Qtljebig!) Register.
Allentown, Pa.
MUSHY, FEBRUARY S, 1849.
V. B. PALMER, Esq., N. W. corner of Third
.and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, •
•san street, (Tribune Buildings,) ew York, is
our authorized Agent for receiving advertise
ments and subscriptions to the Leggh Register
and collecting and receipting for the same.
School System in Lehigh County
Townsend Haines, Esq., Superintendent of
Common Schools, gives the following tabular
statement of the Districts, Teachers, Scholars,
Revenue and Expenditures of the System in
Lehigh, for the year ending Juno sth, 1848 :
Whole number of districts, 14
Number paid during the year, - - 8
Number reporting, 7
Whole number of schools, 06
Number yet required, 9
Average number of months taught, - 6.00
Number of male teachers, c 59
Number of female teachers, 7
Av. salaries of male teichers p. month, no 81
Av. salaries at feniale teachers p. mo., 815 85
Number of male scholars, - - • • 2,263
Number of female scholars, - - - - 1,868
Number learning German, • • • - 896
Av. number of scholars in each school, - 58
'Coat of teaching each scholar per month, 37
Amount of tax levied, - - - • 85,117 78
'Ree'd from the State appropriation, 1,890 50
Rec'd from collectors of school tax, 4,499 14
Cost of instruction, 4,964 03
Fuel and contingencies, - - - - 587 44
Cost of school houses, purchasing build-
iugsl renting and repairing,
Morris Canal Company.
This Company, although for many years in
a bad condition, is slowly recovering from its
crippled state' We see that the Company has
made application to the Legislature of New
JCesey, for a change of their charter, which re
duces the number of shares of stock—and gives
power to issue a preferred stock—and to con
nect the navigation of the Canal with that of the
Lehigh Canal, by a bridge across the Delaware ,
river, at some suitable point.
The lower House had the bill up on Friday
last, and it was ordered to a third reading by a
large vote, a fair indication that the bill will
pass final reading. It had previously passed
the Segate, unanimously.
The advantages that the company will derive
from these privileges are estimated of great
value, and are given as the cause of the firm
ness of the stock of late dates.
Should this bill pass the New Jersey Legis
lature, of which we have no doubt, it will be of
groat importance to our Flour and Grain mer
chants, as it will open a direct water communi
cation by canal with the great commercial Em
porium of New York. At present shipments
are combined with much cost and danger, on
account of the inclined planes.
A California Company
We learn from the Reading Gazette that a
Company is about being organized in that city,
upon the principle of mutual interest to stock
holders. The project originated with Mr. Sam
uel Ovenshine, of Philadelphia, and Messrs. A.
M. Saliade, Benj. Tyson and John Green, of.
Reading; and appears to find great favor with
the citizens. The shares are $lOO each. Nearly
540,000 has already been subscribed by men
of property and respeftbility. We understand
it is the intention of the Company to select fif
teen capable men, of undoubted integrity, who
are to be sentle„Cajifornia, in a vessel of the
first Blass, wi th working instru
ments, &c., and clothing for two years—which
are to be supplied from the funds of. the Com
pany. The profits of the expedition, are to be
divided equally among the stockhnldeis and
men whom they employ. The plan appears
to be well-doneeived; and if the marvellous re
ports that reach us, of the immense quantities
of gold every day being discovered in Califor
nia, are only one•twentieth part true, the gen
tlemen who have invested their motley in this
enterprise, may rely upon receiving a rich
return.
The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil—No. 8 of
this excellent monthly, for February, has been
received. It contains much interesting and
valuable matter for the Farmer, the Manufac
turer, the Mechanic, and all who pursue any of
the industrial vocations of life. This is one of
the few periodicals of real practical utility, and
is worthy of the most extensive patronage from
those who thin when they read, and read to
be instrtieTell. It ikpublished by J. S. Skinner
&. Son, 81 Dock street, for $3 a year.
