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Al'pillows', Pa,
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1849.
Circulation near 2000;
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The First of April.
As the general "moving time" draws near,
many of our subscribers in town and country
'will be changing their places of residence.
'All sucliare requested to notify us ; immediate
ly upon their removal, where they wish their
. papers sent in future. The Register can be
forwarded regularly to almost every portion of
Lehigh and the . adjoining • counties, either
through the 'mail, or by our carriers; so that
no subscriber who "moves" need do anything
more • than to inform us of the fact, to insure
him the punctual receipt of his paper, as usual.
Borough of Bethlehem
The election on Friday, the 16th instant, ter
initiated in the election of the folloiving gen
tlemen for the different offices':
. Burgess, C. F. Bleck ; Council, P. H. Goepp,
Aaron George, J. T. Borhek, for 3 years, and
Matthew Brown, for 1 year; Cot/state, August
Belling; Assessor, J. C. Ireber ; Assistant As
sessors, J. T. Borhek, Amos Beater; School Di
tors, George Reich, J. C. Weber; Auditor, H. D.
Bishof; Judge, John Oerter ; Williani Bush, sett.
William Luckenbach.
True Republicanism
Gen. Taylor's republican manners, and the
simple unaffected cordiality with which.he re
ceives all grades of visitors, wbether rich or
poor, high or low, old or young, is highly com
mended-upon, by- many of our- exchange pa
pers of both political parties. It is refreshing
to have a ,President who has detetmined to
dispense with the chilling ceremony that has
so long prevailed at Washington. It was at
war with the spirit of our institutions as.well
as anti-republican.. Our presidents, for years
past have seemed to be more anxious to at e
the manners and introduce the customs of Eu
ropean Courts than to foster that spirit of re
publican equality 'which forms the basiS of our
Government.
The Washington correspondent of the Bos
ton Atli* says, one can hardly form an ade
quate idea of the urbanity, ease, good nature
'and true republican simplicity that character
ize these scenes. Never was the like known
before, or certainly not within the memory of
the present genemtion. The people—the high
est and the lowest,•the humble artizan as well
as his more prosperous neighbor, all meet to
gether, to grasp the honest hand of tSo old pa
triot, and all seem to see and feel in him the
common head of one great family. It is worth
a journey to Washington to see this sight
alone. There are no stately portals standing
between the people and their parental head,
no servants to announce, or any of the snore
dignified, perhaps, but far less cordial arid en
dearing symbols of welcome to greet .you, as
you ascend the steps of the President's man
sion. His doors are thrown wide open you
are free to enter unannounced. You walk di
rectly in—there is a:crowd going in with you.
Men, women and children, even, are throng
ing to call upon "Old 'Lack," as they lovingly
even if somewhat familiarly, term the old he
ro. If you have ever seen the General before,
he kngws you at once, for his memory is truly
wonderful. lie greets you with a kindly smile
and a cordial grasp of the hand, mak63 a few
well-timed and pleasant observations, varying
them with the character of the individual, and
you pass on-,--others succeed. Sonic of these
are maim strangers,And have no one to intro
duce them. They step forward, announce
themselves, are greeted with the same kindly
welcome, and pass on. The next time they
meet the President, ten to one he will remem
ber theta and call them by name.
Hera comes a mother with three or four of
her little ones 'to see the President".— the
wife•perchance of some Worthy mechanic.
She has mustered courage, perhaps, to get as
far as the reception room; her turn has come
and her heart fails her. She begins almost to
feel she has gone too far. Quicker than thought
the kind hearted old veteran reads her misgiv
ings, hastens to meet her more than half way,
inquires the names of her little ones, pleas
antly pats the boys on the head, and asks them
a question or two, kisses the little girls, invites
them to call up and see him often, and they
too; pass on, their heads full to overflowing
froth the Unlooked for interest and kindly re.
gigd shown to theta by the President.
And now come a bevy of fashionable ladies
and gentlemen. They too have a kind and
cordial greeting, are welcomed with a readi
ness, and appropriately turned expressions of
good will, and they, too, pass on, susprised to
find what a complete ladies' man is the sup
posed.stern old warrior of Buena Vista.
