CelOgli•fteciister.
Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1849.
Circulation near 2000.
air Our thanks are due to Messrs. Boas of
the Senate and Lavhach of the House, for valu
able legislative documents.
riPHon..Jamer Cooper, was on Tuesday last
elected United States Senator for six years.
Sheriffs Sales.—For the benefit of our large
number of subscribers we:give in our advertis
ing colurns, a short notice of the property offer
lnitit:putlic sale by the,Sheriff of Lehigh county.
The Governorisilbleqsage
Thi great length of the Governor's message
and thrl late reception of Inc same, prevents us
lrom giiing' it this week. We have, how
in iniother t coluinn giVen a short extract of
message froiri the Daily News. in our ne:
will publish it entire. It is a Statesman.
4locumepe and both:parties speak well of
, .
Harrisburg Papers.
The Pennsylvania Telegraph is published daily
'during the session of the Legislature, at s 3.—
Semi-weekly, during the session, at $2. Year
ly, including semi-weekly during the session, at
s3—rind weekly at $2. It has complete records
of Legislative proceedings.
The Democratic Union is published as usual,
twice a week during the session of the Legis
lature, at $3 per annum. For the session only
at The Union is a well conducted sheet,
beautifully printed, and is the organ of the
Democratic party.
Philadelphia Dailies
The New Year has intro • •
Sun with h new, brilliant and beautiful face,
and Col. James S. Wallace as its editor. The
Colonel is a polished and forcible writer, and
although a military man, with him " the pen
is mightier than the sword." May he long con
4inue to wield it and may the light of his Lu
minary never grow less !
The Daily News appears in an enlarged form
and much improved dress. Hon. IL T. Conrad
is associated with Mr. Sanderson in the Edito
rial• department of that paper. Mr. Conrad is
one of the most -finished and brilliant writers of
our land--gentlemanly in his intercourse with
hie brethren of the press—and we welcome him
back to the fraternity which his talents have
adorned:
The Home Journal
The first number in the New Year has made
its appearance. It is beautifully printed on fine
whitepaper and new type, and is truly a hand
some specimen of the " great art." The literary
contents are sparkling and bright. Those who
wish to procure an entire volume of this valu
able journal, have now the opportunity of doing
so, the terms being only two dollars a year.
American Metropolitan Magazine.
This is the title of a monthly periodical, the
tiro( number of which has been issued by Mr.
Israel Post,'No. 259, Broadway, New York. It
makes acapital beginning; although entering
upon a field already somewhat crowded, ap
pears to have enlisted in its service, the right
kind of material, to make competition success
ful. The number before us contains a variety
of well executed steel and wood engravings,
and contributions of high literary merit from the
best American authors--some of them not upon
the list of any other Magazine. It is to be under
- the editorial control of William Landon. The
publisher informs us, in a private note, that
there' is sufficient capital invested in The
Dle
' tropolitan, to sustain it, and make it the very
best three dollar Magazine in the country.—
Judging from what he has heretofore accom
plished in the publishing line, we place full
confidence in his statement, and doubt not that
his new enterprise will be successful
Dorrism in Law
In the Supreme Court at Washington, on
Tuesday, the Chief Justice delivered an elabo
rateto and able opini n- - "Othe Rhode Island
Dorr case,affirmin the judgment of the Circuit
Court of Rhode I land. The Court met . the 1
question in all its forms, and are unanimous in
their judgment of condemnation of the Dorr
rebellion. Every point raised by the counsel
for the plaintiff has been overruled by the Court,
and every point, save ono, by every Judge of
the Court. Mr. Woodbury dissented (it is his
habit to dissent upon some point'or other in
silliest every important question, from the opin
ion of the Court upon the question) of Martial
Law. Tht Judges, save one, all affirm the
right Of , th&Stato to protect itself in this form,
but Mr. Woodbury; doubts, or rather non-con
curs, embodying his judgment in a lengthy
a ) eal.
Life in California.
