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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
Failure of the Cum berland (Md.) City
Bank.

1t was said some days since, that thi.
Bank was in an unsafe condition. We
now learn from the Cumberland Civilian
that it closed its doors on Friday last
The Civilian says:
"The refusal of New York house to
pay two certain drafts drawn upon them
BY the City Bank, has obliged it to close
its doors, make an assignment, and 60 in.
to liquidation. Mr. James r. Annan OF
this city, is the assignee, to whom the
entire property of the Bank has been han
ded over. Mr.. Amman is gentleman OF
the highest honor and respectability, and
in whose hands the creditors of the Bank
can place every confidence. The concern
was first established in ls4s, as a savings
Institution: but in 1850 it was converted,
by an act of the Legislature, into Bank
called the Cumberland Savings Bank
In 1858, at the last session of the Assem-
bly,. the name was changed to Cumber-
land City Bank. The officers of the Bank
we're Mr.. James T. Norton, of New York,
who was only last September chosen
President; James M. Scidey, Esq, our
fellow townsman, was President prece.
ding Mr.. Norton. Mr.. William O. Spaytb,
formerly Of Ohio, has been Cashier for
the past two years or more, during which
time he has become generally we'll known
to our business men, and others, with
whom be is warmly esteemed as a worthy
gentleman, an honest and upright man.
The Civilian thinks the loss by the fail
are of the Bank will not be great, and
advises its creditors not to sacrifice their
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
$4,000, 0,00Q
An Immense Windfail,

According to the Cumberland (Md.)
Alleganisu, an old man named John
Brobst, living in the Glades, in that couO-
ty, recently discovered that be was the
rightful owner of large tract of land in
the richest mineral region of Pennsylva-
MIA, underlaid with immense seams OF
coal and iron, and valued at Sc, 5000, 600.
Brobst, it is stated, lived on the land ff-
ty years ago, became involved through
his brother, mortgaged bis property to its
then full value, and came to Maryland
where he has ever since lived in INDECENT
circumstances. The property subsequent
ly passed into the hands of his nephews,
who afterwards sold it to a wealthy COM
pany. The difficulty of giving a good IT,
tie to the property, led to the fact that
Brobst was still alive. He was searched
out, found and taken on to Penns ylvania,
and according to the Alleghanian has
sold out bis right for the sum of s2,00O,-
600,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
EARTHQUAKES.

A severe shock of earthquake was feI
at valons, in Upper Albania, on the 2Otl
of September, and was folio we'd By sever.
al slight ones; Turkish mosque fell il
aud several villages Of the neighborhood
suffered greatly. On the 9th October, al
10 A. NJ. another terrible shock was felt
which destroyed nearly all the houses Of
the villages at Yuma, Gimara, Drem ades.
Piiuri, &C., most of them built of mason.
ry, and dating from the fifth or sixth cen
tury. This number Of victims is not vet
ascertained, but many inhabitants have
been missed, and many more extricated
from under the ruins have died. or are
severely injured. The earthquake was
preceded BY subterraneaD noise; next a
thick smoke was seen issuing from the
soil, casting darkness around, and then
came the shock. Slighter shocks con-
'inued to be felt until the 18th.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
The California Overland Mail.

CINCINNATI. Monday, Dec. 6, 1858.
The Overland Mail, with San Francis
CO dates to the 9th ult., arrived at st
Louis last night. 1t was 25 days out
Three through passengers came with it
The road from San Francisco to the
boundary of Texas was in good condition
The mail party saw no indications Of
hostile Indians.
j. NJ. Ausa, one of Col. Crabbe's par
ty, nearly all of whom were IN assacred at
Santa Inez, bad been liberated by the So-
nora Government. He published an in
teresting narrative of his captivity.
Oregon dates are to the 9th of Octo-
Der. Very rich deposits of Gold had
been discovered near Banyonville, Doug
las County, and much excitement existed
in that vicinity in consequence of it.
Three men bad taken out Of the mines
$40 in gold in few hours.
The dates from Washington Territory
are to Oct. 30, but the news is entirely
devoid of interest.
The Indians are said to be very trou-
blesome about the Coleville mines.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
Mail Carriers in the Northwest

During the winter months. while al
lake and winter travel is suspended. the
U. 5. mails are carried by Indians and
half-breeds, between Detroit, Mich. and
the Lake Superior towns. The Detroit
Free Press says:-The labors of these
men are of the severest character. Over
the ice and SHOWS, through swamps and
tangled forests trails, they wend their
way; sometimes packing the mail, with
the provisions for their trip, or, as they
style it, voyage, upon their back--at 9th.
ers, driving it before them on sleds drawn
BY trained dogs. In this way they tray
erse the country for hundreds of miles
through the frosts and storms of winter
sleeping where night finds them, and
deemiog themselves specially fortunate if
they can make their beds in the bosom of
a deep snow bank. Their life is certain.
ly one of great hardship, yet it would be
difficult to make them regard it in any
such light. 1t is said that they can ac.
'omplish almost incredible distances in q
single day upon their snow shoes.
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DIED.

