be fcbigb Register.
Allentotru, Pa.
THURSDAY, FHBRIJARY 14, 1849.
Circulation near 2004 b•
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and Chesnut streets, lilladelphia, and rti9 Nas
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ments and subscriptions to the Lehigh Register
and collecting and receipting for the same. •
A Now Department
1n the Congressional reports of Monday last,
/Hr. Vinton of Ohio, Chairman of the Committee
of Waysand Means, reported a bill in the House
•of Representritives, to establish a Department
--of the•hieriOr ; or Home_Department. The bill
was recommended and drawn up by time Sec
retary of the Treasury. It takes from the State
Department,the Patent Office and Census; from
the Treasury Department, the Land - Office and
Coast Survey; irons the War Department, the
Indian Bureau and Pension Office ; from the
Navy Department, the Marine Pension ;
from the EZeetitive Department, the Public
Buildings, &c. The Secretary of the Interior to
have a salary of $OOOO per annum, with a Chief
Clerk at S2ouo and other additional offices.—
The bill seems to meet with general faior, by
-all parties, and little doubt exists of its becoming
.a law. The business of the •differeni depart
•tnents accum illates as the Union becomes more
prpu'ou=, and a Department of this nature can
not-but openve ill a salutary way.
List of Defaulters
The State hea,nrer of Pennsylvania hascom
.municated to the LPgislantre a 11,4 of defaulters
to the'State rettlainitlt back for several years.
The number is 376. for various sums, front
81.000 up to 58.1.11 70. The gross amount of
the defalcation i 55407.440 99. Suits to recover
the money have been emered in several rases.
but much of it is entirely lost. Some of the
persons named as defaulters deny the truth of
the allegation, and ale waiting the issue of Suits
•to establish their non.defilleicinu.
New TavernLieense Law.
The fill leceioly reported in the Legislature,
to change the mode of panting Tavern Licen
ses, provides that each borough. ward, and town
ship, shall annually at the usual spring election,
choose seven reputable citizens, who shall con
stitute a board of Commissioners to examine all
applications for license in their respective bor
oughs, wards, and townships, and recommend
such as they may deem proper and necessary,
to the Judges of the Quarter Sessions of the
proper county, who may grant the same.
Canal Commissioner's Convention.
The W hig State Central Committee convened
at Harrisburg on Tuesday afternoon, and fixed
'upon Harrisburg as the place, and the 18th of
August as the time of holding the Whig State
Convention for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for Canal Commissioner. The Dem!
ecratic Convention for the name purpose, will
=eel at Pittsburg, on the 4th of July next'.
Curious Document
The Washington correspondent of the New
Ydrk Evening Post says, that Senator Dix, in
searching amongst the government archives,
has found the original draft of the ordinance of
1784, presented to Congress, arid acted upon
in the month of . April in that year. The Com
mittee reporting the ordinance, consisted of
Messrs. Jefferson, of Virginia, Howell, of Rhode
Island, and Chase of Maryland. The ordinance
is in the' handwriting of Mr. Jefferson, includ
ing the famous clause against slavery or invol
untary servitude, which was struck out by that
Congress, and afterwards incorporated by Mr,
Dane, kn.his draft of the ordinance of 1787,
and adopted by Congress. The paper is de•
posited in the State Department, along with
other records of the proveeditivt of congress.
Ned Buntline's Own.
We have received several numbers of a very
handsome. paper published in the city ot Neu
'York tinder the above title. The object of the
editor is to mot:alive ihe coniumnity i and purge
the same of i:s ciliary and corruption. Heap.
plies his eschlrotic not without effect; judging
from the applications administered in and about
Eaaton, Pa. Terms E . 3 per amium in advance.
Address E. Z. C. Judson, New York.
Coming Back.
