MOimil S1ITIIU. Andrew J. Bhey, Editor. EBENSBURG, PA. Thnrsdny, January 87, . 185 3. gTbe weather has been exceedingly cold ein.ee Sunday, with plenty of enow. The sleigh ing is delightful. The editor is sorry, however, he is not well enough to enjoy it. sgyCol. S. S. Seeley, late of the Jersey Shore Republican, has been appointed State the Portace Road. The Colonel is one of the best and most deserving of the craft, and we are heartily pleased that he receives Borne slight consideration for faithful services. We will be glad to see him on the mountains. Appointment. Gen. John Ross, of Mifflin county, has been . appointed Superintendent of the Portage Rail road. .Gen. R. will no doubt make a popular, l,1iorin(T And Rrenmmodatiniz officer, lie is fa- V vorably known to a large number of the citizens of this county, his business for years past caus ing him at intervals to be a resident in our midst. He has discharged the duties of several public stations in an able manner, affording satisfac tion, to the appointing power. Ebensburg and Susquehanna Flank Road. The meeting of Thursday last, called for the purpose of devising "ways and means" for the construction of the above road, was numerously attended and a determination was shown to make the road. A commencement, a starting point was all that was desired, and we now ha it ; under such favorable auspices too, as to give every assurance that this much desired work k matlf before lonor. Already, between twelve and fifteen thousand dollars have been subscribed, mostly in Ebensburg, and the amount is daily increasing. Every one appears to take an interest in the work, and subscribes accord. ing to his means. There is, at present, a deter mination on the part of the people that the road mutt be mqde, and from the gratifying evidences recently given by almost every man in suDscri bing liberally to the stock of said road, we in fer that this much desired improvement will be completed at an early day. Let the people only eay that such a road is wanted, and there is no fear that its construction will be delayed. Go to wcrk, then, and let the good work so happily begun, be happily ended by the speedy making of this road, and he interests of the people will thereby be largely benefited and the facilities for trade and travel be greatly increased. Appointment ly the Canal Coramlsalon- crii J. B. Baker, Sup't Philadelphia and Colum ' bia railroad. Jno. Ross, Sup't Allegheny Portage railroad. COLLECTOBS. James Morrison, Easton. E. K. Solliday, New Hope. R. Patterson, Bristol. J. J. Rowan, Paoli. W. Koat, Parkesburg. C. Carmony, Lancaster. J. M. Strickler, Columbia. J. Livermore, Portsmouth. S. P. Goodrich, Harrisburg. J. Kacey, Newport. W. R. M'Cay, Lewistown. D. Black, Huntingdon. J. P. Hover, Hollidaysburg. P. F. Gibbens, Johnstown. S. M'Anulty, Blairsville. P. Clawson, Freeport. Perry Baker, Pittsburgh. W. A. Packer, Dunnsburg. C. II. Beeber, Williamsport. J. II. Zimmerman, Northumberland. P. Ent, Beach Haven. John Hnggins, Liverpool. W. Cole, out-let lock, Portsmouth. D. N. Stedman, Claris Ferry bridge. J. Shoemaker, Juniata Aquedact. R. Martin, Freeport " Slfeevisoes. G. W. Clawson, Delaware Division. George Blattenberger, Susquehanna. Weigh-Masters. J. Maher, Columbia. D. E. Martin, Portsmouth. Assistast Weicii-Masters. H. Leech, Philadelphia S. M'Kinley, Portsmouth. Cargo IxsrEcrons. D. WHIard, Bristol. J. Hunter, Philadelphia. J. Cummings, Columbia. T. Welsh, Daniel Delo, Hollidaysburg. C. Carter, Johnstown. R. Blakely, Pittsburgh. " T. S. Rowley, " 8TATE AGEJiTS COLUMBIA R. B. T. II. Eber, O. Hammond, C. Buckingham. R. C. Bates, C. Thompson, B. F. Ebaugh, . STATE AGENTS J. II. Dopp, C. B. Cotter, S. S. Seeley, M. Hibbs, W. Kelly, George C. Bentz, A. II. Tippens, C. Shriner, J. Clark.- ALLEGHENY P. B. B. J. Filler, Joseph Olliver, Eugene Donnelly. MISCELLAXEOCS. S. Moon, tonnage clerk, Columbia R. R. W. Dobbins, wood inspector, " " Shaeffer, car inspector, " Redsecker, out-let lock, Columbia. S. J. D. A. IiiroBTANT to Tbavellers. It was decided by one of the Courts at Cincinnati, last week, that ifapasseuger in a railroad car purchases a ticket, but accidentally loses it, the company have no right either to make him pay the fare a Becoud time, or turn him out of the cars, provi ded he can bring proof that he actually paid for the lost ticket. - rur devil tenders his sincere thanks to the fa. cctious fellows of the Democrat for the manner ly reception they extended to him when he call ed oa theni for bOiue Italic Primer Quad. Allegheny Portage Railroad. We have received the Annual report of the Canal Commissioners for the year ending No vember 1852, from which we extract the follow ing concerning the Portage Railroad : "Owing to the worn-out condition