In Stroudsburg on the Sd inst, Ezi-n-
beth, daughter of A. J. & Ann Correll,
aged years and b months.
Of Scarlet Fever on the 3Oth ult. HenrY
Jasper, youngest son Of Solomon and Sa.
rah Jane Hobbs, aged 8 years, months
and % days.
On the 9th ult., in SmithEeld township,
Monroe county, Hannah, wife Of John G.
Bush, aged 81 years.
In Stroudsburg, OF the 81 inst, Joseph,
son of Mary Ann Baker, aged years,
s months and 5 days.
In Stroudsburg, on the Sd inst, Charles,
son of Abram and Ann Bush, aged
months.
"Alas! how changed that lovely flower,
Which bloomed and cheered my heart;
Fair, feeting comfort of an hour,
How Soon we're called 10 part.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
Wants to Fight Tom Hyer.

A daring Buckeye has addressed tc
the fighting world, through the eolum q.
of Tile Noble County Democrat, a card
stating that he accepts the challenge OF
MIR. Thomas Hyer to fight for $4,000.
The editor of The Democrat thus speaks
of Mr.. Deck:
"Mr. Deck is an American by birth,
and one among the most respectable citi
zens of our community; and although we
know him to be man of great physical
force, possessed of uDusnal amount of d ar.
ing and energy, yet we little thought tb at
he, OF all men else upon the continent,
would propose to meet the acknowledged
bull dog of America in single combat.
He has many friends who will back him.
who claim that, in point Of science, he is
not inferior to Hyer, and is able to com.
pete with any man in the States in mus.
cular power. His hight is rising six feet
straight as en- arrow-and weighs.
when stripped, 2O6 pounds. He is said
to have been in the ring but once, and
then proved successful. His huge and
giant-like frame indicate him to be man
of very superior strength; and though we
hope the two combatants may never meet,
yet, if transaction so disgraceful should
ever occur, we predict for the Buckey ye
Boy the championship Of the world"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
Frosted Feet.

To cure the iutolerable itching that fol
lows frost-bitten toes, it is necessary t.
totally exclude the air from the affected
part. Ii it is not accompanied witt
swelling, gum shellac, dissolved in alco
hol, applied so as to form a complete coat
is the easiest remedy that | know OF. Ii
dries soon, and does not adhere to the
stocking, and generally lasts until they
are well. If the flesh becomes swollen
and painful plasters of good sticking salve
are of great service, but if highly inAam-
ed any mild poultice that will exclude the
oxygen of the air from the diseased part,
and keep it moist, allowing the recuper-
atiVe powers of nature to do the rest
Burns and scalds may be treated success.
fully in the same manner.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
The Gold in Kansas.
Correspondence to The n. Tribune.

Correspondence to The n. Tribune.
| CHRISTOPHER FALLS, Kansas, Nov %.
A few days ago | saw a number o
young men who had just returned from
Pixies Peak. | conversed with two il
particular, one yong man OF the name
of French, we'll known in Lawrence, ant
enjoying the confidence of the community
the other, member of the famous New
Haven colony that settled at Wabaunsee;
he is the son of Mr. Hartley, well known
citizen of New-Haven, Conn is a practi.
cal surveyor, intelligent, and man oi
undoubted truth and probity. They star
ted in the Spring as members OF the
Lawrence Company" travelled by the
southern route, via the Arkansas River,
and returned by the northern route, along
the Platte. They declare the northern to
be preferable, and Leavenworth City the
best point to start from. With loaded
ox-team, the time required from Leayen-
worth to Pixies Peak is FIVE weeks.
First of the gold Mr.. Hartley having
been employed most of his time survey
ing, in which he laid out three towns a.
mong other things, mined FIVE days him.
self, and then worked but half a day at a
time. He averaged at that SIS per day.
He states that two men of bis personal
knowledge, made one day s24 each. The
gold mines at Pixies Peak, be says, are
not simply reality, they are rich and
extensive, and are sure to be extensively
and permanently worked. He supposes
that 1000 or 5000 persons have already
arrived there. He goes to Connecticut
for the Winter, but will return in the
Spring Gas soon as there is grass" Mr..
French makes substantially the same
statement. The country is picturesque
and beautiful, there being very extensive
tracts in the neighborhood of Pixies Peak
excellently adapted for farms. The eli
mate is healthy, as is attested By the fact
that among a company of forty no one
suffered sickness of more than three days
continuance. These young men looked
exceedingly robust and strong, beside the
pale, emaciatod countenances which this
siokly season has made some what frequent
in Kansas. They were eminently hale
and hearty and in high spirits. Pine
lumber, according to Mr.. Hartley, is found
in the vicinity of the gold region in mex.
haustible quantities, in straight and very
tall trees, from six inches to two feet and
a half in diameter. Game is very abun-
dant, especially the elk and antelope, in
hunting which they had great success and
great sport. The grizzly bear is very
common. They saw numbers oftbe Rocky
Mountain sheep described by Fremont,
and succeeded in killing some Great
numbers in Kansas are making arrange
ments to go to that attractive region in
the Spring. Some | believe, will repent
it, while there seems good reason for be-
ieviug that many will thereby improve
heir condition. 0. w. l..
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
New York City Charter Election.