It is stated by Captain Folsom, in his letter.
of October Bth, to General - Jessup, that the mis
erable Sandwich Islanders get one dollar per
hour for working about tho store-houses of San
Francisco—laborers by the week get $4O and
550—meohinics get 88 and SIO per day, and
NI per day by the month. Common clerks and
stdesinen in stores receive 52,500 per annum
ink their board ; and the Captain writes that
the boy in his employ, who was a volunteer a
few.days before, he pays 51500 per annum.—
But he adds, that the wages were not high when
it is considered that this boy has to pay . SB per.
doze!' for-washing, and every thing else at cor
responding prices. The principal waiter in the
hotel gets 51100, and others from 1200 to 81500
pe'emuntim, The Captain says it would cost
him . more than his inty'itea government.. i.
k si . htiver his boats blacked..
Revenue of Lehigh Counkii•
The amount of Revenue paid by the eitlitns
of Lehigh county, into the State !heist:try, dur
ing the financial year, commencing on the lst
day of December, 1847, and ending on the 30th
day of November, 1848, according to an ex
tract from tile Auditor General's Report, is as
follows :
Tax on' Real and Personal Estate, $23,147.71
44 on • Crane4lron. Company, . 600 00
Biery!a Bridge Company, ..19 50
44 Siegfried's Bridge Company, . 500
" Bethlehem Bridge Company, . 234
" Tavern Licenses, . . . .. 1,148 62
" Retailer's Licenses, . . . 1,049 69
" From Register on Wills, &c. 94 50
" From Rionier on Deeds, . 150 00
Paid for PaO 'hlet Laws, . • 455
Militia Fi s, 40 00
Collateral inheritance tax, . . . . 298 50
To incorporate the Lehigh County
10 00
Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
Total' , . •• . . 5 26,570 41
( Parents tolehigh County:
cs, $ 40 00
Gratuities, . . . . 137 61
tots, 2,031 04
The La • ! f the Road. •
Every nob who travels the road should make •
it hisbuiiness to understand the law of the road.
The law of good breeding and good nature,
which rarely fails to dictate the "giving place"
to the passer, is a pretty good law, but even
that has failed in some cases, where the dis
position to put , it in practice has been confined
to but one side. Infirm humanity, therefore,
requiring a fixed rule in this respect, as in al
most every other—it becomes important to un
derstand what that rule is., In a recent case
tried in Essex county, N. J., between J. M.
Meeker of Newark, and P. F. 'Frazee of Rah
way, for damages in breaking the carriage of
the former, by coming in contact on the high
' way. Chief Justice Greene, in hia charge to
the Jury, said :-
" It appeared from the evidence, that the
plaintiff was on the right side of the road, where
he had A right to be, and kept steadily on, with
out deviating. He said our statute simply di
rects that all carriages shall keep to the right.
Under this act the person driving on the felt of
the road is not necessarily in the wrong, unless
there is not room enough there to let. another
wagon,pass. It the plaintiff was on the right
sjde of the road, though occupying the whole
'ot the Smooth part. he was not necessarily 'cul
pable for not turning out. It is by courtesy
only that one half of the track is usually yielded
to others, that empty wagons turn out for loaded
ones, &c., but that is not the law, which requires
all to keep to the right."
The jury, after% long deliberation, gave the
plaintiff a verdict of $2OO.
The Southern Movement
It seems to be the better opinioit 7 --says the
Daily News—so far as we can gather if from
many intelligenland trust-worthy sources, that
the members of Congress from the South begin
to realize the madnessof the policy which they
have so rashly adopted. They were self to
Washington to legislate for the Union, not to
conspire against it. They have given their
oaths to support the constitution, not to tear it
into fragments and trample it underfoot. Time,
too, has been allowed for consultation with their
constituents; and they discover that the Union
is as dear to the gallant people of the South—
we speak of the mass, not of the professional
politicins—as to those of Ate North. The re- -
salt has been that thecommittee refuse to second
Mr. Calhoun in his second edition of Nullifica
tion ; and the present prospect is that all which
they will have to ask is that their folly may be
forgotten.
We admit that there isfolly also at the North.