These are no fancy sketches. Such 1 have
seen, and such every one can see, who will
join the throng that each day fills the entry
reception room of the White House; and
no one can wilness thorn, unless his heart is
liinferied by partizan prejudice, without loving
and honoring the noble hearted and benevolent
old =lei who-thus makes himself so literally
the Ihrnier ofthe People.
112IrA bill hns passeilthe Michigan Legislature,
malciftg tlie office of State. Printer an elective one
by die people. . •
Now Transportation Company.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Trenton and Lehigh Transportation Company,
held at Trenton, on Saturday, the 24th inst., the
following persons were elected directors to
serve for the ensuing year :
Jonathan S. Fish•, Jonathan Cook, Joseph G.
Itrearley, John A. Woad, and Elias Cook.
The . directors then met and elected Joseph G.
Brearley, President, lonalhan S. Fish, Treasu
rer, Robert C.-Belville Secretary.
A resolution was passed by the Board, au
thorizing Jonathan Cook to act as General Su
perintendent of the business of the Company
and to make contracts &c. &c.
On Monday last the above company dispatch
ed the following boats, being the first for the
season, their destination being Philadelphia :
General Taylor, Buena Vista and Gen. Scott.
The proprietors of this company have, made
every arrangement to prosecute their business
very extensively this season.
Hope of Spring
Every day hastens the approach of spring,
and our hearts begin to throb with the pleasur
able hope of soon seeing the happy time arrive
when we can inhale the balmy breeze, and,
walking forth into the fields, see all nature re
joice. This sweet expectation is one of the
few which does not deceive, because it is
founded on the invariable laws of nature.
The charms of this fondtbpe are alike diffused
through every pure heart : it is not 'the splen
dor of the purple nor the glittering of the dia
dem which alone procure these delights, that
often cheer the peaceful breast of the cottager.
who 'cannot penetrate the abodes of royalty nor
find entrance amid the busy sons of ;lathe.
The arrival of Spring is attended with a thou
sand now delights; the beauty and fragrance
of the opening blossoms, the warbling of the
birds, and the widely diffused joy and gayety
that smile around. In general our terrestrial
hopes are damped by anxiety and repressed by
doubt, but the hope of spring is no less certain
and satifactory than it is pure and innocent.—
Let us, then, while the stormy days of March
shall continue, instead of repining and being
ellagrined, indulge the fond hope of spring,
and suffer its pleasing influence to cheer our
souls.
Hope is one of the choicest gifts which heav
. en mercifully deigns to mortality; when the
storms roar and the tempests howl, hope still
supports our drooping spirits, and the rays at
consolation gladden our hearts. Without this
pleasing emotion how sad and dreary would
have passed many of the winter hours !
Cheered by the hope of spring we have borne
with patience, and endured without complaint,
the rigors of winter arid the hardships of the
season, and now we are upon the eve of see
ing it realized : a few more boisterous days
passed, and all the beautious pictures our imag
ination has so brilliantly painted will bo con
firmed; the sky will become serene, the air
mild, the sun return with power, and the earth
resume her long-lost beauty. Gracious God!
We humbly thank thee, and bow before thee
in the fullness of our joy and the overflowing
of our gratitude, for the source of that consola
tion, which, in the hour of distress, warms our
heart and softens the asperities of life. With
what providential care and merciful regard
thou halt veiled the evils which-hover around
us, whilst the pleasures which await us tire seen
far oft; and smile upon our exertions !
