REIN teljigb tlegister.
Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1819.
V. B. PALMER, Esq., N. W. corner of Third
•and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, and 169 Nas
sau street, (Tribune Buildings,) Ncw York, is
.our authorized Agent for receiving advertise.
ments and subscriptions to the Lehigh Register
and Collecting and receipting for the same.
rr Hon. Simon Cameron of the United States
Senate and Hen. John Strohm of the House, will
please accept our sincere thanks for valuable
Congressional favors.
ear Our thanks are also due to Messrs. Boas
of .the Senate, and Laubach of the House, for
Legislative documents. "
The Fourth of March
This is the day fixed upon by the constitu•
Lion of our country for the inauguration of the
President. But, as the 4th of March this year
happens to come on Sunday, the ceremony will
take place on Monday the s•h instant.
As to the appointment of Cabinet officers, all
is as yet enveloped in mystery, with the ex
ception of the Premier, which as stated in our
last, has been settled upon the Hon. Jolnm M.
Clayton, tof Delaware. lie•ports were current,
however, that the Hon. Rot•ace Bildirli, of Phila
delphia, a man of great mind, and - distinguished
as one of the brightest of Pennsylvania's great
men, would be offered a seat in the Cabinet.
His appointment . as a Cabinet officer would
confer honor upon the Keystone Stale. Mr.
Binney has repreSented Philadelphia in Con
gres for many years, and although out of politi
cal life for some time, yet, no tnan in the State
is better versed in political economy than he.
He never was a violent partizan, but always
consistent in his views. Such men like these
appear to be the choice of Material, of which
" Old Zach" will form his Cabinet. Should the
rumor of the app . bintment of Mr. Binney prove
true, we have no doubt, after the liule skirinish
of the politicians is over, it will be almost unani
mously approved in Pennsylvania. The Mike
for which Mr. Binney is named is that of the
Treasury Department.
Population of the United States.
From the Report for 1848. submitted to Con
gress by the Commissioner of the Patent Office,
it appears that the present population of the
United States is estimated at 21,686,000. The
number ,allotted to each State is as follows :
Maine, 815,000; New Hampshire, 308.000 ;
Massachusetts, 875,000; Rhode Island, 135,000;
Connecticut, 340,000; Vermont, 3/0,000 ; New
York, 2,880,000; New Jersey, 425.000; Penn
sylvania, 2,220,000; Delaware, 85.000; Mary
land, 510,000; Virginia , 1,295,000; North Caro
lina, 780,000; South Carolina, 620,000; Geor
gia, 825,000; Alabama, 716,000; Misfissippi,
870,000; Louisiana, 490,000; Ohio, 1,980,000;
Tennessee, 980.000; Kentucky, 890,000; In
diana, 1,000,000; Illinois, 500.000; Missouri,
589,000; Arkansas, 200,000; lowa. 150,000;
Michigan, 420,000; Wisconsin, 250,000! Flori
da, 80,000; Texas, 150,000; District of Colum
bia, 48,000; Oregon, 50.000.
New,lndian Government
The tribe of Seneca Indians held a Conven
tion in Erie county, N. Y., on the Cattaraugus
reservation, some time since, at which they re
turned thanks to their white friends for the
efforts they had made to improve their condi
tion; and requested a continuance of them.—
They also abolished the government of their
nation by chiefs, as being. inadequate to their
wants, and substituted in its place an organiza
tion fashioned after our own, with a written
Constitution, a Legislative Council, a Judiciary
called " Peace-makers," &e. This, we believe,
is the first effort at a formal I.tovernmetital or
ganization of the few straggling Indians that
iremain enclosed in the pale of Anglo-Saxon
civilization in the old States of the Atlantic coast.
The re-organization of the Cherokees, Chicka
saws, and Choctaws, was made long ago, and
has thus far proved the most iritree , ;slul bar to
the aboriginal race. The Indian:Ail New York
are settled upon lands reserved for then especial
use, and fermi which the whites are excluded.
