014 e ttegigter.
AllentoNtm, Pa.
THURSDAY, lAHCH 16, 1849.
' V. B. PALMER, Esq., N.M. corner of Third
and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, and 169 Nas
sau street, (Tribune Buildings,) New York, is
our authorized Agent for receiving advertise
ments and subscriptions to the Lehigh Register
and collecting and receipting for the same.
or We continue under many obligations to
Messrs. Boas and Laubach, for voidable Cegis
'alive reports.
Free Banking.
The New York Express says e Senate
of this state has made a proposition in lation
`to the kind of stocks to be used , as the b sis of
circulating notes, together with New York
alecks. The attempt to introduc r k U. S. Stocks
has so far succeeded, that one half the securi-
ties ; the Senate says, may be of that descrip
tion. A privilege of this kind has become in
dispensible to the State, if tho people wish to
continue our present sound banking system.—
Our State debt is rapidly approaching maturity
and will be paid oil, thus withdrawing the ba-
els of our bank circulation, and compelling the
banks to reduce their facilities. The gradual
introduction of other sound securities will ena-
ble the banks to go on 'without interruption,
and at the same time give the bill holders per-
feet security.
rirWhat a vast difference there is in regard
to the revenue of the State works, and the
management of the Banking System between
Pennsylvania and New York: The latter
state introduced the' free banking law about the
year 1838, based upon New York and other
stocks, ..Mortguges:.and Beads. Experience,
hoWever, has proved conclusively, that, Bonds
and Mortgaos, here not qie best securities
for banking purposes—probably on account of
the many . defective titles, the danger of op
praising lands too high, and the expenses of
turning this kind of property into cash to meet
the notes in ease of a failure of abank, were
urgent reasons for excluding such securities
from the bill, which was accordingly done.
Some years ago, Stocks of other States
have also been excluded, so that if we are
rightly informed, New York Slate Stocks form
the only basis of the Banking law. The State
improvements, lam ever. yield a revenue large
enough to liquidate the entire debt, and in
the same proportion it is yearly reduced, will
reduce the banking capital of the State.
order then, to remedy this, it is proposed to
further amend the bill by adding one half 1
led States Stocks and thereby assist the pres
ent banks to go on without any interruption.
In Pennsylvania we Legislate upon the Cur
rency Question in extremes. The Members
of one party on the "Individual Liability" prin
ciple, and the other advocating the "Old Sys
tem,' both of which are rotten to the core. 'The
first, if adopted, 'Would establish a mode of
swindling by "act of Assembly".• Banking
capital would go into the hands of doubtful•
characters, and the public eventually defraud
ed. In prove of this, we have only to point to
the late Lehigh County Bank-540,000 are
said to be in circulation, scattered throughout
the Western States, and not a dollar was ever
reaeemed in specie, after the Batik was clos
ed, and this was the first Institution which had
the Liability Clause fastened upon its charter.
The old system depends entirely upon the
honesty and fidelity of its officers ; if they
prove reckless and dishonest the public will
suffer—in the sphere where the notes of the
Bank eirculatebesides this, there are many
other objections that could be mentioned, still
more dangerous, which do not present them
'
selves to the public eye.
We do not belong to that class of citizens,who
believe that we can get along, without Banks,
but, we do believe, that the present system of
Banking ought to be radically reformed and es
tablished upon an honest and firm basis. The
Free Banking law, of New :York has effected
this. Ohio has adopted it, and our Legislature
should not adjourn without passing a sim
ilar bill, and do away 'with the old and rotten
systems. It will firmly establish the credit of
the State, bring its stock to par value, 'create
a contingent filed and eventually liquidate
the state debt.
The Plough, Loom and Anvil
The March number is beforo us: It contines
to deserve the name of the most popular
agricultural periodical now published in the
country. Eich number contains at least sixty
four pages of reading matter, and through•
the year forms a complete Agricultural Library.
• Each number is embellished with various Agri
clitoral, chemical and geological engravings,
explanatory of the elementary substances found
in the organic parts of plants, &e„ &e.