How could it be otherwise? This subject has
beets" discussed for years, and every effort has
been made to influence the mindsof our popu
lation. The cool, reflecting and just of all par
ties are united upon one point—that the free
States shill not be made parties to the exten
sion df slavery; but the mass of the Northern
people know no prejudice against the South,
and will sanction no measure that invades, in
the slightest degree, the rights secured them
by the Constitution.
Sentence of Old Zaok
Politicians have done almost every thing pos.
sible.lo.,annoy the Old Hero—to drive him to
desperation and perhaps to the grave. H 6, has
through their connivaneebeen discharged by the .
people from the office of Major General—the
tirst instance of the kind in the history of our
government—and at last as a reward for all his
glorious services he has been called up for sen
tence to four years hard labor. The sentence
was recorded on the back of a ballot cast during
the. last election in Ohio, it is as follows:
Zachary Taylor, stand up!—You have been
indicted by the Grand Jury that assembled in
Philadelphia fdr wilfully., resolutely and deter
minedly seeking to rule over the people of the
United States. And after a fair, able and full
investigation of yourcase, you have been found
-
guilty.
It now remains for me to pronounce the, sen
teuce of the law. That . senience is:
That you be taken from your residence in
Louisiana, under a strong guard, that you be
transported to the city of• IVo i.. .klington, in the
'District or Columbia, and that you there he
placed on a chair, provided for the purt•nse, in
the White Rouse, and be confti,cd for the term
of four years to such labor as your wain try may
require. And may the Lord have m E rcy on
your soul. . •
0hi0..-4ohn G. EWA in, (Democratler Senrca
county, has been eleco•c! t‘t tir.t!
of Representativ, troetviog 37 rtl,s fur
son Levi t ( big.) Two free soil meta
led the cessfal candidate.
bens
Tax on Bacheloin.
Amongthe multitodinous projeeto,
ed by , the heat of the revolution, vr
arisen in the Frenbh Assembly, one
upon celibacy. It is said that this meaisure
originated with the women of Paris, who allege
that celibaoy Isis luxury, and therefore should
be. taxed. appeared to be a serious proposr
tinn,if anything or any body can be serious in
France. We find the provisions thus described:
It is proposed that bachelors shall be taxed
upon arriving at the age of twenty-five years,
and that the tax shall be , equal in amount to all
the other taxes paid by the impracticable re
pudiator of matrimony on account of real or
personal estate, or for license, or for anything
'elite. At the age of thirty-five there lg.-win
an augmentation of the tax, which goes dq
augmenting periodically, until the ce •
arrives at fifty ; then, if he is a beat . or ati h
it remains stationary to the end of his days.—
But there is no remission or redu • n, should
he live to the age of the antediluvian pltriarcha,
if he persists in his anti-hymeneal sentiments
—so that an octogenarian would be paying
pretty dearly for his "single blessedness!'
Widowers are to be allowed five years during
which to remarry; and if they do not, they
are regarded as having relapsed into celibacy,
and - are then taxed, and the tax proceeds cres
cendo, from time to time, as in the case of the
bachelors, until they arrive at filly ye s; they
are then entitled to a discharge. and
forever exempt from any further taxation 0101
this behalf..
2,208 65
The letter-writer thinks this very hard on
widowers. "It will be often cruel," he says,
"to compel a widower to marry again. A
bachelor has illusions—the prestige of novelty
may inflt?ence him ; but he w 'mil a vexatious
experience may have disco( rai, will be
afraid again to expose himself tot a ger—to
encounter again the uncertain chances of the.
estate." •
Aire is correct to the letter.
It developes what a man can do if he liketi, and
what queer and enterprising, unselfish fellows,
the majority of printerssue:—
"I felt home at the agent nine, and was ap
prenticed to the printing business at thirteen.; l
since then I have visited Europe—been in Die
laud, Ireland, Scotland, %Vales and France-71
in Canada, Nova Scotia, Labrador, South Ameri
ca; West Indies, and all :lie Atlantic Slates of
the Union, from Maine to Louisiana—have I
lived in twenty-seven cities and towns of the
United States; I have been a sailor in the mer
chant service and have sailed in all manner of
craft—ship, brig, schooner, sloop and steamer
—in the regular army as a private soldier, de
serted and got shot in the leg.. 1 hove studied
two years for the ministry, one year for an M. D.