Toe Election for Controller, Alderman o
Governors of the Aims House, and Com
mon Couucilmeu, took place on Tuesday
last. Below We give the names OF The
successful candidates, copied from yes
terday's Tribune:
The result of yesterdays election prove.
anew that the electors of New York are
not Indifferent to their own interests-noi
wholly given over to political or pecuni-
sry corruption. Once more Tsmmsny
Hall is overwhelmingly defeated. Rob
ert f. Haws is chosen Controller, having
received 81 900 votes, to 500 for Rus.
eel, and $4,000 for Purser. Ofthe AL.
derman now elected 5 are Republicans,
to Tammany men. Charles Bruning
hausen aud Isaac Townsend are chosen
Governors of the Aims House. OF the
School Officers a majority are Republi
cans.
This is a great and cheering triumph
of that popular moral sense in whose ex-
isteDce the managers of Tanmany Hall
no longer seem to have any belief. 1t
has, however, now proved its vitality, and
shown that no party can safely nominate
bad men exclusively to Office. There is
little reason to doubt that if, instead of
putting up contractors and lobby agents,
the Democratic party had selected as its
men of uBblemisbed character
and iudisputable capacity, they would
have been elected. The Republicans are
now successful because they bad con- nit
ted their cause to worthy representatives.
Their victory is not so much the victory
of party as of public virtue and public
deccncy. 1t is this which gives it value
far beyond that of any mere party advan-
tage. Let US hope that its lessons will
not soon pass out of mind.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
An Ingenious Burglary in New York.

Yesterday morning, the clerks il
Messrs. Bowen & McNanee's store. upor
opening the establishment, discovered that
the premises had been burglariously en-
tered and robbed of silks and other prop
erty to the amount of nearly $4,000. An
examination of the building resulted in
the finding of a large hole in the wall,
which, to all appearances, had been made
from rear room in the adjoining house.
The matter was reported to the police,
and an investigation entered into, when it
was found that late on Friday afternoon, a
woman giving her name as Fisher, hired
a room in the sixth-story of the tenement
house in Pearl street, adjoining the rear
Of Bowen 4 McNamee's store, and paid
therefore one months rent in advance
S4 80. Mrs. Fisher said she bad no fam.
lily except son, who was at school all
day, and that she had no company ex.
cept two or three male friends who called
to see her once or twice week. OnI
Saturday night, there was cousiderable
running up and down stairs, which an.
noyed one of the tenants so much that
he complained to the landlord. In the
room in question, which was teuantless
yesterday morning, the police found two
havy jimmies, bits and braces, dark
anterD, a rope ladder, and other burgIa-
'ious implements. The aperture in the
vail was made at the back of q large
closet, the shelves being used as a repos-
tory for the bricks and rubbish taken
rom the wall. A straw nattrass was
pread upon the floor of the closet iu or
Ter to prevent the noise which might be
aused by the accidental falling of bricks
ICING heard on the floor below. The
'alls of the two buildings were over three
eet in thickness, and the probability is
bat the burglars commenced their work
n Saturday night, shortly after the store
7as closed.
The matter is in the hands of the DO.
ee, who are endcavoring to ferret out !
be perpetrators of the deed. d.-Courier and !
snqusrer, 7th inst. A.,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
New York Markets.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8,