The subscription price is 53 for ono copy—
if two unite, 2 copies will be sent for 55. Di
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rect .1. S. Skinner & Son, No. El I Dock street,
Philadelphia.
The Inaugural
The Richmond . Republican says, —"As a
composition, wo may point to . Gen. Taylor's
Inaugural as a ;lode of elegance, conciseness
and perspicuity. Its republican sentiments
are a pure unclouded reflection of the primi
tive faith of the republic. Its spirit is above
all praise, as it is above all censure—so calm,
so dignified, so high above the clouds and con
theta of party passion -7. so purely American,
that we might. without much °flint, suppose
we saw the finm of MIA:, :ton descending
amid the multitude, and once more addressing
the words of wisdom, truth and' patriotism to
iie countrymen"
'- - ' Eleetricity and Cholera.
It. has been proved beyond doubt, says the
Scientific American, that our health and feel
ings are greatly influenced by the variations of
electricity in the atmosphere and .that those
states of air which lessen the electricity of our.
bodies are more or leas injurious. It is certain
that a marked telatiOn between cholera and
electricity has•been' observed during the recent
epidemic in London; facts are exhibited in the
reports of the Registmle General which claim
to be considered as something more than mere
confidence.—Thus during a period of eleven
weeks, beginning with September 3, on com
paring the number of Cholera cases with the
amount of electricity existing in the atmos
phere, it was found that in the first week the
number of cases was seven, while electricity,
could only be discovered in the air on two oc
casions; in.the second week four cases, while
the electrical state of the air was equally low;
in the third week, three cases, with a little
electricity in the air; in the fourth week, thirty
cases, the electrical state being very low ; in
the fifth week, forty-five cases with the same
electrical deficiency; in the sixth .week, thirty
four cases, electricity as before; in the seventh
week, sixty-five cases, with a total absence of
electricity; and in the succeeding weeks, while
the number of cases varied from sixty-two to .
twenty-one per week, scarcely a single indica
-1 tion of electricity could be found. This re
markable absence of electric phenomena ap
pears to be au almost unique occurrence.
And therefore the Electric Belt of Mr. C.
Rogers, Jefferson, Michigan, which appeared
in No. 17 of the Scientific American, anti the
only one that we have seen constructed on true
scientific principles, should claim particular
attention.
Three Catamounts killed.
We learn from the Mauch Chunk Gazette,
that three catamounts were killed last week in
East Penn township, .Carbon county, by Mr. I
Charles Rehrig: It appears that Mr. Rehrig
was out one day not far from his-house, with
his dog and gun ; and hearing his dog bark at
several different places, at last found that he
had pursued his antagonist hue a tree, where
it was shot by Mr. Rehrig. One of his neigh
bOrs hearing that he had killed a wild-cat, cal
led on him and at once pronounced it a cata
mount. Ile observed that the animal's nose
and legs were scratched and bitten
. ;lte told
Mr. Rehrig, it was done by one of his own
species; and advised him to go in pursuit of
I it, which ho did on the day following, and re
turned with two others. It is rather singular
that they have not been discovered before, as
it is thought they have lived in that vicinity for
years. Mr. R. informed us that he had seen
two others since. The largest measured two
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feet in height, and four feet six inches in
length, from its nose to end of its tail.
Good Advice
John 11. Prentice, in his recent valedictory
on retiring from the editorial choir, which he
liad filled for 42 years, has the following:
-"No man should be without a well conduct,
ed newspaper; he is far behind the spirit of the
age, unless he reads one, is not upon equal
footing with his fellow man who enjoys such
advantage, and is disregardful of his duty to his
family, in not affording them an opportunity of •
acquiring a knowledge of what is passing in the
world, at the cheapest possible teaching. Show
me a family without a newspaper, and I venture
to say that there will be manifest in that family
a want of amenity of * Sianners and indications
of ignorance, most strikingly in ecintrast. with
the neighbor who alloWs himielf such a rational
indulgence. Young men especially should read
newspapers. If 1 were a boy, even of 12 years,
I would read a newspaper weekly, though I
had to work by torchlight to earn money enough
to yay for it. The boy who readti well, will
learns to think and analize, and if so, he will
be almost sure to make a man of himself, hat
ing vicious indulgence, whiCh reading is calcu
lated to-beget a distaste for."