—travelled through all the New England States
—New York, Now Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Virginiri, as a journeyman printer, generally I
with little else than a brass rule in my pocket.
I have been the publisher of two papers in
—, one in Roston, one in Roxbury, Mass.,
one in New Hampshire, and one in Maine.—
At one time I had $7,350 in my'popket. I have
been married twice, and am now nearly 26
years old !—Ws a member of Captain (late
Major) Ringgold's flying artillery, at the en
campment in Trenton, N. J. 1 have been a
temperance lecturer and proprietorof a temper
ance theatre,"
Last Words of the Patriot Blum. •
Nothing so truthfully developer the real cha
racter, as the dying words of a man in the full
possession of his faculties.
The following letter from Blum, written just
befose his martyrdom, is so pathetically and'
unaffectedly expressive of the true feelings of
a good man on the eve of a violent separation
frotn.those he loved, that it is almost impossible
to read it without tears.
.- - -
" My dear good Wife—Farewell, farewell
for the time n,e call eternity, but which will
not be so. "4 . 1.. p our—now onli , your—chil
dren to be honest men; so they will never dis
grace their father's name. Sell our litAis t prop
erty with the aid of our friends. Gc4 4d all
good men will help you also. All I 'reel and
would say at this moment escapes me in teidii ;
only once more, then ; farewell, my dearest.—
Consider our children a treasure of which you
must make the best use; and honor thus the
memory of your faithful husband. Farewell,
farewell; receive the last kisses of your Robert.
.Vienna,Nov.'lB.4B, five o'clock in the morning;
at six all wil .be over. P. S.—l had fulgotten
the rings: o that of our betrothal I press for
you a last Ifk; my seal ring is fur Ilans, the
watch bar Richard. thediumund stud for Ida. the
chain for Alfred, as memorials. All the rest
divide as lyrin please. They are veining ;
farewell."
Sharp Law Practice.
Horace )).esser, Esq.. a lawyer ot New York
city, who •as hitherto devoted notch of his time
and atten • nt to colored gentlemen in difficul
ties, late! sued William Taylor, a negro, for
$2OOO To Professional services rendered. Mr.
Dresiter ; !seems, is a great friend to the per
secuted_. Jored race, and this Mr. Taylor was
a slave , o a gentleman of Louisiana, named
Baldwi, rho died lately leaving some $200,000
to Tayl.' .• wife, also a slave, but reputed to be
Baldwi. i half sister. Squire. Dresser under
took to r:over thisdninietiFe property lor Tay
lor, but kore much had beet! . done to the mat•
ter, th ~t.latives of Baldwin came kit wztEd and
settler by giving Tay kir f 1.11:.. to! t y th o u sa nd
dollar Dresser, 'the law) cr. caluled TWO
1 thoas • tOr his share, for which he sued Tay: .
I loc. ',tt jury gave him. F.lOO. Some
•
di ire • • e.—hispa /dr
•: ~.ut to e.,t3 o•toes w. 9-,. ilestrocd o(:,. .
y
:I Saturdayup toli;., to rot•lotrg. Two
tare lost aid J veral injured. 'Loss of
• $70,000.
fire,
liv
pro;
ZEE
have
a tax
b of a Printer.
ange and eventlin record of
ter!s life, says the Pittsburg
The Governor's .Message.
AN ABSTRACT.
The message is voluminous, but not more so
than the virgin messages of most newly elected
Governors. It treats of almost every public
question and is written In a•plain, unostentatious
and practical style.
After the ordinary decorus prefix of thanks
giving, the Governor rejoices over the conclu
sion of the Mexican war. His remarks are per
-tinent and just, and he recommends that a mon
ument be -raised to those Pennsylvanians who
perished in the struggle.
He announces the death of Gov. Shook, and
his own accession to the chief magistracy. The
eulogium of Governor Johnston upon his prede
cessor is earnest and magnanimous. We feel
proud of American parties when we see them,
after years of hostility, manifesting thus the
, largest and most liberal fraternal feelings. The
Governor recommends some action by the le
gislhture expressive of respect for the dead and
sympathy for the living;
' The. Governor gives a full account of the dif
ficulties arising,from the late date of the resig-
nation. He, however, issued the writs, (some
what irregularly,) believing it proper to leave
the issue with the people. The isesult proved
that he was right.
