3ctfcrgtmi(M Republican.
Thursday, march 3, I 53.
i
Iff' Appointment by the County Com-
missioncrs : -Charles TJ. Warnick,
Mercantile Appraiser for the year 1S53.
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T.tt nrnnm rr thorn tp0 i Inpfiiro nnlltr-
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ered, on the subject of Temperance, at
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Hev. Mr. Barlow, editor of the " Port
,Jervis Mirror." Mr. B. is a very able
lecturer, and did the subject ample justice;
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and in the course of his remarks explained
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me ieatures or ine jiainc iiuuur unw.
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At the close of the lecture, Petitions,
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praying the .Legislature ot tins otate to
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enact or adopt the Maine Liquor Law, or
,)mething similar, was brought forward,!
jnd pretty generally signed by the audi-
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cral who practice pretty frequently at the
bar.
Mr. B. will deliver another lecture up
on the same subject, at the Court Hous.e,
on Saturday evening next, the 5th inst.
The public are invited to attend.
EST T. L. NicnoLS, M. D. proposes
to publish at Port Chestor, New York,
on the first of each month, a paper devo
ted to Individual and Social health, Ed
ucation, and Happiness, at 25 cents a
year. lue title ot it will be "jMciiois
Journal of Health, Water Cure, and Hu
man Progress." We have no doubt it
will be a useful, and interesting" periodi
cal. The first No. will be issued the 1st
of April.
The Farmers' Bank of Schuylkill Coun
ty, it appears by an article in Tuesday's
Xcrgf, has got into difficulty. It ap
pears that at one time last year the cir
culation of the Bank was 870,000 more
than is allowed by the law, which forbids
a circulation greater than three-fold the
specie on hand. The fact being certified
by the Auditor General, the Governor is
required to issue his proclamation oder
ing the Bank to go into liquidation. It
not contended that the Bank: is insolvent..
The Silver Currency!
The Senate Bill to diminish the value
of silver coin, passed the House of Rep
resentatives on Wednesday. This a very
important measure, and will go far to pre
vent the exportation of silver. Itpropo-
bits kUilk. 11UU1 UUU illLCl LUC ilTiL U3J Ox I
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June, 1853, the weight of the half dollar
or piece of fifty cents, shall be one hun-
ana ninety-two grains, anu tuc qurter
dollar, dime and half dime, shall be res
pectively, one-half, one-fifth, and one
tenth of the weight of said half dollar;
and that the silver coins issued in confor
mity.with the above, shall be legal ten
ders in paj'ineut of debts for all sums not
exceeding five dollars. The bill also pro
vides for a charge of seigniorage at the
mint and the coinage of three dollar gold
pieces, etc.
Sdott's Equanimity under Defeat.
About a month since, in Congress, Mr.
Corman, democrat, while advocating the
appointment of General Scott, .as Lieu- 1
tenant General, related the following in- j
cident. He said, that, some one met ;
'Gen. Scott, immediately after the Well- ;
ington funeral obsequies in New York
and asted him why he did not attend, j
and he'replied that he himself had been ,
buried a few weeks before, (referring to '
the election) and it would not look well .
for a dead man to walk iu a funeral pro- !
cession.' I
LiaLilily for Counterfeit Bills.
The system adopted by the Suffolk, 1 j
Bank of marking all counterfeit bills that
pass through the foreign money depart
ment of that institution operates as a
great check to the passage of bad money !
iu our city. When once a bill is marked ;
the person from whom'it was received is ;
liable, and must either redeem it or in-
form to whom'it was returned. Attempts coming disgusted, she called to the driver
liave been made to erase the Suffolk , to stopj jumped out, and despite all per
raark, but the officers now put it both on suasion, declared that she would pro3e
the face and back of the bill, in such a cute her journey on foot, rather than sub
way as to render any removal impossible ',
The benefits of the sj'stcm are every
day felt. No longer ago than yesterday
a man presented a counterfeit bill at our
counter, which had the mark upon it.
He did not know where he received it.
and going to the bullolk iJauk', assertam-
ed there that it was deposited in July, ;
by a trader of this city. The .bill was
taken to this trader and redeemed. '
taken to this trader
Boston Traveler.
and redeemed. :
The Liquor Bill. was defeateddntheN.