Reading California Association
The Stockholders of this Association held a
meeting at Major Ebt:er's on the 23d ultimo, to
make final arrangements for the , Aleparture of
the members chosen to proceed to California.
They started from Reading on Monday morn
ing for Philadelphia, and sailed from thence on
Tuesday afternoon, in the schooner Newton,
Capt. West, for Tampico. From the latter point,
they go to Mazatlan or San Blas, on mules, and
thence by water to San Francisco. The vessel
is equipped with everything necessary for a
safe and speedy voyage, and the Company have
provided an ample stock of implements, pro
visions, clothing. &c., for the use of their mem
bers while sojourning in the gold region : We
hope those who go and those who remain at
home may not be disappointed in their expec
tations of profit.
OF' Dr. Waller J. Marlin. of this place, who is
one of the Company, has been appiiinted a Direc
tor in California. Di. Martin is a young man of
very handsome acquirements, and will be of emi
nent service, in a professional point of view to
the party. We trust the company will meet with
a good quantity of the yellow dust"—and return
to'their homes with all That, which appears . to
make men happy in this world.
car We also see the name of Mr. Peter Snyder
connected with the Mauch Chunk California As
sociation, which sailed from Philadelphia, yes
terday, in the ship Algoma. lkir.Bnyder is born
and was long a resident of this place, where he
is well known and esteemed. He is a young man
of very goi►d character. • Success to him!
Nevrepapere.
" It is the newspaper, in one form or another,
that is to mould and instruct the people of our
age. fictoks are of use ; of great use, and they
will continue to be the depositories of knowl
edge; but the masses have, as a general thing.
neither the disposition nor the time to read .
books. They can, however, find time to peruse
daily a column or a paragraph of a newspaper,
and in the course of a year such reading will
not be inconsiderable in quantity.'7
. The above remarks caught our attention as
we were looking over an article in one of the
reviews a short time since, and they seem to
us to be a briel and beautiful expression of the
truth. The newspaper is the means by which
intelligence is conveyed, on . almost every sub
ject, to all clAsses of society, and no man can
lay claim to high intelligence, respecting the
present state of the world, who is not a frequent
reader of some form of-newspaper. - There the
politician goes for his information of the present
state of his party, and the statesman goes for a
knowledge of the operation of the laws and the
progress of correct principles in the country at
large. There every one goes for his knowledge
of the present state of the world, for an acquain
tance with those political and social changes
that are working our age and time, the wonder
of all times. And not only so, l but to those who
take little interest in any thing that is either
political or sectional, to the farmer by his fire
side, the mechanic at his shop, the young lady
in bet boudoir; what an amount of information
and pleasure does a newspaper bring, in the
experiments recorded of the farm, the state
ment of the newly discovered process by which
some one has achieved a new conquest over
stubborn nature, and compelled her to disclose
her long concealed secrets, and the cheerful
tales Of imaginary or real life, that go to make
so large a portion of the day dreaming of those
whose world stall looks bright and fair. News
papers are made for all, are accessible to all,
and where they are properly conducted, give
a - healthful influence over a circle that has al
most no preceptible -bound.
All men read something to incite the mind
to action, to quicken anddirect the thoughts,
and nothing is so good for this as the thoughts
of 'others; how great then may be the advan
tage to him whose muscles are wearied from
labor; or whose mind is fatigued by the con
stant exercise in the monotonous duties of the
counting room, that comes from a fresh news
paper, carrying his thoughts away from him
self and directing them to the world without
and beyond him. It is true that there are news
papers that disseminate falsehoods, and exert
a corrupting influence wherever the r y go; but
that evil, great as it unquestionably is, bears
no comparison to the evil that would ensue if
no cheap and direct means of conveying infor
mation should exist.
In all our country a man must be poor indeed
who cannot afford to pay for a newspaper; and
he must be strangely blind to his own interest
who neglects to have one.—Lancaster Farmer.
