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BY ANBSEW J. BUY. -
M I S C E L L A E E 0 U S.
From the Knickerbocker for April.
ESCAPE OF 5MJSX:TH.
An Authentic :V:trra.lIve.
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Puking the month of August. the Pres
ident -Governor of Hungry, Louis Kossuth,
w'.t'u the principal authors of his provisional
povernaen;. were in the fortified town of Arad,
cii the river Maroseh. Between that place and
the town of Zegadia, on the Tisch, in the vkin
itv of Arad, Georgey, with the Hungarian troops
uader Lis command, lay encamped, while behind
him, toward the Tisch, was the Russian army of
reserve, under Paskiewiteh. Denibinski, with
his men, beseiged Temeswar, and he had already
carried its third wall. Between hira and the
Tisch, lay the united Austro-llussian forces.
The army of Bern had been -defeated at Iler
mansfcidt by the Russian General Lttders, and
he had fied with a small band of faithful follow
ers toward Temeswar.
With this position of the combatants, the
plan of Dembinski was to unite with Georgey
near Arad, and then to attack the Russian for
ces. Before this was effected, news reached
Liai of the capitulation, of Georgey, and that the
Governor, M. Kossuth, had been compelled to
forsake Arad, and retire to the town of Yilajcs.
Before leaving Arad, the Governor separated
from his wife and children, and their parting
scene is said to have been one of the most touch
ing nature. Under the circumstances of the
moment, it was a subject of more even than
louoi wneuier tuev ouw cut auu uii-a u
t . .i ii : - ,
earth. It was only when a young Hun
itrarian I
nobleman, named AsLbot, now in exile in Kuta
h withM Kossuth olemnW swore to Lis
y eh with M. Kossuth, .o.emuiy snore to his
w luai u oU1.,
that Madame Kossuth consented to be separated j
from Lim and seek safety in flight. The children
were confided to the care of a private secretary
of the Governor, and this individual subsequent
ly delivered them up to the tender mercies of
Ilavnau, for the purpose of securing his own
pwlon nad safety. Th?ci.;'Wrra s-t wt bsXutd.
thcir niother, and the latter in Ler flight, en
deavored to keep at least so near to them a? to
hear now and then of their safety.
Madame Kossuth songLt out a brother of hers
residing in the town of Yilago, and Le is now
imprisoned in the fortress of Comorn, " with
many other cf the unfortunate Hungarian pa
triots, for eighteen years, on account of tLe
uceor which he then gave to Lis sister. Leaving
him, sLe next went in search of Ler children,
and wandered to a fctta, or farm Louse, of Bo
tksak, belonging to a relative. There she fell
ill of a typhus fever, which nearly ended her
life; and when so far recovered as to be able
again to travel, she continued Ler journey in
Be&rch of Ler cLildren. She soon learned that
they Lad been given np by tLeir protector to
the Austrian General Haynau, r.nl taken to
IVsth. Her own safety depended wholly upon
the fidelity of the Hungarian peasants, and on
their attachment to Ler Lusband.
Now, Laving no other object in view than Ler
own safety, without friends better off than her
self, she Boon became reduced to a state of com
plete destitution. Ia disguise, she wandered
over some of the moet miserable portionsof Ilun
pry. She even, as a means of safety, as well
m support, sought for service as a servant, and
by telling that she was a poor woman who had
just been discharged from a public hospital
which,indeed, she Tery mnch resembled was
fc j fortunate as to find employment in the family
of a humble carpenter, iu the town of Orash
Haya. who littld thought Le was served by the
lady of Louis Kossuth, the late Governor of
Hun gry. Even where notices were exposed in
the streets offering forty thousand florins for
her capture, and proclaiming death as the pun
iment of the person who would dare to harbor
cr conceal her from the authorities.
Among the persons wLo fled with M. Kossuth
before the overwhelming number of Lis enemies,
as aa elderly lady, whom it is necessary to
designate as Madame L , and who, from be
ing unable to ride as fast and as long as those
ho were stronger and younger than herself,
oon became exhausted, and was left behind.
