa
per greasy. ,
Is, on the above Bank, altered from a
broken concern old patent stereotype
plate. "
5s, on the I'cir. t)- lUcch. Bank, Jaston
Pa
A large 5 in. centre of Kill.
with
menharrowing and sowing seed on the !
rignt, aim a man piougning on me ieit or
I a J 1 1 . i 1 r. i
it a ngure o ana two v s on tne rijriit
end, and the word Jive on the left.
3s, "on the Franklin County Bank, Vt.
This Bank has no genuine threes in cir
culation. 1 5s, on the Central Bank, Worcester,
Mass., are said to be in circulation.
os, on the Xamnhcag Bank, Salem,
M altercd from geuine ones by the
Pas0tmS operation-hold them to the light.
2s, on the JSeiv Haven Bank, Conn
Vig steamboat, sail and row boat, with a
female and figure 2 on each end, and a
dog and safe between the signature.
l' s, on the Blackslone Bank, Boston,
altercd from Is, an Indian girl, bow, spear
and arrows on the right margin the gen
uine has an American female on same
niargin.
X?:iiiScrous Frauds.
Bcfuse all notes corresponding to the
following descriptions, no matter of what
denomination they maybe, or what Bank
they may purport to be issued by:
5s, in the centre of the note is a large
circular die containing a figure- 5 to the
right of this are two men, 'one harrowing
with two horses, and the other sowing
seed. On the left end is a man with a
double-horses plough team. On right
end margin is a Itirgo figure 5 in the cen
tre, and the letter V on the upper and
lower corners. On the left end margin
is the word Jive running acrossthc whole
end.
This is altered from some broken wes- (
tern bank, and its last appearance was
on tlie Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank,
at Eastori, Pa. It is well engraved, and
this make it the more likely to pass
where it is not known. Ijb is impossible
to follow these notes through all their
various alterations, and it is only by of the accident, wlfether from carelessness
keeping their description in the mind, or othewise. The train was not thrown
that our subcribers can detect them, , off the track, nor were any of the passen
wlien again altercd to some other bank, gers injured.
5s, centre vig. three females, agricul- The Berks County Press good Loco-
tural implements, sheaf ttf grain, ship on
stocks, &c., with a round die containing
ngure o on caon side ot vignette
nn nn. '
per right corner the letter V, with portrait
r'
tr iimujuiuu iu uiu UU11LI I2 ilUU JHV Oil IIIU
lower cornor on left end, upper corner,
the yordw, and the letter V on the
lower corner, with Franklin between
anchor, S:c., between the! signatures
engraving well done.
These notes originally belonged to the
old Citizens' Bank, of Maine, but they
have been altered ta a great many Banks
and will continue to bo altered to others,
and we therefore wish our subcribers to
remember their description. They "'arc
well engraved and generally neatly altered
and are therefore the more dangerous to
those not acquainted with them. Thomp
sons Reporter.
There aro' about one thousand persons
employed under the United States govern
ment in the city of Washington,
- Vegetable Serpent.
According to someitalian journals a
new organized being Has be'en discovered
in the interior of Africa, which seems tn
torm an intermediate link between veeta-
I vi .i i mi;. , a
t Ui0 ammai me. . xnia singular pro.
, duction of nature has shape of a spotted
serpent. it drags itselt along on tho
ground, and instead of a head, has a flow
er, shaped like a bell, which contains a'
vicipus liquid. Flies and other insects,
attracted by them smell of the juice enter
the flower, where they arc caught by the
nower uien closes
?nd. remains shut until the prisoners are
bruized and transformed into chyle The
indigestible portions, such as the head
and wings, are thrown out by two lower
sniral oDenincrs. The vesretahln nomnr
1 T 1 1 . .
has skin resembling leaves, a white .-lm!
soft flesh and instead of a bony skeleton
a cartilaginous frame filled with yellow
marrow. The natives considered it de
licious food. , .
The Weather hi Johnsbunj. 17.