A Taylor Ball
We have occasionally given extracts from
the Jonesborough (Tennessee) Whig, edited
by the far•famed Rev. W. G. Browidow. By
the following extract from his paper of Jan. 23.,
we see that he has not a much better opinion
of dancing than lie has o( The city of New Or
leans. The latter, especially, would seem to
stand in great need of the Parson's reformatory
labors:
A Taylor Ball.—A portion of the wicked in
habitants of New Orleans. are to have a Taylor
Ball in that city, on the 25th of this month. As
all diseases are just visitations of God for sin,
they had better humble themselves in view of
the righteous indignation and wrath of (leaven,
wliich ate among them in the shape of that
dreadful pestilence, called the Asiatic Cholera.
If, about the time these sinners get under way
dancing,. they should hear of the death of the
President elect, bli i Cholera, they will look like
they were shot arand not missed !
We were in New Orleans last Spring, and
remained there 'sonic! two weeks. Our notion
then was, and still is, that we tverta Wile nearer
to lirll titan we ever were before or since!
• A New Project
In France, M. Bouvet has presented the fol
lowing proposition for the acceptance of the,
National Assembly Considering that war is
contrary to religion, humanity and public pros
perity, the National A-•ssernbly decrees—l. The
French republic proposes to the governments
of Europe, America, and other civilized coun
tries, to concur in a Congress for a proportional
disarmament, the abelitiou of war, and the for
mation of a court of arbitration. 2. The Con
gress shall open on the Ist of May, 1849, at
Constantinople."
Next Session of the State Senate.
• The Lancaster lutelligeneer thinks that the
next session of the State Senate will find a
majority of Democrats in that body. The fol
lowing .Whig Senators' terms of service expire
with the present session : 1. George Richards.
of Montgomery; 2. Josiah Rich, of Bucks; 3.
Jacob D. Boas, of Lehigh: 4. William Harris, of
Lycoming; 5. PhiliPStnyser,of York. These,
it argues, will all be succeeded by Democrats,
which will increase the number of Democrats
to eighteen and reduce the number of Whigs
to thirteen, unless that party should succeed in
electing a successor to Capt. Small, of Philadel
phia, whose term also expires—in which case
the parties will stand 17 Democrats to 16 Whigs.
This, of course, is all Speculation as to proba
bilities—one singlechange the other way would
defeat the whole calculation.
Paris Advertisement. respecthble lady,
having under her charge an heiress of large prop
erty, good looking, amiable, and seventeen years
of age,.wishes to marry her to some young man
of good family; no fortune required. Address
Madame M. B. No. 45 Rue Neuve des Mathuri
nas."—La Prose. 113rDon't all speak ai once.
Rules of Court.
The following-Rules, recently adopted in the
Quarter Sessions of Chester and Delavrare cOun
ties, may he interesting to many of our readers,
and therefore we publish them in this connec
tion. Similar rules should be adopted in Le 7
high county.
Roads.—All petitions for damages occasioned
by a road being carried through the lands of
individuals, must distinctly set forth, not only
the time it was laid out and confirmed, but the
time also when it was opened, and also the
beginning and ending of the road.
Unless the reports of viewers appointed to
assess damages occasioned by roads, be return
ed, read and confirmed nisi, on or before the
second day of the session, the confirmation
thereof shall not become absolute until the third
day of the following session, until which day
exceptions may be filed.
All applications for reviewers, and all excep
tions to the confirmation of reports of viewers,
re-viewers, &c., must be made within the first
two weeks in Chester county, and the first week
in Delaware county, of the same session of their
confirmation nisi, unless otherwise especially
directed by the Court.
Taverns.—Petitions for Tavern licenses, to
houses not before licensed, must be 'presented
and read at the first session of the year, and
continued over until the following session, in
order to give an opportunity of preparing and
presenting remonstrances; and no license will
be granted at any other than the second session
of the year, unless in the cases specially pro
vided for by law.
All remonstrances against the granting of tav
ern licenses, must be presented on or before
the first day of the first week of the session,
unless where the Court may, in any particular
case, otherwise direct; and the counter remon
strances of applicants shall be confined exclu
sively to answering the allegations in the re
monstrances; or the Court may, in their dis
cretion, hear the parties applicant and remon
strant by affidavit, under such order as may be
made in the particular case ; provided, that the
Courts may of their own motion require further
information.