Correct Speaking
We advise all young people to acquire in
early life the habit of, using good language,
both in speaking and writing, and to abandon
as early as possible the use of slang words and
phrases. The longer they live the more ditli
cult the acquisition of such language will be ;
and if the golden age of youth the proper
season for the acquisition of language be
passed id its abuse, the unfortunate victim of
neglected education is .very probably doomed
to talk slang.for life. Money is not necessary
to procure this education. Every man has it
in his power: He has merely to use .the lan
guage which he reads instead of the slang
which ho hears ; to form his taste from the
best speakers, writers and poets of the coun
try; to treasure upchoice phrases in his mem
ory, and habituate •himself to their use
avoiding at the same time that pedantic pre
cision and bombast which bespeak rather the
weakness of a vain ambition Man the poltsh
of an educated mind. There is no man, how
ever low in rank, who may not materially ben
efit his financial condition by following this
advice, and cultivating at the same time such
morals and manners as correspond in charac
ter with good words.
Every Man his Own Patent Agent;
Munn S. Co., publishers of the "Scientific
Ainerican," have favored us with a Pamphlet
containing the .Patent Laws of the United
States. together with all the forms necessary
for applying fora patent, information in regard
to filling caveats,. with remarks on its uses,
etc., amount of fee required ,at the Patent
flee, and and every other information that is ne
cessary to instruct a person in making hisown
applicatlons.
Pilce 12 1-2 cents single, or 12 copies for
one dollar L— sent by mail to any part of the
United States.
Address Mann St. Co., New Yosk,
Opening of the State Canals
The main line of the Pennsylvania Canal
was opened for navigation on Saturday last,
and trade-will at once beactively commenced.
Extensive purchases for the West and South
have already been made in this city, which
will be itilmediately despatched, and will reach
their destination before the New York canals
are opened. Our city enjoys an enviable posi
tion -in this respect, and with thelarge and va
ried stocks of our jobbing houses—nn surpassed
in any other city—a very large amount of the
Spring trade will b 2 done here.—Daily News.
The Scalpel
This is the title of a new periodical, a Jour
nal of health;adapted to Popular and Profes
sional Reading and the exposure of Quackery.
It is published in New York, by Edward 11.
Dixon, M. D. We have received the March
number, -and-find it _ fraught with muchinfor,
mation, to the old, the middle aged, and the
young, making it extremely youthful for all
classes of readers. It will hereafter be pub
lished quarterly, the next number coming out
in May. Peasons wishing the work will in
close twenty five cents in a letter addrsssed to
Ed. It Dixon, No. 2121, New York Post Office.
Rail Road Gazette
Horn's Rail Road Gazette and Merchants
and Traveller's Guide is the title of a weekly
newspaper, published in New York, by S.
Horn, No. 126 Nassau street. It contains dia
grams of the various Rail Roads in the United'
States now in operation, with their extension
from time to time as they occur, to which new
roads will be added as soon as put in working
order, hours of arrival &c.. This will no doubt
prove a valuable Journal to the travelling com
munity. Subscription price S 3 per Annum,
Death by Violence
Dr. Adrian Loewen, of Oley township, came
to a violent death on Friday night last at a
frolick, held at Walnutlown. It appears that
the deceased was addicted to drinking, and
was there roughly handed by some rowdies,
dragged into a corner and when the dance
broke up found to be dead. The deed was at
one time married to a daughter of J. Udree
Snyder—a blind woman. She died sometime
ago very suddenly, under such circumstances
us to induce the belief that she was poisoned.