The Sca/pc/.—This is the title of a new month
ly publication, devoted mainly to the science
of medicine, and kindred subjects. The editor
calls it appropriately " A Journal of Health,
adapted to Popular and Professional Reading,
and the exposure of Quackery." We find in
its pages much that is interesting and instruc
tive, both to the general reader and the medical
practitioner. It is very neatly printed, and is
sued at the low price of 25 cents per number.
New York—Edward H. Dixon, DI. D., Editor
and Publisher.
Eagle Holel.—Our old neighbor, Alr.Joel Keck,
who has left our beautiful Allentown, to seek
his fortune in the West, has,rettled himself in
Canfield, Alahoning county, Ohio. He has
become proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, in that
place, and we advise all those who visit Ohio,
not to fail and give our friend Keck a call,
as we have no doubt their-accommodations
cannot be excelled by any public house in the
" Buckeye" State.
Proceedtilge bc 4 il l t•
Court met on the 29th ultimo at file usual
hour. In the Quarter Sesvicins we learn there
was but little Imsinto. Two bills only were
found anti these were settled by the pkrties
without trial. In the Com Mon Pleas though a
l arge n u m ber ctf *eases were set down for trial
but f: of them were reached. We:give below
an .utline of velfat was done.
llenjamin lartett vs. George Beisel.- 2 This teas
, appeal from the Register's &lett to try the
validity of the will of Catharine Jarrett. The
defence set up was, that at the rime of making
the will the testatrix vv Vs not Of sound mind
and disposing memory, and that she hed been
unduly influenced by those to whom most of
her estate was bequeathed by the will. Verdict
of the jury in favor of plaintiff, thus sustaining
the will. The charge of the Conn in this case
was a very clear and able exposition of the Law
as to the degree if imbecility of mind and the
weight of improper influence were. necessary
to invalidate a will.
Paul Miller vs. John G. (eundie.—This %las
an action to recove r he amount of a sealed
note, givenin p of consideration for the Brew- ,
ery nowiiwned by defendant. The defence
t o_
was that the consideration of the note had filed
in pan, inasmuch as the Northampton 1 ater
Company had recovered a part of land all
to have been sold to defendant with the brew
ery. This question brought up most of the evi
dence so often gone over In the case of the
Water Company against Gourrdie. Owing to
the unexpected absence of a Material witness
the plaintiff told( a non suit ) and thus the case
terminated for the present.
George Wenner vs. if shaft Beath.—This was
an action on the case, for words !yokel' by de
fendant, tending to injure the plaintiff in his
business as a merchant. Verdict for plaintiff'
$lOO damages besides costs.
Christian Ortt vs. Thomas &huter.—This was
an action for damages, alleged to !Ave been
sustained by defendant diverting the. water of
a stream Rowing the premiss of both parties
from its natural course, thus injuring the plain
tiff, whose farm was below defendants, in his
rightm the use of the water. Verdict for defen
dant. Most of the jurors in this case had been
upon the ground to view the premises.
Henry Mest vs. Daniel and Henry Yeager.—
This was an action of defendants to recover the
purchase money of certain real estate, sold to
defendants in November, 1846. Plaintiff had
agreed to make defendants a good title on the
first of April, 1847, at which time the purchase
money was to be paid. On the second of April,
1847, the parties met and defendants tendered
the purchase money arid demanded a title clear
of incumbrances. This the plaintiff it appears
was unable to give, owing to there being a num
ber of jutigmentscovering the premises in goes
lion, and which were at that time unsatisfied.
On the 27th of the same month the plaintiff
tendered releases of these judgments and also
a deeti for the property, and demanded the pur
chase money from defendants. who then refused
to take the property. Verdict for defendants
certifying the sum of $62 50, due them from the
plaintiff.
In the matter of the select( the Real Estate of
Peter Huber. The Sheriff's Sale made on the
17th January was set aside.
- • 824 43
We are also informed the Sheriff's paled the
Worrnan's Spring property made before the last
Court was set aside. And that the pale made
by the Administrator do boni, non, of the same
property, was confirmed.
