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1 Scffcvsontau Republican.
TlmrscSay, February 24, I853
February Court.
The February Terra of the Courts of
this County, will commence on Monday
next, the 28th inst. It is expected that
considerable business will be transacted,
and many pdrsous from various parts of
the County will be in attendance. This
will afford our patrons who are in the ar
rears for subscription, &c, an excellent
opportunity of bringing or sending us the
amount they respectively owe us. We
are in want of money and hope our friends
Trill not forget us.
Excellent Oysters.
Stroudsburg has been favored with bet
ter Oysters thi3 winter, than we remem
ber to have had at any time before. Mr
JohnH. Melick, having fitted up asplen-
did restaurant in the basement of his new
Hotel, is dealing out to his customers some
of the largest and finest oysters ever of
fered in this place. If any one wishes to
satisfy himself in this matter, let him call
on Mr. M.
Newspaper 'Change.
Last week's "Jlonroe Democrat" con-
tains the valedictory of J. L. Ringwalr,
announcing unit lie nas disposed oi tuat
i nnr inn nirrn ii ncn ni n n r rrv ii nc!?i iimr
M liVIU A.U II ill UlV4llt.l XJ r Ul UV kOV4 4 II U
wisu mem au success in a pecuniary point.
Hj The Matjch Chunk Gazette, at
Manch Chunk, has latelv been enlarged.
suu am euu xu au uuluciy uuvr uiusa.
lue uazctte is an excellent paper, ana nas
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JEST The Arqus, at Easton, has been
nder f,hf mm nf " I im h.nstnn Arrnis.1
Gudey's Lady's Book.
The March number has been received.
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JC- John Sturdevant, Esq., of Wj-
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urveyor uenerai.
Wliig State CouTeutioHi
The Daly 2vews, of Monday last, says:
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tatc Committee, at a iuectimr heid
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ast week at Ilarrisburg, determined to
issue a call for the holding of a State
onventton, at Lancaster, on the 24th of
liirci . 1 1 j miiiiii n;i r. n:iiifi m n rpn to rip
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upported at the next ensuing election
y the Whig party, for Canal Couimissi&n-
ral. As the time is short, we hope the
necessarv steDS will be lranieuiateJv taken
ented. Though in a minority in the
tate at this moment, the convulsive
ovements among our opponents indicate
fmf etnrn l c r niT i n nr in flmi rnnlro nnrl
bflf. tlio Anv is tlnf fir rlistnnf trlinn fliof
will be industriously at work m scratching
ut each other's eyes. There is fun ahead.
et the Whigs be prepared to enjoy it to
meir aa vantage.
jlVe learn from a late treatise on
pancer, that the application of soot poul-
'Jiinc c)1tAC X'e lino fifiTrt1xr inflrfti carl
lio nnmViOi rvf f ncno rvf r o n noT i n ntir 1trc
itals. From a careful inquiry into the
rigin aud causes in one of the eastern hos-
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urns, or bruises, and had resorted to the !
uch approved application of soot for re-
cancer peculiar to sweeps, and which he
ttrihutes to their constant, nrntimitv wif li
ifi cii im
Gas and Water. Philadelphia last
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daily average consumption or wuier m j
the citv nroDer and districts of South-1
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wark and Moyamensing was 5,731,744
gallons.
" How many rods make a furlong ?"
asked a father of his son, a fast urchin,
as he came home one night from the town
school. " Well I don't know, replied
youdg hopeful, " but I guess you'd think
one rod made an aclicr if you got such. a
tanning as I did from old -vinegar -iaco
this afternoon.
Aii Extraordinary, Case.