The Coroner a c companied' by Dr. Cox of
this place, left for Oley this morning. The
body will be disinterred am) a post modem
examination made.—Rend Journa '
New Application of Cloroform
Mr. C. Spencer Bate, a dentist, xvrhing in
the London Lancet, recommends a new way
of employing chloroform to abate the horrors
of tooth-pulling, which if his account be well
founded, as we suppose it must be, will super
sede the ordinary method of using it by narco
tizing the patient. Instead being inhaled,
the chloroform is to be applied directly to the
nerve of the tooth, when necessary. It is ap
plied on lint or cotton. It "causes the most
violent pain to subside," says Mr. Bate, "soon
after which the tooth may be removed with
comparatively no pain." Here the plan is to
stuptly the nerve of the tooth, instead of the
ordinary method of administration, may render
the use of cloroforrn by dentists much more
• common that it now is.
An Enlargeincnt 77ic,Ilteks County Intelli
gencer, published by John S. Brown, has been
considerably enlarged and much improved in
appearance. We think the citizens will appre
ciate the enterprise by liberally subscribing for
the Intelligencer.
Oz:rGen. Taylor's Cabinet has come to the
conclusion to make no official appointments,
until at the cloie of the present quarter.
Money at Interest Taxablefor Township Pur
poses.—Considerable diverSity of opinion hav
ing existed in some of the townships of Mont
gomery county, whether money at interest was
taxable for township purposes, an appeal was
taken from the decisions of the supervisors of
Gwynned and Worcester townships, and on an
argument of the case, before his Honor Judge
Krause, the Judge gave the decison in favor of
the supervisors, and decided that money is
taxable for township purposes. As considera
ble difference of opinion exits in some of the
townships of Lehigh, we note this decision for
the benefit of all concerned.
Advice in Poultry Keeping.—The principles
upon which we rely for success in keeping hens,
are, Ist, to have two breeds—a few to hatch
and rear the chickens, and twice the number
of everlasting,layers, as eggs are more profita
ble than chickens ; 2d ; to get a hatch as early
as possible in spring, and to keep them well;
these never cast their feathers like the old birds,
and if they begin to lay in autumn, lay more
or less all winter; 3d, never to keep old fowls
(none but favorite fowls ought to be kept more
than two years ;) old birds lay larger eggs than
pullets, but not near so many; 4th, to give them
the best barley to be got, and as much as they
could pick up once a day in summer, and twice
in winter; they are' not only more profitable,
well kept, but the eggs are better.--Eng/h.paper.
Governor of Tenncssee. We observe that
Neil S. Brown, the present Governor of Ten
nessee, declines a re-election. The Demo
crats have several candidates in the field,
among them, Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, and Hon.
A. 0. P.-Nicholson, forMeily U. S. F.ena!or.
The Retiring Secretaries. The Union in
noticing the retirement of a number of the
late Cabinet officers, says they will all leave
Washington early.in April. Mr. Buchanan re
turns to Lancaster after having paid a visit to
Harrisburg, where he has been invited by the
democrats of the legislature. Gov. Marcy re
turns to Albany; and Judge Mason proposes
to locate himself in Richmond. Colonel Cave
Johnson remains in. Washington for a few
weeks longer, when he returns with his family
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to, Tennesse.
Legislative Proceedings.
Hsnntsnone, March 14, 1849.
The bill for the completion of the North
Branch Canal was aken up.
Mr. Ball offered an amendment which appro
priates $1,200,000 from the Treasury for the corn:.
pletion of the work, the amount to be borrowed
from the Banks of the State in three annual in
stalments, each giving ten per centum on the
amount of its capital stock; the Banks having
the privilege to issue small notes, countersigned
and registered by the Auditor General, and to re
ceive certificates of . the Loan to run twelve years
with interest at two per cent.
The amendment further provides that the en
tire revenue of the work shall be appropriated to
the payment of the interest and to the repayment
of the loan, and the remainder is to be a sinking
fund, for the extinguishing of the State debt. All
coal going North on the Canal, to pay a toll of
one cent rer mile.