Court adjourned on Saturday evening, leav
ing much of the business unfinished.
Mn.
• Your notice in the Register, a few
weeks ago, of Maj. Fry's Mammoth Sleigh, sug
gested to my mind the idea that the Major would
make, physically and politically, a Mammoth
Candidate for the office of Canal Commissioner.
I do not .know that he has any aspirations to
take upon himself the caree and responsibilities
of that important station; but this I do know,
that he has many warm friends among the De.
mocracy of Lehigh and in the State, and their
wishes and his claims to a nomination should
not be disregarded. His sterling integrity, busi
ness talent and his proverbial economy in the
management of his own affairs, point him out
as the man for the office. The urbanity of his
manners and the amiability of his disposition,
have greatly . endeared him to his immediate
neighbors, making him personally popular in
his own and the adjoining counties; his sturdy
political consistency and orthodox democracy,
make him a bright and shining light in the
party, and, his name, if nominated, a tower of
strength to his friends and wall of fire to his
enemies.
Without disparagingtheothergentlemen who
may be named in connection with the mu 11.
deny for that office. I trust, the next Democratic.
State Convention will nominate as its standard
bearer at the ensuing election, the gallant Major
William /1-y of Lehigh county. C.
The gold and silver coin in the vaultaof this
institution, on the 6th of January, amounted to
the enormous sum of £15,024 802, or about
$75,000,000. Considering that our political
economists have often estimated the gold and
silver coin in the United States as low as
$80,000,000, this must be conceded to be a res
pectable amount of hard cash to be accumulated
in the strong-box of even the Ban Vol England.
A portion of this, we know, is drawn from the
United States by a regular and continuous at-
traction across the water; and the question is
as to the excellence of our commercial system,
under which our gbld and silverAtre drained
from us to enrich this "monster" of a foreign
_t ik.
country. .
rir Art address has been ued by Chancel
lor Nicholas to the people of lu cky , urging
that the constitution be formed for e gradual
abolition of 'level in that State.
[Communicated.]
Bank of England.
Advice fbr Young Men.
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Choice of a Profusi o n.—Some young persons
rontertain r _ridieulonsootions as to the choice of
a profession*. Carried away by the glitter of
uniforms and the splendid pageantry of the
notaier's life, nothing will please them short of
Mitering• the army; or, perhaps, carried - away
by the narration of maritime adventures, they
resolve on following the hazardous profession
bf the sailor. But a ve6little experience of the
realities of life generally banishes these idle
dreams. Others pitch upon the clerical profes
sion •ai most suitable to their ideas of living an
easy and dignified existence, and enjoying the
rOverence of those around them, withont reck
oning on whether their parents or guardians are
able in thefirst place to procure them the neces
sary course of education, or if they would sub
sequently have the good fortune to find a bene-
Ace. tdaby more equally delude themselves
with regard to what are called professions. As
a matter of coarse, they must be something
better, though only in appearance, than their
father; and so they frequently turn their anest=
tion to occupations which tothem look remark=
bk .
ably genteel, but which all the world , ' 'des
know to be super fi cial and unprofitable. he
young in the middle and lower ranks of 'ety
Should by all means be governed in these mat
ters by their seniors, for they are certainly tile
west judges with respect to *hat particular de
partment of industry they should attach them
selves.
Newspapers.
The Boston " Weekly Symbol" thus sums
up the duty of those who 'take the papers.:—
After perusing carefully this admirable piece of
advice, let the reader (if he is a 'delinquent,)
include in the "Good Lord deliver us" of his
daily supplications, and thus tell over the rosary
of hie remorse, until he has "paid the printer."
how to take the paper.—Be sure to pay in ad
vance, and thus you have the privilege of read
ing your own paper instead of the publishers'.*
If you change your residence, inform the pub
lishers Immediately, stating your name, the
place you movefrom. and the place you move to.
