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EurOgean War News,

The steamship Asia arrived at New
York on Thursday, bringing news from
Europe week later than the previous
accounts. The intelligence in brief is as
follows The allied fleet has lombard
ed the Russian stronghold, Sebastopol, for
four days, but the telegraphic despatch
does net state the result. An English
war steamer, Of sixteen guns, got strand
ed near Odessa, and was obliged to sur
render to tie Russians. Two other
steamers went to her assistance and
bombarded the Russian works, but With
little effect. The allied fee: in the Bal
tic has also bombarGcd Reyel, on the
Gulf Of Finland, but no particulars are
known. The Emperor of Russia has
been taken Will relapse of his sickness.
The Russian government has insured to
the Greek Government a subveption Of
one million drachms per month, and the
latter has granted letters Of marque to
the pirates Of the Levant. TIE Turks
have gained two more victories on the
Danube Austria has called out 1000
men to defend her Eastern frontier from
Russia. The allies are said to haze
planned an invasion of Russia proper
during this campaign. The Russian feet
at llelsington had sailed thence to join
the Cronstadt feet, and Sir Charles Ma
pier had sailed to intercept it. The
Spanish difficulty with the United States
attracts much attention, and special
messenger from Mr. Soule has como By
the Asia. We had report Of the safety
of the passengers Of the City Of Glasgow,
but it proves to be uufoundod The T.
5 corvette Germantown has had singu-
lar difficulty at the Falklands with the
Brig Express, and went so far as to
threaten an assault and clear for action,
but apparently without effect
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Blood Baths.

According to dark tradition, which
.isincidentally lymentioned by Pliny, the an
cient kings of Egypt used to battle in hu-
man blood when they were seized with
Ileprosy. A similar story is told of the
Emperor Constantine; but he seems to
have been restrained from employing this
revolving remedy in consequence of Wis
ion; and he is said to have been cured by
BAPTISM. No great weight can be at
taehed to these i'll authenticated stories,
yet it is but too true that, both in ancient
times and in middle ages, decided heal
ing virtues for the cure Of leprosy were
supposed to exist in the blood of innocent
children and virgins, and that occasion
was given thereby for numberless cruel
ties. 1t is needless to refer to the reno
ter traces of the belief in the expiatory or
healing properties Of pure blood; they
ramify far and pass into the most ancient
times. Cures of leprous people by the
blood Of animals, in employing of which
certain symbolical customs were observed
are mentioned in the books of Moses: and
it might not be difficult to discover SINH
lar forms among all the nations in the
world.
During the middle ages the delusion a.
bout the healing virtues of human blood,
which must have had horrible effects in
the plague Of leprosy, received cheek
from the impression that only the blood
of those children and virgins would prove
eficacious who offered themselves freely
and voluntarily for a beloved sufferer
This idea is particularly expressed in the
touching story of "Poor Henry" which
forms the subject of one of the most beau
tiful poems of the thirteenth century.
y Saubian knight who sits in the lap
of happiness, is seized with the leprosy.
In order to escape death, he seeks through
the world for help. The physicians of
Montpelier can give no assistance; he has
tens to Salernum. Here one of the mas
ters makes him acquainted with the ap
parently hopeless means Of cure. Sad at
heart, he returns home, and prepares
himself to sorrow out the remainder of his
days in solitude. A girl Of twelve years
of age, the daughter of countryman,
conceives passion for the unfortunate
knight, attends him affectionately and, u
pom accidentally hearing the free will Of
fering, cannot be dissuaded from her res
olution to purchase the recovery of her
master with her life. Both are set out
for Salernum, but the catastrophe is not
fatal; Henry gets rid of the leprosy, and
rewards his generous benefactors with
marriage German lMedical Gazette.
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Price of Provisions.