The Reading Jourcal says, that one of the
California adventurers. who left that city with
the first party,soree two weeks ago, has written
home that it is his imentron to return. lt seems
the vessel ,which was:weedy them loth' prod.
isedland has not yet sailed. slid that the •boys'
are get' ing tired, and gradually recovering front
the fever. The 'ride:Tr ic iseyidently subsiding.
anti it will take another- Va,ch ot letter., and a'
leapt a fitty pound gold lump to get .up steam'
again'
Another young gentleman of intelligence and
Means,. who left Bears with the intention of
going to California. 51114 t who had made every
preparation, after visiting Philadelphia and in
vestigating the whole matter, abandoned the
idea and has retained. fle found that the peo
,ple who contract to convey adventurers to the
prom ired land, are just Ca ignorant of the means
and as destitute of any it Hity to accomplish
their engagements as hire they are deluding.
and that the pird ahtliq is that one half whn start
will be landed--orilm here—and abandoned.
vir Silly out el !lie pet eftty Whig, member,.
of the Leei,laturo of du- S tre. hot e tigited
recomniefittalion to Gei.erohTe3lor. iii favor oa
Jaigir Raotlalh for .ffitortley Geliend, yr Wine
lotbarmodin.the Cabinet: •
For the•lomblgh Register.
Democracy in France.
A bir.d's-eye glance at the late prime minis
ter'' of France last work. .
M. Guizot, late minister of France, tuts just
published a small work entitled " DeTnocraty
in France," which is creating a great sensation
both in England and France, in which countries
it has been simultaneously issued. One of the
principal publishing houses of New York, it
seems, is making preparations for the produc;
don of its tranfer in English. Having gleaned
from several sources the general nature of the
workin question, I thought it might probably
he interesting to some of your readers to be ac
quainted with its leading features, particularly
as our elderly sister has so lately thrown e its
swaddling clothes and put on more womanly
apparel.
One would naturally suppose that he original
ed this work through pique from disappointed
ambition; but it needs only to look over a few
of the first pages to be assured of the contrary.
He says himself on this head :
--" I-firmly belitetrerbetthere. wilLbe _nothing
found in this writing wh i ch will bear ttre itn
' press of my personal situation. in the presence
of so many great things whoevet would not for
get himself, would deserve to be forever forgot , .
ten. I have thought of nothing but of the situ
ation of my country; and the 'crone 1 think of
it, the more am I convinced, that its great des
feet, the defect that is at the root of all its mis
fortunes, that under-mines and destroys its gov
ernments and litter ie., its dignity and its happi
ness, is the defect I attack—democratic idolatry.
"Will the accession of M. Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte be an effectual remedy against this
/ evil? The future trill tell us. What I say nOw
since the election of Bonaparte,' would say as
unhesitatingly. without varying a wool. if Gel!.
eral Cavaignac had been elected. it is not to
any particular name that peat social truths ad-
I dress themselves, it is to society itself."
lie then goes on to sly that -France is millet--
ink:o , lle is sick ;that the firmest minds plod on
in the dark. But a hence come lier maladies?
that's the question. Revolutions. even the best
guided. produce disastmus results. The good
and bad are intimately confounded, one for the
other; a, d no government can succeed until it
has learned to separ.ve the w hea , from the tares"!
Thus chant ie mass of principles evolved by the
earthquakes Cl 'evolutions, at the present day
sty led democracy. He gives the name of de
rpocracy to all those desires, reasonable or un
reasonable for a new order of things. In such
a state as France is at present, there is a con
tinual struggle between adverse powers and
opinioes. and government is not generally
strong enough to resist against the course of
this struggle.
He demands that man shall examine himself
in order to test hiscapacity for maintaining his
part in the general struggle. Have we not
abasing instincts, sordid inclinations in our
souls, which require the continual guardian
care of chnscience to check their growth? yes;
and society is like the individual mind a mass
of such , feelings which require the strong arm
of a government to repress them. But govern
ment in a demoCracy is too often the stamp of
society itself; too weak to accomplish this work.
Napoleon succeeded in his supreme capacity in
this aim, though he exaggerated his duty by
assuming the despot. Washington also had
this honor. He never showed the least con
descension for those false ideas and passions to
which democracy is exposed.
" Washington has no resemblance to Napo
leon; he was not a despot. He founded at the
same time the political liberty and national in
dependence of his country. War was for him
only a means of attaining peace. Raised to the
su tome ewer without ambition, he descended
without regret as soon as the safety of his coun
try permitted. He in tilt model which every
democratic chief ought to propose to himself.