of this road and to the keeping it open for business during the winter, the expenses have been increased beyond the estimates of last year. It is almost impossible to make reduction in these expenses, until the planes on both slopes of the moun tain are avoided. The condition of the track, and the necessity for constant repairs to the machinery, must continue, to swell the expenses until that improvement has been accomplished. The experiment of keeping the road open du ring the winter, and transporting passenger trains over it at night, proved more expensive than was anticipated. The policy, however, of continuing this experiment, cannot be question ed. To shut up the road for three months, and to compel the trade and travel which seeks a route to market by the Pennsylvania improve ments, to be transported across the mountain in stages and wagons until the completion of the mountain portion of the Pennsylvania railroad would tend to drive into rival channels a large portion of the business which we might otherwis retain. The act of last session appropriated $25,000. in addition to the appropriation for motive pow er, for the purpose of running passenger trains at night. The expenses for this purpose were merged in the ordinary motive power expense until t.h first of Julv last. Since that time it has been found almost impracticable to keep separate account of these expenses, and in con sequence there has been but 4,507 70 charged to the service of night trains, leaving a balance in the Treasury of $17,491 24. It is recom mended to merge this item of expenditure in the ordinary motive power account, and to de duct the above balance from the motive power estimates for 1853. One of the boilers connected with the station ary engine on the north side of plane C, explo ded on the 12th of May last, causing material damage to the shed and machinery, and render ing it necessary to procure a new set of boilers The cost of repair was 3,780. On the 5th of October last another causualty occurred. The shed over the stationary engines at plane No 7 caught fire, and was burned down Both engines were much damaged, and the foundation on the north side so much injured as to require to be rebuilt. The engine on the south side was repaired and put in service on the iOth of the same month. The foundation on tne north side will be completed as soon as possi ble, when the machinery will be again placed in order. The cost of these repairs is estimated at 0,493. New boilers have been put in at planes Nos 5, 6, 9 and 10, and the machinery at those point thoroughly repaired. The machine shops at Hollidaysburg and Johnstown have been furn' ished with lathes, tools, &c, of approved con struction thus ensuring increased facility in the execution of the jepaxrs required for the machinery of the road. The reported amount of tonage transported over the road in each of the two past years is as follows : In 1852, tons, 250,000 In 1851, " 218,923 Being an increase of 31,077 tons, Two new ten wheeled locomotive engines. weighing 25 tonn each, with eight wheeled ten ders, have been contracted for, to be delivered on the 1st of March next. This addition to the motive power will materially increase the facil ties of transportation during the coming sea son. Plane No. 2 has been avoided, and that por tion of the new road to avoid plane No. 3 will be completed by the 1st of January. If an arrangement be effected with the Pennsylvania railroad company, on reasonable terms, for the use of their road from Johnstown to the inter section with the Portage railroad near the wes tern end of the Big viaduct, plane No. 1 may be avoided in anticipation of the construction of the new road intended to effect that purpose. This will give a line of road, uninterrupted by planes, between Johnstown and the foot of plane No. 4, a distance of 22 miles, and materially shorten the time required for transportation across the mountain. In the department much difficulty and expense was encountered during the last winter, in keep ing the road way free from snow and ice, so as to secure the winter transportation from as ma ny impediments as possible. Heavy rains in the months of March, April and May, saturated the beds of the tracks, and required a heavy force to keep the line in proper order for trans portation. The tracks are believed to have been much improved by the repairs of the last season, but large expenditures must be made upon them in - consequence of their worn out condition, so long as the inclined planes are continued. The planes from No. 4 to No. 10, are in good order, and are in a condition to per form their portion of transportation for the coming year. New stacks have been built at planes Nos. 5, 6 and 9 and a new depot erected at Hollidays