How lb stop a paper.—The only honest way
to stop a paper when not wanted, " is to pay
into the hands of the postmaster whatever you
owe for it, if it be only for two numbers and
see that the postmaster wrtetan order to have
the same stopped. There Is no use in sending
the publishers lemma or papers with the postage
unpaid," if you fail to do this, do not complain
if the publishers continue to send the paper.
Our course.:--Are continue to send papers to
subscribers after the time for which they first
subscribed has expired, mien othersiirs ordered.
We never stop a paper Until all arreariages are
paid up, unless at our option. It is useless,
therefore, to order a paper stopped while any
thing is owing for it.
The Law of Newspapers. -1. Subscribers wilt)
do not give express notice to the contrary, are
considered as wishing to continue their sub.
scriptions.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of
their papers, the publishers may continue to
send them until all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers fmm the offices to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they have
settled the bill and ordered the paper to be dis
continued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places with
out informing the publisher's, and the paper is
sent to the former direction they are responsible.
5. The Courts have decided that refusing to
take a paper from the office, or removing and
leaving it.o nca II ed for, is 'prima Janie' evidence
of intentional fraud.
Thoroughfkre to the Paolilo.
Mr. Eller, the accomplished practical civil
engineer, has published a communication, urg
ing the necessityol a great central thoroughfare
to the Pacific. A plank road, he thinks, should
be commenced by Government, from the cen
tral city in the Mississippi valley, to be built
due west, to the central and best harbor on the
Pacific coast. They can be made cheaply, with
great rapidity, and produced by steam—saving
the cost-of labor, and much of the supplies re
quired for the support of laboring men. The
line would be laid due west t on the parallel that
passes through Philadelphia, Columbus, In
dianapolis, St. Louis, the South Pass, and San
Francisco, with such deviation, subordinate to
this general direction, as the local topography
and distribution of materials, may prescribe.—
He says:
A mere plank road, on which coaches could
make seven miles an hour, would enable us to
go from St. Louis to San Francisco, in ten, or,
at farthest, in twelve days, and from New York
to the Pacific in less than eighteen days.
But we can do better than this: for we have
a railroad essentially made when the planks for
a 'plunk road are laid down. All that is then
needed to enable locomotives to traverse it, is
a couple of strips of scantling pinned down'to
the plank, and covered with a plate of iron.
In fact the railroad can be made faster than
a mere plank road; for, by adding the rails,
even without the iron, a light locomotive and
cars may be put on every section that is com
menced, and used to transport the materials for
the extension of the line. The road um thus he
built by steam.
This whole work can be accomplished in two
years, at a cost of some ten millions of dollars
—less than, the newspapers say, has been ex
pended during, the past year on lines tributary
to the city of Boston alone.
The road will not be adapted to the transpor
tation of great masses of heavy trade; for that
is not now needed. Bat it will open the way,
be , sutracient for the immediate purpose, and
Serve as a necessary machine to bxecute the
more extensive future enterprise.
The proposal to accomplish Bach
. a work
in so brief a period, will Seem extravagant. : —;
Bat it is not too great a task for republican vigor
and American skill.
Railroads in Old •
From the Daily Newel, we learn that the Co.
lambus and Xenia Railroad, it is expected, will
I be prepared for the superstructure inJuly next,
and that it will be ready for the relining of the
cad in October following. It is the intention
,of therompany at once to lay Bowe a heavy T
rail; this ie as it should be, as it Is bad to use
a flat bar. This road, when finished, will open
a direct railroad communication between Co
lumbus, the seat of Government of Ohio, and
its rest metraitile metropolis, Cincinnati. It
will also form important link in the railroad
Connection between Cincinnati and hake Erie
at Cleveland, uniting, as it does, at Columbus
with the Cleveland and Columbus road., The
advantageous locution of this road, its connec
tion with other channels ',f trade, the present
low prices for iron and the cheapness of pre
paring the track for, the iron ; can hardly fail to
render it very productive property. 7.
Frightful Stage Aocideht.