She had a son, a major in the Hungarian army,
near the person of the Governor, and both the
son and mother were warmly attached to his
interests. Madame L , when unable to pro
ceed longer with the fugitives, in order to reach
a place of safety in the dominions of the Sultan
of Turkey, determined to remain in Hungary,
and devote ht-rself to the findingf Madame
Kossuth and restoring her to her husband.
For this benevolent purjose, Madame L
di.guised herself as a beggar; and aftef a long
And weary journey, ofteaer on foot than in any
conveyance, she crossed the vast sandy plains
cf southern Hungary, and at length reached the
place in which Kossuth's children were, but
could hear nothing of their mother.
She learned that the children had been sent,
soon after their mother had lost sight of them,
to the house of General G., now in the service
of the Sultan in Syria, to be kept with his own
three children, hoping that they would thus be
screened from those who sought after them.
The eldet. named Louis, after hi. father, was
seven years of age; and all were told if they
acknowledged they were the children of the
Governor, they would be imprisoned by the
Austrians, and never see their parents again.
So that when an Austrian officer traced them to
the house of General G., Le was at a loss to
know which cf the children were those of Gen
eral G., and which those of M. Kossuth; and
approaching the eldest of the latter, he said:
So, my little man, you are the son of the
Governor V To which the youth replied:
am not, Sir." His firmness surprised find vexed j
the officer, who was certain, from the statement
of their betrayer, that those before him were
the long-lost treasures of Lis ambitious search.
He now endeavored to frighten the children,
and drawing a pistol, directed it to the breast
of the boy, and said that if Le did not at once
ucKuuwietim-- lllt-a tuum auui, !
. -.1 1 . 1. . A I, . 1 . , . f T - -.. .1. I
lie wouid put a oau uirougn nis neari.
t -
lounS 1
Louis who, it is said, shows himself, now in
snow s mmsen, now in
of the character of Lis
equally firm: "I tell
exile at Kutayieh, much o
auiilvl xi-uiicu ixl x i JU 11 1 i.i . x lull .
you, ir, l am not tne sou oi Kossutn. ine
ofSc jr, bafded by the child's simplicity of man-
ner and apparent sincerity, was divested of Lis
convictions, and led to believe that Le had been
imposed upon.
But before Madame L could get near
thorn other agents of the Austrian Government
, , . - i r - t- .1 .i i " iuem. jier mey naa lert tne pas
Lad been carried off in secret to Testh, near the ' , , J
, .. , . , rr, ! ture grounds, Le passed as tLe Lusband of
clutches ot tLe butcLer Havnau. TLe motLer i .
and sister cf M. KossutL Lad also been captured,
and placed in strict confinement. It may be
Lere mentioned, in this little narrative of tLe
siitT.'nn"-? nriil iiMivor:irirp fit tip relatives nt :
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Louis Kossuth, that Madame L , on finding
, i i M i -.iii- i
where and Low Lis cLildren were situated, found
out her own maid-servant, an 1 so succeeded as
, t J
This person never kit them until the moment j
of their deliverance from their Austrian jailors I
was arrived. After thus having provided for ' In tlie evening, while the two ladies were sit
the welfare of the children of M. Kossuth, j tinS together in a miserably cold room, the face
Madame L renewed Ler searcL for their ; of Ioor I;iria so muffled up as to conceal her
destitute, suffering mother.
-JL3 no trace . ..er, Madame L-
de-
tcmiined to follow the fugitives, and if she
reached 'Widdin, to ascertain from M. Kossuth I
himself where Lis poor wife Lad gone, and then j
return in search other. Centinuins in the '
dissruise of a beggar, sometimes on foot, at oth- !
ers in a farmers cart, this heroic woman reached ;
the frontiers of Hun' arv, and crossing them, i
entered the fortified and wailed town of Vuddin, i
where the late Governor of Hungary, and Lis !
brave unfortunate companions then were, en
joying the hospitality of the Sultan of Turkey.
Madame L applied to M. Kossuth, but not !
being known to him personally, and the Austrian j
General having set so high a price on the cap
ture of Lis wife, he at first regarded her as an
Austri-n spy. Having. hor ever, soon found her
son, who had followed the Governor into Turkey,
he readily convinced M. Kossuth of the identity
of his mother. AW the information which M.