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 1858.
FLOUR AND MEAL-Tbe sales arc
$500 bbls. at SO 50aS4 30 for unsound
Western; S4 2Oas4 40 for superfDe State;
81 75sS5 for extra do; 81 5Oas4 rs for
superhne Western; S4 80 SIS for low
grades OF extra do; SIS 35aS5 50 for
shipping brands of Round hoop extra
Ohio; So COAST for trade brands do;
So 5OsS7 70 for extra Genesses. Rye
Flour is unchanged; the demand j. fair;
sales 200 bbls. So 4OaS4 20. Corn Ms.l
is without change; the demsnd light;
sales of 60 bbls. Jersey at SO 30. Bran
dywine is firm at S4 25 afoat.
GRAIN-There is nothing doing in
Wheat that We can learn, but prices are
without important variation; Common
qualities are heavy, being held relatively
higher than -four. Rye is quiet, the sup
ply good; sales of 1000 bush. prime Wes-
tern at TIC. Oats are better, and in spec
ulatiye request; sales of 10000 bush. a.
47a50c. for State; 5la53c. for Western.
Corn is firmly held. and is in speculative
request; the trade are buying sparinply:
the sales % 900 bush at $50. for badiv
damaged; 76a77o for Western Mixed and
77a7sc. far new Southern White. White Z
Beans are in fair demand; sales of 500
bush: ln bbls. at 81 Is per bushel.
PROVlSlONS-P Pork; the sales are
= ,4OO bbls. at SIT 9Oa$ls for Old Mess.
Si7 25aSl7 40 for Thin Mess; New Mess
is held at SIS rs; SIS IS for N. O. upip.
spected Old Mess, and Sl4 4Oas14 so for
New Prime. Beef; sales of $50 bbls.
at S6aS6 90 for Country Prime; 81 75as9
for do. Mess; ss 75aSl0 so for Renackea
Mess, and Sllasl2 for extra do, Prime
Mess is inactive at 81 saSI9. Beef Hams
are firm; sales of 2l3 bbls. Western a.
Sl4 75aSlo. Cut Meats are stead v; sales
Of l27 bbls. aud tierces at 64a6ic. for
Shoulders and 94a9ac. for Hams; Dress.
I'd Hogs have demand, and corn.fed ara
wanted at 73a7ac Lard; sales of ESQ
ools, and tierces at ll4allac. Butter is
steady, Cheese is firm at s!a9ac
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
The Official Majority in Berks.

Special Dispatch to The Phila. Bulletin
READING, Pa, Friday, Dec. 3. 1858.
The return Judges of the Special Elec-
ton met to-day, and the full official vote
for member of the Thirty-ffth Congress
is as follows:
w. II. Keim, Tariff G. anti Lecompton. 6,I56
Joel B. Wanner, Lecompton Democrat, 5,6s7
keim's majority. 469
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09

AN ELEPHANTS HIDE They are tan
ming an elephants hide in Cincinnati
1t was purchas by a currier in Wiscon.
sin, where the animal, which BELONGED tc
menagere, died. The freight to Cincin.
natl cost Sl5. 1t is an immense hide. So
bulky that the tanners handle it with great
difficulty. 1t is nearly two inches thick
and tull year and half will be reouir.
ed to tan it thoroughly. 1t will be a Gu.
rlosity when thoroughly seasoned.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
General Keim.

General VIM. H. Keim, the successful
candidate of the People for Representa-
tive in Congress from the Berks District
to ill the vacancy occasioned by the res
ignation of j. CLANCY Jones, received bis
credentials from Governor Packer, op
Friday. and left Reading on Saturday
for Washington, A correspondent in
forms US that be was escorted to the de.
pot by large number of his constituents
preceded by the "City Band" and that a
hundred guns were fred on the occasion.
NeacS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
Eclipses in 1859,

There will be four eolipses ofthe sun in
1859, viz: partial eclipse on the End Of
February, invisible here. A partisl one
on the 4th of March invisible here. An
other on the 2stb Of July. partial and
very small; it will end at Al minutes past
six, evening. Another one August 9th
visible only in the. Great Southern Ocean.
There will be two eclipses of the moon;
the first one on the 18th of February, will
be total. 1t will commence at ! 3 minutes
past four o clock in the mornipg-middle
six oclock-and quarter before eight
The other one, August 18th will not be
visible.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
Mrs. Stoves New Serial.