The Governor recommends laws to avoid the
doubts and difficulties which he encountered in
assuming the executive chair; and urges also
that provision should be made for filling the of
fice of Chief Magistrate in case of the death
or resignation of the Governor and Speaker of
the Senate. This is a hiatus in our Constitu-
The resolution:
dole with the wi
complied with.
The Asylum le Jane poor in the vicini•
ty of. Harrisburg .ly advancing. $5OOO
have been drawn from the treasury, of which
about help has been expended. •
The relief issue of Bank notes is next made
the subject of the Governors' scrutiny. We will
not do him the injustice of attempting to give an
abridged view of his remarks. They are so
sound and so impo ant that we commend them
to the careful perusal f our readers. We may.
however, remark that he amount uncancelled
and in circulation on the 31st of December,lB4B,
was $702,664. The Governor recommends that
arrangements shall be made to prevent the re
issue of defaced or dilapidated notes, and urges,
also, that it might be a fair condition of the re
newal of the charter of any Bank, that it should,
at low interest, loan the commonwealth the
means of absorbing the issue of relief notes.
The Governor recommends the payment of
the interest on the public debt hitherto dis
charged in depreciated paper in convertible
funds. He urges the refusal of all moneys for
public dues, not convenable to specie.
He suggests a. general reform in the manner
of adjusting and equalizing the valuation of
property for taxation. A full return of the pro
ducts of farms and manufactories, by the Asses
sors is recommended, at least, triennially.
An examination of the revenues and expendi
titres, he asserts, proves the necessity of increas
ed resources; and he makes the real deficit in
four years, $248,912 19.
The Governor then enters into the considera
tion of the tariff. His views upon this subject,'
will meet the approbation of every Pennsylvani
an ; but as there can be nothing more said upon
this exhausted topic, we reler our readers to the
message itself.
The public debt of the State is $40,424,736.
The present liability of the Treasury is 1.2,376-
516 95. The estimated revenue for the current
year is $3,851.900. The expenditures are esti
mated at $3,716,600, making the estimated reve
nue over the expenditure, $135,300.
It is suggested that a sinking fund for the ab
sorption of the debt.he created; and it is recom
mended that banks applying for a renewal of
their charters should be taxed for that purpose.
Other resources, also*, may, it is urged, be added
to this fund, and the debt be thus gradually extin-
guis.hed. ~
It-is urged that, in any new scheme of taxa•
Lion the farming interests shall be exempted
from further burthells. Taxesio.be just, shout'
be equal. There should 'be strong ground
justify the exemption of any class from a f I
participation in the .burthens of the comm
wealth.
It is urged that there should be a, settle et
of the accounts •of the internal kmprov ne
fund; he advocates the completion of the of
Branch Canal; and recommends - the ado ion k
measures to avoid the inclined plane. 1 .
On the subject of banking the Goverrtir enters
at some length. lie deprecates the undfcessary
increase of banking capital; recomiends the
refusal of a recharter to nny Bank da so loci•
ted as to be useful to the commercial mmunityi
instances urges that in no inances silo I a charter
be renewed without a thorough e ination of
the affairs of the institution, by a ontinittee of
the legislature. /
Bo: excellency recommends On that the cir
culation of notes under the denintnation of five
iiiii`ars should be prohibited . u cr severe renal
ties, or that if their suppress ern be deemed im
practicable, that our own ins tutions be author
ized to issue them.
On the subject of labor the Governor coin.
plains that the law of th " .ast session affords
the laborer the liberality - working more than
ten hours a day; and saytt "should the Legisla
ture concur, in the oPin n, it would be proper
to repeal -the proviso bwing of special ton
iracts by parents and rdians for the labor of
il
minors above Tourteep yeays." Of this pro
position we. will halt Occasion to, speak here
after. • .