Whim: nit hope, how dreary would be the
world; appearing to the care-worn pilgrim one
wide desert, alt the pathi of which are sur
rounded with misery, beset with trouble and
embittered with sorrow ! But hope lights us
on our way; when darkness lowers and gloom
oppresses, hope strengthens our faltering steps,
collect our scattered senses, and presents to
our view a pleasing prospect lying before us
and just within our• reach ; we spring forward
with alacrity, and often pass our lives in the
eager pursuit, with as much pleasure as if we
had obtained the object of our wishes. Hope
raises the sinking heart, and restores the cour
age which begins to droop ; and each time we
feel the magic influence of her rays, we will
bless thee, 0 our God! and thank thee for the
daily benefits we receive, as well as for those
reserved for Ilk at a future time. Blessed for
ever be thy divine mercy, which permits us
to hope that when time here shall be no more,
our glad soul shall quit these narrow confines,
to repose in the bosom of its Creator, through
the countless ages of eternity. Wore it not for
this certainty of iinmortality, this fond hope of
eternal life and happiness, few would be the in
citements to virtue, and weak the inducements
to mental improvement: when oppressed by
care and weighed down by misery, we should
have little encouragement to continue longer
in a world checquered by misfortune; 'or, did
affluence favor us, we should be tempted
to indulge in the thoughtless round of continu
ed dissipation. But with the expectation of a
future glorious state of existence, we can smile
at care and trouble, arm ourselves against the
fleeting pleasures of this life, and pity the de
luded disciples of folly and dissipation.-
Important Invention
Mr. Snell, of Bethlehem, says the Easton
Whig, has invented a new And ingenini ma
chine for which he has obtained a patent. It
forms ladies' and-gentlemen's gaiters, half gai--
tars and short boots without seems, at the saute
time producing any size requited,. in all their
proportions, so as to fit with the greatest nice
ty and exactness. The machine will form any
of the materiels in general use ; such as patent
leather, calf, kip, men's morocco, split leather
or anything woollen. It dispenses ivith the
knowledge of boot cutting and more than half
the binding. Such is the simplicity that ally
person unacquainted with the business can use
it. = We are 'informed it will reduce pa
tent leathcir !Soots to one third their usual cost.
A full description of the machine will be given
at some future time..
Later from Santa Fe. '
In tel ligence from Santa Fe to Fob. 2d, has
been received at Independence, Missouri.
The Republican contains letters from Taos,
which represent the winter as having been so
very severe, that Col. Freemont, while passing
through one of the mountain gorges, lost 130
mules in one night.
Being then left on foot he came to the con
clusion that it was imposiible to proceed furth
er, and finally he dispatched three men to seek
the nearest settlement and procure succor.
This party not returning in twenty days, Col.
Fremont started himself for Taos, distant 350
miles, where he arrived in nine days. Major
I3eale immediately dispatched a party of dra
goons, with mules and provisions, to relieve
Col. Fremont's men. •
Col. Fremont, though much emaciated and
worn out by anxiety and the deprivations to
which he had been subjected, accompanied
the dragoons.
The sufferings of the party are represented
have been so very great that they were even
reduced to the necessity of feeding upon the
bodies of their comrades.
Alr. Greene, who brought this news to Inde
pendence, left Santa ye several days after its
publication.
Later report says that all of Col. Fremont's par
ty perished except himself, and he is badly
frostbidden. Some express doubt as to the
correctness of this news.
Mechanics Wives
Speaking of the middle ranks, of life, a good
writer observes_:
"There we behold woman in her g!ory ; not
dull to (miry silk and jewels; not a puppet to
be flattered by profane adoration—reverenced
to-day, di .carded , to-morrow; aiwayS jostled
out ut the place which nature and scciety would
assign for her, by sensuality or contempt, ad
mired but not respected; desired but 4 ,150 es
teemed; ruled by passion not afiection ; im
parting her weakness, not her constancy, to
the sex she could exalt; the source and mirror
of vanity 3 we see her a wife, partaking the
care and cheering the anxiety of her husband,
dividing his toils by her domestic diligence,
spreading cheerfulness around her; for his
sake sharing - the decent refinements of the
world, without being vain of them, placing all
the joys and happiness in the mr~ she log"
As a mother, we find her the affi
ardent instructress of the childr
has tended from their infancy,
to thought and benevolence; ad
as rational beings : preparing th e
men and women in their turn
daughters make the best wives
Singular and Sad Fa
The Reading Eagle records the death, by an
unfortunate casualty, of another member of
the Iloch family in* Richmond township. A
promising .son of the late Joel Hoch, (whose
death by a fall from a wagon,- was announced
several weeks ago) 12 years of age, had the
misfortune, on Tuesday, the 13th inst., while
riding a horse employed in propelling a thrash
ing machine, to fall into the -wheelwork of the
machine, which being in rapid motion, tore the
flesh ccmpletely of one of his legs, below the
knee, and fractured the bone, before he could
be extricated. He survived until Saturday, in
excruciating agony, when death put an end to
his sufferings.
