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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Alarming Drought in Middle and South.
ern 1llirois---Half the Crop cut off.

Accounts reach us of the prevalence Of
drought in the Middle and Southern
counties of Illinois, the country being lit
terally parched up. The Chicago Dem
ocratc Press says it extends as far north
ward as Livingston county, as the Chicago
and Mississippi Railroad, which is only
about 100 miles south Of the Wisconsin
State line, or lao miles south of this city
The streams are nearly all dried up,
and so are many wells. Travellers find
it very difficult to procure water for their
teams. At several points the prairies
were burning. Residents of thirty years
say they never have known SO long and
trying a drought. The temperature of
the earth is so high that the deposition
Of dew during the Iast three weeks had
ceased. On many farms, scarcely enough
corn will be raised for seed; the earliest
planting will yield far below an ordinary
average, and the latter growth will prove,
in most cases. an entire failure. \ farm
er near Springfield has offered to sell his
entire crop at the rate Of five bushels to
the acre The Press thinks it safe to say,
that in one half the State the corn crop
will be less than half an average yield.
IN 1850, Illinois raised $685. ,984
bushels, Surprising the area devoted to
its culture not enlarged since that time
it is estimated that the dininution in the
crop this season will amount to l4,4I4,-
I'll bushels, which, at the price of fifteen
cents per bushel on the farm, would en-
tail loss Of S2,lGl, ,76I on Illinois fur
.ers. The other crops throughout the
State, however, are said to he above ali
Average; but corn is her great staplc.--
While the farmers in Wisconsin are la
mCnting the frequent rains Of the past
month, it is singular enough that their
ncighbors should be so great sufferers by
this unexampled drought. The wet
weather has somewhat injured our wheat
crop, aud much delayed the harvest, but
We apprehend 10 very material loss Oh
this account in consequence, while it has
brought the corn forward astonishincly.
There is little doubt, we think, that the
corn crop Of Wisconsin will tLis season
he the largest ever known in the State
Jh.lca"L1c Wisconsin, Aug. 4.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Gov, Bigler and the Compromise.

"The compromise measures recently "a
dopted, and sanctifed by the approval Of
Clay, and King and of Webster, haze
! iquictedHe elements Of national discard, and
to prolong this peace and quiet, it is but
necessary to ataiatain these measures and
the requirements of the Constitution; to
discountenance in future the agitation OF
questions settled by the federal compact,
and djSoain the actions of those acjto aco"ld
haaaafd tie peace Of the country to CRAFTY
IWguclice, or 10 0ccompljSh tile ends Of per-
S0naL ambitiou. .r-Gouern0r'S MeSSage,
January All, 1854.
The above is word for word extracted
from Gov. Biglers last annual message.
1t expressed, at the time, the almost u
unanimous opinion of his own party, and
indeed, of all parties. But how william
eously he backed out of his position
While Bigler was ponning the sentiment
we have quoted, Senator Douglas, and
President Pierce were busy at work con-
cocting the foul measure for the repeal OF
the Missouri Compromise, which by all
unscrupulous use of the power and pat
ronage of the Government they aecomp-
Iishcd in few short months. And where
stands Gov. Bigler now? Instead Of
"dlsd aiming the actions of those who have
hazarded the peace of the country to
crafty prejudice or to accomplish the
ends OF personal ambition" the Governor
and his friends have given their unquali-
fed endorsement to the measure. What
citizen of Pennsylvania, not Influenced by
the grossest "prejudice,' or in order to
crafty the ends Of personal ambition, y
can look upon the course of the Execu-
tive with any other feeling than disdain
What cares the author of the above ex-
tract "01c for the ''peace of the couutry!''
Pierce and Douglas have spoken, and
their will Is his law. Dead to every
principle Of independence, he stoops to
''cat dirt in order to please his superiors.
In the language Of our glorious Declsra-
tion-"a Governor whose character is
thus marked by every act which may de-
ine a miserable and cOatemptiJIc hucAlcr
is unfit to be the ruler of free people.
This single circumstance is sufficient Of
itself to awaken the contempt Of every
honorable man, and ensure the condem-
nation Of deceived and outraged con-
.tituency -Re0diRg JOllrrs0L
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Size of the Ark.