Mr. Weber lias rcpofte'aVa bill in the
Senate of Maryland, 'explanatory of the
act of 1717, chap. 13, relating to servants
and slaves,' to meet a most singular case,
the particulars of which a correspondent
of the Argus thu3 explains:
Vv t.Ji Inw rnfWrrnrl t.n that.
any white person found guilty of marry- fore it came into the possession of Cap
ing what is commonly called a colored j tain Wyatt, it had satisfied it3 appetite
person, the parties are liable to be sold. . by swallowing a full-grown goat. On the
and man and woman for a term of years j day the vessel left Para, the oaptain and
(I believe seven) into servitude, and their : crew were surprised to find that the ser
issue, if any, as slaves for life. The case pent had given birth to thirty-six young
referred to is somewhat after this fashion ' ones. The "snakelets" were about two
narrated: A white citizen of this State,
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some years ago, married a female wnom
he believed to be of nure white descent.
The woman is said to be handsome, of
excellent qualities, and does not bear in
any way the slightest marks indicative of
her being otherwise than of the purest
Anglo Saxon race. The man has ac
quired fine property and is held in great
respect by all who know him and his
family. They have three children. Some
person having undertaken to trace out
the pedigree of the wife, alleges that her
blood is tainted some of her grand or
great grand parents probably have been
of the colored species; and the parties J
have accordingly been indicted in one of j
the circuit courts of the State. A tain-
turo of blood works the serious penalty j
mentioned. The indictment is said to be
the result of malice. The neighbors, all
who know the family, have taken a deep
interest in their behalf. It is said that
Governor Lowe, upon due representa
tion of the case, has offered to graut a
nolle proseque which would relieve the j
parties of the process of the court, but
the parents, feeling anxious to redeem j
their offspring from all stain in public
estimation, have preferred standing a
trial, and hence the present action of the
legislature
This is no't only a novel but
most severe case.
Showing the Dead.
There is a curious custom at Havana,
of laying out bodies instate during the
night before burial. They are placed
close to the open .window, fronting the
street, on a couch raised four or five feet
from the ground. The corpse is sur
rounded with, wax tapers, and the whole
room illuminated. Frequently, when re
turning from a tcrlulia, or ball, I have
been startled by seeing the fixed and rig
id features of some old gentleman and
lady dressed in their best attire, and ap
parently reclining before the window. It
used to' appear an unnecessary mockery
of death, dressing. out a corpse in a new
suit of clothes, with tight patent leather
boots, and white neckcloth. I remember
one night in particular, I was returning
home through one of the by-street3, when
seeing the lower windows of a house illu
minated, and concluding there wa3 a
body lying in state, I went towards it.
There, close to the window, so close that
I could have touched it through the bars,
lay the body of a girl about fifteen years
of age. She was dressed as for a ball,
with flowers in her hair, and white Batin
shoes on her feet her hands were cros
sed on her breast, her eyes closed, and
her mouth slightly opened; and, together,
her face or expression was one of the
most beautiful I have ever seen. Sulli
van's Rambles.
Pkogress of the Age. The follow
ing notice appears uuder the marriage
ueau oi tue uarainer ue.; xranscnpt: j
e, the undersigned, have pledged J
ourselves to each other for life, or as long 1
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as we can live in harmony, and now sus-
tain the conjugal relations. This we do
without conforming to the laws and cus- J
toms of this nation in regard to marriage, .
believing it to be an aflair exclusively
our own, and that no others, whether of
friends, church or State, have aught to
do or say in the matter,
We deem it necessary to give this no-
tice that our friends and the public may ,
know of our union, that we may not be '
exposed to slander. !
BENJ F SHAW
HARRIET N. HOWARD. J
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Prohibitory Liquor Law COBTeil- j
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A State Convention of the friends of
a Prohibitory Liquor Law, is to be held
at Harrisburg on the 23d and 24th of
the present month. Ihe principal
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Speakers announced lor tue occasion, are
non. Neal Dow, of Maine, and General
I'.iiMir nf I linn .In iirrt frnm flio mni'(i.
marxt - j t n rnnnrnnn r. run i-r;ir.i run i-srnr.f
Journal thinks tbe Uonvention will be
largely attended. Petitions for a Pro-
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hibitory law are daily presented in both
branches of the Legislature, and we learn . PortlDS company the capital stock, 810,
that .the Committee on Vice and Immor- j 000, all taken. The company willshort
ality of which Mr. Shaver, of Perry, a j ly send one of their number to England
decided Temperance man, is Chairman to make selections and purchases. A sim
are preparing a'bill somewhat similar in ilar company is being formed in Indiana
its principal feartures to the Maine Law.
frag"-A doctor in a North Carolina pa-
per boasts that he has discovered a sys- j
tern by which he can make out of an old .
man an entire young man, and havo e- j
Doush left to mako a small dog.