Providence seems to have marked out this
family as the peculiar object of its afflictive dis
pensations. About a year ago, Mr. Samuel
Hoch lost his life by falling from a hay-wagon;
last winter the barn of Mr. Joel Hoch, with all
its valuable contents, was burnt to the grablid ;
a few weeks since, Mr. Hoch himself fell f r om'
a hay-Wagon, and was instantly killed; and
now the above sad accident occurs, to add to'
the sorrowful record.—Read. Gazette.
Bow to be floppy.—Said a venerable farmer,
somiti eighty years of age, to a relative who
lately visited him, "I have lived an this farm
for more than half a century. I have no de
sire to change my, residence as long as I live
on earth. 1 have no wish to be any richer than
I now arn. I have worshipped the God of my
fathers with the same people for more than 40
years. During that period I have rarely ever
been absent from the sanctuary oh the Sab
bath, and never have lost but one communion
season. I have never been confined to my
bed by sickness fur a single day. The bles
sings of God have been richly spread around
me t and I !rave made up my 'mind. long ago,
that if I wished to be any happier, I must have
more religion.
Newspaper Case. In the Supreme Court of
Rhode Island, in the else of Jasper Harding vs
Henry D. Wolf, for nine years' subscription to
the Pennsylvania Inquirer, from 1836 to 1844,
it was ruled that the regular mailing of a news
paper for a length of time was at least prima
facie evidence of its reception, and that receiv
ing a paper for a certain time and not ordering
the same discontinued, 'lves sufficient to hold
the person liable for the subscription price,
notwithstanding he may never have ordered .
that paper bent. A verdict aas accordingly
given for the plaintiff. .
The Grain Trade.—Lettershave been receiv.
ed at Oswego from England, stating that con
tracts to some extent had been made to deliver
first (patties Delimits wheat at Liverpool on
the earliest opening this Spring of the Baltic
navigation at forty shilling sterling per imperial
quarter, which brings the price (if it was ship
ped from New Nork)• equal to 85 cents per
bushel at New York. Dantzie wheat, of the
best quality, says the Oswego Times, may be
compared to our very best Genessee wheat.
rte' We are glad to see among the rumored
appointments that of John S. Skinner, Esq.,
the editor of "The Plow, the Loom, and the
Anvil," to thO Commissionership of Patents.—
Air. Skinner is Universally conceded to be the
ablest writer on tigrioulture in the country.
Legislative Proceedings.
ilanaleauaa, March 27, 1849
The speaker administered the oath of office to
William M'Sherry, the member elect from Adams
county, who then took- his seat. .
Mr. Stutzman offered a resolution that a com
mittee be appointed to inquire into the expedien
cy of vesting the power of fixing the place of
holding elections in the courts, county commis
sioners or the people, which was agreed to.
Messrs. Stutzman, Rheas and Luckenbach,
•were appointed said Committee.
The resolution relative to biennial sessions
came up on second reading, and the considera
tion of the subject was indefinitely postponed.
The bill to continue and• regulate the system
of education by common schools Name up on
second reading.
Mr. Nickleson offered an amendment provid-
ing that the laws compelling the non-accepting
school districts to accept the common school
system shall be repealed, that so soon as said
districts shall accept it, they shall be entitled to
their share of the school appropriation and to a
deduction of thirty per cent of State taxes durjnd
the two next years, twenty-five per cent. of stag
State tax for the third• year, which deducted
amounts shall be appropriated to the erection of
school houses in such districts.
After a discussion In which Messrs. H. S. I
Evans, G. T. Thorn, Grittinger, Meek and Myers
participated, the amendment was not agreed to
—yeas 18, nays 47.
Mr. Laird offered an amendment to pay to the
non-accepting school districts back appropria
tions, which was negatived.