No application to reconsider a petition for
Tavern licenses which has been passed upon,
will tie entertained by the. Court, unless for
reasons (in.writing verified by aftidavit,) which.
had not been previously known to the Court.
Children of Consumptive Parents.
Quinsy, sore throat, croup, inflammation on
the lungs, and liability to colds, all spring from
a consumptive predisposition, and can be cured
by whatever prevents it. Besides the applying
to such children preventitives already prescrib
ed for consumptive adults, let them not be sent
to school too early, but allowed to run wild—
at least unconfined within doors—till into their
teens. Sitting in school isespecially pernicious,
partly because of the vitiated air .of school
rooms, and because their small lungs make
them naturally bend forward, and also warp
inwardly, so as to retard all the vital functions.
Folding the arms upon the chest is especially
detrimental, because it impedes respiration.—
Fold them behind, if at all, so as to throw out
the lungs. As the-heads of all such children
are too much for their bodies, neglect their
mental culture, but make every effort to devel
ope and fortify their physiology. They should
do little else than exercise, eat, sleep and grow,
till twenty, and event then not hurry to marry, or
engage in business, till fully matured, though
such are liable to do both while too young.-,--
They border on precocity, and require to be kept
from study instead of sent to school. The more
noisy their occupations the better for their
health, and the more averse to study the less
liable to consumption. Let them live mainly
on bread, milk, and fruit, and retire and rise
early. Meat will injure them, because it still
father stimulates them—the reverse of what
they require—whereas milk soothes and quiets
'nein.. Especially important is it that they
:•Itould bathe.
Prevention of Smoky Chimneys
We see it stated in one of our exchanges that
Sir Henry Hart, CommisSioner of Greenwich
Hospital, England, has recently patented an in
vention for promoting the draught of chimnies,
so as to prevent all smoking and promote ven
!illation in apartments. The apparatusconsists
of a fan wheel in the centre of the cowl or chim
ney top, the axis being horizontal immediately
on a level with the orifice. One half oldie
wheel projects above and is open to the influ
ence of the wind; while the lower half is shield
ed front it and it is therefore made to rotate very
rapidly and acts like a screw to force up the
smoke or vitiated air from below. There is a
diaphragm placed across one hull of the chim
ney to prevent any. air being forced downwards
and the smoke therefore is confined to one half
of the chimney.
Many improvements of chimney caps have
been tried .atid suggested to cure smoky chim
neys, and there is not a year passes away with;
out litany new chimney caps being brought
before the public. A very excellent chimney
cap has lately been introduced into New York
by Mr. S. Bull, which is superceding many other
kinds of caps. The invention of Sir H. Hart s
appearsto be a good one, but if we mistake
not, a design for a chimney cap ou the same
principle, termed the Archimedean Chimney
Cowl, was registered in England by a Mr. Allan
in 1847.—Sci. American.
The Son of Louis -YVI in Wisconsin.—Rcv. Mr.
Porte'r, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, in writing to
Rev. Mr. Peet, makes the following remark :
.• We have all been surprised at developements
which go on to prove that Rev. Mr. Williams. of
this vicinity, is the son of Louis Xyl of France.
Early Marriage.—A "lady" only ten years old
was married at Panama, Jan. 12. Females ma
ture in that meredian fasmr. than in any other
region. At Bor 9, young ladies are of sufficient
growth to carry on quite serious flirtations.
Legislative Proceedings.
HAsatsstrita, Feb. 28, 1849
SENATE.—Mr.Matthias presented a bill that
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company may
be prohibited from issuing interest or coal scrip.
Mr. Boas'presented a remonstrance against the
laying out of a State road from Lehigh county to
Berks county.
Mr. Boas, four petitions, for a change of place
of holding elections in Lower Mt. Bethel
ship, in Northampton county.
HOUBE.—The bill providing for the coi
tion of th - e'North Branch, was taken up in order,
on second reading. It was debated by Messrs.