J Lfgisiaturc )y aVototbf-45ito9.
t Witchcraft in Pcimsylvaniat
-The GhambersbW 'Whig of the 17th
ultM says a correspondent, writing from
Fulton county, Informs us of a singular
j case of supposed -witchcraft that occurf ed
ucar Sideling Hill. There, is a certain
religious sect in that neighborhood, call
1 ing themselves the Christian Church. A
l.nrJv nnn ft? tlio iiiiiiihirs. wnsfiikon sink
i and lay lor some tune, sue unauy lm-
j niagined herself bewitched, and a sister
in the Church was settled upon as the
witch. A meeting of the session was called
jn due season, at which the minister pre-
sidedj and the charge of witchcraft was j
formally preferred acainst the lady.
Bc-
mj; a new case, and we presume, not pro-
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vided for in the disciplne' the session was
puzzled as to the proper manner to pro-
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over a broomstick, as it had been said
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that a witch could not do so ; hut the ac
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! cused got over it without apparent
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cultv. After a consultation it was
diffi
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agreed that she should be tried iu a pair
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1 was taken to a mill, and the experiment
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tried, but she proved too heavy for the
bible. It was then intimated that prob
ably licr clothing prevented a fair test,
and half a bushel of corn was put on the
scales with the bible, to balance the cloth
ing, but still the lady was too hcavy,-and
the charge was formally dismissed.
The New York Crystal Palace.
The New York Times state? that the
foreign department of the Crystal Palace
is being actively attended to. Letters
from Agents in Europe and Asia commu
nicate daily the fact of contributions of a
most interesting nature being got in read
iness by various nations for the exhibi
tion. The Sultan of Turkey has express
ed his intentions of devoting a war steam
cr to the purpose of conveying the contri
butions to this country. He has also is
sued a fireman, ordering all the merchants
of Constantinople to prepare samples of
their wares, which. he promises shall be
conveyed father free of expense. The
German sculptor, Kip, whose splendid
statute of the Amazon attracted such no
tice in the English exhibition, has deter
mined on sending some of his works, and
several other eminent sculptors have con
sulted him as to the best mode of contribu
ting also. It is probable that among oth
er works of art, we shall receive from
Germany some very fine plaster casts of
antique and modern statutes. xaron
Marochetti, who has just completed his
collossal statue of Washington, has en- j
tered into communication with the com
mittee of the Crystal Palace, as to what
site has been determined on for his great .
work. Washington Union.
Monstrous OtitragCi
We understand from a reliable source
( that a most brutal murder was committed 'produced 1017 bushels Carrots on one a
I in Clay county, in this State, a few days a- ' ere.
j go, by four men, whose names we cannot Henry A. Carpenter, Lancaster county,
recall. A vouth about seventeen vears ! one-fourth acre Sur'ar Beets: one-fourth
old, without the least offence, was seized
by four men, who had been drinking.and
first ducked until nearly lifeless, and
then his hair singed close to his head,
and last shot through the head.
Ail this ,
was done by way of mere amusement for j
the demons! Thev claim that .they did
not shoot him intentionally, but that they
took tue boJ into a room aftcr ducking
and burning off his hair, merely to alarm
w 1
im by firing pistols over him, and that
onc of tuc pistols bursting, killing him.
iit it so happened that one of them, aftcr
it was supposed they had intentionally
bursted the pistol, the boy seeming to
ave been dead a half hour before, was
seen endeavoring to drive one of the
screws from the nistol stock into what
appeared to be a bullet hole in his head.
A man cannot think of such men and be-
ievc there is no hell. Mount Sterling
(Ky.
Whig, 4th.
A Maine lady recently got into a Stage
where several young gentlemen (?) were
already seated, who occasionally dodged
the law by sipping from a "pistol," which
one of them carried in his pocket. Be-
mit to ride in such company.
Cholera among Vie Hogs. The Louis-
ville Courier states that them is a ereat
fatalifv il fh h nf MJlfnn TT
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and other points, and that it has been a
larmingiy destructive to the hogs at Uar- j
rollton, at the distillery of Root & Sny-
der. They have lost upwards of 600 hogs !