You have only to examine his life, his mind,
his ache,- 111‘ 11104011 N his words: you will not
find a single mark of condescension, a 'single
moment of indulgence for the favorite notions
of democracy. He fought continually, even to
exhaustion and diseouragentent, against its en
croaehments. - No mail was ever more pro
foundly imbued with the spirit of goveniment.
and with respect of its antholity. He never
surpassed the rights of power by the laws of his
own country; but he strengthetird and sustained
them as firmly and rigidly as he would have
done in au old monarchical or atistocratical
state. He belonged to that class who knows
that it is not easier to rule from Wow in a repub
lic than in a nionanity ; in a democratic than
in.int aristocratic society."
Democratic societies, he says, have a greater
want of a firm government to sustain pellet.
within. He thinks the Fret.ch Republic is not
calculated to give thai . ar.rurauce. and rondemm ,
it for assuming that name--republie. The I.litit-•
ed Statesaiepublic did not -liar-its own-mime.
There was tin war of class against Oars, the
old order of things, against the -new. iu that
country; hut on the coutrary every class was
mutually interested. By the epithet demi - tent:iv
minted to the French republic. is denoted the
victory of the democracy over the aristocracy.
.he advancement of the lower clasSes and the
abasement of the higher. But is this really s o ?
Is there social peeve le not every thing iu
disorilet . •
. M. Guizot then notices the social movements
which have for their aim perfect equality—a
thing absurd. The social ideas areas old as the
itself; the grand error of this system is
in 'supposing that to attain happiness, to which
ill men have an equal right, it must be reached
by au equal distribution of property.
The 'political elements of society are after
wards treated of. He says, the revolution sup
)ressed the legitimist party ant! the Odeanist
airy. But these elenteinsof the old monarchy
divested of many of their tan ient rirejudires
vist still in the proprietorsof the soil ; the party
which formed the moitamhy of 1830 still retains
its plies on the 401 in the . project of national
labor. Besides these theta lee other panics
which attempt to raise the Villas agitinst these
two old Monarchical classes. Ifn fact French
society istiimposed of a mania heterogeneous
materials which will never Unite, and which
faculty of combination is essential for a Re
publicr
Wtindh a state as society exists itt France, a
poerfu'l hand is required to Meth* elements.
Napoleon accomplished this object by engaging
the majority of the people in exciting enter;
prises, or by quelling the turbulent and making
them yield to his imperial will. But since his
time, the two moat imponant dissident elements
have been warring each other and finally con
demned themselves to impuissance. Mtn
while a third pretendant is risen under the
name of democracy. Let these different parties
strive with themselves; but let each give the
lair play. There is danger of utter extermina
tion in such a civil war.
" Absolute power," continues M. Guizot,
" itself has its own conditions as well as liberty.
It is very far from being possible that ‘ it will be
accepted everywhere, and - 4 - is not sufficient
merely to desire it, in order to obtain it.
"!,.et the friends of liberty never forget that
the people prefer absolute power to anarchy.—
It is with societies and governments as with
individual's, they have a pressing want, a sover
eign instinct to live. Society can live under ab
solute power, anarchy if it lasts, kills it. ; -
" The facility, I may say, the eagerness with
which nations cast their liberties in the gulf of
anarchy is i an exciting speetahle. I know of ;
nothing mere sorrowful to to it, than that cud
den abandonment of so many tights before ask
ed tot and exercised with so mei+ clamor. In
(Inter that ice may not becomedespalring at this
'view of man and the future, we must return to
those high sources where deep convictions and
enduring hopes may be found.
" Whatever may be her condition. let France
never rely on absolute power to save her; it
will betray the confidence rerosed in it; it will
find in the French society, principles of mod
eration and permanence; u nder Napoleon it
had principles of strengthwhich are not found
to.day. Poptilar tyranny. military dictatorship
may be the expedients of a duy, but riot of gov
ernments. Free institutions are how as neces
sary to social quiet as well as to personal dig
i ; and power, let it be what it will, reputs
bean or monarchical, cede no. better than to
learn to make use of it, for it has no other MI
strument nor support.