Packer, Cooper, Fisher, Walters, Steel and Court
in favor, and Messrs. Eshelman, Laird, Evans,
Merrick, Ball and Swartzwelder in opposition to
the bill
The subititute proposed by Mr. Ball,providing
for a loan of twelve years, to complete the work,
and for the issue of small notes, was lost. The
vote on the first question stood, yeas 46, nays 50.
The House resumed the consideration of the
bill extending the charter of the Farmers' and
Mechanics' Bank of Philadelphia. The pending
amendment of Mr. IL R. Smith, which was the
Senate bill upon the same subject, was negatived
by a vote of yeas 35. nays 50. The first section
of the bill then passed a second reading by the
following vote: yeas 44, nays 40.
The remaining sections.were then severally
read and agreed to without a division, until the
15th was reached, which after a brief discussion,
was rejected. The clerk continued to read the
sections following, which as fast as they were
read, were responded to with a hearty aye."—
On the '2Bth section, however, of the gill as print
ed, the yeas and nays were called, and it was car
ried by but a single vote.
When the entire bill had been gone through
with, Mr. Meek offered to amend by the addition
of a new section, providing that whenever the
notes of the said Bank shall cease to be equal to
gold and silver in the city of Philadelphia, the
charter shall be forfeited.
Mr. Pearce moved to amend, by striking out
the section,and inserting In lieu,a provision that
the several Banks of the Commonwealth shall
receive in payment at their par value, each other's
circulating notes ; provided, that the institution
from which they are issued, is at the time redeem
ing them in gold and silver at its counter. This
amendment was agreed to by a vote of yeas 41,
nays 24.
Mr. Diehl now rose, and with a grave counte
nance, submitted the following, to come in as a
new section: That the County Commissioners
of the several counties wherein Banks now are,
or may hereafter be established, are hereby au
thorized to enlarge without limit their county
prisons, in order to have sufficient accommoda
tions therein, to carry out the provisions of the
14th section of this act."
The object of this amendment will be seen by
an examination of the section referred tofin which
the wisdom of the learned framer of the bill has
provided that the Bank, under certain circum
slances, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
subjected to fine and imprisonment. •Mr. Diehl
very naturally thought that in his county espe
cially. this provision of the bill could not be car
ried into effect Without, a considerable enlarge
ment of the prisons, in order that the several
Banks 'might be therein incarcerated. The
House, however, did not agree with the gentle
man from the city, and the amendment was re
jected by a vote of yeas 8, nays 45.
Mr. Fenlon, of Cambria, next submitted the
following, to come in at the end of the bill : " Pro
vided, that no section or sections of this act shall
be so construed as to confer banking privileges
upon the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Phila
delphia." The Speaker decided that the amend
ment of the gentleman from Cambria was not
in order.
After some further attempts at modification,
the bill passed a second reading, and on a motion
to suspend the rules and read it a third time, the
yeas were 54. nays 33. Two-thirds not voting
in the affirmative, the bill was laid aside.
Speech from Gen. Taylor
We make the following extract from the
speech of Gen. Taylor, delivered at Louisville,
in reply to the chairman of a committee appoint
ed by the Legislature of Kentucky to invite the
President elect to visit the capital of the State :
"You have spoken of the high office to which
I have been elected, the duties of which I will
soon be called upon to perform. The highest
honor of the republic has been conferred upon
me, and I must confess, Mr. Chairman, I am
distrustful as to my ability to discharge it to
their complete satisfaction. It was given me
by the people—not at my request—not for any
pecuniary or personal considerations, but with
the earnest hope and-wish thatj might admin
ister the government ILA in the-nays of the ear
lier Presidents. This I shall endeavor to do.—
But as I before stated, I fear they expect too
much. That I may err, and err greatly, I freely
confess. But in so doing, lam confident those
who know me will ascribe it to the head and
not to the heart."