We are truly pained to learn from the Colum
bia Democrat, Bloomsburg, Pa., that on Thins
day evening, the 25th ultimo, a fearful accident
happened to the Mail stage from that place,naus
ing serious injury to six persons, among whom
Were three gentlemen,-Henderson Gaylord, Esq.
and Judges Wm. 8. Ross and Charles D. Shoe
maker,of Wyoming valley, intimate friends and
associates of our school-boy days. The four
horse stage eolith, says the Democrat, containing
five passengers *MI the United States mail, left
here on Thursday evening, a little after dark, for
Harrisbottand *hen atscalt a mile below Blooms-
: urg, at the residence of Mr. Samuel Boone, one
of the leaders became detached from ll;te rigging.
causing the horses to run at full speed, and on
turning the corner of the road leading over Mr.
B. b s mill-race, the coach with two horses attach
ed, and all its contents were precipitated down
a precipice of some fifteen feet, breaking through
the ice and depositing all aboard in three or four
feet of water in the race. The coach driver, Mr.
Samuel Carnan, to whom no blame can possibly
attach, is severely hurt. Mr. Ezeriah Davis and
son, two of the passengers, escaped unhurt, but
the other three, Henderson Gaylord, Esq., and
Judges Ross and Shoemaker, of Luzerne county,
were each considerably injured—the latter two
most severely.
Another Good Move by Congress.—The House
of Congress, having abolished flogging in the
Navy, have followed up the good movement
by abolishing the grog ration, which is two gills
a day. In place of this the sailor is to receive
four cents. Mr. John A. Rockwell, of Connec
ticut, has the credit of this aet, and Mr. Sawyer,
of Ohio, the credit of the former. If the Senato
confirm these prureetlings, we shall soon see
a desirable improvement in the characterof the
Navy.
A Curious Claim =There is a claim now be
fore Congress, the owners and masters of the
ship Cadmus, demanding payment for the pas,
sage of Gen. Layfayette and family from Fr: ince
in 1824. The amnttht claimed is 11.5000; of
which $4OOO is•for passage money and 111000
is asked by the captain as a bonus for giving
his personal attendance during the voyage.
ariatness.—The people of Alasedcho setts
paid one million of dollars last year for the sup
port of Common Schools. There is not a native
born child in the State, old enough, that cannot
read and write. This in the. true source of her
greatness and firosperitg.
John van gonen's Lati.—The New York Ex
press sends out the followings—John Van Bu
ren met Mr. Fillmore at the time of his last visit
to Albany. "What are.yob going to do for us,
'Mr. Fillmore, now that you ate in office, said the
hopeful heir of honor. "Do for you?" said the
Vice President elect, good hutraoredly, "we shall
do nothing—we don't know you." "Gen. Tay
lor will certainly redeem his pledge to us," said
John. "Pledge ! what pledge t" "The one he
gave at Buena Vista, not to leave his wounded
behind him.
Louis Napoleon in Louisiana:—The New Or
leans Delta informs us that some twelve or fifteen
years ago, when Louis 'Napoleon sojourned in the
United States, he spent some time in Louisiana,
and was so much pleased with that region, that
he entertained serious intentions of becoming a
sugar planter. He endeavored to effect the pur-
chase of a plantation, but for want of a good en
dorser the arrangement did not succeed. Louis
Philippe had also fixed upon Louisiana for his
residenc'e, during his exile, when events recalled
him to Praur.e.
Postal Arrangement for Country Papers.—Mr.
Cameron has endeavored, by a movement in the
Senate, to secure to the country papers a free
circulation within thirty miles of their place of
publication. The eff'ort, successful, or otherwise,
does credit to Mr. Cameron. All who cherish
the interest of education, and appreciate the im
port:ince of affording the peoille the advantages
of local papers, will applaud the man and the
measure. We are anxious to see our local papers
encouraged and sustained by the policy of the
post office.—Daily Netts.