" If certain spirits have attempted to find re•
pose elsewhere.let them renounce the tempta
tion; whatever may be its future, France will
never elude the necessity of a constitutional
'government; it is condemned to surmount eve
ry difficulty, and fulfil' every condition imposfd
by such a measure, to keep itself together."
Then for.the purpose of sustaining a consti
tutional government, it is necessary to harmon
ize the conservative fumes of the country. The
fire of democracy can never be made extinct,
but it can be directed. Democracy should be
one of the consistent parts of the new organi
zation; but it should not be everything. The
conservative elerrients should make way for it,
but not too much.
111.Gnizot then addresses himself to the family
spirit, the domestic feelings and finally to the
religious sentiment small necessary for the per•
feciion of the social ladder.
He then speaks of that false democracy which
he thinks is so prevalent in his native land.—
He thus concludes:
" France is full of life and strength. She has
in herself the elements of a fair political orga
nization. She has a numerous class of enlight
ened and respectable citizens, already habitual•
ed to direCt the affairs of their land or prepared
to undertake their management. Her soil
covered with an intelligent and industrious
population, which detests anarchy and which
asks only to live and labor in peace. Virtuous
qualities and just sentiments abound in the
hearts of her sons.. tC ith these resources at her
-command, l'he must struggle against the malady
that is devouring her, but this malady is im
mense; and who can say that it will not endure,
when all the passions of the vile, all the ex
travagances of fouls, all the weakness of the
hottest conspire to keep it in agitatipQ ' Let
every healthy force then of Francilinnitelor its
destructvin. These forces will not be too nu
merous, nor will they have to wait long for ac
tion. Yet their united power will yield more
than once under the weight of their task, and
France betore she is saved, vt ill need more than
once to call on God for his protection."
Democracy seems to fill Mr. Gilizot's mind
with unpleasant sensations and untimely tears.
The fact is M. Guinn has uttered many truths
in . this volurne whi6 it would be well for the
Fieoeh people to eour.icler, if they aill ever
leant to thi• k berme they plunge in the dark.
A journal nt Paris lately published the Presir
dent's mesruce entire. The connmeme of ibis
jt.nrual were strikingly adopted to contrast the
wine ot I he two countries, France and the United
Sauer, Here, the journal remarked, everything
was prosperous. Labor easily obtained for all
desert., peace and. plenty smiling in the midst
of us. education being generally diffiteed, aura
the light of inielligenceand happiness beaming
front every eye. But in France how sad the
picture ! The fomulations of society upturned.
thousands and thousands sufleritig from the lack
of Fnhsistatnx ; classes who were willing, but
unable to find labor; civil commotions disturb
ing every fireside, and a want of confidence
parading everywhere! Truly, when put in com
parison to other nations we area blessed people.
AllentAwn, Feb. 15, 1849. • F.
New Coin.--Three varieties of new coin are
at present suggested—the gold dollar, seven cent
pieces and three cent pieces. The two latter are
to be of silver, and are intended to obviate in a
great measure the necessity for cents, for by
wane of Wese and the other small &Aver coins
now in existene.e. change can be made minutely
ettOuet eritlioul'eopper nine. •
kisigrants fur California.—The N. Y. Tribune
publishes a list of all the vessels which ha . ve
sailed l'dr Cali:Wilk since the 7th December last,
and the number of their passengers, from which
it appears that 4,359 passengers have sailed from
New York ; 1,251 from Boston ; 166 from Phila
delphia (this is too low) ; 361 from Baltiniore
640 ftomlsi ew Orleans,and 1,412 from other ports
—making a'total of 8,098.
Virginia LeatL—The lead mines in Nelson Co.,
Va., *vas first discovered on a tract of land
purchased by Mr. William Faber, on the edge of
the Mbema rle line, and 8 miles from the James
kiverVanal. The lead lies . 4 feet below the stir
face, and the vein WO feet wide; being at least
a fool wider than any other known to the world.
rt hai alreadly been trace') 4 miles. The yield 'is
enortbous, bring eighty per cent. of pure lead and
two of silver. The owner has applied to the
Legislathre for a charter. .