Arrival of a Huge Boa Constrictor
. and its Young Cues.
On Sunday last there arrived at this
! port, in'the ship Arrow, Capt. Wyatt, from
' Para a huge serpent of the boa genus.
The reptile is at least 18 feet m length,
and was caught by some of the natives on
' thd hfinlr nf tha 4,nUrhtV Amazon." Be-
feet each in length, and in six weeks
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tncy nave oniy grown auouiuu iucu iu
, length.
The report of this "birth extraordina-
ry" soon spread at Para, and about 150
of the leading gentlemen of the place went
on board the Arrow to see the mother
and her interesting offspring. In about
six days after the birth the mamma de
voured 29 pigeons, being the first food
she had tasted from the time she had feas
ted on the goat a period of about three
months. Captain Wyatt, since his arri
val in Liverpool, has disposed of the boa
constrictor and its progeny to Mr. Ed-
monds, now the proprietor of one of the
travelling menageries of the late Mr.
Wombwell, which is at present being ex-
hibited in Manchester.
The mother and
three of the young ones have been remov-
cd to that town, but 33 of the snakelets
have yet to be delivered, dead or alive,
to the purchaser. They are at pesent, in
seaman's phrase, adrift in the ship's
hold, but will no doubt be recovered
as the cargo is discharged. The bite
snake is not venomous, so that the young
wrigglers may easily be captured. Liver-
pool Mercury.
Washington ftcmsi
Washington. Feb. 21. Mr. Kennedy
the Census Superintendent has demanded
from the Senate Committee an investiija
tion into the recent charges made against
him in the debates on the Deficiency bill.
The Bcjmblc says, the story of the pre
sentation of a Gold Comb by Mrs. Fill
more to the Aztec Children is a gross hum
bug. The subjoined names I believe to be
those of the new cabinet incumbents; Ca
leb Cnshing, Secretary of State ; W, L.
Marcy, or A. C. Flagg, Treasury; Davis,
War; Dobbin, Navy; Guthrie, Interior;
Campbell, Attorney General; McClelland,
Postmaster-General. Mr. Guthrie is here.
He is a lawyer of eminence and wealth
of Louisville, Ky.
General Peaslec has received a letter
from the President elect, requesting that
there be no public demonstration on his
arrival. The Mayor has directed accor
dingly, but the General must come as a
! thief in the night to escape entirely the
crowd which throngs about the depot on
the arrival of every train.
Mr. Cooper's speech in favor of Whit
ney's plan for a Pacific Railroad is pro
nounced exceedingly able.
Mr. Soule is opposed to the Tehaun tepee
measure and to Rusk's proposed road; he
will favor Whitney's scheme, and proba
bly the right of way across the Isthmus.
Mr. Seward, at the request of the cred
itors and Senators of both parties, will-
speak (probably on Monday,) in support
port of the Texas Debt Bill, and the re
port of the Finance Committee.
interesting jxpeuiment. A very
interesting experiment was tried at Chi-
f m , , . .
ca"o, a few days ago, to ascertain the a-
.
mounfc f oxySen necessary to support
life. Six hundred persons were placed
in a hall in one of the hotels, all the doors
and windows were closed and thc experi.
mcnt began. During the first half hour
nothing special wa3 observed except a u-
niversal drowsiness, which was warded
0ff as long as possible by an ingenious
devic'e of hc eiprinienter in the shape of
, . , . -p. . .
an e'uen'1 lecture- During the second
ua uour several sank into a deep sleep,
from which it wa3 impossible to rouse
them, and a few fainted. At the end of
the third half hour it was deemed unsafe
to continue the experiment longer, and the
fact wa3 considered established that under
tQ0Se circumstance3 lifo wouid not be.