Beef cattle sold yesterday at Bulls
Head, in Forty-fourth-st., higher upon the
average than atany time since the spring
of 1889, when Steinberger, the great cat,
tie speculator, obtained control over all
the beeves in the country, having for a
time the power to regulate every market
in the United States, and then failed for
million and half of dollars. Atpres
ent there is no great speculator or COM
bination of speculators, further than a
sort of mutual understanding among the
cattle brokers at this market for the gen
eral regulation of trade.
There is great relunctance on the
part of butchers to pay the high prices,
and one Of the heaviest of them failed the
other day for some $50, 900; and the
whole fraternity seem to have been strug-
Cling hard to keep going for year past,
being all the time in hopes that "things
would take turn" They have; but,
unfortunately, the turn has been the
wrong way, The prospect now looks
worse than ever. Cattle grow higher
and higher. Whole droves sold yester-
day at prices estimated equal to shilling
a pound for the beef in the quarters
The profit of the hide and tallow, after
deducting expenses, is but small, leaving
the quarters upon the stall at l29 cents
pound. How the lover of roast bee
can expect to get choice cut for less
than Is or 30 cents pound is beyond
our calculation and how the majority o.
them can afford to pay that is beyond
their own calculation. Ii they resolve
that beef is too dear and determine tc
fall back upon mutton, they will fnd
themselves in equal difficulty. You car
hardly get soup bones for a shilling
pound. AS for lamb, that is quite out
of the reach Of every body that has tc
work to eat Think Of small lambs sci
Hing for So to S4 each, or about 2Oc {
pound for the meat. The price of fail
quarter oflamb is So; that is Every fine
weighing six pounds"
Nothing is cheap but pork, and no
body of common sense will eat fresh porl
in warm weather, if ever. But it may
be asked why not eat more vegetables
Simply because they, too, are very dear
1t is more economical to buy meat at the
high prices than any kind o.. esculcnts a
present rates.
With a whole worlds abundant pro
ductions flowing towards this great EN-
porium, the poor here are pinched fol
food, and the midding class find grea
difficulty in providing their usual supply
Of such eatables as they have long beer
accustomed to use in their families. W.
have in fact, no reason to expect that The
price of beef will be materially reduced
till after the arrival of grass-fed cattle
from the western prairies.-N. Y, Trl
lbuHc.
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Gleason's Pictorial.

This favorite illustrated journal, form
ing sixteen octave pages weekly, com
mences a new volume July lst, being the
seventh volume Of the work. 1t comes tc
Us regularly frcightcd with its foreign and
home illustrations, and fund of excellent
original reading matter 1t is edited by
Maturin NJ. Ballou, gentleman long con.
nectcd with the Boston press, and pub
lished by f. Gleason, Boston, at So OF
per anuum, or 81 so for six months;
Clubs of ten subscribers taken at the rats
OF 90 90 per annum.
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Perils of Gold Dioginp

At Baalarat, (Australia,) where the
holes are very deep. accidents are COM
mon-one occurred lately. A man dig
ging, found the bottom growing soft, but
paid little attention to it until his legs
sunk in SO that he could not pull them out:
he shouted for his mates to let the rope
down, and fastened it around his waist.
but they could not pull him up; help came
and twisted off the crank of the windlass.
then seized the rope in their hands. but it
was of no avail-the water bubbled up "a
round the man in the hole, the quicksand
rushed in, buried him to his waist and
neck, stifed his cries, and rose thirty feet
above his head. To dig him out was i'm
possible. The rope was cut, and its end
pushed beneath the quick sand,
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Sad Accident.

II J Dr. T. Hollinshead informs US that
three men working on the D. L. & West
crn Railroad, at the Delaware Water
Gap, we're very seriously burnt, ycster-
day morning, while engaged in blasting.
They had prepared blast which failed to
discharge, and while they were engaged
in removing it, it ignited, burning them
badly about the face and arms. One OF
the men is injured to such an extent that
his life is despaired of The other two,
viii probably be deprived of their sight
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-06-08

IL The Boston Tradegy, says the
Norristown Herald, is the first response
from the North on the passage of the Ne
braska Bill, and the responsibility of the
act should be placed upon the South,
where it justly belongs. The manhood
of the North has began to recover from
the indignity and injury inflicted upon it
by the passage of the fugitive slave Act,
and its provisions were being quietly ac-
quiesced in, when the slavery propagand-
lists entered upon a new crusade to subju-
gate territory consecrated to Freedom to
the dominion Of their peculiar institu-
ton" In opposition to the earnest pro-
test of the North, and in contempt
of the decencies and enlightment Of the
age, they carried through their nefarious
purpose by the aid Of subscryient dough
faces, thus establishing the apparent fact
that the only mission which belongs to us
as a nation is to build up a nation of
Slaves, and to establish around the Free
States Gordon of slave States which sbal,
slowly, though surely, work out the mani
fest destiny" Of tyranny and oppression
The result of this is be fore us in the Bos
ton tragedy, and in it we see but the be
gining Of the end. The conflict between
Liberty and Slavery nust come, and i
the authorities and the laws interpost
themselves Oil the side Of the latter in the
struggle the people will right themselves il
despite Of them
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The FcIjpse.