The . Governor anakuoces the adoption of the
common school sysfern tbroughout the State:
question, Mr. Johnson ex- •
forcibly, the opinions of
position and the arguments
s it are sound and vigorous,
the general approbation of
Upon the slave
presses frankly
Pennsylvania.
by which he suss
and will thee' wi
the Keystone,
re deprecates th e slightest inva
! of the South, and recommends
I opposition to the extension of
sion of the rig
the most decid
slavery. j
Leitikititit*PrOteedingg; '‘
. 11A111/18110 . RO, January 10, 1849.
SENATE.—The members of the Senate met
in their Chamber at 8 o'clock, on, the 2d instant,
and were called to ordeitt.by Mr. Pearson, the
Clerk. . .‘• ;
The Secretrfry of the Commoaeaßh•Tire'tent
ed the certified election returns of the nett Sena
tors, who. were sworn Bt.. AU present except
Messrs. Ives and Potteiger. •
Mr. Ma . thia4ffered a preamble and resolution,
stating that whlnas the Speaker of the Senate
was now exercising the Executive office, in con
sequence of the demise of Governor Shank, the
Senate should proceed to the selection
,of a.
Speaker pro temper&
This was agreed to, and on the first ballot the
Hon. George. Darsie (Whig) waaelecied, having
received 19. votes. William F. Small (Dem.)
received 9 votes. Mr. Darsie voted fur Mr.Smy
ser, and . Mr. Small for Mr. Mason.
The Speaker elect was then conducted to the
chair hy William F. Small of Philadelphia and
John B. Johnson of Erie. After an address,
thanking the Senate for the honor ceinferred upon
him, the Speaker took his seat.
Mr. Over field offered a'resolution re-appointing
the old officers of the Senate.
Mr. Crabb opposed this proposition, as being
contrary to the usual custom.
lttr.Stone said that himself and the new mem
hers wanted to have a voice in the selection of
officers. He therefore imoved to postpone the
resolution. This was agreed to by a vote of
17 to 12.
A petition was presented praying for the for
mation of a new county from portions of Berks,
Chester and Montgomery counties, which, on
motion, was referred to a select committee.
A number of petitions in favor of the erection
of Madison county were received and referred.
Mr. Small read in his place a bill relative to
militia trainings, and for the encouragement of_
volunteer companies.
The following nominations for United States
Senator were then made:
James Cooper, Thaddeus Stevens, Josiah Ran
dall, John Sergeant, Wm. M. Meredith, Henry
M. Phillips, Henry King, Simon Cameron, and
George W. Woodward. tr
' It was then resolved that the Senate should
meet the House in Convention, on Tuesday the
9th instant, for the purpose of going into the elec
tion of Senator. •
g the Governor to con-
Q. Adams have been
HOUSE.—The members of the Moose met a
noon, and were called to order by Mr. regelyett
Berks.
The Secretary of the Commrmwenith A; : ilS n
troduced, and presented the certified returns of
the last election. After the reading of the returnq,
the roll was called, and the whole of the one hun
dred members answered to their names.
The first ballot for Speaker was then gone into,
and re2lted as follows:
Wm 7P. Packer, (Dem.) of Lycoming, 49
Henry S. Evans, (Whig) of Chester, 44
Thomas J. Herring, (N. A.) of Philada. 4
Scattering,
The second and third ballots were taken with
the same result, when the House adjodrned.
The members met at 11 o'clock, the following
day, and on minion proceeded to theTuurth ballot
fur Speaker, vhich stood as follows :
Paitker, Democrat, 49; Evans, Whig, 46, and
scattering, 5 1 Four more ballots were had with
the same result, and the House adjourned.
The members of the House assembled again
this morning, and on motion renewed the ballot
„jogs for 3, - teaker. The nineteenth, twentieth,and
'twenty-first ballots resulted as before.
Fencing the motion for another ballot. A . '5...” .