?n ton rlnv? nr fihnnt. GO
jn ten days, or about GO per day, with but j
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little abatement of fhe disease.
TTPCounterfeit three cent pieces are
j ;n circulation in Alloghony county, Pa.
- Population of Pennsylvania.
v We learnsfrom the triennial assessment
just completed, that there are in the State
of Pennsylvania 506,183 taxable inhabi
tants, the counties of Forest and Montour
excepted, no returns being received from
l.hpiii Tf wi allow 1 4.000 inhabitants to
xt j n . v
these two counties, and fix the proportion
e x n x i , x i x Ki a.
of taxablcs to population at 1 to 5 the
population of Pennsylvania at the present
time would be 2,797,781. If the propor -
tion were 1 to 5, the population would
be 2,071,194. If the proportion, were 1
to 5. the rjonulation would be 2.544.665.
It cannot be less than this. In the year
1850 the United Spates census showed
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the State to pc
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. 311,000. Tak
possess a population of 2,-
Taking the proportion to be
1 to 5i, the population would show an
iucrease in two years of 360,198.
g?Dr. Francis says that an old maid
never looks at a double bedstead without
sighing.
of great eminence are all out in oposi-
tion to the present Common Cchool Sys-
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terns. Bishon Jacobus
W oAAvnvzoA
two letters to Gov. Bi5ler on the subject,
Agricultural Premiuias.
At the late meeting of the Agricultural
Society, at Harrisburg, the Committee on
Field Crops made report on the applica
tions to them for the premiums advertised
for the best 3'icld of Corn and Wheat.
The applicants for the premiuHlifor Corn
were as follows:
1st. George Walker, of Woodbourne,
Susquehanna County, Pa., who produced,
as per statement already published, 1G0
bushels per acre on five acres, and 20
tons of Pumpkins.
2d. Dr. John A. McCrea, of White
marsh, Montgomery county, Pa., 93
bushels of shelled corn per acre, on elev
en acres and twenty-five perches.
3d. John B. Bitzer, of West Earl
township, Lancaster county,. Pcnna, eighty-five
and three-fifths bushels of shelled
corn per acre on five acres.
4th. John B.'- Bitzer, of West Earl
township, Lancaster county, Pa. ninety
six and three-fourths bushels of shelled
corn ou one acre.
The applicants for the first premium
for Wheat were:
1st. Reuben Weidler, Barcville, Lan-
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caster county, torty bushels and twelve 1
1 m . A 1
three-tourths pounds ot wheat on one
acre.
2d. Joseph Lyndale, of Lycoming coun-
ty, thirty-two bushels White Blue Stem
Wheat to the acre, on sixteen acres.
Benjamin Buckwalter, of Lancaster
county produced seventy-three and one-
thiru Dushels ot oats per
acres and 123 perches.
acre.
on eight
John Wilkinson, Mount Airy Agricul
tural Institute. Philadelphia County, Pa.
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Ruta Baga.
The last two named produced no cer-
tificate of yield or mode of culture,
The nremiums awarded were as fol-
lows:
A.
Geo. Walker, first premium for best 5
fifirp? of corn SI 5
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Also a complimentary premium for'
the same of fiftv dollars
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John A. McUrea, tor second best five ;
acres or corn,
u. j. xiiob piujaiuiii, lor corn
on one acre S8. j
R.,i,r, w:,ii,. I
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one acre of W heat, 88. ,
donn uuuson, nrst premium, tor
carrots on onc acre, $8.
Also a complimentary premium for the
same of 815.
Absconded. A dissolute son of a res-
pectable gentleman in Pittsburgh, lately
ran off taking with a large sum of money
near 84,000. The boy was about 14
years of age, and was what is commonly
called "a spoiled child."