Female Rig- hri..—The Legislature of New York
have amended the law of that State r which pro
tects the property of married ladies from their
husbands, so as to provide that any married lady
may inherit or receive property from oiher'per•
sons than her husband, and that the latter shall
have no interest, right or title to ihat if
the husband convey property to his it shall
not be liable for the debts-of the fortlurr,'hor, shall
he have any more right to it thrill 'lf 'lltey were
unmarried.
Death in the Halle of Legisk4ion.—ln the Vir.
giriia House of Delegates, lait*Week, while Col.
John W. l'hompson,of Hritetcilift, 'Was making a
speech on a bill to estatilis% a 'branch bank at
Fincastle, he suddenly stdrftied.sank down to his
chair, with his head on *is desk, and faintly
called for water. It was brought, but he was
unable to swallow,andTh h few minutes, after an
ineffectual effhrt to bletsl him, he died. The
House, thrown into'fhe utmost confusion by this
dispensation of FroViflence, immediately adjourn•
ed. as did the Senatt also. The cause of Col.
Thompson's death is not known.
Important Decision.—The Supreme Court . of
Loukiank 'IIIts decided that Justices of the Peace
are irteorhpetent to grant hail, when parties are
lirougiu before them charged with an offence pun
ishabte tVith death,or imprisonment at hard labor
'for keven years or more, and that bonds taken by
'them in such cases, for the appearance of persona
accused:are void, being in contravention of a
prohibitory law.
Twentieth Senatorial District.—The returns of
the election for State Senator, held in this district
on the 2d instant. are as follows :
Drum, Dem. Johnston, Whig
Armstrong, 175 maj. . . . .
Cambria, 1,123 971
Clearfield, 346 maj. . . . .
Indiana, 1,307 1,756
Drum's majority in tht district, 224
Welcome to Me President Eleet•—A Joint Com
mittee has been appointed by the City Councils
of Washington to wait on the President of the
United Unites eleeton his arrival at Washington,
and, in the name of the Corporation, welcome
him to the seat of Government.
Election of 111 r. Seward.—The Hon. William
Seward was, on Tuesday the 6th instant, elected
a United States Senator for six years from the 4th
of March next, by the Legislature of New York.
In the Senate the vote stood:—Wm. H. Seward,
(Whig) 19 ; John A. Dix, (Barnburner) 6 ; D. D.
Barnard (Whig) 2; Chancellor Walworth (Dem.
ocrat) 2; and in the House.: Wes. H. Seward,
102 ; John A. Dix, 15; Chancellor Walworth, 5.
Centre/ Railroad.—Arrangements have been
made by the Central Railroad, to run two daily
lines from Buffalo, through to Chicago and Mil
waukie, on the opening of navigation._ The re
quisite steamers have been engaged to make the
Lake connection.
Death of a Distinguished Man.-.. The Richmond
Enquirer announces the death, last week, of Ben
jamin Watkins Leigh, Esq., of thin city. He has
filled a large space in the history of Virginia,
having represented the State in the United States .
Senate, and occupied other responsible posiuons.
Row to Live Long. —Nvenerable minister, who
has preached some 85 years in the same place,
being asked what was the secret of long life, re-
plied." Rise early, live temperately, work hard,
and keep cheerful." Another person, who lived
to the great age of 110 years, said, in reply to the
inquiry, " How he lived so long . ?" "I have always
been kind and obliging; have never quarrelled
with any one; have eaten and drank only to satis
fy hunger and thirst, and have never been idle."
increase of the Town of Reading.—There were
398 houses built in the town of Reading during
last year. Of the above 77 are threrstory brick•
houses, 75 frame buildings, and the majority of
the remainder two.story brick dwellings. 4n
evidence of prosperity that is quite gratifying.
The Largest Liberty.—The Senate of Indiana,
on the 9ih ultimo, adopted a resolution instructing
the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the e=•
prdiency of so altering the civil and ecclesiastical
laws of that State, a'. to render the marriage cove
nant void at the option of the parties, rind that
man and wife may abandon each oche rat plea.
rare. The mover of this resolution was a Mr.
Evans, of Henry county.