Expos&lion of a NoteL-..One of the most curi
ous of the investments about to be made in Cali
fornia, at New York, is in *,hotel. A building
has been prepared, complete in all its parts, and
shipped on board a vessel bound to San Fran
cisco. It will accommodate two hundred persons
when finished. All its furniture goes with it,
beds and bedding, carpets, and the complete fix
tures of a first rate hotel. The entire cost of this
venture i 5 ,570,000. A gentleman of high worth
and much experience goes out in charge of it.
'An Atmospheric Mail Telegraph..—Among the
new things claiming a Tatent in Washington is
an .in v ant ion of Mr. Van Vech ten, of the Towanda
(N. Y.) Democrat, who claims the discovery of
a plan by which mail and all express matter can
be transmitted one thousand miles an hour, by
means of an atmospheric telegraph. A tub is
formed of a given size and length, and by means
of an air pump.* carriage is propelled of a cylin
drical form—the air operating on a piston head
or drtver, Which is in the rear of a train of cars.
Raffling fbr a Woman. ,
A young girl residing in the upper part of New
York city, was, not long since, desperately at.
tncked with gld fever. The Sacramento and its
precious sands were ever before her mind, but
though handsome and of unblemished r,tion,
she was entirely without the means of, ccom
plishing her wishes. Days passed and yet she
seemed no nearer securing a passage to Califor
nia than at first. Fortunately at last she became
acquainted with a party of young men who were
going out on one of the vessels bound for San
Francisco. They wished a cook, and at once
agreed to raffle for her. The amount paid for
chances was to be given her, and the fortunate
fellow who won.was to marry her before leaving
the: city. If she did not fancy the person on whom
the• lot fell, then she was to pay her own passage
out, and under the protection of the whole party
was to cook and wash for them. The money
wgis accordingly paid and the girl raffled. There
was one person whom she hoped would win,
but the fates were against her choice. A little
shoemaker won her. The girl would not marry
.hi m, but true to her promise she wrote a farewell
l&tter to her friends in Connecticut, and then took
pi tssage with her comradtr adventurers.
A Touching Story.
Hon. A. H. Stephens of Ga., in a recent address
at a meeting in Alexandria, for the benefit of the
Or phan Asylum and Free School of that city, re
lat ed_the following anecdote:
“A poor little -boy, in a cold night in June,
with no home or roof to shelter his head, no pa
ternal or maternal guardian or - guide to protect
and direct him, on his way, reached at nightfall
the house of a rich planter, who took him in, fed,
lodged, and sent him on his way, with his bles
sing. Those kind attentions cheered his heart
arid inspired him with fresh courage to battle
with the obstacles of life. Years rolled round :
Providence led him on ; he had reached the legal
profession ; his host had 'died ; the cormorants
that prey on the substance of man had formed a
conspiracy to get from the widow her estates.
S.he sent for the nearest counsel to commit her
ca use to him, and that counsel proved to be the
orphan boy years before welcomed and entertain
ed by her and her deceased husband. The stim
ulus of a warm and tenacious gratitude was now
added to the ordinary motives connected with
the profession. He undertook her cause with a
will not easily to be resisted; he gained it; the
widow's - e - stat were secured to her in perpetuip
ty ; and, Mr. Step ns added, with an emphasis of
emotion that sent i electric thrill throughout the
ho use—that orphan y elands before you!”
774 e Pardoning Power.—ln New York, as in
Pennsylvania, the pardoning power ofthe Gover
n.or has long been a bone of contention. Latter
ly, a bill has been introduced into the Legisla
ture, whose object is to abolish the abuses of
that great prerogative. According to it, applica
tions for pardon must be signed by the public
prosecutor and court judges who tried the cause,
and the former must state the circumstances of
die case as shown on trial, together with his
opinion whether the accused should be pardoned,
and his reasons therefor. Notices of these ap
.plications must be published in the State and
County paper for four weeks, and the Governor
must make a yearly report of the applications.
The great objection to the -bill is, that it would
accumulate a multitude of papers which the
Governor could not find time to examine, but it
has passed the Senate of New York, and Will
pass the House.