JCST A Southern paper says : A den
den-
tist in Washington has taken out a patent '
er generating gas from simple wood-
This is no idle fiction. We examined the
woms auu saw tne ngnc Durning in jux-
taposition with that created irotn the
Scotch coal, and it was equal to it both
in purity and brihancy. The inventor
has entered into a contract with a compa
ny in Wilmington, North Carolina, to
light up that town with this material. j
Pine wood, with which that country a- i
Dounus, is prcicrrcd to any other, and the
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guo gwuciuicu num ii vuaia uuJJjpux it Live
ly nothing. It is estimated that every
house in Norfolk and all the public lamns
can be lighted from a sum not exceeding !
a dollar per night. This is almost as ;
cheap as moonshine. The apparatus for i
generating this gas is extremely cheap
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and simple, and w& expect in a few years
to find it iu universal use accessible a-
like to the poor as well ss
iwcll as therich.
w-xxxv,.,. ..cu.F xxu6u.,, v.. M. , commissioners uave -no autuonty ro pre- was a rich man seems to Have supposed placed by the unknown friend on a steam
York. Bishon Jacobus, of Pittsburcri and !vfnt nnv individnjil from riinninn- onrtnn hs chock would be naid whether he had I Knf
nnnftCTTrnv IK-I.t-. T-Turvlmc? nf T in . T '.il ' . . , i
tne Disuop oi jjeiroit vjatnouc prelates the State Kailroads. UUJ muuey jjuuk vi uui. u.;
PeiimjlYiinia Legislature.
The proceedings oflast week are .de-
void of. interest to our? readers. A few
items only are worth .noting.
In the Senate, Meager presented .
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mail ausaiuu laairn; lu a. ttuaiu otaiu
' road in Bucks county
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iur. xio?e, irom me vjomuuiiuu ou
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i Railroads, reported 'negatively, the sup-
! Plement to the act incorporating the New
rHoPe Uoylestown, and JNarnstown rail
, roau coulPiinJ-
un l'riaay tney passea a mil aumoriz
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, 1DS a settlement netween tne Dtatc ana
tbe U S' Bdnk by the Payment by the
latter of 8150,000.
The bill to authorize the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to run their cars on
the Railroads belonging to the State, was
passed, after the adoption, by a vote of. Mr. Justice Bid well to answer the charge.
21 to 11, of an amendment striking out j The forger of the check was a simple
tbe clause confirming the Contract be- ton- Before he presented it for payment
, n i n - j 3 be did not take pains to inform himself
tween the Canal Commissioners and Btng-! , lt , tt ii x i
ham & Dock, and declaring that said
In the House, at noon, on the 21st
both houses assembled to allot the public
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. nnntinir. Un motion ot JUr, Sanderson.
i adjonmed to the 21st ot March to
t n i in tit t l t 1 1 1 rn nnca n ni i nmonr inrv run
law on the subject.
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The House passed a bill authorizing
the construction of the Central and Balti
more Railroad.
The bill authorizing a spttlement with
the U. S. Bank was passed
An act to incorporate the Doylestown
and Lumberton Turnpike or Plank Road
Company was passed.
On Saturday, nothing of a general na
ture or of interest to our readers tran
spired in either house.
Spirit DoIusioiB at Chicago.
The Bank of Chicago, which has been
conducted in that city for some time past,
affecting to have communications in re
gard to its management from the spirits
of the departed, has been closed by the
interposition of the law.
A commission of lunacy having been
issued, and conservator appointed in the
case of its President, Mr. Eddy, the
'Mediums' took the matter in charge,and
avowed that the 'Spirits' counselled re
sistance even unto death, and -for that
purpose arms were provided, which resul
ted in arrests, the holding of Messrs, Ar
nold, Pilgrim, Drysdell, and Mrs. Her
rick to bail, and the lodgment of Seth
Paine in jail.
The.Bank was mainly manged through
the dictation of Mrs. Hernck, a medium,
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with whom Mr. Pame or Mr. Lddy was
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in tiiu ijiiuii, 01 reiinn 10 a uacK room
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conver5ation with the spirits' of General
it usuiugtuu, vjreu. uuuiisuu, aim uiuura,
who directed how the affairs of the Bank,
should be carried on. Mrs. H. at times
stood behind the counter, and pointed
out, by spirit influence, who should have
their notes redeemed and who not. Mr.
Eddy was completely under their control.
Most of the persons arrested arc mediums.
It came out in the examination that
Paine had little or no capital in the bank;
nnn c- fJnA amf5nedTto Sm S' V .