burg for the protection of locomotive engines. - . Water pipes have also been laid down for a distance of 3 miles, and a number of new cis terns constructed at the planes. The weigh scales at Hollidaysburg and Johns town have become so much worn out as to ren der any repairs a useless waste of money. A contract has accordingly been made for new scales at each - of those places. As soon as manufactured they will be placed on the road. ROAD TO AVOID PLANES W THE ALLEGHENY POR TAGE RA1LKOAD. By the act of the fourth May, 1852, Messrs. W. Milnor Roberts and Edward F. Gay were ap pointed, in conjunction with R. Faries, Engineer of the improvement, to re-examine the line of the road to avoid the planes between the foot of plane No. 4 and Hollidaysburg, or as many of them .between said points as might be deemed most practicable and for the best interest of tho commonwealth." It waa also provided by the same act, that after the said engineers, or a ma jority of them, shall have decided upon the most practicable route from the foot of plane No. 4 to Hollidaysburg, and shall have made their re port to the Canal Commissigners, then the Ca nal Commissioners shall order the said work to be prepared for letting, and put the same, or such portions thereof as they may deem most ex pedient, under contract. This board of engineers (as will be seen from their accompanying report,) reported that the line previously traced by Mr. Faries, was on the best ground for a road avoiding all the planes which could "have been selected; and that, in regard to grades and cost, they believed it to be superior to the New York and Erie, the Pennsylvania, or the Baltimore and Ohio rail roads, and in curvature equally as good. As soon as practicable after the receipt of this report, the whole of the work on the eastern slope of the mountain to the intersection of the present road near Hollidaysburg, was placed under contract, which is now progressing as fast as circumstances and a limited appropriation will permit. In regard to the progress of the work previ ously under contract on the western 6lope of the mountain, the Legislature is respectfully re ferred to the very comprehensive statement of the engineer of the line, which is annexed to this report. Plane No. 2 has been avoided, and the road around No. 3 will be completed for use by the 1st of January. Tho completion of the whole of the work on the western slope, or iginally contemplated, has been necessarily de layed, in consequence of the act of the 4th May, 1852, directing an enlargement of the plan, by the expenditure of a portion of the appropria tion in the ultimate completion of a double track from the foot of plane No. 4 to the point of intersection of the road to avoid planes Nos. 2 and 3 with the long level, and in the straight ening of the road and laying the north track with a heavy T rail, on the long level from said point of intersection to the point where the Pennsylvania railroad diverges from the Portage railroad. The estimates of the Board presented to the last Legislature were predicated upon the con struction of a single track, graded at a few hea vy points for a double track. The Engineer's estimate for a double track for the whole length nf the road, was Sl.495.000. As the Act of 1852 was regarded as an indication of the in tention of the Legislature that a double track should be laid throughout the entire length of the new road, the contracts for grading have been so framed as to carry out that intention. In consequence of the great increase in the price of iron and labor, it is safe to presume that the estimate of the Engineer 'f will be in creased about 250,000. Under these circumstances, the en tire cost of the improvement laid with a double track, is estimated at $1,745,000 Deduct absolute appropriations 375,000 1,370,000 Deduct conditional appropriation, if in Treasury - 200,000 1,170,000 Deduct estimated value of old mate rials Amount required to complete with a double track Add proportionate amount applicable to straightening of curves and lay ing of heavy T rail on long level, as per Act of 4th May, 1852 248,050 921,350 100,000 1,021 000 The value of this improvement cannot, at this day, be disputed. It is essential to successful competition, that a speedy transit across the mountain should be obtained. The delay and the expense now experienced nt that point must drive into other channels that part of the trade which now forms a large portion of the receipts from tolls, and thereby render the main line, in a measure, valueless, To avoid a result so fatal to the best interests of the Commonwealth, the work should be brought to completion as soon as possible. So long as the inclined planes are retained, so long will it be impossible to reduce the