Herri (N. A.) rose and s • on behalf of him
self d some of is c leap t they had
deter ined t9 -end t usel, ss contest, by which
four ays had now been ex ended, and to effect
an ganization of the House, if three voles could
do . The ballot was then taken, and it stood:
fiVilliam F. Packer, (Democrat) -52
Henry S. Evans, (Whig) 46 .
i Messrs. Dellas, Herring and Robb, threepf the
r iliative Americans, voted for Mr. Packer.
j` The Clerk announced the election. of Mr.
Packer, and he was led to the chair by Messrs.
Evans and Fegely. Mr. Packer made a short
speech, returning thanks for the honor conferred
upon him. ' The oath of office was then adminis
tered by Mr. Evans to the Speaker and the mem
bers of the House.
Messrs. Elliot and Eshelman were appointed
ka committee to inform the Senate of the organi
nt rzation of the House,
rth
Messrs. Stubbs and Schwartzwelder were am
o f I pointed the committee, to act in conjunction with
the one appointed by the Senate, to inform*the
Governor that the Legislature was organized.
A committee was also appointed to prepare
rules for the House.
The nominations for United States Senators
were then made. Adjourned.
Served Right—Pierce Butler, of Philadelphia,
the rich greenhorn who married Fanny Kem
ble, the accomplished .actress, some fifteen
years since, and who has lately been making
a fool of himself a second lime, by trying to
get a divorce from her in order to get rid of pay
ing for her supporthas finally settled up by
agreeing to pay' his wife one thousand dollars
a year, and giving her one of the two children.
Truly Distressing Fire.—The Pottsville Em
porium of .January 4th, says : " On Tuesday
evening Fast, the house of Philip Steinbach, at
Port Carbon was entirely destroyed by fire, and
horrible to relate, three of his children fell vic
tims to the devouring element. Four children,
it seems were left at hOme while the parints
Went to Church, and when the fire was first
discovered it advanced so far that it was im
pcissible to enter the house andlese.ue the little
sufferers. The eldest child escaped and took
refuge at-a neighbors.
• A Big One.—We saw yesterday, at the slaugh
ter-house of Mr. Wm. Muckelroy, on Lauden
schlager's Hill, a hog "what is a hog." It was
raised in Chester county, Pa., and weighs near
nine hundred pounds. /measures nine feet and
one inch from thetip of.the nose to the end of the.
tail, stands three feet three inches in height, with
a girth of say nfect one inoh,—Daft. Sun.
•
WAsauscoros, January 10, 18i
SENATE -A numberof unimportant reports ,
were made.Bl the StandiniCpmmittee.
• Objectious were . made to the Resolutions of
Int:Airy, offered on former day, by Mr. Millet::
callitid upon the President for any Correspond=
ence that may hate been entered into in rdlition
to the Purchase of gabs from Spain.
Mr. Miller sPokibrielly 9n the subject, when *.
Mr. tiusk put the question to him, " Does 916
Senator suspect the existence of such corres
pondence 1"
Mr. Miller—. 1 dn."
Mr. Foote--if neentiations are going on, will
the Senator oppose ,the annexation of Cuba 1"
Mr. Miller —u I will, under all circumstances,'
find on all occasions." _ •,-.
Mr. Foote—" The Senator will then he in an
atirktvard position three , months titi, for Gen,
Taylor is decidedly 41 ;favor of the I tuirieWiou
of guba. i '
A motion was then made by,yr.tci lay
the resolution itfum the table. • inntiiiri was
objected to, but the senate overruled thenbjec- , '
tion, and the resolution' srai taken Up by a vote
of yeas 24; nart 19..'
On motion the Senate then siehi into Execn.
live session
HOUE—Mr. Smith, from the Cortimittee on
territories, reported a bill relative to 04
lishment of a governnient In New Mexicrk
Items of Fact and Fancy.
.I;7' Major Lewis CaSS' was confirtnedgy the
Senate, on the sth instant, as Charge topme.
IV' After a long debate the House,cf Repre
sentatives of Indiana on the 20th of December.
passed a series of strong antildaveryresolutions.
The •nte stood, yeas 80, nays 18.
The next. Democratic State Convention
will b held at Pittsburg. So says the Pittsbarg
inst.