000 or 85,000 deposited by Ira B. Eddy,
and about 3,000 by other persons. Mr.
Eddy disclaimed being a partner in the
bank, and said he had only deposited
money there the same as any other per
son. The bank belonged to 'Seth Paine,
Brothers and &Co.,' and appears to have
been a spirit swindling shop in good ear
nest. Not more than about half the mo-
ncy that was abstracted from the bank by
the mediums has as yet been iecovcred,
though the proper auteoritics have been
actively engaged in scearching it. Cin-
cinnati Times.
J-riai o utc opiruuaiisisai uncago.
1 he County Court was occupied yester-
daJ in the trial of two o"the parties
MessrSi piigrim and Arnold connected
with the Bank of both Paine, on an m-
v;iuiuiiu wi nn-iuu iu uui. iuiiuw- .
nS 's a portion of the testimony of Mrs.
Herrick, one of the mediums: 'Had been
ln Chicago some months; had been em-
Bloved in the bank to tare monft n!
pay it out; gave advice to Mr. Paine to
open the bank on Tuesday, and let one
person in at a time; this advice was given
by the spirit of George Wasnington; did
not know of any other communicrtions;
might have received one from Henry
Clay; does not know who got a communi-
cation about the smoking; Henry Clay's
spirit told them to roceive all the bills
and redeem them; received communica
tions three or four times a week: a rule
I 0f the bank was not to redeem
money
for anv nerson who came in smoking: did
not know of anv rnvjilatinn nnf. tn rcAoom '
money for dishonest persons.' The jury
in the case were out all nidit, and came
mto Court this morning could not agree,
and were discharge. Chicago Jour. 10th.
Vice President Kino. Consul
Sharkey, at Havana, or any U. States
Judge, has been empowered bv the Sen
ate to deliver the oath of office to the
Hon. W. R. King, the Vice President e-
lect, on or after the 4th of March.
Juvenile Affray in Allentown.
On Saturday week, two boys, 14 years of
age. named Edward, son of Welcome
Powell, and Willougbby, son of Widow
Trexler, met, an altercatiion ensued, and
rowell, who had his knue open, stabbed
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his antagonist in the shoulder blade and
side, making two woundg, not thought to
be dangerous. ; : j t-u,1- . -
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j Forger Nal)bett
On last Monday a middle aged man,
;;TCho says his name is Leitz, presented for
payment at the Honesdale Bank a check,
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sum 0I &uu iue casnier ou i00kmg
at iuu ciiuuk, inaae Uu U1S mind tnat it
was not genuine, but as he was not famil-
' ilar with Mr. Holhert's
, , . , & "w
! had not the means of verification at hand,
; h(j gaye the ch(jck tQ omj of th(j
j 0f the Bank, who chanced to be in, and
requested him to see to it. While the
Director was gone, Leitz became very un
easy, said he would call in again in a few
minutes, and waited out. Sheriff Grier
was in the Bank on business, and at the
request of the cashier he followed Leitz
and kept his eye on him until he met the
Director returning to the Bank, who in
formed him that the check was unqes
fmnrihlv pniinf rrf7?t,- TTf. tlion tonlr T.rif7
into custody, and he was committed bv
; counfc t the Bank but kn0wing that he
i lact 1S. L u-")e nas vel liaa an ac J
01oan.t in B a"d' ot ?UrSC th.cJ
. check would not have been naid. evpn it
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it had been genuine. This incident il
lustrates the shortsightedness of rascals
generally. Honesdale Democrat.
Norristown and Frcemaiisbiira:
Rail-road.