Telegraph Across the °team—Messrs. Hubbard
& C0.,0f New York, propose to connect the two
continents by telegraph. They ask that govern
ment will appropriate the sum of $50,000, to be
expended in the survey of the proposed route, and
also place at their disposal a vessel for the same
purpose. They say that, from explorations; they
are satisfied that a series of shoals, produced
from submarine volcanic action, extends from
the banks of Newfoundland to the mouth of thE
English Channel, and that these shoals, in many
instances,do not lie more than 120 feet below the
surface of the ocean. They propose to traverse
the Atlantic• by means of buoys, submeted to the
depth of 20 feet, and confined by anchors resting
upon these ledges or shoals, thowires lb be en
closed in some substance impervioids to Stater,
as Indian rubber or gotta percha.
The French Ekclion.—We find In titif fate ng
lish papers full statistical accounts of the late
election in France, froii which it appears' that
the total number of votes given to each of the
candidates was as follows:
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, - 6,048,879
General Cavaignac, 1,479,121
•
Ledru Rollin, 855.515
•
Raspail, 40,009
Lamartiae a a 4 17,384
Grace on Sight Bills. —The Judiciary Commit
tee of the House have reported a bill . debiating
that every draft, bill of exchange, or othet ne
gociable paper hereafter drawn, or made paya
ble at sight, shall be deemed and taken tube due
and payable on presetnment.
Consciente.—A petition has been presented to
the New York Legislature by a foreigner for
leave to hold real estate without assuming the
rights of citizenship. His reason for this appli
cation is, that he cannot conscientiously become
a citizen whilst slavery is tolerated in the coun
try, and the mails run on Sunday.
Military Editors.—Gov. Johnston seems dis
posed to remember the Editorial fraternity in
the distribution of honors. In addition to those
already announced, we observe the appointment
of Aid-de-Camp to the Governbioiiilt the rank
of Lieut. Colonel, has been tendered to Messrs
Clark of the Huntingdon. Journal ; • Slenti,of the
Blair County Whig of the Juniata
Sentinel ;Darlington of the iiiincaster'Exami4er
J. Cochran, of the York Reptiblican; and Ham
ersly, of the
Uncultivated _ .sated iii . the Boston
Atlas, that of the 4,192,000 acres of land in btu
sachusetts availablelbr cultivation in : untie form,
only 200,000 acres, or six and a half per cent. are
under ; the remaining ninety-three and a
half per cent. consist of meadows,
swamps, pasturage, &c..
Gleanings from ThECIIMIffea.
t They are beginning to talk about eating
each other in California. We advise very fat
people, therefore, to keep'away from there.
Elf" The ship Levant is now taking in a cargo
of Pennsylvania Coal, at Port Richmond, for
San Francisco. This fuel is intended for Gov
ernment nse, and also for the steamers which the
Messrs. Aspinwall and others are having built to
ply on the Sacramento.
lar Glass may be drilled like metal by keep.
ing the instrument (a common iron drill) moist
with a solution of camphor in turpentine.
Igir'We are gratified to learn that Col. John
W. Geary, of the ad Regiment Pennsylvania
Volunteers, has been appointed Post Master at
San Francisco, California, for which place he
will leave shortly.
Mr. Anthony, the Whig candidate for Gov
ern q`e Rhode Island is a printer, and editor of
the •.'Y'tdence Journal. "
Gif The Barnburners of Indiana have nomi
nated J. H. Cravens for Governor and John W.
Right for Lieut. Governor.
Cr
A lump of gold, weighing four ounces,
from the Sacramento, has been exhibited in Lon
don. and an engraving of it appears in the News.
re The first PostuthsterGeneral in the United
States was Dr. Franklin. His salary was $lOOO,
" A Convention of Inventors will assemble
at Baltimore on the 6th of March. It is called
the Inventor's National Institute of that city.