The Susquehanna Freand. The recent up
breaking of the ice has caused serious injury to,
property holdeo, along the Susquehanna. At
Witkesbarre the entire scope of country from
Kingston, was overflowed and (tad to be navlgati
ed by crafts. A hoirse was droked" and the loss
of fences, lumber, &c., was immense. At Col
umbia, below Harrisburg, much injury was Yds
tained. Saw-mills and great quantities of lum
ber, were washed away and houses entirely de
stroyed. The ice is thrown up on the litank3 of
the river, some thirty feet aboye low water drink.
Croup.—The Journal of Health; in eases of
croup, adviies instant, sudden add free applica
tion of the coldest water, with' a sponge, to the
n,ck and chest ; then, after Wiping the patient
dry. wisp in warm covetiegfogiving it freely, of
cold water to drink.. '
Legislative PN:otkiefkiilitgs.
Haßaisautto,Feb. 15, 1849
SENATE.—The bill for the eretlion of a new
county out of parts of Birks, Chestrt and ant
gomery, to be called Madison, coming on its 5-
nal passage, it was opposed by Messrs. Potteig._
er, lingua and Forsyth, and the question being
taken, the bill was lost by a tie vote—yeas 14,
nays 14.
The motion to reconsider the vote which neg
atived the bill erecting the new county of Madi
son, was taken up and agreed to.
The question then recurring on the original
bill, •it Was discussed by Messrs. Brooke, Stine,
Overlield and Richards, and passed finally as
follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Crabb, Cunningham, Frick,
Hugus, wing, Lawrence, Matthias, Rich, Rich.
ards, Sadler, Smyser, Stine and Streeter-13.
Nays—Messrs. Boas, Brawley, Brooke, John
son, Levis, Mason, M'Caslin, Ovetheld, Sterrett,
and Darsie, Speaker-10.
Petitions.—Mr. Boas, from D. Gross, for a di.
vorce ; also, one from citizens of H. idelburg,
Lehigh county, for the passage of a law to entitle
them to an equal distribution of the school fund.
• Mr. Boas, two for a bank at Allentown I also.
tw0 ,... 1:b0m a certain township in Lehigh county,
relative to the school fund. Also,two for a Bank
at Allentown. •
Mr. Richards read a bill in place, to incorporate
the Odd Fellows Hall Association of Norristown,
Montgomery county.
The bill to exempt prorerty to the amount of
POO from levy and sale on execution or distress
for rent, was resumed on second reading, and
advocated by Messrs. Small, Matthias•and Over
field, and opposed by Messrs. Bmyser,
iionig
macher and Crabb. The bill was subsequently
passed by a vote of 18 to 1.1.
Mr. Boas presented a petition for a Dank at
Allentown.
HOUSE.—A supplement to the act, entitled, An
Act to incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Lehigh county.
Mr. Marx, one from Heidelberg and Washing
ton township. Lehigh county, for au equal dis
tribution of the,,school fund; also, one for the
Allentown Bank.
Mr. Laubach, a petition for the incorporation
of the Allentown Bank.
Mr. Klotz, one from Carbon county, for a law
making landlords liable for costs in suits against
tenants for selling liquor without license; also,
three for the incorporation of the Allentown
bank I also, two for the election of an additional
constable in Mauch Chunk.
An act authorizing the Governor to incorpo
rate the Mauch Chunk water company.
Mr. Klotz, an act to authorite the election of
an additional constable in Mauch Chunk.
To Change Me Color of a Rose.—Place a fresh
gathered rose in water as far as the stem will al
low, then powder it over with fine rappeb snuff
being careful not to load it too much—in about
three hours, on shaking off the snuff, it will be
come a green rose.
Fellows and the Catholies,--11 will be re•
membered that some tiine, since the Catholic
Bishops or some other authority of the church,
issued letters against secret societies of all kinds ;
and the clergy prohibited from encouraging them
in any way. Yesterday at the funeral of Mr.
Ray Marsh, several lodges of Odd Fellows, with
their usual badges, followed his body into St.