The
North American
in noticing
the
election of officers of this Road, as annon
1 ceu in our last paper says :
" The road will run from Norristown
in a northerly direction, to Freemasburg,
on the Lehigh river, in Northampton coun-
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ty. At that place it will connect with J rrctrt"Tua 7 ultUl1,1 FP"'.
the railroad now in process of construe-1 Manifestations concocted and carried
tion along the Lehigh valley, and so lead out successfully by various persons, wbo
to the Lehigh coal mines in Carbon coun- Practlce these humbug Mappings' upon
ty. At Norristown it will connect with he 7k mmlded Prtlon ot th.ft :omi?u
the Norristown Railroad leading to Phil- t .SlDoe the fortunate victim ha
adelphia, in a tolerably direct route. It losfc bl? m6nc? aiid Pperty he has be
will pass through" a populous and fertile . c?me T ..n ATu,e3da? ho WM
sflfition of eoiintrv. which will visld it a Placed in the natic Asylum, by a com-
very profitable way trafic, and procure for
our provision markets fresh fields of sup
ply. The construction of this road can
not but be of great benefit to the Norris
town Railroad, converting it into a very
important line in many respects. New
York is now busily engaged in construc
ting a railroad direct from the Lehigh
J coal mines to her own doors, which is far
uuvuiiuuu in no pij"iv;i;o. jlxiu iuuu u-
,i ,i - : , 'ni. 1
bovc mentioned will counteract this, and
bring the Lehigh coal to its natural depot
; Th.i0(ioii,;o w nr nof fJTi
of the length of the route, of the condi-
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tion 01 the company, or the prospects for
; T -ij- n? 'a
the building ot the road.
t., 1 nnn lv nmn rT 11 irrftttrr nn
' sJTfxVQ years aZ that " on the 3d I of
March, 1852,
he would
lose his eldest
A n 11 frli f nr nnrl tTinf nn tlm 90fli 1ott nf
October, 1852, he would lose his wife. ! m Z e atest counterfeits arc 10 g
On the very days specified his wife and Tn tb.e Cumberland Bantc, Bndgeton; IV
daughter died! He now says on the lSth ?' "S- gle, sIP man ploughing
of August, 1854, he will die himself of n tho distance, 'ten on right end, mo
cholcra. He is considerably distressed , Dillon head on left end, female, &c. be
about the matter, and never for a moment , tweeD the 1gatures.
doubts but that his life will then tenni- j
ly affairs, as well as spiritual, to be in
readiness lor the latai period.
Exquisite. A writer in the Lnfjiv- '
ette Republican, 'courts' the muses after
v
this fashion:
'Tis sweet to seo the toad, the frog,
The nily and the pollywog
Sut sweeter fur it ia to me,
To lay my head on Sally's knee.
Found at Last. Cure for Corns,
Rub them every morning before break-
fast, (except on cloudy weather,) with a
solution of tar and spirits turpentine, for
nineteen mornings in succession, pare,
them closely with a three-bladed buck -
horn handled jack knife, and wipe off the
blood with a napkin. Then soak every
night, for three weeks, m a mixture of j
auiu u(,ur, Din uuiu, lcctiuuu wiusikUj,
cau d' Cologne and glue, (equal parts,)
and cut them off close to the ancle.
Wages in Australia. The wacres
of mechnnics and laborers in cities m Aus-
tralia range from SI 75 to 83 75 per day,
and in many of the rural districts they
are not so high. These prices arc much
lower than has been generally supposed,
and on an average do not much exceed
the rates paid in the United States. The
cost of living, however, is cheaper than in
California.
BSyThQ Holmes County (Ohio) Far
mer states that a wonderful natural curl.
ositv has been discovered in that county.
in tho chane of natural rras. The discov
'cry was made on the farm of a Mr.
I Purdy, some eight or ton rods south of
the housepntt curious kind of earth, re
semblinsr dark saw dust. The owner for
some years has been aware of the exis
tence of some wonderful phenomenon.
The place on which the discovery has
been made has been. cultivated for a num
ber 6f years, and it has been observed
that in a number of places, everything
planted or sown, and all kind of vegeta
tion would dwindle and die and seeming
ly turn up. After the late rains tho wa
ter was discovered to be agitated, and to
bubble up in a number of places, which
led Mr. Purdy and others to experiment,
by collecting a bottle of this gas and set
ting it on fire; when the instant a lighted
match was tonched to it, tho yapor igni
ted and sent tho bottlo whizzing through
the-honsd. ' . ' " -
A Short Romanced
Under the above caption Mr. 'Swia-.
helm's paper (the Pittsburgh Visitor) of
the present week tells the following:
'Among the freight which passed thro'
this city last week on the underground
railroad was a daughter of a 'wealthy
and influential' citizen of Louisiana, a
young lady of remarkable beauty and no
mean supply of spirit and intelligence.