1.- - J" In New Hampshire, the Free SoiJeri+ have
nominated N. S. Berry for Governor, find Tuck
for Congress
L - e" The Delaware Legislatnfellnet at Dover
last week. It is Whig in both branches: .
question of emancipation will be tile
.im
portant question before them. -;
' 'l'bt' London Times regards the election.,
of Lrmis Napoleon as President as a *test of
the French people against a Republic.;. .
1::V" There are rifty-two'vessels up.at the port'
of New York for San Francisco, California.
C.-3.7" William Westfall and istint:,s H. Miller,:
natives of Pennsylvania, died of Cholera in New
Orle,,p i , on the 24th of last month . . „ .
CJ' A young woman in Illinois, has given to
the country eighteen children in ten years.
lam' Henry Clay intends spendint*theilv er
in New Orleans, for the re.estibiibliment of his
MEM
I7e - Some man in Illinois is making candles
form castor-oil
Eli" Roston, during the last nine years, just.
closed, has paid into the NationalTrensory, i n
the form of Revenue, a little forty millions
of dollars.
E-1." Vaccination has been successfully used
as a preventive of grnall pox °mon; sheep in
England.
dfaryfunl—The area of Maryland in acres is
6,o4o,ooo—that of Massachusetts is but 4,640,000.
The population of Maryland in 1820 was 407.350
—that of Massachusetts was 623,287. The popu- .;
lation of Maryland in 1840'was 469,292—that or
Massachusetts was 727,699. Theincregse of the
population of Maryland in twenty years was
61',882--that of Massachnsettg lit the same period,.'
creased 214,412.. And in Maryland 40;000 of '
tha increase was in the city of Baltimore—while
the population of most t)f the counties - Ims dimin
ished. In Maryland the number. of population
engaged in.agriculture at the last census (1840)
was 62,949: In other pursuits the number was
29,041—about one-third consumers io two-thirds
producers of agricultural preuctions. In Mas
sachusetts, the number engaged. in agriculture
was 87,839 and in other parsuits,l2s,o67—more
consumers than producers—afinnfing• a market
for the farmer, and consuming nut only the pro
ducts of the farmer of Massachusetts, but those
of the Maryland farmer al'o.
Some Thing Curious.—Mr. Samuel Davison, of
Greece, left with us yesterday; small phial, con
taining some fifty or more small worme, preserve
ed in 'spirits, which he scraped up from the snow.
on the morning of the sth of Decembei. • They
are about half an inch long, and about as large
around as a common needle. Mr. Davisoti:in
forms us that they came down with the snow in
innumerable quantities, and were found for more
than half a mile from where ,he first observed
them, in some places almost covering the surface..
They showed signs of life, and on being put into.
warm water, became quite lively.—Rock Deni,
do Or riarul 'hip.L-The Diem Jersey Califor- .
nia Mining tiOmpany, formed -by. Capt. George
W. Taylor, late of the Tenth Regiment, G. S. A.,.
and his brother Lewis H.Titylor, propose to pro.
ceed overland, and expect to leave the Weitern ,
frontier about the middle of Febtuary,and navel!
by the Southern route, via Arkansas, &c.
liesimnation of Gen .Taylor.—The Washingtott
el.
Union stater, that a letter has been received
the War Department, from Gen. Taylor, resign.
ing his almmission in the array of the tnitert:
States, to‘take effect on the 31st January: •
Riles' rationpl Reeisler.--This valuable publi:-
,
cation has entered on its poi votume. is now , '
published in thirt city, under the ediional alt p eed
vision of Gedtge Beatty; t sq., and affortisik*Atio
plete history 6f the times. ,t
The Coal Thade.—The sJournal , Mates •
that the last year's busines has been extremely
disastrous to thelperatir t and that great dis
tress now e ts(tapn m. Attleast two Awl
dr ou d Aare Lave been sunk in the trade\
in Schuylkill county alone duringf,dte year.
Republican 'Principles: , --A daughter ofAillarli .
FiWm . ire, Comptroller of the State of New York.
and Vice Presidenf elect, is at the-State Normal
School, Albany. preParingiferself to be a teactionh'
of common schools. : This shows hei to be ti
young lady of truly !nubile= principles
genuine worth.
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