Mr. Bull moved to amend by providing that
the unexpended portions of school appropria
tions remaining in the treasuries of certain
counties, shall be distributed among the several
districts in said counties according to the num
der of taxablcs therein.
Mr. Meyers moved to amend the amendment
by striking out all after the word e" and in
sert a provision that said movie be applied
to the payment of the public debt.
Mr. Klutz offered a bill to authorize th build
ing of an aqueduct or bridge over the Delaware
at Easton. Adjourned.
The House resumed the second reading and
consideration of the bill to'continue and regulate
the system of common schools.
Pending the amendment of Mr. Meyers, to the
amendment of Mr. Bull, the amendment to the
amendment was negatived.
lull then addressed the House in favor of
ndment. and it was agreed to.
.aird offered to amend by providing that
sty Treasurer shall pay to all the non-ac
districts twenty-five per cent. of the state
Ilected in the next two years, to be sp
in the said act mentioned—which was
!d—yeas 27, nays 45.
ill having been read a second and third
time passed finally—yeas 53, nays 23.
The bill to extend the.eharter of the Bank of
the Northern Liberties—yeas 14, nays 5,
The bill to reduce the capital of the Girard
Bank passed without discussion.
The Governor sent in a message, nominating
John F.Ruhe, Esq., of Allentown, as an Associate
Judge of Lehigh county.
Original MS, af Washington's Farewell.—The
original manuscript copy of This sacred docu
ment has always been in the possession of D. C.
Claypoole, the first publisher of a daily, newspa
per in the United States, who lately died in Phil
adelphia. The seat of government being then
in Philadelphia, Mr. Claypoole printed the ad
dress, and having begged the favor of .6 ea.
Washington, he was permitted to retain the man
uscript. The whole of the address is in Wash
ington's own hand-writing, even the interlinea
tions. Now that Mr. C. is no more, the fare
well address should be purchased by the United
States.
Election of U. S. Senalors.—The Senate of Wis
consin has passed a joint resolution instructing
their Senators and requesting their Representa
tives in Congress to propose and advocate an
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, giving to the people, instead of the Legis
latures of the different States, the right to elect
U. S. Senators by general ticket.
Banks inShio.. 7 There are .54 Banks in Ohio
—of which 98 are branches of the State Banks,
4 are. old ones, and 11 independent. Their total
resources, on the 4th of February last amounted
to $24,177,716, and their liabilities to an exactly
•
similar amount.
Nov York Charter Eke fie/I.—Preparations for
',Le approaching Charter Election are in active
progress among the three parties, composing the
three sides of the political tnangle. The Barn
burners have nominated the present efficient
Mayor, Wm. F.Havemeyer, for -re-election, and
as he will receive the votes of many independent
Whigs, as well as the support of his own branch
of the Democratic party, his prospect of success
is decidedly good. The "Old Hunkers" met in
mayoralty convention last evening,but adjourned
over until Wednesday, the 28th inst. The
Whigs have done nothing as yet.
Breach of Pramiae.—At the West Chester, Pa.,
Court, three days were consumed with a curious
case. The plaintiff, Isaac L. Tompkins, a young
unmarried man, claimed $3OOO damages of Ma
ria Jane Hammond, a widow lady, for breach of
marriage, alleged to have been made during her
widowhood. The case was ably conducted by
counsel on both sides, and the jury rendered a
Verdict for
Cold Bed imed to un
dress in a . to seek re
pose in a cold bed, will not experience the least
inconvenience, even in the severest weather.—
The natural heat of his body will very speedily
render him even more comfortably warm. than
the individual who sleeps in a heated apart
ment, and in a bed thus artificially warmed, and
who will be eitremely liable to a sensation Of
chilliness as soon as the . artificial heat is dissi
pated.. But this is not \ all—the constitution of
the former will be rendered more robust, and
far less susceptible to the influence of atutoa;
pherical vicissitudes than that of the latter.
Extra Session of the Senate.
WASRINOTON, March 27, 1849
A message from the President by the hands of
Mr. Bliss, his private Secretary, was recetyed.