A. NJ. Root, of New York, took TWEEN
ty-eight daguerreotypc views Of the sun
during the progress of the eclipse.
We have already heard Of few good
jokes played upon spectators.
A cute doctor, in New York, made
himself very agreeable in exhibiting the
eclipse to crowd at the corner Of Cort-
landt and Greenwich streets. He lent
them his smoked glass freely, and kindly
placed each spectator where be could see
a dark limo dividing the uneclipsed por-
tion of the sun. Many speculations as
to its cause were INDUCED in, but at
length the waggish doctor solved the mys-
terry by pointing to the intervening tele-
graph actJe
The printers Of the Miners Journal,
(Pottsville,) hoisted large copper roller
mould on a temporary tripod in the street
and soon collecting crowd, spectators
we're invited to take an observation; but
the only thing visible was at the other
end of this pseudo telescope, in plain
printed characters, the word
B9 SOLD! -gs
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RG~ We publish below copy of let
ter recently forwarded by Col. Charlton
Burnett, to the Superintendent Of Com
mon Schools. We do not deem it out of
place to give it publicity.
STRoUDsBuRG, June 6, 1854.
Col. c. a. BLACK,
Superintendent Of Common Schools:
DR.. SIR At the recent convention Of the
School Directors of this County, was de-
clarcd elected County superintendent, in pvr-
suance of the recent Act of the Legislature
relative thereto. Upon being notified of my
election, my attention was directed to the
Act, VI hen discovered that the election was
illegal and void the Directors through some
madycrtence, having overlooked the require
ments of the law The friends of some oi
the candidates before the Convention, may
in the petuance of anticipated defeat, make
representations to you, rcilecting upon The
members of the Convention and myself, and
my apology for obtruding this communication
upon your attention at this time, is more par
tcularly TO define my position in the preml'
seS.
| did not solicit the Office, and neUcr ashc0
a single Director Ia the County Of Monroe
TO cote for me iR the Contention. | was re.
peaten!y erged 10 accept the Office, and my
reply was, that | would not electioneer fo'
the office, but if il should he voluntarily con-
ferrcd upon me, | should not decline, Us
could not prove recreant, to so fatterlng d
=, = - f,1D nd q,
my fellow citizens.
If the election had teen valid, | presume
by regulation Of the Department, would
not have been honored by a commission, as
have not been engaged in teaching for some
years. therefore withdraw my name from
the contest.
| remain truly,
CHARLTON BURNETT,
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Daring heavy rain,, one evening last
week, at Alton, Illinois, the atmosphere
10 all directions was filled with illumina-
ted balls, resembling fire, which foated
through the air, only short distance a
boye the earth. They varied in size from
that of a mans double fist to that Of a
commOn-sized marble. They were not
eAtinguiahed by the rain, but were brigh-
est and most numerous when the storm
was the severest. Their appearance in
the black midnightis is represented to have
been exceedingly beautiful. We pre-
sumo they were electrical balls, but how
generated or occasioDed we do not pre-
tend to explain.
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Trial of Henrietta Robinson.

