The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-12-01

last year, S30O Tor KliliDg DeHTs'
Lauer's Artesisn Well, at Reading has
reached a depth of 1895 feet.
1t is estiu ated tb at 40 900 persons wit
uessed the enthusiastic reception OF Gen.
Scott at San Francisco.
The Hon. Henry d. Moore, Of Pbila-
delphis. is named as the Peoples candid
ate for State Treasurer.
Capt. John Brown was born in Tor.
ringtou, Ct, May 9Th, lsU0, and is now
consequently SO years and 6 months old
The Catawisss, Willismsport & Elmi
ra Railroad has been taken by the fret
mortgagers, aud its name changed to Cat
tawi.sa Railroad.
Eighteen fugitives passed through Har
risburg for Cauada, within two months
past.
wGov. Weller, of Calfornia. has ap-
pointed Judge Hapn, formerly OF Ken
lucky, to fiji the vacancy in the U. S
Senate, caused by the death of the la
ueDted David Broderick.
A Mormon advertisement reads as fol
lows: "To be let-rotms for two gentle
nen aud four wives. or rooms for one
gentlem nan and six wives"
s@ Dogs are said to "spesk with their
tails" Would it be proper to call a
hort. tailed dog stump crater!
GA teaspoonful of mustard stirred
quickly in a .oacupful of water, and
swallowed after any poison taken into
the stomach by accident, will instantly
act as an enetIc. As soon as the stou-
ach is quiet, drink cup of coffee, clear
and strong, or swallow the white of an
egg.
A suit involving the question whether
money sent in a registered letter is a re-
uittance, was decided in New York few
days since Edward Morri-on sued the
Farmers Bank of North Carolina for tw 0
huudred aud fifty dollars, the product Of
draft collected, and which was sent to
bin in a registered letter, but not receiv
ed The Court held that as the defend
ant was not authorised to remit money
instead Of drafts, as is the usual custom.
the money mailed to the address Of the
plaintiff could not be considered payment.
and the defendant was therefore liable in
the action. The jury found for the plain
tiff accordingly.
sgA man Damed Palmer has been
arrested in Tennessee. and is now in Jail
who is charged with completely in old
Ohm Browns rebellion. The proofs of
fered to iuplicate Palmer are very vague
and conaists of letters, &C., which some
anonymous person pretends be picked up
10 railroad car-the same having drop
PED out of Pslmer's pocket. This is evi
IDENTIFY a trumped up affair, na1iciously
designed to give Palmer trouble. be hav-
ing recently had domestic difficulty.
which terminated in divorce from his
wife.
The Morse Telegraph in Turkey.
The Turki,b government is constructing
a line OF telegraph across that country
from Constantinople to Bas,ora. on the
Persian Gulf-the English Government
paying $3.50 900 on Its completion, and
large sum per annun for the exclusive
use of one of the wires. When this line
through Turkey is completed, England
will be in telegraphie communication with
India. The Turkish government pro-
pose using the Morse instruments, to be
u uade in Boston, aud will require over two
hundred complete sets, costing SO 900
Two sets for test samples were forwarded
BY the last steamer.
The new telegraph which connects
Nantucket with the Continent, is some
thing of curiosity in its way. 1t runs
eleven miles upon poles, ten and half
miles under ground and fourteen miles
under water. being a Submarine, subser-
ranean air telegraph.
Hon. Joshua r. GiddiBgs recently
passed through Syracuse. He was well
coined by large concour.e of people at
the depot, and wa. introduced to the as
seubly by Hon. H b Stanton ar
Gid diugs replied to the greeting brie6y,
remarkine among other things that $40.
600 was offered for his head in Virginia
and that the VirgiDans could have hi
head for that sun as soon as lie aoaS done
aciM 1t lie also remarked that sound
heads and brains were badly needed at
the South. Laughter aud cheers AMID
which the train departed, carrying the old
gentleman with it.
One of the heaviest robberies ever Of.
fected in New Jersey, took place in Sa.
lem county on Saturday night, the 18th
ult., at the house of Mr.. Isaac johnson.
in the township of Upper Pittsgrove.-
The thieves entered his bed room, stupe
fed him with chloroform. aud then stole
$1,000 There can be but little doubt
that the thief was acquainted with the
premises, and knew that Mr.. johnson
was in possession of that amoupt of mon