In case of the Banks declining to issue small
notes, then the tax on their dividends to be in
'creased to 9 per cent. On all dividends of 6 per
cent., 10 per cent on 7, 11 per cent on 8, and 12
I per cent. on all dividends exceeding 8 per cent.
Those Banks applying for a recharter to pay
fifty per cent on their interest capital, to be ap
plied to the payment of the loan or to the Sink
ing Fund, and to receive a certificate of State
stock, bearing interest during the firstthree years
at two per cent. during the three years afterwards
3, and after that 4 per cent.
A debate arose on the amendment, and it was.
finally carried—yeas 48, nays 42.
Mr. Roberts then spoke iu opposition to the
first section. Mr. Little demanded the previous
question, when it was lost—yeas 41, nays 45.
Mr. Eshleman offered a resolution that the
Corrimittee on the Judiciary System be instruct
ed to report a bill providing for a change of the
Constitution, so as to allow but one session of
the Legislature in two years, provided they are
not convened in the meantime by the Governor.
Bleeding Improper—an Admission
The New York Journal of Medicine, the organ
of the regular Faculty, thus argumentatively and
summarily disposes of the practice of taking
blood as a remedy in disease:
An acute observer of disease and' remedy
would perceive that an inflammation consisted in
some disturbance of the circulation, and health
consisted in the restoration of the circulation to
its original condition ; the secret of-remedy would
be found in the cause of the circulation. The
b/cod is not the cause of its circulation; for the
self-same quantity of blood may be in the vessels
when i 4 does not circulate at all as when it does
i most healthily, as daily instanced in concussions,
epilepsy, &c. The taking away blood does noth
' ing directly but alter the quantity.
Indirectly by taking away the fluid which con
tains the life, we diminish the life itself, and the
means of obtaining life—the respiration. Meed
ing, therefore, diminishes the quantity of life.—
Can
a man have too. much of life? It matters
not that from the days of Hippocrates down to
now, bleeding has been adopted. It matters not
that it relieves the tension, and of necessity, the
pain, of an inflamed part; it does not act upon
the part diseased, producing any change in its
condition. How, therefore, can we designate it
as a remedy ?"
Meanness
It has been universally conceded that Mr.
Speaker Winthrop has, during the past session,
discharged the onerous duty of his station with
singular ability and justice. At the close of the
session the House of Representatives very ap
propriately passed a resolution, expressing warm
thanks for his exercise of ability and impartiali
ty. A member from Virginia moved to strike
out the word "impartiality," and among those
who voted for it was Mr. Palfrey, of Massachu
setts. When the scene between Mr. Winthrop
and Mr. Palfrey, at the opening of the session, is
remembered, the meanness and malice of this
vote wiltbe evident.
Advice of Council
There is a well known custom prevailing in
our criminal Courts, of assigning counsel to
such prisoners as have no one tp defend them.
On one occasion, the court finding a man accus
ed of theft, and without counsel, said to a law
yer who was present:
"air. 8., please to withdraw with the prisctber
confer, with him, and then give him such coun
sel as may be best for his interest."
The lawyer and his client then withdrew, and
in fifteen or twenty minutes the lawyer returned
into Court. .
"Where is the prisoner 1" asked the Court.
"He is gone, your honor," said the hopeful le
gal limb. "Your honor told me to give him the
best advice for his interest, and, as he said he.
ivas guilty, I thought the best counsel I could of
fer him was to 'cut and run,' which hc took at
once."
Innocently Popping the Question. Charles,"
said a young lady to her lover, •there is nothing
interesting in the papers to-day, is there, dear !"
'No, love ; but I hope there will, one day, when
we both shall be interested." The lady blushed
and said of course, •For shame Charles !"
Quaker Defender of Slavery.— The Charleston
Courier says :—A pamphlet of fifty pages, enti
tled "The North and the South," written by Mr.
Ellwood Fisher, a Quaker gentleman of Cincin
nati (but of Souithern birth,) has been lately ih
troduced into Washington city, and has received
the admiring sanction of Mr. Calhoun and other
distinguished Southern gentlemen. It is said to
exhibit great ingenuity and ability.