Iuidels have objected to the size of the
ark and have asserted that it is quite alb
surd to suppose that ever there could be
vessel constructed large enough to hold
all the creatures which must have been
nlaeed in it, with sufficient food,-it may
he for six or twelve months-water for
the fishes, corn for the four footed ami
mails. seeds for the birds, and so on
Now we will take the dimensions Of the
ark from the record of Moses, and calcu-
late them on the lowest possible scale
There are two definitions given of cubit;
one that il eighteen inches, or foot and
half; the other that is twenty inches.
We will take it at the lowest. Moses
states that the ark was three hundred
cubits long this would make it four
hundred and fifty feet long, or about the
length Of St. Pauls Cathedral, London.
The breadth he states to Se fifty clthits !;
we then have it seventy-fve feet in
breadth. He states it to be thirty cubits
high. so that it was forty-6ve feet In
height In other words it was as long as
St. Pauls Cathedral, nearly as broad and
half as high. The tonnage of the ark,
according to tho calculation of modern
carpenters, must have been thirty-two
thousand tons. The largest English
ships of size altogether unimaginabls
to those who have never seen it is two
thousand FIVE hundred tons burden so
that the ark must have been equal to sew
enteen first rate ships of war, and if arm
ed as such ships are, it would have con-
tained beyond eighteen thousand men.
and provisions for them for eighteen
months Button has asserted that all
four footed animals may be reduced to
two hundred and fifty pairs, and the birds
to a still smaller number. On calcula-
ting, therefore, We shall find that the ark
would have held more than five times the
necessary number of creatures, and more
than FIVE times the required quantity of
food to maintain them twelve months
DR.. Cummings.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17

FLOCK OF SHEEP KILLED By LIGHTN-
ING.--The Rutland, vermont Herald)
states, that AZ sheep and Ia lambs, worth
>ome $500, were killed near a tree in
that town on the l 9th ult., by discharge
of lightning. the direction of which was
evidently FROM the earth, as locks of wool
were driven into the tree along which the
fluid passed, and also that the bodies Of
animals killed by lightning decay very
rapidly, as there was only heap of wool
and of dry, de-hless bones, left of the 81
sheep, when found few days after they
were killed.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Sitka.

1t has already been stated that Russia
has offered to sell the Island Of Sitka to
the Z. S. The Philadelphia Ledger thus
describes the place -
Sitka lies near the coast in front of the
Russian settlements in North America.
IL Is one OF group of islands known
heretofore as King George the Thirds
Archipelago. The population in 1888.
amounted TO eO7 persons, of whom l34
we're Aleutes and Kolosks, 307 the de-
acendants Of Europeans and native women,
and the residue Europeans-chieAy Rus
slams, The harbor is good, but vet for
l2O days 1t ralned there necessarily. and
Tor loo other days, showers were frequent
lhe whole coast is humid and subject to
the heaviest fogs, which brood over the
entire region. Grain cannot be cultiya-
ted on the island. \ few vessels are buiIt
there, but the chief industry is the cur
ing OF fish, for which salt il obtained
from the Sandwich Islands. The town
Is mere assemblase of wooden houses,
with that usual appendage of Russian
towns, fortress. From thence the Fur
Company directs its trade with Russia
proper, and also to a small extent with
China and the Marquesas Islands. OIL
late years ice has been sent from there
to California. Its whole trade does not
exceed half million of dollars a year. |
and is rated by many at much lower
figure. AS harbor for whalcrs the ISL
and might possess some advantages to
that trade; but being separated from our
own present possessions bv the whole Of
British America, its political or CONNER
olai advantages to the United States do
not appear to be very important,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17

The police Of Albany, n. Y, are put.
ting in vigorous operation a law OF the
city forbidding the keeping of hogs. Ev.
ery hog is con6scated, and many ludi
crous scenes occur in efforts to save them
especially among the Irish population
The dear swine are put into beds, cradles,
aud every other imaginable locality, but
generally manage to betray their where,
abOuts to the officers Last Saturday
some of the Hibernians built pens all O.
yer Greenbush Island, and stocked them,
10 save their bacon The property
owners were indignant, and at , at night
they tore them all down, set the boards
together and burned them up.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
& Sad Tale

The Milwaukee (Wis) News says -
" The people Of the State will regret .tc
learn that within the past ten days the
entire family Of tie Hon. Z. II. Jason
with the exception Of himself aud wife,
have died by cholera. lie has lost a
brother, sister and three children by the
feII destroyer, and both himself and wife
are now recovering from an attack Of it. "
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Is Henry s. Mott a Know No.h:ng


Oar Loco Foco cotemporaries Layin.
80 much to say about the Know Nothing,
and endeavoring to make political capi
tai for Loco Focoism out of the matter
We cannot doubt, viii regard it as per.
fectly proper for Us to ask them, whethel
Henry S. Mott, the Loco Foco uominc,
for Canal Commissioner is not a Know
Nothing, and deem il a duty they owe t.
themselves and to truth and candor to
answer our intcrrogatory autLoratiyely.
Mr.. Mott stands charged as 4 member O.
the Order, and unless they can speak b,
and with his authority, they had better
not Tenture upon denial, lest they may
1t co0tradicted and get Tim into difficult
ty.
Be this as it may, We hope to Lave 10
more display their Indignation at Know
Notlingism, until they are able satisfac-
torjly to establish that Mr.. Mott is not a
member Of tie Order, and that Gov. Big
Icr never applied for admission as it is
alleged he did The Pcnusglraulau and
the Argus had better have lookout Oh
their own candidates before they 90 too
far in assai.ing othcrs.-Dai7y Ncrs.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Manufacture OF NEGROES.

DR.. Nahhuse, Of Mississippi, says thc
EGtaw VIII, writes to the West Alaha,
mian that DR.. Lioturgs has discovered {
tincture or ointment, which, if applied BY
certain rules, will in a few days chang,
the faire>t skin Oh earth to the real Alri
can hue, and that the children Of those
thus Llackened will be black or half black
as was the case with their parents, anc
that all the soap and water in the worlt
cannot wash it off, The doctor also com.
posed another wash which makes the hail
rs kinkey as that of the real African
The end of it all is-he can make a ne.
gro. We think the Southern Statcs
should purchase the patent right Of it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Heavy Robbery.

On Monday evcuing, Mr. Nicholas Ma.
lone, contractor on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, was robbed at the American
Hotel. Of carpet bag containing S4, 600
Mr.. Malone went to the hotel and left the
carpet bag lying in the public room down
stairs, A gentecly dressed man, who
was, or pretended to be, partially intoxi-
Gated, directed the servant to bring the
bag up to his ro0m The fellow went up
stairs, and the waiter, without suspectiug
anything, followed with the bag and left
1t with abe sharper in room the latter
had just engaged. In short time the
fellow came down stairs bringing the bag
with Llm, aud giving the key of the room
to bis servant, made some remark about
going somewhere else. He then disappear
edwith Mr. Malone's property, and neither
the thief nor bis plumber have since been
heard of-Ph1ha H,qsarer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Che 1rfcrsonian.
IL The Fall Term of the Ladies In

IL The Fall Term of the Ladies In
rtitute of the Penn Medical University Of
Philadelphia, will commence in October
as may be seen in another column. Al
this Institution, Ladies have an opportu-
nifty of obtaining thoroughly Scientific
Medical Education, or any part thereof
as the branches of study are divided ac-
cording to their natural order of success
sion. This is as it should be.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Destructive Fire in Naw York---0ne Hun.
dred FanIhes EuIned Our.