U'r A homestead bill has been introduced into
the Legislature of New Jersey, and there seems
to be a disposition to pass It.
la'One hundred and fifty slaves, emancipated
by their late oWnet in Kentucky, embarked at
New Orleans on the 22d ult., for Liberia, in the
barque Laura, chartered by the Colonization So
ciett•.
fOrMilwaukie, Wisconsin, although a new
town, bids fair to onistrip most of the Western
cities in the course of time. The census just
completed, shows a population of 18,598, being
an increase of 1597 over the previous year.
77ir Suppressed Gold News.—The Washington
Union, finding a number of newspapers united
in the belief that the Government has been tit tins=
session of news from the gold region vrhiqi it
suppressed, continues its denials of the truth of
these allegations. The matter has assumed more
importance than it at first possessed, and &ere.'
tary Marcy has published a letter denying that
he had received any intelligence from his son.
Capt. Marcy, who is in California, or that he had
buried any gbld there. The New York Evening
Post has given these charges a more definite
shape than any other paper, and notwithstanding
these earnest and emphatic denials, it steadily
maintains that the Government has been in pos
session of news which it suppressed, and also
that members of government have made use of
this news for purptites of private speculation:—
This is a zerious charge to be preferred against
the government of a great nation.
Foreign Intelligence.
ENGLAND.—The cholera was on the
intrease both in the London district and in
the provinces, as well as in Scotland. The
total number of cases from the first was 6,506,
of Which 2,048 had died and 1,249 recover
ed—leaving 2,819 under treatment. It broke
out With fresh violence among the pauper
Children of London.
The California fever razed in England
quite at violently as it has done here. Great
numbers of vessels were up for the gold re- -
' gion,—some carrying passengers t Chagres,
ers to Galveston, &c. ; rates ranking from
£2S uptvards. All sorts of schemes for rais-'
ing companies & capital are advertised. One
of the comp 'es alone proposes to raise a
c a pit o l of IT 000, reserving half to be tit- -
ken to the Unit d States. The Times cail
tions the public a Quist these schemes, many.
of which are me swindles.
FRANCE.—The report that the wine'
dealers had gone with a petition against the
re-establishment of the old law, subjecting
their stock to be tested, measured, and ex.'.
amined, caused considerable excitement and
dissatisfaction. This law, which before the
revolution of February formed the security
of the public against being poisoned by de.:
leterious stuffs, under the name of wine or
bnindy, was abolished by the all-destroying
provisional government, and now that it beg
comes necessary to restore it, those fellows,.
who not Only deal in horrible drugs, but
*hose houses are the haunts of conspirators;
are endeavoring to raise the neighborhood
by giving a political turn to a mere police
question. Attempts were made to raise the '
cry of" live l'Empereur."
Pertinacious efforts are making to-day to
force the people to sign petitions for the dia..
solution of the assembly, to give support to
the advocates of that measure on Friday,
tvhen. the question is to be brought on.
may is said that some popular demonstation may
be apprehended. The proposition of Mes- "
ars. Pag,nerre and Bisio, fixing the dissoln- •
tion for the 13th of April, is likely to be'
adopted by the assembly.
The new President seems to encounter
serious difficulties. He had demanded of
the Ministerof the Interior, M. de Malleville,
certain documents, and made the demand in _
a tone which was deemed unpeu vy, where
-upon the whole Ministry resigned. The
President then made' explanations which'
satisfied all but the Minister of the Interior,"
who withdrew, and was replaced by M. Le
on Foucher. M. Bixio withdrew with him:
from the Department of Commerce, and is
replaced by M. Buffet.
The President alsciattempted to supersede
a large number of prefects in the provinces .
and to appoint the sons of NO and M. Bois
sy to high diplomatic posts.---but was forced
to giie way. His popularity has been seri
ously injured. The Assembly is petitioned
constantly to dissolve and a Committee has
submitted a proposition for a new election on
the 4th of March.
There has been a falling off in the receipt
of Custom of 43 million francs in the year.
Nd Vice President has yet been nomina i
ted.. M. Odillion Barna is a candiditql :
successful, it is said M. TheiTs,wiltsucehe
!lift' at the heed Ittliihribuiett: