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read the Bank oil Hsgersiowo, die Il,
circulation. The alteration consists II,
removing The words Farmers and Mill!
lers, in small letters under the figures Ii
The right AID iefl corners Of he bill, Ieay
ing the words Bank of Haserstown III
prominent type 10 the body 81 tie bill. y.
They thus readily pass as Haaeriowh
Bank notes, which are good. The ae.
cep,ion may readily be detected iby ob.
serving that the good notes read III asers,
town Bank, ihe spurious Bank OF Ha,
gerstown.'
TRANsPoRTs IN TtiE CUR There are
now in the service of the government. al
transports, foriy-six ships. twenty-fou,
banks, fifty six briggs and eleven steamers,
These. addedio The vessels Of war. maize
one hundred and sixty..four vessels. en-
played directly and Indirectly, in The re-
ductlon Of the city Of Vera Cruz and the
Cassie Of San Juan de Ullos-not, per-
haps. inappropriaiely termed The Gibrsl
tar:oi the new worid--and is the laree.,
naval force everput forth by the Unite
States. The employment Of 1877 vessels
az transports will not only account in some
measure for the scarcity OF merchant YES.
sells, but also FOR The high rate Of lreighls
demanded.
RoUcH AND READY II, was during de
wafof 1912 that Major, now Gen Tay-
Tor, won the first Brevet ran ( ever confer
red BY our Government. His gallant ana
brilliant defence .of Fort Harrison, fee.
gle aog Quilting, gafrisoned by some thirty
men against 400 Miami Indians prompt.
ed Mr.. Madison 70 confer Oh Capt. TayIor
the commission Of a Major BY breyet.
SCFFERfsS OF MEXICAN SoLDrrRs.-
The Mexican papers. slluding 10 Santa
Annals march from San Luis, say that bis
tooPs suffered very severely. Slagnanl
barrel. SoldTrTissTfyst5gsi8 tone efpJlSs6:a
with fatigue, and Refished, without shelter
in The snow. Bitterly is The administra
ton denounced for not having raised
means 70 mitigate their ha.dships.
4 A FACT. 1t is a singular fact. that al
most immediately after the receipt Of &c.
neral Taylor's fetier from Monterey re ]
mons,rating agsins, the inierference OF the
War Department. with his plans. eici. Ge-
neral Scott was ordered 10 60 Quito Mexi.
co TO supercede him. General Taylor's
letter was dated October 18th, and Gene.
raj Scott was ordered 10 hold himself ia
readiness 10 go1en the 18th Of November.
- short time Afler General Taylor's let,
ter could have been received.
This fact solves the riddle. why Gene
raj Scott was sent Al. all. Taylor was be.
coming troublesome and. 10 order 10 be
rid Of him, Scott was ordered Of. with
the subsequent intent. We I'll know, Of;
putting Benton IS Lie uten AMI General over
OOtH'-Stss 4 A<APi0Sos- u 5Ag.s
DEATH OF a POWERFUL MONARCH
We translate from the franco Amer,
can anSiiem Of foreign news which has
no, met our eyes elsewhere. A great
Emperor of India, Little known in Eus=
rope. but who nevertheless, wssihe chief
lot thirty millions Of men, has recently
died. We mean Min Meachthe rulersof
Anam. Sovereign Of all Cochin China, Of
Fonguin and Of Cambodia. The event
is important. -Meach,. after the ex
ample Of the emperor Of China. had con
astantly Iefused al relations with foreign
powers, i Is said thai his successor i,
determined 10 open The ports of4,he EN-
pire OF Anam 10 the vessels Of all CON
mercial nations.
Pleasant BED rELLows.-A person
writing from Camp Watson, near Tanpi
CO, says:
81 am collecting number Of scorpion
lceniipedes and tsraniulas. some 81 th'
latter are nearly as large Is young colts.
which j intend sending 10 you - curiosi
ties the FIRST opportunity. How woulc
YOU like iotind. on going 10 bed, . cou
pie Of good sized scorpions snugiy siovet
between your blaDketa3 Iassure you ]
! is no Iurusual occurrence. -
A LONG FasT-rhe singular powel
possessed by some animals 10 live for |
Eiong lime without food. is exempliEed il
ciicumstaoce which happened iI Name
Land is related 10 one of the journals
l0a the 25.h November last. tueniy-si,
sheep belonging 10 Mr. Levi Martin, 3
Bingham, Me s.fsyed from bis farm ant
were buriedin, ibe snow they rem slE e
so without any food whichever unill lh'
L3lh day Of February following, beings;
days when three Of the number wer
found alive, aud two have recovered ant
are doing yell
Daopsg N THE CHssT. The FLUSH
! i6e Journal says that lady ia that tow
cprsd herself Of i dropsy ii ihe chest B,
asing the roof Of the garden parsley I
lieH cleaned roots were boiled 10 q qnal
of water, until IL was diminished 70 PIN
i Repeatedly during itesday 4 small qnanll
dty was taken. mixed with ! portion
Agin. and every synp,om Disappeared :
i After 4 few doses the gin was omitted an
4 the decociion only used The Jonrn'
i y0nehes for iheiru,h Of hhe case.