Three "B'hoye" at a Birth. The Boonsboro,
(Md) Odd Fellow, states that the wife of Mr. W.
S. Spencer, of that place, was safely delivered
of three sons on Saturday night last, the 3d of
March. They are all "alive and kicking," and
with the mother doing well.
Dees of Mr. Blanchard.-- We resell() team,
that Hon. John Blanchard, representative in the
last Congress, from the 17th District in this State,
died on Friday last at Harrisburg; on MS Way to
his home.. Mr. Drown, we believe wee a native
pr Vcf moo t 1
Extra Session of the Senate
WASHINGTON, March 6, •1840
Mr. Douglass rose to a question of privilege, in
regard to the eligibility of : . Mr. Shields, Senator
elect from Illinois,contending that Mr. S. should
first take his seat, and the question to be disposed
of afterwards: ,
After an animated debate, Mr. ilouglatils was
sustained in the position which he tad Nsiumed.
' Mr. Shields was then sworn in and wink his
seat. The question of his eligibility was•referred
to a Select Committee of five.
A message in writing was received from the
President, at the hands of his Private Secretary,
Colonel Bliss.
The Senate then went into Executive session
on the following nominations, which, under the
rules, lie over one day.
Clayton, of Delaware, Secretary of State.
Meredith, of Penn., Secretary of the Treasury.
Ewing,ofGhio, Sec. of the Home Department.
Crawford, of Georgia, Secretary of. War.
Preston, of Virginia, Secretary of the Nay . y.
Collamer, of Vermont, Post Master General.
- Johnson, of Maryland, Attorney General.
Second Day.—After the uSnal preliminaries, on
motion of Mr. Mangum, a resolution was adopted
appointing temporarily the standing committees
withoul a formal vote.
Mr. Foote made a personal explanation in re
gard to hii encounter with Mr. CamerOn on the
last night of the late session. Ile admitted that
slight blows had been exchanged, and expressed
his regret that the dignity of the Senate had been
violated through his 'rashness. The difficulty
with Mr. Cameron he said had been amicably
settled.
The Senate then went into Executive session.
during which the Cabinet nominations were all
unanimously confirmed:
Co!mid and Mrs. Bliss.—A correspondent writ
ing from Washington, in speaking of the last
levee given at the White House by Mr. and Mrs.
Polk, says :—Mrs. Bliss entered late, escorted by
her brother-in-law, the Hon. Jefferson Davis.—
She was dressed with great simplicity and ele
gance, and was the 'bright particular star' of the
evening. Her hair was tastefully, though not
elaborately dressed, and she wore a simple wreath
of green leaves, which might have been woven
from the abundant laurels brought home from
the wars by her veteran father, and her gallant
husband. Col. Bliss appeared in full uniform,
and drew the eyes of all the ladies after him."
On Listening to Evil Reports.—The longer I
live, the more I feel the importance of adhering
to the rule which I have laid down for myself in
relation to such matters: «1. To hear as little
as possible whatever is to the prejudice of others
2. To believe nothing of the kind till 1 am abso
lutely forced to it. 3. Never to drink in the spirit
of one who circulates an ill report. 4. Always
to moderate, as far as I can, the unkindness which
is expressed toward others. 5. Always to believe
that, if the other side was heard, a very different
account would be given of the matter."—Cartop
'The 31i4sissippi.—The Mississippi river runs
through nineteen degrees of latitude, a space ex
tending from the northern part of Ireland to tht;
Rock of Gibraltar. At its source the winters
have the rigor of those of Norway, and at its
mouth the seasons are those of Spain. The fir
and the birch grow about its northern springs , —
and the palm, the live-oak, anti orange at the
Balize. It is closed by ice in November in its
northern .course, which is melted early in the
spring, before it has floated within many hundred
miles of its mouth. 4 , Long, wandering, but not
lost,' it flows fur the first four hundred miles
through a high, prairiedlike 'country, until it is
precipitated over the falls; then, having descend.
ed from the high shelf of land it'has lately Water
ed, it flows for the next seven hundred through
one of the most beautiful regions.
Mr. and Mrs. Polk.—The retiring President will
be courteously -received and entertained in all
the towns through which he may pass on his
road South. The public authorities of Wilming
ton, N. C., and Savannah, Geo., have tendered
him the hospitalities of their respective cities,
and a committee of citizens has been appointed
in Charleston to receive him. Mr. Polk and
family left Washington on Tuesday by the South
ern line. At Richmond he was received in cere
monious manner by the Legislature and people.
Maryland U. S. Sena/or.—Benjamin C. Howard
has been appointed by Gov. Thomas, of Maryland,
a Senator of the United States, to fill the unex
pired term of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson. Mr.
Howard was a member of the last Baltimore Con
vention, and took an active part for one .of his
very moderate talents, in promoting the nomina
tion of Gcn. Cass. He was also, for a number
of years, a member of Congress from Baltimore.
Corn by Weight.—Shippers and large dealers
'in corn at Baltimore are endeavoring to establish
in that market the standard measurement of 56
lbs. to th'e bushel. Same of them have sustained
heavy losses by the failure of their cargoes to
hold out when subjected to measurement by
weight at the port of destination. Orders to the
'amount of 600,000 bushels of corn have been
countermanded from Baltimore to the New York
and Philadelphia markets, in consequence of the
standard of measurement employed at the first
mentioned port. .? •
The Ether Discovery.—A correspondent informs
us that the committee of Congress to whom was
referred the subject of compensation for the Ether
discoirery have made their report. He says that
the committee state that Drs. Jackson and Morton
both appeared personally before the committee,
and that nearly a month was spent by the com
mittee in a thorough examination of the evidence
of which the result is a unanimous report award
ing the credit of the discovery to Dr. Mot-toil.
Surveying California, , -- The Frentl Govern
ment have ordered Aim , . an engineer Of Mines
should' at once proceed to California, to examine
al_ nature r, the country and from actual expe
rience send home accounts of a nature to . en
lighten French Commerce as lb the real state of
the case. In consequenee of that decision, or
ders were at opce transmitted -to Bi : est; to tire
pare a viSSei to carry oat the engineer in (pies
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dont
Gleanings from Exchanges.
Ur Marry not a gambler, a tippler or a haunter
of taxertis; becatufkile. who has no regard for
himself will.neier,hairi';any for his wife.
Car In tltylaither t s,honse, learn the economy
of a wife froth 1144 Mother ; so shalt thou carry
if into life t ,Yiect.lre the comfort of thy future
husband. •
'4X" TrWaftiet a won on thine own knowledge ;
confide not in his appearance before thee.
IX" Sell not thyself for gold; for. contentment
is not the portion of riches.
The Free Negro Bill has passed the Legis
lature of Delaware. It empowers the magistrates
of the State , to arrest all free negroes who have
no apparent occupation or means of living, and
hire them out for a term of service not exceed.
ing, a year.
FR" Mr. Peter Grim, an aged; wealthy and res.
pectablc resident of Philadelphia, died 'titidenly
on- the .7th. instant, while-passing-along -Second
street, above Coates, on his" warliiiil4 - from
Market.
UV" Benjamin C. Ho;vard,,Democrat, has been
appointed by Governor Thoinas,,qf Maryland, to
fill the vacancy in the United States Senate, Oc
casioned by the resignation of Reverdy Johnson.
L_-sr The election for Governor, members of
Congress and the State Legislature, will take'
place in New Hampshire on the
,I3th instant.
I''The Citizens of Lancaster county, are
hereafter to vote for their township officers on a
single printed slip. The elections take place on
the fifth Friday in this month.
E , __TAn exchange paper says, that one ounce of
Borax and half an ounce of Camphor, dissolved
in a quart of boiling water, will form a wash
which will prevent the hair from coming out.—
It is easily tried.
'Lynn has a population of 12,000 8,000
of whom, of both sexes are engaged In making
Boots and Shoes. 3,000,000 pairs were "creat-
ed" last year.
LtirThirty-one millions of pounds of tea were
brought to London from China, last year.
John, that's twice you've come
home and. forgotten that lard!' 'Really, Mother,
it was so greasy that it slipped my mind.'
no one suppose that by acting a good
part through life, he will escape slander. There
will be those who hate him for the very qualities
that ought to procure esteem. There are some
folks in the world who are not willing that others
should be better than themselves.
1'"It is net good for a man to be alone. Yes
it is—when he has only dinner enough fbr one.
1.7' When is a point not a point! When it
is a point of law, for that is always knotty.
tar A good shot is recorded by the Kenton,
Ohio, Whig. A hunter in that county lately
killed three full grown deer at a single shot.
Lir — A limited partnership law has passed the
L'cgislatura of Kentucky. It is nearly similar to
our Pennsylvania law.
t?'i'he Chicago Democrat learns that all the
warehOuses at Southport are full, pressed down
and running over, of wheat; the tenpin alley is
also full, and at last advices an otter of two hun
dred dollars had been made for one tlf the
Churches I
tom• We regret to learn that ChlefJustice Gib
son, of the Supreme Court, is lying dangerously
ill at Carlisle.
LV - A Lead Mine has been discovered about
twelve miles north of Watertown, Wisconsin,
which promises to be very rich.
t ht the Delaware Legislature on tin Fries
day preceding the adjournment, a serious- of' , '
strong anti Wilmot Proviso resolutions was in
troduced and defeated by a strict party vote, the
Whigs all voting against them.
ITV' A resolution was passed by the Virginia
House of Delegates, on Saturday last, instructing
the Governor to place 'at the disposition of the
authorities of Accomac county, one hundred
muskets and four six ponders to enforce the oys
ter laws of the state, in the waters of said coun
ty, and for other purposes.
170" The famous fat cow "Rose," belonging to
Mr. Robert Fowler, of Batavia, New York, was
slaughtered on the 3d instant, her gross weight
being 2280 pounds. t
Uf - At an election fur judge of the polls,in the
Mount Carbon District, Schuylkill county, Pa.,
Mr. Joseph George received one rote, and there
being no other all day, was duly declared. Beat
this who can.
rerHon. Millard Fillmore, has been anvil
mously elected Chancellor of the Smithsonian
Institute Washington, in the place of IfOn.'fieo•
M. Dallas.
['Gen. Cass took his seat in the United
Stves Senate on the evening before the closing
of tliessession. • '•','
W"A new township was formed out of a part
Penn Forest, Carbon County, and christened of
"Kidder."
Imo' The Richmond (Virginia) Whig, says
that President fir* Inaugural , Ati•
dress was only half as long as' that OrGem
Taylor.
or Hon. James Cooper. it is stated, has sold
his residence, and other property in Adams
county, and will remove this Spring to Schuyl•
kill county, making Pottsville his permanent
home.
Ncivspaper 4d ratronirgeP--.Newspaper "patron•
age" is a Curious thing in the estimation of some
people. The following, which hits in every com
munity where newspapers are published, is as
good as it is true.
A man lives near you—never took yoar paper
—it is too small—don't like the editor—..kdon't like
the politics—too whiggish,toct locofocoisli,or too
something else-4-yet goes regularly to his neigh
bor,and reads his by a good fire—finds fault with
its contents, disputes its positions, and quarrels
with its type. Occasionally sees an article he
likes—saves half a dime, and begs a number : 7—k
This is newspaper patronage,
Impucknee.--Somebody, who styles himseltpu.
venal, is' addressing General . Taylor upon the
duty that he owes the country in . Letters that be.
cupy sewn column s in allaTtithore paper. . . The
presiiMpion of the wilier in supposing that the
President would read advise ateach icap,4l;.is no
reniathairte than the self-satisiae r tion that
induces Han to suppose that he iticapa!ge of giv•
mg it.