A letter from a gentleman, in St. Johns
bury, Vt., dated April 1st, says :
"It commenced snowing last night, aivl
this mprning there was some 8. to 10 in
ches of damp snow making on the old
; bottom, fine sleighing. "This is the 33d,
thirty third) snow storm wc have had
this winter ; and to-day. is the 141st. (n
flWUrC(i ami fortv.first) day of 'r00il
sleighing in St. Joliosbury and vicinit3 .
. . J .
thls season. 1 he thermometers 1m.
ali Sin out and are laid UP fr repairs
A hard case was interrogated the
other day by a friend who had just see n
him at church, but whom he now found
swallowing a glass of brandy at a public
bar-room. I saw you in church this
j mornjUg listening very attentively to a
discourse upon righteousness and temper
rnce, how comes it .now that T sec you
here drinking? I always thirst ('Jtt,
righteousness, was the answer.
Strange Case of ' llydrojmolitt.X Scotch
editor says he, saw a young girl who,
while standing it a hall-door, had hera
pron torn by a "mad dog, that made a
snap at it iu passing. She got a needlo
and thread, and sewed up the rent ; and
not having a pair of scissors by her, she
cut off the thread with her teeth, and she
got the hydrophobia, and died of it within
week.
S:iOO,000 and S850,000t
The bill granting eight hundred an-i
fifty thusand dollars for the ostensible
purpose of finishing the North Branch
Canal, but for the real purpose of cairy
ing Pennsylvania for the Locofocos next
fall, has passed the Legislature, agreea
bly to the wishes and recommendation
of Gov. Biglcr. This amount added to
the three hundred thousand which was
authorized to be loaned by the State
, through the first bill si-ncd by Gov. Big
-iny. mnn ti, an i;ifin nriin rtf nni
1V1 j III it IVVy O iJllU, lllllv UUUlllUII J V W
million one hundred and. fifty thousand
dollars to our jnplic debt in the three
months that Locofocoism has been at the
head of our Executivo affair. LeUu o'
Courier.
Scarlet Fever.
j beveral physicians nave endorsed tup
, efficacy of the application of fat bacon to
those attacked with scarlet fever. Pr.
Lindsay, of Washington, says:
"My plan- has been to have the whole
body rubbed with the inside rind of fat
uncooked bacon, during the whole course
of the disease, and to depend upon the
tinsture of iodine, applied freely once,
twice or three times in the twenty-four
1 hours, to arresf the anginous affection.
; But one case (and that had left the city
! convalescent) terminated fatally, besides
another one which T saw in consulation,
in which this treatment was aplicd."
If there isvirturc in this simple rcmcd)
it'eannot be too generaly known. It has
this recommendation : it cau do no harm.
Rail Road Accident. Wc learn that
the boiler of the Locomotive of the Ex
press Train, on the Eric lload, exploded
on Tuesday evening, the 13th iust., ju t
as. the train had arrived within a few
yirds of the platform at Chester from the
East.
lhe fireman was -itstautly killed,
the Engineer fatally injured, and the Lo-
comotivc blown to atoms, i'ortunately
upon the instant of the explosion, the Lo
comotive severed its connection with the
train, and the fragments flew off to the
right, falling down -the embankment.
The fireman and engineer were found at
a distance of some 8 or 10 rods.
have heard no explanation of the cause
; fco authority says:
i "The Public Works a
are in tne nanus
. t i i
1 l 1 T ,1 - tnnl otirl rrth
w ....
or a. se- oi uritrauua u
! the people to the amount ot millions per
annum.
Most of the Locofoco papers of tho
"State are opposing a plan to take the
Public Works out of thex hands of this
" set of brigands who steal and rob the
people to the amount of millions per an
num." Put this and that together, and
honest men will see how far Locofoco
politicians can be-safely trusted. La?i
castcr Union. ,.
iS5fW. II. Poindcr was arrested in
New York, charged with deserting his
wife after three days of matrimoViial life.
It seems he picked her up at an intelli
gence office, treated her with ice cream
at a saloon, and prevailed upon ber to
marry him. Notwithstanding the cold
ness of tho ice tho cream turned sour in
the tima above stated.