The reading public will be glad to learr
that the story, entitled "The Minister.
Wooing," commenced in the Atlantic
Monthly for December. is the beginning
of a serial novel from the pen of Mrs
Harriet Beecher Stowe; and that portions
of it will appear from month to month
until it is completed The story is mark
ed by all the characteristics Of style and
spirit which have made the author, g works
SO famous. The scene is laid 10 New
England Immediately after the Reyolu-
tion,-the period when all that was most
simple, quaint and peculiar in character
and manDer, was in full force. 1t was
the era before railroads, steamships,
ligbauing presses, fashionable churches,
and fashionable elergymen,-iD short, tie
good all times of which the present gener-
alton have so often heard. We look for
ward to see a mastery portrait of Peri
tan life sketched in this romance. How.
ever, it is not necessary to do more than
to announce the fact; an author whose
name and works are known in more than
thirty languages, and whose two novels
have reached a sale of more than eight
hundred thousand volumes in this coun.
try alone, will not surely want fer read
ers. We shall look for the coming nun.
bers of "Tbe Minister'S WoOiDg" With
great interest.
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MAR REED.

On the 18th ult., by the Rev James II.
Runyan, at the residence of the brides
mother, Mr.. William L. Henry, of Hen
ryville, and Miss Susan S. Brown, Of
Stroud township.
In Smithfeld township, oD the 18th
ult., by the Rev. James II. RuDyan, Mr.
Charles Christian, of Middle SmitbGeld,
and Miss Cornelia Ann Cu>tard, Of Smith
field
In Toby hanna on the 9th of Nov,
BY Samuel 6, Eshenbach, Esq, Mr.. ia
cob Snith, Jr., of Toby bybanna, and Mis-
Charlotte Hauter, Haehstel, Germany.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-09
Dress Your Children Warm.

A cotemporary says, this is one of th,
most dangerous seasons for children
Colds and coughs are now easily fasten
ed upon them often resulting in consump
ton and premature death. Therefor,
dress them warm. Let their necks anc
tbroats be we'll protected. Let your
boys pantaloops reach to the instep.---
Don't dress them in monkey trowsers
reaching only to the knee or middle Of
the leg, and leaving their limbs exposed
to the chilling air. Do not sacrifice your
children's health to the gratifcatiou of a
circus riders taste; but dress them with
the paramount view Of comfort and safe.
w.
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The Mortara Case.

1hls affair Is causing great deal c
talk throughout the civilized world, an
for the information of those who do no
understand its merits, the Newark Mercat
ry briefly states it as follows:
A Jewish family, residing in Italy
named Mortara, employed Catholic ser
want as nurse. Their child, boy wa
committed to her care, and in the exces.
OF her religious zeal and her affection fol
the child, she baptized him, or had him
baptized, according to the rites of The
Catholic Church. Subsequently she con.
fessed to her priest what she had done
and the fact Of the baptism of the child
becoming known, the ecclesiastics at
Rome claimed the ght to prevent it from
being brought up according to the JEWS b
faith, and therefore took it from its pa.
rents and committed it to the charge of
instructors, to be reared in the Catholic
creed. The Jews of London have taken
the subject in hand, and are endeavoring
to induce their brethern throughout the
world to cooperate with them in DEM
onstration to secure the return of the child
to its parents. With this view, the Lon
don Committee of Delegates of British
Jews has addressed circular to each
Jewish congregation in Europe and the
United States, making a statement of the
case, and requesting action thereon.
This call is now being energetically re-
sponded to by the Jews in all quarters
of the world. The diplom attic ropresen-
tatiVes, also, of the leading nations of Flu.
rope have interfered to restore the child
to its parents. But the Pope stands firm.
He states in a deepatch to the Papal
Nuncio at Paris, that he has come to the
deliberate conclusion that, as the blessed !
'hild has received the grace of baptism,
no authority, even of the Pope himself,
,aE be sufficient to neuralize its effect
'rgo the child must still be withheld from
lis mother aud father in order to receive
! Christian education.
This is most remarkable case. and
illustrates in striking manner in the
ligh-handed tyranny which is interviewer
nto every tissue of the Romish Church.
We are much mistaken. however, if the
'ope will be permitted thus to defy the
'etter feelings of the whole Christian
Vorld. That child in our opinion, must
e restored to its parents without much
nore delay. or the sovereign potiff will
% made to undergo humiliation which
CIV fallible mortals would care to expe-
erience, let alone the infallible successor
st. Peter.
The Jews of Philadelphia recently So !
cited President Buchanan to make
presentation of the Mortara case to the
'ope, with the view of inducing the latter :
order the restoration of the child to its :.
arents; but the President declined to act,
pom the ground, that 'it is the settled !
ollcy of the United States to abstain
om all interference in the internal con.
'rns of aay other country"