Frankness
Be frank with the world. Frankness is the
child of honesty and courage. Say just what
you mean to do on every occasion; and take
for granted your means to do what is right. if
a friend asks a favor, you should grant it, if it
is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you
cannot. You will wrong him and yourself by
equivocation of any kind. Never do a wrong
thing to make a friend, nor to keep one; the
man who requires you to do so is dearly pur
chased at a sacrifice. Deal kindly but firmly
with all men ; you will find it the policy which
wears. best. Above all, do not appear to others
what you are not. If you have any fault to find
with any one, tell him; not others, of what you
complain. There is no more dangerous experi
ment than that of undertaking to be one thing
to a man's face, and another behind his back.
We should live, act and speak out of doors, as
the phrase is, and say and do what we are
willing should be known and read by men. It
is not only best as a matter of principle, but as
a matter of policy. .
Congressional Proceedings.
• . W•5111110TON, February 21, 1849.
SENATE.—Mr. Bell continued his remarks in
support of the amendment offered by him, which
simply provides for the admission of California.
Oregon and New Mexico into the Union as States,
illative
sow a c nsolidated State until such time as by
local L islative action, it is divided into separate
' onwealths. The local officers to be ap
" by the President. Mr. Dell spoke two
ith great effect, showing the propriety
!Isity of organizing a government for the
new territories without delay. He contended that
the creation of a State as provided for in the
amendment was constitutional. He also argued
to show that such an amendment could be en
grafted on this bill.
Mr. Berrien next spoke. He warmly denounced
Mr. Bell's proposition, and his mode of Introduc
ing it, as being a departure from _ all parliamen
tary precedent and propriety. He replied at
length to Mr. Bell's remarks and took exception
to some positions in respect to the action 'of the
Judiciary Committee on this subject.
The yeas and nays were ordered on Mr. Dell's
proposition, when it was rejected by a vote of
yeas 4, nay,s 39.
Mr. Webster, after some preliminary remarks,
offered a paper, to be hereafter submitted as an
amendment to the General Appropriation Bill,
authorizing the President to hold possession of
California and New Mexico; and for the purpose
of mainta i n i ng authority and preserving order in
,
the said - territory; he be also authorized to em
ploy the army and navy for that purpose. Ex
isting laws to remain in force, and officers to be
appointed to enforce them. Martial law not to
be proclaimed at any time. An appropriation to
be made by Congress to carry out the aforesaid
objects. It was read and ordered to be printed.
HOUSE. Mr. Strohm presented a petition
of citizens of Lehigh county, Pa., praying for a
modification of the existing revenue laws.
Small Credits vs. Cash.----One of our exchange
papers gives its readers the following sound
advice gratis. If people generally would profit
by it, many vexations and annoyances in busi
ness might be avoided There is no economy
in small credits, and large ones are frequently
disadvantageous. Pay as you go, was a good
rule in the days of the sage and philosopher,
Franklin,emd time and experience have made it
even more apparent in our own day. Credits,
when they are used in the shape of capital, are
sometimes useful, but, as a general thing, in small
every-day operations, it is wiser to wait the means
to pay what you may feel a desire to buy, than
to buy and wait for the money afterwards to pay
with. Ten to one the inconvenience of waiting
for the desired article will not be found half so
great as the trouble you cause your creditor in
afterwards waiting for the money. Pay down"
is our motto, and may be that of every man in
health, if he but begin right."
The Farmer.—He is a public benefactor, who
by the prudent anti skilful outlay of his time and
money shall make a single field yield permanent
ly a double crop, and he that. does this over a
squire mile, virtually adds a square mile to the
national territory, nay, he does more, he doubles
to this extent the territorial resources of the coun
try, without giving the state any larger territory
to defend. All hail, then, to the improvers of the
soil ! Health and long life to their fortune ! May
their hearts be light and their purses heavy ; may
their dreams be few and pleasant, and their sleep
the sweet repose of the weary ! May they see the
fruits of their own labor, and may their sons rear
still heavier harvests !
Anecdote of Mr. Fegely.—Parties in the Penn
sylvania House of Representatives are tied—that
is, the Democrats have fifty and the Whigs fifty.