There were no less than three
very destructive fires yesterday afternoon
i'll cur city. The first fire broke out u
boat 3 o'clock in small shauty in thr
rear OF Seventeenth aud Eighteenth ST..
between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
The building situated on both streets are
old wooden frame houses; and. as might
be expected, they went like powder, run
ming from rear to sides in few minutes.
1t was some time before stream Of wa
ter could be brought to play upon the
flames, and even after thi. was attained,
the exertions Of the frcmcn seemed to be
fruitlcss. From Nos. e5 to 100 on Scv-
enteenth street were utterly Destroyed
The frame dwellings and shantics in the
rear to Eighteenth street were also com
plctely reduced to ashes. No. 81 was
occupied by Robert Nu-ent as junk
shop. lie saved part OF his goods.
No. 50 was occupied by James Nc
Ar4le as grocery and liquor store The
greater part Of the goods were saved be-
fore the flames reached the buildiny.--
The remainder of the houses were occuee
pied as dwellings, and it is estimated that
not less than hundred families, by this
fire, have been rendered homeless. A.
bout thirty Of the families in the rear
were colorcd persons. We believe that
there is no Insurance effected on any Of
the property destroyed These buildings
were erected shortly after the great frr
OF 1914, in the same street, when the fire
laws were not so strict as they are now.
The smoke and flames arising from the
burning Of thirty-fve or forty wooden
buildings, was almost unendurable N
J. Yi5zue. ION
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Muria rOf PlaYmateby little Foy

- ~~@~-NHJ a l4Gl1C AOys
The Galena Advertiser notes the fac
that lad named George Jackson, aged
twelve years, was committed to jail in thi,
city, day or two since, for the murder
Of playmate, called Elias Horn, aged
sixteen. Both boys were residents o.
Millyiile in this county The two went
to Apple river together, and Jackson re-
turned alone. In answer to aS inquiry
for his companion, be said be was drowned
Search was made for The body, and it was
found that the deceased bad been shot,
The bal entering bis mouth. jackson
now says he shot him by swapping the
gun at him, without knowing it to be load.
ed. His aceuSers think he killed him for
q dollar and ten GEMS in bis pocket ot tho
time Of the tragedy.-Galenu (INizoisl
Jq8erSo0tan, dug. g.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
& Whole Family Swept off by Cholera

In Brooklyn, few days ago, a femuI,
who took in washing, had occasion t
wash clothes for person who had re
Gently disen.barked from a foreign voy.
age. The next day che was seized with
the most yiTulent A>iatic cholera, and in
a very short time was corpse. She wa,
Inferred on the day following. Scarcely
had the bereayed husband entered Iii.
house, on bis return from his wife's bu
nal, when be was seized and soon follow
ed her. One by one the family were ta-
ken away. In the space of one week,
'e1e" l'ersons-fatber, mother and chill
erca-were swept off.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Delaware, Lackawarra & Western R. R

We learn from the Lackawanna Hcra7c
that the Engineer Of this road, +. Men il,
E-q. has advertised for 1890 laborcrs to
wo!k on the line between Scranton and
the Water Gap. Liberal WAGES viii b
paid, With a prospect for steady employ
aeut after the road Is flushed. The Ncg-
aH prcsumes that the contractors are not
getting along fast enough to suit the COM
pany, and the chief Engineer is taking
the matter in hand. 1t is gratifying to
know that the Directors of tuis road are
using such speed in completion of thi-
great enterprise. It's continuation in this
State, the Warren road, is progressing
with equal raPidity.-EelriaeJe HteHl-
gellccr.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
PEoSe Jail.