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come extinct within the space of ninety-
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"vc minutes.
Importing CaUie.-Tho Cleaveland Her
aid says the cattle growers of Madison
county, Ohio, have organized a cattle im-
with a capital of 20,000.
Jt" The Oregon Statesman says that
lumber is worth in Oregon city .seventy
dollars per thousand feet at the mills.
Flour commands fifteen dollars per hun-
dred pounds, and sales brisk.
Peuusjlvauin. Legislature.
Harrisburg, Feb. 17. :
SENATE.-Tbere -was an unusual num
ber of petitions, memorials, &c, presented
and among them several for the cancel
lation of the relief issues of the Common
wealth, and a number for the .restriction
of the issues of the Banks of this State to
notes of $20 and upwards.
Mr. Darlington, a bill to incorporate
the Columbia and Octorara Railroad
Company.
Tho Senate then, on motion of Mr.
Hendricks, took up the bill to amend the
charter of the Farmers' Bank of Schuyl
"kill county, which was debated at length,
and passed second reading.
The Senate then adjourned.
-'House. This being petition day in
the House, an unusually large number
were presented.
The House then took up the amend
ments made by the Senate to the House
bill to amend the charter of the Pennsyl-
vauia Coal Company.
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led to a lengthy and
d were nnallv concur -
The amendments
animated debate, and were finally concur
red in, and the bill, as amended passed.
Mr. Hart read in place two bills: one
to renew the charter the Mechanics' Bank
of Philadelphia, and the other to renew
tho charter of the Girard Bank.
These banks offer a bonus to the State
of 125,000, to be appropriated towards
the completion of the North Branch Ca
nal, providid that uuder the renewed
charter asked for they arc freed from tax
ation The House adjourned.
Harrisburg, Feb. 18,
Senate. Sundry petitions, memorials
&c, were presented and referred.
The Senate thenj on motion of Mr.
Buckalew, took up the bill to incorporate
the Delaware, Schuylkill and Wyoming
Valley Railroad, which was debated at
some length and finally passed second
reading.,
The Senate then, on motion of Mr.
Kunkel, took up the- bill to amend the
charter of thePennsylyaniallailroad Com
pany which, after considerable debate,
passed Committee of the Whole, and was
then postponed until Monday.
The Senate then adjourned.
House. The Speaker laid before the
House several communicatiou?, and a
number of bills upon the table were ap
propriately referred..
Mr. Chase, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported a bill increasing the
salaries of the Judges of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Flanigen reported the bill from
the Senate to consolidate the Lackawan
na and Western, and Delaware and Cobb's
Gap Railroad Companies.
The bill to provide for the funding of
the relief issues of the Commonwealth,
was taken up, and after passing through
Committee or the whole was postponed.
The bill to revise the militia S3'stem of
the Commonwealth, and provide for a
more effectual organization ot ttie volun-
tcer force, was taken up, and after con-,
siurraoie aeDate, passed nnauy.
The House then adjourned until 3 or -
clock.
Afternoon Session. The House re-1
iisbmnuiuu o o mocK, ior uio purpose
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ui geueiai uuwubm, wuen a very large
number of bills were introduced.
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Mr. Shaver, a bill to prohibit the man-
uiavimt tuu. ou,iu ui xutuAii;ttiiu miuuia i
in tnis VJommonwcaitn. Tbe bill is sim-
ilar to the Maine Liquor Law, and very
stringent in its provisions.
I- r Villi vnlofinrn 4-s 4- r rnlnc P r nol
estate in certain cases, as revised by the
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wTn;ciiL ,..,
act oi the last- .Legislature, was taken up,
AhnA Son,n ffiBVl. A finni.
ly.
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The House then adjourned.