Patrick's Church. Father O'Reilly, however, be
fore . proceeding with the funeral service, gave
notice that the rules of the church forbade the
tolerance of such badges, and unless they were
removed, the ceremonies could not proceed.
Whereupon the Odd Fellows left In a body, fol
lowed by several of the citizens who sympathiz
ed with them, and repaired to their lodge rooms.
—Rochester Democrat, 2d inst.
A Conscientious Jury.—Lawrence Allman was
convicted in Clearfield county, last week,of mur
der in the first degree. The jury on finding them
selves unable to agree, sent for a Bible and read
and prayed alternately until they had made up
their verdict. This is different from the practice
of juries in this quarter, where they are told that
they are governed only by the "law and the facts,'
and that a doubt must result to the benefit of the
accused. In the Clearfield case it resulted to the
benefit of the Common wealth,that is, if the Com
monwealth receives any benefit from banging a
I=3
Cure for Caneer.—Chfor l ide of zinC and gypshm
have been recently applied with Ingress to can
cer, by Dr. Brooks, of Cheltenhattl, England.—
The remedy is applied thus f take two parts of
chloride of zinc and three pans of gypsum, and
spread the powder over the surface of the sore,
protecting the edges of the healthy skin with vine
gar, and applying in a quarter of an hour, a son
poultice. Dr. B. reports seleral cases of success
fol treatment.
German Entigralian la do/Arnim—We learn
from a private source. that at the last dates from
Bremen. in Germany, several vessels, loaded with
emigrants, were about ready to proceed to Cali
fornia from that port. The golil fever had spread
throughout Germany, and !Migrants in great
numbers wed preparing themselves for expedl ,
none to the rand of promise.
Laeeaakr Prison.--The county commissioners
of I/ant:Oster, have adopiell a design by John
Havilandifor a new county prison, to be erected
immediattly on the ground,west of the reservoir.
at . the head of East King street. The prison will
be double the extent of-the Dents county prison;
and will cost $102,000. It will accommodate 80
persons, with an enclosure capable of accommo
dating 160; and will be lighted with gas. The
main front will comprise 180 feet, and the enclo
sure will form an area of 1100 by 800 feet. Thx
principal tower viill be 110. feet high—which is
14 feet above that of the Reading Prison.
Cleaning Silk.-The following directions for
cleaning silks are by one of the first Parisian
dyers : Half a pound of loft soap, a tea-spoonful
of brandy, and a pint of gin ; mix all together;
with a sponge of flannel, spread the mixture on
each side of the silk, without greasing it; wash
it hi two or three waters, aetliron it on the wrong
aids; it will thou' look as good as flaw.
Gleanings Exchange- -
rir thought the wise men came [Tom Mit
east," said a western man. to a Yankee. "And
the further you go west, the more you'll think
so—Jrather guess." ut
or A man gets a kind tlf respectability front
the mere fact of lutring it family. I have hush:
ed my passion when about to retort insolently td
another, when I tiottght of his children.
tarA teacher of pentrinahip,'has in twelvd
lessons taught a lawyer to read his own hand-
writing.
or There are oaks in California which are/
ever green. The Indiana live on the acorns.
f2r A bill is before the Illinois legislature to
chatter a company with a capital of one million
of dollars for the construction of a wife /Napes* ,
sion Bridge across the Mississippi 11.81. Louis.
Eir A buffalo was killed near Erie. nips!' the
15th ultimo, the only one seen id, that part of the
country
DT The Legislature of Ohio has repealed the
Registry Law of last session, and the Senatelilae
passed a bill providing for the holding of a State
Convention to revise the Constitution.
Pr The "Norristown Herald" takes swine.
ground in favor of the formation of a new county,
uut of parts of Berks, Chester and Montgomery,
to be called Madison."
LP\ The special election for a member of the
Legislature from Olinton county in Ohio, has re•
salted in the choice of the Whig candidate*. This
makes a tie in the Rouse of Representatives.