Kossuth could give Ler was, that there was a
lady in Hungary in wi.ose house he believed his
wife would seek a refuge; and if she was not
still there, this lady would most probably know
where she was.
The Governor now furnished Madame L
with a letter to this lady, and another with Lis !
own signet-ring for his wife, which would be ev- tr:lto. There the former spoke cf them as sus
dence of her fidelity. It is not here necessary ' r'cious characters, but they were not told of
to fellow Madame L on her toilsome journ- j what tuev wtrc suspected. While the examina-
ev. Devoted to the philanthropic work which i tion "n'as CoinS on, Madame L slipped a
she had undertaken, she wandered over the
sandy steppes of Hungary, until she succeeded
in reaching the little town in which the lady re
siled, and delivered to her M. Kossuth's letter.
This she read and immediately burned it, not
daring even to allow it to exist in her posses
sion. This lady informed Madame L that
the wife of Governor Kossuth had left her resi
dence in the guise of a mendicant and intended
assuming the name of Maria F n ; that she
was to feign herself to be the widow of a soldier
who had fallen in battle, and that, if possible,
sue would go to the very centre of Hungary, in
those vast pasture-lands, where she hoped no
one would seek after her.
With this information, Malcme L again
resumed her journey. She feigned to be an aged
grand-mother, whose grandson was missing,
and that she was in search of him. She made
many narrow escapes while passing guards,
soldiers and spies; until at length she reached
the plains before mentioned. She went from
house to house, as if in searched" her grand-son,
but in reality to find one who would answer the
description given her of poor Maria F n.
At length in a cabin she heard that name men
tioned, and on inquiry who and what that person
was, learned that she was the widow of a Hun
garian soldier who had fallen in battle, and that
she had a child who was with its grand-parents,
They then described her person, but added that
she had suffered so much from iilness and grief,
that she wa3 greatly changed. "Before she
came here," said the speaker, "she worked for
her bread, even when ill; but after her arrival,
she became too much indisposed to labor, on
account of which they sent to the Sisters of
Charity for a physician, who came, bled and
blistered her ; and when she was able to go, she
had been conveyed to the institution of the Sis-
EDM. MAY
ters, where the then was." Madame L ,
feeling convinced that the poor sufTerer must be
none other than the object of her search, ex
pressed a desire to visit her.
At the Sisters of Charity, Madame L Lad
much difficulty in procuring access to Maria,
and tLe latter was as much opposed to receiving
Ler. At length Madame L told the Sisters
to inform her that she had a message for her
from her husband, who was not dead as she had
supposed, and that she would soon convince her.
if she oulJ permit Ler to entr Poor Mari
fear end hope, gave her consent, and Madame
L was allowed to see her. Madame L
Landed her the letter of Governor Kossuth. She
recognized, at once, the writing; kissed it;
pressed it to her heart ; devoured its contents,
and then uestroyed it immediately. Soon, a
story was made up between the two females:
they told the Sisters of Charity that Maria's
husbantl tm lived an(1 that she wou!J rejoin
lim A UuIe wag(m as rrocure(1. ag manv
w : ,.i i . ,
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suspicion; ana these two interesting women set
out on their escape from the enemies of their
country.
Madame L Lad a relative in Hungary
who Lad not been compromised in tLe war; so
this person arranged to meet the ladies at a
given place, and in the character of a merchant
Maria, and the elder female as Lis aunt. At
nigLt, they stopped at a village, and were sus
pected, on account of the females occupying the
bed. while he slept at the door. Thev started
; .J i. v .v,
. . . . 6 1 . "uaL,ilIJ '
iiiaiuci ucuiiiu iij icam somciiiinz more oi tne
rr - " cuu naa given
nge He aln OTerto(.k a3 th . .
suspicions to wnicn ineir conuuet naa given
to feed their horse, and bade them be trreatly
fcrtallJ
j
featurest and induce the belief that she was
suffering from her teeth, both appearing much
as persons in great suffering; overcome by her
afiiictions, Maria had a nervous ntt.iV. nn.l
haughed and talked so loud that her voice wa
";m"'1 i an Austrian oracer wno happened
to be in the house. This person sent a servant
to k tuem to somo ir'to his room, where there I
was a Re
Madame L inquired the i;ame
cf the "good gentleman" who Lad the-kindness
to invite them to Lis room, and when she heard
it, Maria recognized in him a deadly enemy of j
her husband. While they were planning a means
of evading him, the officer himself came into
tIl?'r apartment. Immediately arising, they
made an humble courtesy, in so awkward a
manner a3 to divest him of all suspicion. Mad
ame L spoke, and thanked him again and
again for his kindness, but added that such poor
creatures as they were not fit to go into his
room. So soon as the oOicer retired, Maria had
another attack, which would certainly have be
trayed them had he been present. Madame L.
implored her to be composed, or thev would be
lost.
Starting again, they were not molested until
! in the evening, when they were apprehended
anJ conducted by two policemen before a magis-
bank-note into tho hand of the superior of the
two policemen. The bribe quite changed the
affair: the two men became their friend?, exci
ted the pity of the magistrate in their favor,
and they were allowed to depart. Thus they
went on from station to station, until they
reached the frontiers of Hungary near the Dan
ube. They entered the little town r,r s.,n.;n
an,i asked permission of the head of the police
to pass over the river to Belgrade. This was
refused, until they said they wished to go there
for a certain medicine for a daughter who was
ill, and that they would leave their passports as
a security. He then gave his consent, end they
crossed the Danube, and entered the dominions
of the Sultan of Turkey.
It was night when they entered Belgrade.
It is not known by what route the lad'es
reached the capital of Hungary; but it is certain
that, supposing their presence would not be sus
pected at Pesth, they heroically proceeded to
that city, then in the possession of General
Hatsac. It has since then, become a source of
pride to both of them, that they, safe in their
disgiuse, passed that celebrated military "butch
er"' in the streets of Pesth. Among the letters
with which this lady was charged by the exiles
of Widdin was one for the lamented martvT of
Hungary, Count Casimik Batiiia.ny, then confi
ned in a prison of the city, waiting the cruel
fate to which the "butcher"' subjected him
W hen it was decided that he should be ignom'in
iously put to death by the hangman's rope, that
excellent and very mild Hungarian patriot en
deavored to pnt an end to his own existence with
a razor; r.ut uniortunatcly not succeeding Hay
nau dragged his mutilated and bleedin- hn.U
, J
from the prison and ended his life upon the gal
lows. The letter whidh Madame I f-
him was from his brother, who had escaped into
Turkey with M. KossrTn; and she had the sat
isfaction of causing it, through the venality of
his jailors, to be placed in the hands of the
sufferer, to whom it was no little source of con
solation to know that bis brother lived in safety.
'8, 1351.
-oeu ai tne aoor of tLe Sardinian Con
sul,, who Lad recently been stationed in that
frontier town by Lis king, whose wLole Leart
sympathised in the Hungarian cause, and who
Lad formed a friendly alliance with M. Kossuth
for Jhe freedom of Italy and Hungary. The
Conul had been advised by M. KossutL tbat
two females would probably seek Lis protection ;
but not knowing tLem,Le asked them what tLey
wished of him. Madame L replied, "Lodg
ings and bread." He invited them in, and
Madi-ne L introduced Lim to Madame Kos
suth, the lady of the late Go vernor of Hungary.
It wiil be readily conceived that the Consul
could scarcely believe that these two miserable
bc-iegs were the persons they represented thein
Eclves to be. Madame Kossuth convinced him
by showing him the signet-ring of her husband.
In Lis Louse Madame Kossuth fell ill, but re
ceived every possible kindness from her Lost.
They learned that all tLe Hungarians and Poles
Lad been removed from AViddin to SLumla; and
notwithstanding tLat it was in tLe midst of a
severe winter, tLey decided upon at once pro
ceeding to tLe latter place. TLe Sardinian
Consul applied to tLe generous and very liberal
Trince tf Servia, in whose principality Belgrade
is, for ki3 assistance in behalf of the ladies, and
in the most hospitable and fearless manner Le
provided them with his own carriage and four
Lorses, and an escort; and in this way tLey
started through the snoTT for SLumla. TLeir
journey -was without any appreLensions of dan
ger, for the British Consul-General of Belgrade,
Mr. Jr ,' had provided the party witL a
passport as British subjects, under tLe assumed
namev of Mr., Mrs. and Miss Bloomfield; yet
the severity of the treather was such that Mad-
Tl.HT- 1,., 1 1 ... . -.-
au.u, m iu m te oi ner neaitn,
suffcri,, v muth 0ften the nQW wft5 a?
deep S3 the breasts of the horses, and not un-
frequeatly four oeu had to be attached to it in
their 'a-es. A journey which in summer would
have required but a few days, now was made in
twenty-eight.
Oil ihe twenty -eighth day, a courier was sent
in ad ; nee of them to apprize Gov. Kossuth of
ihfh.- s,-vu.. lie was ill; and moreover, on
account of the many plans of the Austrians to
assassinate him, the Sultan's authorities could
not allow him to leave Shumla, and go to meet
Lis wife- The DWS of her deliverance and her
aPI'roach occasioned the liveliest satisfaction to
al tue refugees ; and the Hungarians and Poles
went as far as the gates of the city to meet this
heroic martyr of the cause of Hungary. It was
night when the carriage neared the city, as she
entered the gates she found the streets lighted
up with hundred of lights, green, white, and
red, the colors of the Hungarian flag, and was
welcomed with the most friendly shouts from
the whole body ef the refugees.
When Madame Kossuth descended from her
enrringe, she found herself in the presence of
her husband, who had risen from his bed of ill
ness to receive the poor 'Maria F ', of the
plains of Hungary. In place of receiving her
in bis arms, M. Kossuth, overcome by feelings
of admiration for the sufferings which his wife
had undergone, and by gratitude for her devo
tion to the causa of her country, threw himself
at her feet and kissed them. She endeavored
to speak and offer her husband consolation and
tranquility, while her own poor feeble heart was
ready to burst with emotion. Her voice failed
her, and amid the reiterated shouts of the Hun
garians and Poles, this heroic woman was car
ried to her husband s apartments.
In March of the past year some seventy per
sons the chief of the Hungarian Refugees,
among whom were also several Poles were
conveyed in one of the steamers of the Sultan
of Turkey to the place designated for their fu
ture residence in Asia Minor. From Shumla
they travelled by land to Varna, on the Black
Sea; from thence they were taken in the steam
er to Ghcmlik, in the Gulf of Madanieh, in the
Sea of Marmora, without being allowed to, stop
at Constantinople. They crossed from that place
to Broosa, at the foot of Mount Olj mpus, and
after a short delay there, agitated by hopes and
fears, they continued on to Kutayieh where they
still are. Madame Kossuth is with her husband,
and greatly through the labors of Mad. L ,
who undertook another journey into Hungary
for this purpose, she now also has her children
with her. Among the individuals who persist
in remaining at Kutayieh with the ex-Governor
of Hungary and his lady, are Madame L ,
and the relative who during the dangerous wan
derings in Hungary figured as her husband.
Many of the refugees are but illy provided for.
The amount which the Turkish government al
lows M. Kossuth depends wholly upon the Sul
tan, whose protection was so generally and and
so effectively granted to the conferees. It is
also known that the Sultan has refused to de
tain him for a longer period than one year, and
that this period ends with the month of May of
j the present year. To detain him beyond that
I AM(v1 "tt" 1 11 V.A v (ICttl m & a 1" CT.1T1 C 1 T .ll i V 1T1 the
eyes of the world which will weigh heavily upon
the character of the Sultan ; who has, thus far,
possessed the sympathy and the admiration of
all well-thinking men on both sides of the Atlan-
arry out what he has so successfully begun;
and to permit Kossuth and Lis unfortunate com
panions ti seek a home here, in the distant 2Tew
World, where tLey cannot, even should they de
sire it, which we disbelieve, disturb the y-an-quility
t.f Austria, and where assassins can
never mole?t them. In the United States they
will all find a hearty welcome; and in the paths
of private life each will find that sympathy and
assihtance to v.hich their patriotism and their
sufferings so strongly entitle therj.
.9 GREAT DISCOVERY. The
English Railway Times has the follow
ing: "The decomposition of water has
at length been obtained, and thatatamere
Jyviiominal cost, and wnh unerring pre
cision. This great discovery, originating
in America, has Ween perfected by the
experiments cf an eminent German che
mist, and patented in tLe three kingdoms
by Mr. Shepard. The caibu retted hy
drogen, may be formed to any extent,
which, wtiiie possessing an illuminating
power equal to tbat of coal gas, is capa
ble of producing an amount cf caloric
equal to that of live ccal, and consequent
ly well and cheaply fitted to act as a com
bustible agent in the conversion cf water
into steam.
This tremendous power has been for
some time engaging the attention of our
most eminent engineers, and will, when
sufficiently tested, be experimented upon
before the public. If successful, as there
is every present appearance of its being
the revolution it must effect in the eco
nomic working of railways, and indeed
in every branch of trade and manafac-
iure, wnere steam is employed as a mo
tive power, is altogether incalculable. It
almost opens to the wondering gaze, the
Utopian vista in which unskilled manual
labor shall be no longer necessary, it is
sufficient for us, however to state that
several of the leading railway companies
are in treaty with the patentee, and that
consequently, if anything whatever is
capable of being made out of the discov
ery, the lailway interest will possess at
once the first benefit and chief honor in
i'.s realization.
ritlsbnrli Morals.
The Pittsburgh Chronicle says The
morals of our dark city seem to be de
generating there is scarce a night, as we
are homeward bound, we do not hear in
some one or other quarter, the yells and
hootings of some rowdy band, young", too
withal, yet adepts in the art that makes
man worse than the brute. These rioters,
(for by no milder name can they be term
ed,) are generally the sons of persons who
occupuy high positions in society, and
who are looked upon as being the leaders,
not only in the fashionable, but in ihe
would be religious world. A common
rowdy invariably has to suffer for his
deeds, but the rich blackguard, who dis
turbs the quiet of a community; insults
respectable persons as they pass the
streets, and cuts up all the mad pranks
that whiskey can put into the head of
man, are seldom seen by the hired guar
dians of the city's honor they are per
mitted to do what they please and as they
please, while those who in soul and spriit
are infinitely their betters, are often times
subjected lu cruel treatment and the most
degrading punishment.
The Railroad Dfpot. We have al
ready stated ilu-t it had been decided upon
to have the Depot of the Pennsvlvania
Railroad on the triangular piece of ground,
bounded by Grant, Liberty and iSevemh
streets- The Company has taken the
ground on perpetual lease from Captain
SSchenley, on very admirable terms. It is
an admirable location, and will suit all
interests probably better than any other
that could be selected.
Pittsburgh Pest.
Melancholy Scicide. The Phila
delphia papers a few days since recorded
the fact of a young woman, belonging to
a respectable family there, leaving her
home and going to New York city in
company with a person who had been
paying his addresses to her. Her father tra
ced her to a house of ill-fame in New York
and conveyed her back to Philadelphia.
This was on Monday last. The papers ot
Friday state the unfortunate victim com
mitted suicide on Thursday night by swal
lowing a dose of laudanum.
Death of Chapman. The Indianapo
lis State Sentinel announces the death, on
the 15th inst., of George A. Chapinan,
one of the original proprietors of that pa
per. Mr. Chapman has been well known
as one oi the most popular and influential
Democratic editors in the west, as the
"Crow, Chapman, Crow.' man.
The Welshmen of N ew York citv,
and the descendants of Welshmnn, hae
had a meeting to deise ihe wavs and
means of contributing a stone to the Wash
ington Monument.
VOLUME I 1MII1 29.
Troiu Our Ivclimiscs.
A gentleman who affects Shakspeare,
went into a barber's shop in Pittsburgh the oth
er evening and said, "John have you any of
that mixture? I wish you would put it on my
wLiskers." "Col." said John, "I fear it will
burn your skin." "Don't care," f-aid the intre
pid Col., seating Limself in the cLair; "on wiui
it. on witL it, I shall stand the hazard of the
dye.' "
Judge H , a witty old fellow, tfter
spending an even'ng with a young lawyer whoso
office was in the second story of a bui'd'r.g, took
his departure and had got half way down stairs,
wlten he stumbled tnd fell to the bottom. The
young lawyer hearing the noise rushed out, and
seeing the Judge lying on Lis back tt the bot
tom of the stairs, inquired, in a tone of great
anxiety: "Is your Lonor Lurt' TLe Judge by
this time had regained his feet, and looking up.
he replied "Tb, but my Ugt are.''
In the Court of Quarter Sessions cf Phil
adelphia county, one of the prisoners among the
vagrant cases, a Jerseyman, accounted for get
ting boozy by saying that he drank some Dutch
beer, and that it flew right to his head. Judge
Parsons said it was no wonder that he whs
thrown upon his back, r.one but a Dutchman
could drink that it would soon kill a Jersey
man. The prisoner was discharged amid roars
of laughter.
The journeyman carper.tc-rs of Hasten.
Pa., who struck for higher wages, have resumed
I their work at !?1 25 rer deim. Thev demanded
J i 371. vut oomrmnnsed with their emrdovers
by cgrecing to take two and a half cents less.
There is work enough for all of them. The
bricklayers succeeded in getting the advance
they asked.
An individual named Leaky killed anoth
er named Snider, en the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, west of Cumberland, a few days since,
by shooting him through the head, and then
through the heart with a revolver, and all be
cause Snider, (who was deranged,) laugLed at
Lim when he a?ked for-whiskcy at a biackmith
sLop. Leaky Las been arrested.
In taking the census of New Mexico.
which is returned at 61,574, the Marshal found
a father and mother with a family of twenty
four children, all of whom were living in tLo
same Louse, and all of whom apparently were
in the enjoyment of pool LealtL. TLe fotLcr
and mother promised to live yet many years.
TLe Supreme Court of JTew York, dis
solved the injunction which restrains Mr. Ed
win Forrest, the tragedian, from nioies'ur.g his
wife, also the injunction restraining him frm
alienating Lis property, but enforced Lis disa
bility to prr.secute a siit for divorce in Penn
sylvania. The joint special committee of the Lrr
iilature of Massachusetts, on the subject i
capital punishment, have reported a bill for tic
abolition ef the death penalty, and providirg
that the cfTcnccs punished by dc.vdi under tie
present cede, shall 1-e punishable by impn la
ment in the State piic-a for lire.
The telegraph wires in Browne atrc-;.
New York, suddenly sr.cpped on Saturday, and
are said to hsve struck a tree thut sis inciif s
in diameter, cutting it nearly in t-xo. TLe wires
then caught a coal scuttle, standing cn the side
walk, and hurled it to a grrat height ia the air.
Fortunately cone of the passers by were ir-jured.
Tha West Carter Village Ex cord ts
that an Irish family named Khby. wLcc mem
bers came from the old country only a tow
months ago, have already lost three of the
household circle by ship fever, and one or tvrc
others are now suffering.
The Saint Augustine (Florida.? ITcra'. i
states that sugar is destined to be the groat s'.c
pie of the State, the climate and quality of the
soil giving it peculiar advantages beyond any
other portion of the United States. TLe trad-?
La moss, Lemp, arrow roi.t, and tLe orange and
lemon, bas also become of much importance.
The Cbarleston (Va.) Spirit of Jefferson
says tLat tLere is every rcn?oii to believe that s
silver mine Las leen discovered on tLe form of
Mess. James and Dennis McSberry, of that
county, f-tu.'ted cn the cast bank of the Shen
andoah river, and at the base of the Blue Ei Ice
Miss B , a lady of considerable i"'1-
Uriety in tlie southwest, made her appears :;ci
'atcly in the Placjuciniue Court of Louisiana, to
argue hr own suit. She was armed with a
pistol and dirk, and frightened the lawyers taif
to death.
The Danville Rolling Mill has sipr1.
n consequence of a strike for higher wage-s by
some of the hands employed.
Green peas 8nd strawberries made their
first appearance in the Norfolk. A a. mcrket on
Saturday last.
Father Matthe-r ij at present at L' uia-
vllle, Ky., on his way cast.
The Sa--quehanna river is ia ltt fas
rafting condition. .
Mad. Teresa Piroii rrcit Iiia
")per Girgtx is givir.g concert at ?w Orl&anti
Col. Bigler rdl be tlcvtei b; -CyA0.