tolls to a proper standard to meet the com petition of other routes. Every consideration of public policy points to an early and ample appropriation for its completion, as a measure due alike to the character of our improvements, to the resources of the public Treasury, to the prosperity of the citizens residing along the main line, and to the liberal and enterprising spirit of this great Commonwealth. With 6uch an ap propriation, two more planes can be avoided by the spring of 1854, and the balance of the planes by the month of July following. The Board must, therefore, be permitted to urge 6trongly upon the attention of the Legislature, the pro priety of making an early appropriation, suffi cient to accomplish an improvement fraught with such important consequences. Schoolboys at a Ball. , When Dt. Tarr, the eminent Greek scholar, was head master of the grammer school at Nor wich, he received many civilities from the resi dent gentry of the neighborhood, in part requital of which he bethought himself of giving a ball to his country acquaintance. The scene of festivity was a large school rponi, which was separated by arg folding doors from a'dormitory, in which about sixty boys took their nightly repose. On the evening of the ball, they had been all sent to bed earlier than usal, but the docter had not duly estimated the mercurial temperamentof boyhood, in flattering himself that sleep would keep them quiet on such a night. No sooner bad the dan cing commeuced than the whole school crept out of bed, and in a compact mass crowded against the folding door, to obtain through a keyhole, alternate glimpses of the outer revelry. The doors were not strong enough to withstand such pressure, and with a crash gave way, pouring into the ball room a perfect cataract of naked urchins t ... The disturbance of the moment, . the rage of the doctor, the consternation of the ladies and the gamboltrof the doctor's boys, are beyond lescrintiou. DolemarCt Magazine. Highly Important from Central America and CnhaThe. Encroachment of the British in HondurasProbable Trou ble between England and Cuba, &c, Our Nicaragua Correspondence, , San Juan del Norte, Jan. 2, 1853. Important movement of the English Government British Honduras Elevated to a Colony-The Monroe Doctrine, &c. The Belize, or British Honduras, has been elevated to a'colony, the superintendent converted into a Governor, and a constitution given to the people. This province extends almost across the continent, and with the recently created colony of the Bay Islands, foreshadows the se quel to the Mosquito protectorate. The famous Monroe doctrine, so exultingly proclaimed and reiterated, seems to have been scattered to the four winds, for the heart of this Western world is occupied by the most powerful of the European States, and her vessels of war are constantly hovering around like birds of prey, chipping off a bit here and there, and plastering it on to some colony or other ; elon gating a boundary line here, and seeing yonder a forest of mahogany trees, forthwith proclaim ing it Belize acting under instructions, of course. The possessions of Great Britain in the Western tropics seem to be increasing, and it behooves the American government to be vigi lant, lest some day they will be shut out from communication with the Pacific States at a crit ical moment. It is rumored that the Central Americans have repossessed themselves of the port of Limas, from which they were ejected in September, 1851, by II. B. M. schooner Bermuda, now here, and have hoisted the Central American flag, in the room of the Mosquito. H. L. S. Our Cnbau Correspondence. Havaxna, Jan. 15, 1853. Tlireatened Trouble between England and Cuba The expulsion of Mr. Boylen from St. J ago de Cuba The Probable Recall of General Can-ales. Since the beginning of the present month, wc have an expelled British merchant from St. Ja go de Cuba, ordered out of that city by the Gov ernor General Medenilla, who would not even give him a hearing, and he refused giving the British Consul there any explanation whatever of such an arbitrary measure, on the plea that the Consul was only vice-Consul, and that Mr. Boylen was no British subject, having taken out a carta de domicilio, which every foreigner is compelled to do before he can even reside in this island. The Captuin General appears inclined to sup port the Governor of St. Jago in this outrage ous act, on the principle de no retroceder ; but the question, if not settled here soou in a satis factory way, will go before the British Parlia ment, as the British Consul here is firm in the defence of the injured British subject. Mr. B. has brought letters from the constitu ted authorities in St. Jago, to testify to his high standing there. To the present