We learn by the 'Lal5ou Democrat,
that FIVE pri>onors-Patrick Garrah, VIM
Campbell, James Dougherty, Alexander
Mcdonnell, and Reuben Roth-made thcil
escape from the prison Of Carbon county
on the night of the 9th inst, by breaking
through the wall The Sheriff offer.
reward Of $50 for their apprehension.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17

VINO ARE TIE MOST LIABLE TO CHOL.
ERA.-The physicians Of the New York
Hospital give some facts showing that
seVen-elghths of all persons attacked with
cholera are those who have already been
long suffering from organic disease, as OF
the liver, lungs, &c, and who could not
live long under any circumstances This
Is shown by post mortem examinations,
made in almost every instance.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Frightful Deslitu.:on and Cruelty

The Baltimore Amcylca7 tells US that
on Friday morning last, lady appeared
at the Mayors Office Of Baltimore, to ask
aid to bury the remains of j cousin hus-
band, just deceased, after an illness o.
ten years. She stated that both herselt
ami her cousin were nieccs of the late
John McDonou&h, the millionaire, Of \
Orleans, who left bis relations to strive
and btqueathed his large estates, as a
prey to two rich corporations! The poor
widow had been forced to support her late
husband and seven children, for MANY
years, by the labor of her hands, but from
the high price Of the necessaries of life.
Of late, she got in debt to her landlord
for eleven dollars OF rent, and he. armed
with legal authority, had sold the last bed
from under the dying man, and every bit
Of furniture in the miserable dwelliug.-
The wretched man died on the bare floor.
the next morning, and the poor widow.
thus bercft, without particle Of food in
the house, made applications, through her
cousln-herself, not much better off for
the means Of burial. An amount for that
purpose was at once raised in the worthy
MayoE's Office, and handed over to the
lady.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17

1t is estimated that the whiskey drink
ers of the l. S. could build the Pacific
Railroad in couple of years. The mo-
ney they spend for wbiskey might pay for
the grading; smokers and chewers could
buy the iron, and the money which the
surplus two inches in the length of ladies'
dresses cost, would supply the locom0.
tiyes.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Dreadful State Of Thircs.

The orEaL Of the "bards' of New ! orl
city, informs us that orders have been re
ceiyed there to turn no more democrat:
out Of Office; aud then it goes Oh to say 0
the Custom House, that
There are now at that responsible pos
in that place, forty or ffty thieves, boxers
>houider-hittcrs, thimbIe-riggcrs, pusil.
lists, as>assjns aud common blackguard>
who would lick all creation if their mas
ters ale disturbed. Ifthe President were
to attempt to put other men in their rla-
ccS, they would have their eyes knocked
out, if, indeed, the Custom House were
not burnt down over their heads. No,
Governor Marcy dare hot recommend thv
removal Of Cochrauc. even if he were de-
sirous Of doing it, at the present tine; col
the Short Boys would take his bIecches
of of his body and ride the whole Cahi-
net Oh a rail before they viii allow them
selves to be disturbed in their ''responsi.
ble posts under government"
Dreadful state Of things
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17
Gu0itnr's Notirf.

In the matter Of the Estate Of BENJAMIN
STROH, deceased.
The Undersigned, auditor, appointed by the
Orphans Court of Monroe county. TO audit
and if necessary resetlIe the accoun, of the
administrators Of said estate and make distri-
Ontion, VIII attend to the duties of his ap-
pnlntment at the house of jacob Knecht, in
the Borough OF Stroudsburg, on the 18th day
"i September next, at 10 o'clock A. VI. " hen
and where all persons interested can attend
II they see proper.
FRAhLIN STARBIRD, Auditor.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17

CAMP MEETING.-On Monday next
the 2lst inst, a camp meeting will com
mence Oh lands Of Mr. Mclchoir Bosserd
near Bosscrdsville, in this county. Sec
notice in another column.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-17

There seems to be something wrong a
bout the Philadelphia Mint. Not long
since larceny was perpetrated at
thls institution, and now we hear of an
other, said to be to a pretty heavy extent
committed by an employee, who, it is re-
ported, has been allowed to esca pc.