I eh. 19. Senate. Ihe Speaker sub-
rnitted the annual statements of the af-;
fairs of a number of corporations requir-;
ed by law to be laid betore tne Jbegisla
ture. J
A number of memorials, &c, were pre-'
sented and among them several in favor
of a law prohibiting the traffic of intox
icating liquors; remonstrances against the J
repeal ot the railroad trauge L,aw; and
several petitions for the funding and can
cellation of the relief issues of the Com
monwealth, for restrictions upon the issue
ot paper money by banks, &c, &c.
The following bills were then taken up, !
rornllir mnci.lnrnrl ,.A Paccori
severally considered, aud passed finally
The bill to authorize the authorities of
the borough of Fraukford'to borrow mon
ey.
Tho bill relative to tho Powelton school,
House, in Philadelphia county. j
The bill to authorize the widening of .
Jarvis street, in the district of South wark. I
iuite a number ot otuor bills, ot a
wholly unimportant character, were also
considered and passed.
The, Senate then adjourned.
House. The House took up and dis
. .1 r . t t 1 1 n
posed of a variety of unimportant busi
ness upon the table of the Speaker and :
sundry amendments made by the Senate
to the House bills were concurred in.
Several plank road and other unimpor
tant bills were introduced.
-The House adjourned. ,
Heavy Fine. A man named Dovinc
has been fined $1,000 and costs at Sa
vannah, Ga., for peddling goods without
a license. The goods were represented
to be pure silk, but turned out to be flax
and cotton with-a slight mixture of silk.
Escape, Lewis K. Hause, who plead
guilty to the charge of dealing in coun
terfeit money, and . was sentenced to the
Penitentiary for fifteen months, escapod
from tho Danville jail ;on Saturday night
the 12th inst. :' ! lrf'
A White Indian.
Some fourteen years since, a boy by
ithe name of Chubb, then aged about six
years," was missed by his parents, wbo
then resided at Blissfield, in this County,
and many of our citizens recollect the
search that was made for him at the time,
but which proved totally unavailing,
Within the past few days, this boy, now
grown to a man's estate, has returned to
this place. It appears from his statement
that he was stolen from his home by a
party of the Chippewa Indians, who were
then bunting in this part of the State,and
who, after some days' concealment, plac
ing him at night in hollow logs, took him
off West, traded him off for a pony with
some of the Western Indian tribes, Sub
sequently he was again sold to the Black
feet Indians, among whom he has resided
I to the present time, and is now married
j tQ a d hter of one f the chief3t D
1
ing lao it years tnar ne nas resiueu a
mong the Indians, he has been totally ig
norant of the place of his nativity, and
has only ascertained it durincr the last
it. . -I i -it 1 1 .1 -v
year. As soon as he did ascertain it, he '
came on here at once to see his parents,
one of whomhis mother he finds to be
deceased, and his' father to be living near
Detroit. He was through here, it seems,
a year since, and stopped at our village,
but was at that time wholly ignorant of
the part of the country from which, he
was stolen. A whiteman, a physician a-
mong the Blackfeet, seems to have been
possessed of the secret, and has but re- j
cently imparted it to him. Chubb now !
resides near the source of the Missouri, !
and has become so attached to the Indi- ,
an mode of life, that he has no idea of re-'
maining among his white kinsmen. He i
says tuere are now among the same tribe
.two white girls and ?wo or three other
white boys. He has repeatedly been en
gaged in the Indian fights, and in the
course of his wanderings has become
somewhat acquainted with the Mormons,
whom he described as a rascally set,
who steal from other white men, and lay
it to the Indians. There is something
remarkable in white persons becoming
thus wedded to the character of Indians
by living among them, but so itisalways.
Adrian (Mich.) Watchtowcr.