The Troy papers are filled with the pro-
ceedings of the trial there of Mrs. Henri
eta Robinson, for the murder of limo
thy Lannigan and Catharine Lubee by
administering poison on the 25th of May,
1853. We gather from the Times the
following facts: The prisoner was ar
rested on the evening of the same day the
murder was committed The murdered
man was twenty-five years of age, and
had wife and four children. The mur-
dered girl was twenty-five years of age
was unmarried. The prisoner is about
thirty-fve years of age, is rather good
looking in the face, possesses a fine form
and has foreign air In Court she wore
a black silk dress and white bonnet
trimmed with colored flowers. Her face
was covered with blue veil, perfectly
impenetrable. She appeared to be quite
easy. Mrs. Robinson had resided for a
bout year before the murder alone in a
house in the upper part of Troy. Lanni-
gan kept a grocery opposite, where she
traded. She visited in his family, but a
quarrel arose, and she was forbidden 10
come there. Friendly relations were,
however, subsequently established. On
the day of the murder she came to the
house of L. and took seat at the dinner
table. She called for some beer to drink
and pitcher OF the same was brought
She wanted sugar to put in it; this was
also furnished. She poured out the beer
and it is alledged put arsnic in it, which
she purchased on the 10th inst, and a
portion of which was found under the car
pet of her house. l.. drank the beer pre-
pared by Mrs. r., as did also Miss Lubee
who was visiting at the house. Both died
the same evening from the effects of poi
son.
TROY, MAY %, 1854.
The Jury in the case of Henrietta Rob
inson, charged with murder, being out
nearly three hours, returned with YER
diet Of Guilty" She received the YER
dict with great boldness, and exclaimed
"Shame on you, Judge! you are preju-
diced against me-" She also charged
the Jury with being bribed. Sentence
was deferred until Monday morning, to
allow her counsel to bring in bill of ex,
ceptions. The prisoners manner, afte'
the rendition of the verdict, was strange
and her language incoherent.
IG5- Mrs, r., was brought into Court OF
Monday morning to receive her sentence
She was in high spirits, and kept laugh
ing all the time. There was large
crowd present. W. a. Beach moved, il
behalf of the prisoner, for suspension @
sentence until tho defendants counse
could take proper steps for review o
the case, The motion was opposed BY
H. Hogeboom for the people. After some
deliberation the Court granted suspen
sion of the sentence until the further or
der of the Court.
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Tha Momentnous Question.

well, Charlotte, now that you have
decided on the brocade what lace do you
mean to trim it WITH
why, Amelia, l really don't know;
what do yO@ think?'
'Oh, Charlotte, dear, how shoull l tell?
What do you say to 'pointl' saw some
in Broadway, to day at $50 the yard!
That's just the thing. Let's SEC
takes twenty yards, don't it,
Yes, love; and if you have anything O.
yer, you can give it to me; if theirs any
thing I admire, it's point lace, George
says it is extravagant, but see no fun in.
stinting ones self; do you, dear!'
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I remain JIuIY,
CHARLTON BURNETT,
The Dead Come 10 Life,

The St. Louis Republican says that
a man named Cordcll, who disap pcared
from Jefferson City some
ten years ago, has lately returned, Hc
left Jefferson City at the time stated, fol-
BoonyiIlc; and as he had money with him
for the purchase Of land, and nothing as
ever heard of him, it was supposed be
had been murdered and robbed.
Large rewards were offered for the dis,
coycry of the murderer. Mr.. Cordell's
estate was administered upon and settled
up, and his wife, with her children, re,
turned, to her fathers house, where they
have ever since resided Mr.. Cordell ac-
counts for his leaving home, by SupPos-
ing that it was during period of mental
alienation; be has been in Mexico, and
from thence went to New York, and now
has returned to Missouri.
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tg' Our Slavery-loving administration
at Washington is favorably disposed to-
wards Russia, and looks upon the insti-
tutioDs of that gigantic and grasping De-
spotism with ill-concealed admiration.--
As "feeler," and with view of com
mending the Emperor Nicholas to the
warm regards of the Sham Democracy,
the Washington Union publishes a com
munication, five columns in length, aim
ing to show that sympathy with Turkey
in the present war is misplaced, and ex-
pressing the ardent hope that Russian
arms may prove triumphant over Eng
land and France.
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Fatal EXPLOSION.

The powder mills of LofIiin & Smith,
located about three miles back Of Saug-
critics, Ulster County, n. Y, blew up on
Thursday morning, killing seven men
and blowing six houses in the vicinity to
pieces. The principal loss will be from
the destruction of stock and interruption
Of the works. The latter loss will be
pretty serious, as this is the largest mill
in the State, and next to the largest in
the United States.
Hammer and Forbes powder-mill at
East Hartford, also blew up on Friday,
killing two men.
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Hcagv OJdua0ce-Gyeot Cu,

LiedGy O/dN0nce--Great GUnS.--
Messrs. Alegar & Co., of South Boston
are engaged manufacturing for govern,
ment, twenty, ten and eight inch "colum,
bians" (cannon) to be taken to California
The ten inch guns weigh about sixteen
thousand pounds, and are the heaviest in
use IN any service. About twelve tons OF
iron are melted from the pouring of each,
the guns being cast solid, and then bor-
red out. The process of boring and fin
lshing occupies about three weeks for each
gun
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Freaks Of Llghtnlng.-A house near
Nicksburg, Miss, was struck by lightning
on the 9th ult., and pretty much de-
molished A loaded gun was fred of
and broken to pieces, flask containing
powder exploded, keg of powder had
two hoops knocked off it, but did not ex-
plode. Six persons were sleeping in the
house, none of whom were injured by the
stroke.
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Brewing in Eas, on.