She had been well brought up and kind
ly cared for by her father; but a creditor
levied on her for debt. She was placed
in a calaboose at New Orleans for safe
keeping, and for the inspection of pur
chasers. Among those who thought of
buying the article was one gentleman
who wished to learn if her bust was in
debted to padding for its form; but the
girl resenting this pursuit after knowledge
as a personal insult, dashed him from
her; whereupon this representative
Southern chivalry drew a heaw
and dealt her a blow, which she caught
upon her right arm and shoulder, and
which rendered them quite powerless.
That night the night before the sale
some one came into her prison, gave her
a suit of boy's clothes, bade her dresi
quickly and follow. She did so and was
naiu. anu here she arrived sate! v.
Her arm and shoulder were disabled
fl"ora the e"f of the blow by her chiv
-lyln --m11-V nnv.I.-cn. -l-
""1V. "u wa3
thankful to have got off so wounderfull
v.
was hopeful for the future, and, with'a
considerable number of emigrants, was
promptly forwarded to the British domin
ions.
Defrauded by the Operations of
'Spiritual Rappers.' The New-York
Time? states that the Police authorities
are engaged in ferreting out certain par
ties, who have defrauded a man named
Richard Dougherty out of 813,000, by
xl,Q i C IC :x..l T ; J
strength of affidavits made By Dr. Covil
and another physician. As yet, no ar
rest has been made.
Ex-Governer Robert Lucas died at Io
wa City, Feb. 7, aged 73. He served. his
country with zeal and ability in one of
the moist trying periods in our military
history; was twice elected Governor of the
Qx x p ri ri
w u" w'i:Mw oe-
l!SvS the ,first, Governor of the Territory
of ioa-) Although a memoer of tho
Democratlc Ptj, at the last election ho
vras a supporter of the election of Gener-
, e ... , y
al ocott.in common with many of tho
t . , -
uromxacni; iemocrais 01 ine nonnwesc,
'ft r. o j i r l
. . - . - - -
military prowess, and his defenco of the
frontier.
By the arrival of the steamer Arabia
c bave Liverpool dates to tho 12th ult.
Lreadstuffs had advanced wheat from
... ... ...
. one 10 tw0 Pcncc Pcr DU3&ei, ana other
articles in proportion. Cotton was with
out change. There is no other news of
interest from England. Franco was sen
ding troops to Lombardy and Rome.
Outbreak at Milan. An insurrection
occurred at Milan, on the 6th and 8th of
1 February.
The Austnans say the re-
I VOit was quelled with the loss of five lives,
, but the Patriots say thatJOO were killed.
iue ramuis, h mu, auauneu uiu
. barracus, anu massacred the garrison.
I A despatch, dated on the 7th says that
''order had been entirely rostored.
Later from Califoiiia.
Kcio Orleans, Feb, 20.
Tho "Delta" office has received Cali
fornia dates to the 2nd of February on
ly eighteen days from San Francisco
brought from Acapulco to Vera Cruz in
five and a half days and thence to New
Orleans by the the steamer "Albatross"
thus making the quickest lime on rec
ord between this citv and San Francisco.
We have received only a few scattering
papers from California, including tho San
Francisco Herald of the 1st inst.
The general news, so far as we are a
blc to glean from the papers at hand are
exceedingly meagre, and of less than ordi
nary importance.
The mail steamship Tenncsseo sailed
from San Francisco for Panama on tho
1st inst., with two millions four hundred
and thirty thousand dollars in gold, mostly
consigned to parties at the North.
The markets at San Francisco had been
affected unfavorably, in consequence of
the unusually large number of arrivals.
A Horse, &d for Said
The subscriber offers at privato sale
a young horse. He is warranted to be
sound and true. And also a Fplendid
ono horse Carriagg, and a set of one horso
Harness. For further particulars apply
at tho Store of Mr. Robert Boya. Call
soon.
Wm. B. WOOD.
Strondsbnrg, March 3, 1853.
JOB WORK "
Neatly executed at this Office.
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