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SllOCfflaking in Massachusetts J her. She goes the curls, and has as much
There is an army of at least 500 shoe-' bloom on her cheek as she boasted twen
makers in Marlboro,' Midddlescx Co., ty years ago. She is frequently seen on
Mass., who manufacture 6000 pairs of Washington Street, with two of her daugh
childrcn's shoes every working day. One ters, and is a lady that takes the wholo
i iourneyrnan has worked on the bench for
thirty years, with
! seciucncc of sicki
thout losing a day in con-
ness. and during that
j tjmc uassaVcd ten thousand dollars. One
firn, during the last year, has manufac-
tured 217,000 pairs of shoes. Another of ,
, tbc firras do an immense business, era-
i pi0ying onc hundred men in that State,
and onc hundred and fiftv in their shoe
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vniarre m iev iiamnsnirn. liast vnar
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tbey U1a(lc two hundred and sixty-three
riQ nfshnps in lUnssnoWnff r1 nf.
least as manJ niore in New Hampshire.
Disturbances.
We learn that rather a serious row oc- j Vice Presidnt King, it is stated, ex
currcd at the 'Golden Swan Hotel,' on pects to return to Washington by the 1st
Mndar clvcn.in9 laSt' 1
between a number
or men wno nau cong
rcgated in the bar
room, which ended rather unfortunately
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for one of the combatants. Mr. Henry
Neumoyer had his left leg broken
immediately below the knee. It is said
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that he was knocked down and his leg
st a l Several of the ons
cngagod in tho affray have hccn arrested
aU(1 comn)itted. Thc same evening a dis-
turbance occurcd at a Beer House in the
lower part of the town. Persons who do
not intend to behave themselves at these
places, had better spend their time at
their own homes.-
-Easton Argus.
fjfltf. ftf MavftP nf Roino-.
Reading, Feb. 10. Major George
Getz, Mayor of this city, expired at 7
o'clock this morning at his residence. r-
MaJor Getz scrvcd with distinction in thc
bSt W31 with Great BHtin. HlS loSS Will
be deeply felt.
Doating Mother. Oh you little pos-
cydosoy diicdey honey, does you want
t0 L'lss your ommaw well, tuere, take
a buss:. 1 do lovo to kiss you you look 50
muc1.1 your tatuer.
Husband. Stop that nonsenscI hate
the dirty brat, he looks like Jones aoross
the way, and I do detest Jones.
Peach Trees in Bloom. Thc editor of
the Savannah Morning News, was on
Mnday shown, by a gentleman several
twigs taken from peach trees on Hutchin
son's Island, opposite the city, which arc
full of buds far advanced, and some of
them entirely open. He also states that
many of the trees on that island are near
ly covered with blossoms. The mild
weather for some days past has caused
says tho News, the vegetable kingdom in
many instances to assume the livery of
Spring.
Uj3 The Ship Fever has been prevail
ing fatality in Jackson township, Susque
hanna county, and the Montrose Register
avers that it baffled the skill of the Medi
cal faculty of the county, until two of them
introduced a new remedy, called the neg
ative electric fluid, which, the Register
says, has not failed in a single instance to
cure, in a very short time. The faculty,
, ' ., i i i
However, pronounce w a uurauug, oeiug
very positive in regard tothe negative-.
Great Strike.
One thousand workmen from the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad workshops with
all the couductorsbreakmen and engi
neers of the transportation trains, struck
for higher wages, on Friday morning tho
11th inst., and marched to Monument
square Baltimore where they were ad
dressed by Frank Gallagher, and whero
they were subsequently joined by a large
number of mechanics and workmen from
all the other shops in the city. The whole
number of operatives who have joined in
this movement is between three and four
thousand. They demanded an increaae
of fifteen per cent, on previous prices.
After three or four days of excitement
and negotiation, the Railroad Companion
nies and some of the shops agreed to
give the advance demanded.