Every Democratic vote was therefore important,
and much alarm was felt lest Mr. Pegely, of Berks
county, would not attend from sickness. He was
there, however, and his friends tell the fiillowing
anecdote, which shows a spirit of fidelity to his
friends and party worthy of the noblest cause.—
Some friends remonstrated with him upon leav
ing home, stating that he endangered his life by
starting at an inclement season, in his state of
health. His reply was, I may as well go as
stay; if I go I may die, but if I stay the Democrats
will be defeated, and that would certainly be the
death of me."—Ex. paper.
Prize Pighters.—The practice of prize-fighting
has grown into such favor - in this country that it
is said, two heroes of the ring in England are
about to visit us : Ben Caunt and Wm. Bendigo.
The first is not less than six feet three inches in
height, and weighs 200 pounds ; the last is only
five feet ten inches, and weighs 150 pounds ; but
has beaten Caunt in a contest upon which 1000
guineas were staked. Bendigo is said to be a
nickname, the real (lame of this redoubtable in
dividual being Wm. Thompson. He is reported
to have taught Hyer the mode of fight which won
him the victory over Sullivan, and is now am
bitious of the fame of his pupil. The police
should be on the watch to cool the pugnacious
ness of these gladiators.
The Lead Cellar below the Dome at Broom.—
This cellar has the power to prevent all the corp
ses, placed into it, from corrupt, and to render
them drying, like leather. The name lead cellar
is derived from the word " (lead) that was
formerly prepared here when the dome was tiled
with lead. Fowl that is brought here, is dried
up in a night, and becomes like leather. ' •
1. In' the first coffin here, is an old English
Major, has been here 110 years.
2. A student whci fell in a duel, 170 years.
3. An old Swedish countess, 140 years.
Al. A Swedish General, with his aid de-camp,
who perished in the thirty years' war. He was
wounded in his throat. His aid-de-camp got a ball.
5. A workman, who fell down from the steeple,
broke his neck in the fall, has been here 400 years.
6. An English lady, who suffered of a cancer
at her chin, 190 years.
7. This one is the last, a workman ; Conrad
Ehters. He was carried in . and placed down
here, in order to try if the cellar had still kept its
power; has been here 50 or 60 years.
8. In the great coffin here is'a Swedish Chan
cellor, named Von Engelbrechten. It is not open
ed on account of his surviving
Gleanings from Exchanges. ,
7 The bill to authorize the Somerville and
Easton Railroad to purchase the road to Eliza
bethtown,and uniting them under the name of the
" Central Railroad Company" has finally pasied
both Houses of the New Jersey Legislature.
lar It is rumored that the President and his
estimable lady, will visit Europe soon after va- .
eating the White House at Washington.
IW'lt was a golden query, of Dr. Franklin, in
answer to one of the importunate letters of TOM
Paine, "if men are so wicked with religion,what
would they be without it?"
IV" Never quarrel with a lady. If you are"
troubled with her, retreat; if she abuse you, be
silent; ifshe tears your cloak, give her your coat :
if she box your ear, bow to her in return ; if she
tears your eyes out, feel your way to the door
and—fly.
Q"-The Legislature of Kentucky in both
houses, adopted resolutions unanimously, invit
ing Gen. Shields to visit the capital with Taylor.
rgr M. Gnizot has 150,000 francs for his late
work entitled "Democracy."
LE" The ladies have been plentifully kissed
by Gem Taylor, in Cincinnati. Some of the jeal
ous youths thought that the old General kissed
more as if he relished the business, than as a
mere matter of form.
EirThe few get rich by judicious advertising,
because the many do not complete with them.
EV'llecard economy as a virtue, and never
be unwilling to be seen in the practice of it.
larThe great man is censured, while living,
for his faults, and praised when dead for his
virtues
Pr When George Fox, afterwards the stern
Quaker, was in religious trouble in his youth, he
applied to a priest for solace, who advised him
to " drink beer and dance with the girls."
Car.. Mrs. Springs, will you be helped to a •
small piece of turkey ?" " Yes, my dear Mr. Wil
kins, I will." " What part would you prefer; my
dear Mrs. Springs?" " I will have a couple of
wings, a:couple of legs, some of the breast, the
side bone, some filling, and a few dumplings. as 7•
I feel very unwell to-day." Wilkins fainted!
EP' Mr. Clay is now 71. Messfs.
Van Buren and Webster,'were burn in the same
year, 1782, and are now 67. Gen. Cass is 66.
Gen. Taylor is 64.
Ur He that threatens us, not having the power
to harm us, would perhaps do so if he could; but
he that threatens, having the power, is not much •
to be feared.
Or Congress has been memorialized on the
of establishing a University in California.
E There are said to be 1,316,980 bushels of
wheat in store at this moment at the ports on
Lake Michigan.
Igr A bill to authorize the banks to issue small
notes passed the Hbuse of Delegates of Virginia
by a vote of 55 to 40.
Near Kingston, Canada, lately, a bear
weighing nearly six hundred pounds, was shot
by a hunter. Its length was six feet, height three
feet and a half.
10" The Charleston (S.C.) Courier denounces
the " Home Department," as a grand " instrumen
tal of internal improvement and consideration."
rjr It is firmly believed by many, and there
are facts to sustain the belief, that posts set in the
earth, with the tops downward, will last consid
erably longer than if put down in the position in
which the tree they are made from naturally grew.
This is an important fact, if fact it is.
Or A bell weighing four thousand seven hun
dred pounds, intended for a church in New Or
leans, was cast in Cincinnati on the 15th instant.
Car Every fool knows how often he has been
a rogue, but every rogue does not know how often
he has been a foul.
WThere are six Printers in the Ohio Legis
lature. One of them is Speaker.
re' Virginia is allowed, according to the Pat- •
ent Office Report, 1,295,000 inhabitants, an in
crease of 55,203 since 1840; wheat, 12,000,000•
bushels, barley 94,000 do., Indian corn 38,000,000
do., potatoes 3,500,000 do., hay 430,000 tons, to-.
bacco 45,000,000 pounds.
Vii' Kentucky has sent this year to the single
market of Cincinnati, over 120,000 hogs, which
realized to the Owners nearly $BOO,OOO.
13' The Legislature of Delaware, on Friday
elected John Wales, of Wilmington, as Senator
of the United States, in place of the Hon. John
M. Clayton, resigned. He was supported by the
Whig members.
The Democrats of Connecticut have nomi
nated Col. Thomas H. Seymour for Governor.—
Joseph Trumbull, of Hartford, is the -Whig can
didate, and Hon. J. M. Niles the Free Soil.
Keeping Appka.—Mr. Pell, of Ulster county, N.
Y., the celebrated exporter of apples to Europe.
recommends that apples after having been care
fully hand picked in baskets, should be laid on
the floor by hand, without pouring them from the
baskets, until they are IS or 18 inches deep, and
be left to dry and season three weeks: when
again •equally carefully packed in clean dryr bar.
rels, they may be kept without rotting any reaoon
ble length of time, and safely sent to any part of
Europe or the West Indies.
Conrenlion of Pennsylvania Volunlcera.—A card
has been published for the assembling at Has%
risburg on the 29th of March, of the survivor&
among the Pennsylvania volunteers 'in the lath
campaign in Mexico, to adopt measures for the
permanent organization of an association for the
purpose of reviving friendships then formed, and
cementing theit social intercourse in the peace
ful walks of life.
Ohio Legislature--Eleclion of U. S. Sourlor.—
Both branches of the Legislature of Ohio met in
Convention on the 22d of February, and proceed
ed to the election of a United States. Senator, in
the place of Mr. Allen, whose term expires on the
4th of March. On the fourth ballot, Salmon P.
Chase, Esq., was elected, having received Willa
jority of four votes. Mr. Chase was supported
by the Democratic and Free Soil members.
G00d. 7 -"Beally, my dear," said poor Mr. Jones
to his better half, •you have sadly disappointed
me." I once considered you a jewel of a wo
man, but you've turned out only a bit of matri
monist paste." "Then, my love," was the reply;
"console yourself with the idea thaw it is very ad
hesive, and I'll stick to you as lone as you