MP The liabilities of the Duke of Buckingham.
whose estates and effects were recently sold,
amounted to not less than a million and a half
of pounds sterling,
CP' Bologna Sinsages—Take equal portions
of veal, pork, and ham, chop them fine, season
with sweet herbi and pepper. put them in cases,
boil them till tender, and then dry them.
or British Corn Laws.—On the 3d instant,the
old sliding scale was superseded by fixed low
duties. as followi t one shilling sterling per quar-
ter of eight bUshels, tin all grain, and four peace
half penny per cwt. on all meal and flour.
lar It is said that a bowl containing two quarts
of water, set in an oven, when baking. will pre
vent pies, bread, etc., from being scorched.
- Lir Young farmers, consider your calling both
elevated and important—never be afraid of the
frock and the apron. Put oft no business for to-
morrow that can be dime to-day.
IV" Let care be taken that cows are milked
clean ; the last milk is many times the best, and
cows are spoiled by carelessness.
cir A canvass cover for each ham, well white-
washed, is an infallible protection of hams against
flies. They may also be well kept in dry sawdttNt:
gar One ounce white vitriol, (sulphate of zinc)
3 ounces of common salt, to every 3 of 4 lbs. of
good fresh lime, it is said, render fences very
durable. exidsed to the weather.
L 1" Herse•raddish is said In be an excellent
remedy for hoarseness, cough, sore throat, and
diseases of the lungs..
Or Love, like the plague, is often eommuni
cated by clothing and money.
Kir A bill has been introduced into the Ken
tucky Legislature for the purpose of requiting all
apothecaries to submit to an examination as to
their qualifications for the pet formance of the da . - -
ties of their profession,by a Board of Physicians.:
A' The collector at Cleveland, Ohio, states
that the lake commerce of that place last yeare
exceeded in value $10,000,000.
rir The Wisconsin Legislature have passed;
a law making legal any rate of interest which'
may be agreed upon between contracting panics,
and in case none is fixed, seven pet cent. is the
legal rate.
li' The Missouri Legislature have passed
resolutions opposed to the free territory winciple.
and declaring it a violation of the Constitution.
and therefore void.
Fir The Legislature of Florida have passed a
.bill granting pre-emption right to. settlers on the
State lands.
131" The Ohio House of Representatives has,
by a decisive vote, intruded a committee to report .
a bill repealing all laws granting licenses to sell
intoxicating liquors.
The U.S. suite ship Lexington, had sailed
from California, phttious to the Bth November,
with 8200,000 itetth of gold dust. Many of the
gold diggers *ere tettitning from the mines sick.
tar A bill to enable Veers at the General e'eco
hoes to vote fot all the officers to be elected, on
al single piece of paper, passed the House of Rep
fesen tatives last Week. It includes Adams, York.
Lancaster, Erie, Centre, Northumberland, and
one or two other counties.
I William fiennett, who was seriously in-
jured by a collision. of trains on the Utica and
Schenectady Railroad. in April last, has recover
ed the sum of $lO,OOO damages from the company,•
at the Herkimer County Circuit Court.
We hear, says an exchange, of a petition
in circulation, urging that no 'widow shall be al ,
lowed to marry until all the single ladies are
disposed of.
New Light—How true it is that the best tn•
formed among us learn something new every day.
The Shakers have recently discontinued the use , .
of pork, and now send all their hogs, old and'
young, to market. They refuse to eat it in any
shape whatever—out-Jewing the Jews in their
antipathy. It is a strictly religious point with'
them, they having very recently discovered that
the passage of Scripture, which refers to Satan's .
entering into the swine, means something more
than, in their benighted ignorance, they had sup
posed or even dreamed in any of their visions.—
In their belief the . whole generation of swine,
bristling, or suckling, is accurst for all time.—
And so, the edict to that effect has pine fork to'
all the communities. •
Always Rave Some Work in iltrncr.-=-"TildristrY is'
the parent of 'wealth ; and it is a bad sign when'
people have nothing to do. It'itieli:dises it is'
best to And employment at once in &elfin g it.—
But in the multiplicity of things to be done in this
world, it is rarely iossible to be placed except by
choice, in a do-nothing position. It is the influ
ence of viceiandtad habits which io'often
ates a distaste for our real duties,an'd in fact ink
us for their performance. Slielith'ilirerare to the .
11Seal02 " Always hilt time wore iii 'hand."