The mechanics on Tuesday adopted a.
resolution to go to work on Wednesday
in all the shops where the full prices are
J given, and to contribute 25 per cent, of
i . . .i i
j their salaries to support those wlio cannot
j get the price. The Baltimore and Ohio,
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and the Susquehanna Railroads, and tho
shops of Page k Brown, Wells & Miller,
Bently & Co., Washington and Magee and
Mr. Bates, employing about 1,500 hands,
have agreed to give the price. The fol
lowing firms, employing 2,300 hands held
a meeting on Tuesday, afternoon and rc-
! solved not to rive thft nrit?f? nelrnrl. .Tim-
j ,ead & Son,Lurray & Hazzlehurst, Poolo
' & Hunt, Amos & Green, E. Whiteman &
! - b- -Benson, Ross inans, John G.
iuillholland, bcott & Bolster. Joel N.
Blake, II. D. Lawrence, Geo. T. Blassctt,
Haywood, Uartlett & Co., C. Rcede, Jr.,
Sinclair & Co.
A Committee has been appointed for
each shop in which the hands go to work,
to collect 25 per cent, on the salaries, to
pay into the Treasury, which will amount
2,500 per week. A large number of
citizens have also contributed liberaliy,
while Printers' and other Trade Societies
of the Citv have resolved to contributo
100 weekly support the mechanics'ttrike.
Xo trains went out on the Susquehan
na Road on Tuesday, excepttho mail train.
Business, was, however, resumed on Wed
nesday. Fa7imj Fern. The "Boston Bee Bays:
We may as well tell to tho world who
and what Fanny is since we know her
just "like a book." Fanny Fern is &
sister to N. P. Willis. She resides in
this city, is mother of three as pretty chil-
.drC? 33 evcrfraane SIad a "other a heart,
, ,s Pla"P "P to 4' "V" S kcen'
smart and gay as a girl of 18. In con-
! versation. we know no sort of n ronfnJi for
eye at the Grst glance, buch is Fanny
I'ern ; a live, unstnng, leaping woman
full of fire, full of poetry, full of everything.
should know tier, but very UKeiy you
cant!"
Bachelors in Indiana. A bill ia pen
ding in the Indiana Legislature to com
pel old bachelors of 30 year3 of age to
inarr', or to pay 850 a year into the
county treasury, to go to the first lady
who shall marry after the first of January.
The provisions of tho bill apply to wid-
j owcrs oi one years btauum.
of April. Senator demons has received
a letter from the commander of the stoam-
er Fulton, at Havana, stating that the
,s e r ir- t i
henltn of Mr. King was much improved.
. He takes exercise on foot daily.
From what we can learn, tho following
principles meet with favor from genuino
Democrats: 1. That any office under tho
general government which a Democrat
cannot fill ought to be abolished; and 2.
, That all offices Democrats do not want,
! ought to be given to thc Whigs. Penn-
, sylvanm.
This is about as comprehensive and a-
ble a statement of the spoils principle as
we have seen for a long time, and wo do
not doubt but that it will meet with favor
from thc present administration. A hun
grier set of Jack alls never hunted for
Galphins, than will pour into Washington
for the next four weeks.
Great Petition. The petition presented
to the Legislature of New Jersey, in fa-
j vor of the Maine Law, was fourteen hun
dred feet long, and contained 50,000 sig
natures. Com. Stockton has resigned his seat
in the United States Senate. The reaspn
assigned is that his private affairs require
his undividid attention. His Urother-in-law,
Mr. Thompson, has been elected hi
successor.
The Camden and Amboy Railroad
Company seem to have New Jersey com
pletely under its control, both the present
SeJators being closely identified with
that interest.
jB$'Do you know tho differenoo be
tween a mason an anti-mason?1 'Yes, sar,
I belieb I does.' Wrell, what is it?' 'If
my brains tells thetruff, an' it never faili,
mason is do man what lays do mortar,
and de anti-mason de man what carriea
de hod!'
Wood I Wood ! ! Wood ! 1 1
In order to accommodate auob of our
subscrabera who aro indebted to us, and
cannot mako it convenient to pay, wo are
willing to receivo, a lot of good sound
dry wood. Wo trust that number of
patrona will avail themselves 4f this op
portunity and square up their account.