Our attention has just been called to
the Bottling Establishment of SEITZ &
BROTHERS in this Borough 1t would
seem from the data furnished us by their
gentlemanly book keeper, Mr.. HENRY
\. SAGE, that the manufacture and sale
of malt liquors has grown to be very
extensive business here. On one morn
ing of last week, SETS & Brother sent
out the following procession from their
Establishment four horse teams
three Of them carrying 2lO dozens each
and one 23O dozen; 4 two horse teams
two of them carrying l20 dozen each,
one 81 dozen, and one 64 dozen. One
/ horse team went to Hackettstown and
German Valley, one TO White House, n.
J., one to Quakertown and Zellcrsyille,
Pa, one to Stroudsburg, Pa, one horse
team to Bethlehem, Pa, one to Nazareth,
one to South Eastou and Glcndon, and
one supplies Easton. On Thursday these
teams 60 on different routes-one below
Uellertown, Pa, one to Hampton and
Ashury, \. j., and the others to other
towns in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
The business is carried on with system
aud the liquors are well made. Itis one
Of the largest bottling establishments il
the country. What a drinking people
we arc ,-EGSt0H5aR.
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Casai0n 10 IVhiskcy DrinkerS.-Three
persons in GAINESVILLE, O., one Saturday
evening, a few weeks ago, bought some
whiskey, and were all found dead on Mon
day morning. Some of the whiskcy that
remained was analyaed and found to con-
tain large portion of strychnine-which
deadly poison is said to be used by dis
tillcrs, in order to increase the yield.
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IL The municipal election for Mayor
and other city officers came off in Phila-
dclPhia, on Tuesday last. Judge Con
rad, the Wing candidate for Mayor, is E.
lccted by from to lO,OOO maj. Halle
hurst, (Whig candidate for Solicitor has
about II 900 maj. Theentire Wing COuu-
Gil Ticket elected by large majority
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Installation.

The installation of the Rev. j. f. MIL
LER, as pastor of the Presbyterian Church
of Stroudsburg, will take place on Tues
day next, (the 18TH. The Rev. Doctor
WILSON, Rev, Messrs. MAGEE, DAVIS,
and GoBLE are expected to offciate OIL
the occasion.
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MATT. z. WARD, returned to Louis
vile on the steamboat r. j. WARD, on
the 22d. lie left the city again the next
day, in consequence, probably, Of the
threatening manner in which his return
was noticed by the city papers Of that
morning, and call for a public meeting
on the subject, which was prepared dur.
ing the day.
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A Terrible Earthquake has recently oc
CURED in the southwestern portion of the
North American continent. At Mexico,
the shock was terrific, while San Salvador
was destroyed, and 600 families buried
in the ruins
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Simple Remedy.-Dr Negler, French
surgeon, says that "the simple elevation
of PERSONS arm will stop bleeding at the
nose" In addition to the above, it will
be necessary to keep the arm elevated
until the bleeding ceases, which will gen
erslly take place in few minutes.
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St1 Months Of tie Session Of C0ngreSS
has passed, and the two Houses have re-
pealed the Missouri Compromise. What
else has been done, except for the Execu-
tive to attempt to lead Congress by the
nose, and to force his leading measure u
pon it, to the great detriment of the pub.
lie peace. 1t is now proposed to adjourn
from July to October.
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TIE Good Time Conaang!-A telegraph
ic despatch to a member of Congress, an
nounces the gratifying fact that woman
has been elected constable in Perry coun-
~, Illinois
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Death of "Fannv Forester ~

HAMILTON, CANADA WEST, june O.
Mrs. Judson, better known as "Fanny
Forester" widow of the late DIR. Judson,
Missionary to Birmah, died at this place,
last evening, OF consumption,