time he is not aware even of the charge laid against him. He offered 80,000 worth of property, and his per son, for a legal trial by the Spanish laws, but he would not be listened to. What are we to come to in this unfortunate country ! The news has just reached us of the fall of the Ministry in Spain. Of course, Canedo's nose is out of joint. It caused quite a commo tion in the palace this morning. Whoever comes here in the room of the Cancdo cannot act worse than be has done during the short admin istration. The poor man has to thank Mr. Sec retary Galiano for the execution in which he is held by all classes of the community, except the slave traders. X. 11 Herald. Estimate of Fashionable Happiness. The Duchess of St. Albans was a fascinating ac tress, of good common sense, who married, first a banker and then aduke. She had seen pover ty in the most trying as well as the more tolera ble of its shapes, and was well prepared to judge of high life by comparison. She thus spoke of it in her memoirs: Few persons have seecn so much of the vari ous aspects I may say extremes of life as my self ; and few therefore, can be better judges of the diffeience between great poverty and great wealth; but, after all, this docs not by any means constitute the chief and most important distinc tion betwen high and low states. No; the signal the striking contrast, is not in the external cir cumstances, but the totally opposite minds of the ns to their resnective cniovmcnt of existancc. The society in which I formerly moved was4ill cheerfullness all high spirits all fun, frolic, and vivacity. They cared for noth ing, beyond the pleasures of the present hour; and to those they gave themselves up with the kcenist relish. Look at the circles in which I now move. Can any thing be more weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, than their whole course of life ? Why, one might as well be in the tread mill, as toiling in the stupid, monotonous round of what they call pleasure, but which is, in fact, very cheerless and heavy work. Pleasure, in deed! when all meriment, all hilarity, all indul- cence of our natural emotions, if they be of a joyous nature; are declared to be vulgd r. There can be no cordihty where there is so mucn ex clusiveness and primeness. No! all is coldness, reserve and universal ennuis, even where this starchncss of manners is unaccompanied by any very strict rigor in matters of conduct. Look, now, at those quadrill dancers in the other room; they have been supping; they have been drinking as much champagne as they liked; the band is capital; the men are young and. the girl? are pretty; and yet did you ever see such crawl ing movements, such solemn looks, as if they were all dragging themselves through the most Irksome task in the world ! Oh I What a differ ent thing was a country dance in my younger days !" - : ST Ireland is literally "going to grass." The great landlords are turning out their ten ants in order to lay the land down to grass, for flocks and herds. - Sheep are more profitable than men so the latter are turned out to die, while the former are turned out to grow fat.: Arrival of the Niagara. New York, Jan. 21. The Niagara arrived at Halifax to-day, with Liverpool dates to the 8th inst. A superb banquet Was given by the Chamber of Ccmimerce, at Liverpool. Mr. Ingersoll, the American Minister, was present, and Earl Der by made a long speech. A similar banquet was given at Manchester, on the 7th. The ship t. George, from Liverpool for New York, full of Irish emigrants, tool; fire r.t sea on the 24th of December, in a terrible storm. Eight were suffocated by the smoke, and the re mainder, a large proportion being women and children, mustered on the poop deck, the flames bursting all- around, when the ship Orlando, from Mobile for Havre, hove in sight, and made a desperate effort to save them, but the 6ea ran so hiffh that all the boats were swamped but one, which carried only five at a time. Seventy 6ix of the passengers and crew were saved. The tempest increasing the Orlando just got clear of the St. George when she sunk. Fifteen were drowned going from ship to ship, eight were suffocated between decks, and 23 were burned or sunk with the ship. The Orlando af terwards had all her sails blown awny in the tempest. She reached Havre in eleven days, short of water and provisions. A subscription has been commenced on behalf of the survi - vors. The ship Lady of the Weet, from Bristol forj jggj-The Caloric engine, if applied success New Orleans, was lo st at sea. Fifteen of her fuUy to locomotives, will be an important savin crew were picked up in a long boat and carried ; the cost of running the trains. to Falmouth. Four others were in the pinnace and were carried to Brest. ureal maritime uauiugtr u3 uu u,uc t mS . . . 1 1 V .?-.. 1 tne coast oy uie ueavy gaies. The elections to Paeliament consequent upon members accepting ofliee are mostly over. The ) former old members are re-elected. I It is reported that Lord Clarendon will super-. cede Lord John Russell, in the Foreign offce, before Easter. The Manchester Commercial Association have petitioned the Foreign office to remonstrate pl-in fur boarding. . One of the boarders mesnicr against the Emperor of Morocco's arbitrary in izes the rest, and then eats a hearty meal, tfa terference in trade on his coast. ! mesmerized being satisfied from sympathy The mail steamer Australia, from Sydney, is ( One of the boar Jer.s having recovered, mesaier past due, and great anxiety is felt fcr her safe- zed the landlady on pay day, and endeavored to ty. She is to bring 1,000,000. j settle fjr the whole company by paying for one The ladies of Leeds have adopted an address t but it did'iit work, to the American ladies on slavery. rJVMr3. Martha Martin Douglass, the wife A meeting of American ladies was held nt ( of the Hon Stephen A. Douglass, Senator fruw Milan, Italy. They have sent a spirited reply Illinois, whose death we have already noticed. to the Duchess of Sutherland's address. The Mr. Heald who was drowned in the Tagas was not the husband of Lola Muntez. Lord St. Gemiains has been augurated Lord, Lieutenant of Ireland. The quarterly returns of the United Kingdom show an increase in the revenue for the year of 979,000, and for the quarter of 703,000. Every item of the revenue has increased except the customs. The ministers of Austria, Prussia, and Rus sia have presented credentials to the ' Emperor of France. The Czar firmly refused to use the term Brother, and compromised by writing Mon sieur Ami. All the continental governirots recognize Napoleon's government. The Emperor has repi'ied to the Pope's nun cle. He says, "I trust, under Divine Provi dence, to be able to develope the prosperity of France and to secure peace to Ehrope." Murat demands 12,000,000 francs for the crown property of King Mnrat, with compound interest, Napoleon declines paying the inter est. The Patrie denies the occupation of Samana by the French. The government has abandoned the idea of taking possession of the In.urance Compa nies Count D'Orsay's widow has beeen married to Hon. Charles Spetccr. Dupin has declined the Attorney General ship. There has been more fighting in Algeria. The Brussels police have ordered the funeral of Madame Kossuth to take place at night. The Spanish revenue for the year has fallen off 9,000,000, reals. Madame Madina Florence is better, but she remains in prison. A decree has been published prohibiting the exportation of potaties, corn and beans from Italy. Additional fi rtifications have been erected at' Nienna. Disastrous engagements have taken place be tween the Turks and Montenegross, near Lake Scutari. Six hundred of the Turks were kil led. Cash Payments on the Public Works. We take the present opportunity of calling the attention of the Legislature to the system of cash payments upon the public works, that was attemp ted to be established last winter. As far as it has gone, it has worked admirably, but unfortu nately, the old debts were some what larger than was anticipated, and the appropriations were insufficient, which caused a partal fai lure of the System. Neither were the appropriations for current work large enough in all cases. This should be remedied at the earliest practicable period. The canal officers should b required by the Board, and we presume they have been, to report every old debt by the Commonwealth, and these should all be paid off at once. After this is done the canal and railroad officers should be provided with funds to pay off all bills con tracted, whether for labor or materials, at the end of every month. The system should be ad hered to strictly, as the only economical one that can be adopted. Nearly all our railroad com. panies pursue the cash system, and so ought the State in all cases, particularly as the plea f want of funds cannot be setup. We advocated this system for several years before it waa adopted by the State, and now that it has been commenced.'we trust it will be carried out to perfection and pertinaciously adhered jto. HarrUhiirgh Union, z J" . v , ' from oUr Exchanges Sy-The product of the le a l mines in CLm, ter county, Pa., sent to market during the vr 1852, amounted to 18,000 pigs of lead. B9u.An Indiana paper says, Amos Worthine ton, of Cairo, is dead.. He was an unpretendinr man, lived unostentatiously, and supplied thtf re iple with fish. His last words were charac-teriit-c. "I say, Pritchard, I'm going to pe. right off I've flirted my last fish ; but bury bv tackle with me who knows but thev th ; , 4, wtc up Jordan.' ...... ES-Thc New York Directory for this Tear contains more than four thousand names which begin with "Mc," or "Mac," whereas, of name beginning with "O," there are only about fits hundred and fifty. Cray-Senator Cooper, who has been sick at Pottsville for three weeks, has recovered suflj., ciently to take his seat in' the Senate at Wash--ington. BjgLient. Bonaparte, of the U. S. Army and cousin to the present Emperor of France has been ordered to join the troops in Texas. ' j3?A Frenchman, who proposed to establish a school in New Orleans, having heard that a high school would be most respectably patroni sed, took a room in the garret of a four story house. gy-A country contemporary nndertook to j cut a splurge the other day, so he offered a $10 ' premium for a "prize tide." A farmer sent him ' in a tightly curled 'sanJy pig's tail and Jemaa. ded the cash. j Woman's Rights. The Cincinnati Noupareil says, "Not far from the Brighton House we saw womail in a smithshop, with a leather apron j OQ flnJ Lammer in LanJ waggon Small Pox is Havax a. A letter from an an. thentic source, bearing date Jnn. 2, states that the small pox was still raging at Havana. I1 was estimated that there was 12,000 cases. jfjiSA Yankee has invented a new and cheap was the last surviving child of the late Col. Rob ert Martin, of Rockingham county. North Caro lina. Sbe was married in April. 1817, and die! at the residence of her husband in Washington, j in the 21th year of her age. An agel mothtr : an 1 three infant children survive her. She i said to have possessed a highly cultivated uiinJ and surpassing sweetness of disposition. JCiSThe Somerset Herald estimates that but ter is annually sold in that County to the amount of t!irco 1iuii-lrcd-thou8.ind dollars. No C0U!ltJ in the State has a better reputation for making good butler than Somerset. We had no iJe:vt however, that its citizens went into the bubinehi so heavily. They deserve great credit for the'.r enterprise in this particular, and we commenl their example to the consideration of our citL zens. BSL-We give the following tough story tot what it is worth The Medina Democrat says there is nn insB8 man in that town named Smith, whose joinU are all double, and he can displace them from their natural position without any inconvenience or any great effort. He has two pair of lungsf and by inhaling air sufficient to 11 both, con continue thirty-eight minutes without breathftg. He served under Gen. Taylor In tho late with Mexico. Bk,It is said the seat of Mr. Benjamin, T. S. Senator from Louisiana, elected by the TVbig in place of Downs, will be contested. The new Constitution of the State requires aU officers to be elected under it. TTie present Legislature, being largely Democratic, may elect two of their own party to the United States Senate, andtba body will have the question to decide between the present incumbents and the new ones, if elected. Mr. Benjamin was bonr on the island of St. Thomas, and is charged with- rr4 having been naturalized. This raises a very orious question. Napoleox III. The Tarris correspondent of the Courier des Etats Unis says Napoleon gives awny large sums of money, ne has committed to the Ambassador in England a large amount to be distributed among needy French refugees there. He directed that they should not know whence the money came, lest they should refuse it. The liberality of the Emperor, it is adM is a matter of public notoriety. Adtastaoes of Pkistixg. Mr. B., a well known metropolitan printer, once told us that on one occasion an old woman. from the country came into his office with an old Bible in her hand. "I want," said she, "that you should print it over ag'in. It is gettin a leetle War red, sort of. and my eyes isn't wot they wos. How much do you at !" "Fifty cents." "C0 you have it done in half an hour? wish yo would; want to be gettin home; live good wJ out ef teown." "Certainly." When the oli lady went out, he sent round to the office of tt American Bible Society, and purchased cojT for fifty cents. "Lor' sakes a-massy !'' exclaim ed the old lady; when she came to look t itt "how good you've fixed it! it's e'en-aaost ai good as new ! I never sec nothin' so curious what printin' is !' ' .:"' jEa-The correspondent of the Boston Congrf gationalist, Geo. V. Fisher, Esq., writing from Germany says : "Uncle Tom's Cabio" is exciting great attention in Germany. ' Three translations have already appeared, and th utmost curiosity is felt hero to learn something respecting the "nigger?."' Indeed their interest seemed to P about equally divided between Negroes, Indinj and Mormons. On hardly any subject been more questioned.
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