It is understood that the message communicates
the additional information called for by the reso
lution adopted yesterday in relation to the Pro
tocol.
The debate on the Mexican protocol was then
resumed by Messrs. Benton and Foote. The
latter was very severe on Mr. Behion, reiterating
the charges made in his former speech, viz: that
Benton had originated Mr. Stephen's movement
in the House, and was acting now in unison
with the Mexican minister, and using the same
language here as that functionar‘y had used in
his correspondence with Mr. Buchanan. He
also denounced Mr. Benton's present resolution,
that the United States will fulfil in good faith the
treaty according to the interpretation of the pro
tocol, as unnecessary, the explanation in the
protoCol itself being strictly in conformity with
t 4 .— Tirvisions of the treaty.
The Aerial Locomotive.—We are really iu hopes
that we shall take a fortnight's .trip to California
and back by ballon ! The Tribune says, an ex
hibition of the model of Porter & ftobjohn's Ae
rial Locomotive was made on Tuesday afternoon
in the Exchange and was perfectly successful.
The float, or spindle-shaped ballon, made of
gold-beater's skin, was about ten feet long, to
which was suspended a steam-engine in minia
ture, weighing fire, water, and all complete—
about three or four pounds. Notwithstanding
its diminutive size, the engine turned the light
paddle-wheels of the machine with ease, and
kept in motion as long as the water lasted. The
rudder was set to fly the balloon in a circle. It
was started from the eastern door of the rotunda,
and went up steadily, propelled by the engine, in
regular gyration to the roof —*making two full
circles on its way. Here, a weight having been
attached, it descended in a spiral, following the
set of the rudder, and landed safely. This expe
riment was repeated a second time with a like
result, and so far as flying in a quiet atmosphere
goes, the lodomotitre may be considered fully
successful. It remains to be seen, whether a
large machine, similarly constructed, would re
sist the violent commotions of the open air.
There were a large number of persons present,
who testified, by a hearty applause, their opinion
of the exhibition.
California.—The Washington correspondent
of the Tribune writes to that paper as follows:
"Certainly one of the most important rumors of
the day, if it is true, is that Mr. Benton has sent
to Californa, by the last steamship, another of
his remarkable letters, addressed to the inhabit
ants of that territory. The first rescript to the
Californians was taken out last fall by Colonel
Fremont, and advised them to set up a provis
ional government, witlibut any provision as to
slavery. That document 'as probably published
in &in Francisco, about the first of February
last. From what I learn, I have reason to think
that Mr. B enton now advises the people of Cali
fornia to. insert a provision in this temporary.
system;for the eternal exclusion of slavery from
their soil, and that he advocates or rather corn,
mands it with all his characteristic energy
and power. I cannot doubt that his re
commendations will be followed. If this report
is true—and I have no doubt at all of it—it goes
to confirm the expectations of Senators Benton's
warmest friends, and to indicate that he has
ranged himself beside Clay, Haywood, and other
wise and distinguished men of the slave States,
with Seward, Van Buren, and Webster of the
free, not only to resist the extension but to pro
vide for the:eradication of American negro Sla
very.
Cholera.—Dr. Craves, one of the most eminent
of the English physcians, asserts that the chole
ra is contagious. He strongly recommends the
use of acetate of lead. He says:
..A scruple gf the acetate is combined with a
grain of opium, and divided into twelve pills, and
of these, one is to be given every half hour, un
til the rice-water discharges from the stomach
and rectum begin to diminish. In all cases
where medicine promised any chance of relief,
this remedy was attended with the very best of
effects. It gradually checked the discharges
from the bowels, and stopped the vomitting.
The acetate of lead will succeed .when all other
astringents fail. Dr. Thom, surgeon of the 86th
regiment, speaks highly of the acetate, combined
with morphia, in the treatment of cholera.
New Method of Making Manure. Mr. Sam
uel W. Royer, has furnished us with a small
pamphlet in relation to a patent method of ma
king manure, containing quite a number of ap
proving recommendations from intelligent far
mers. The principal object of the Method is to
convert vegetable and earthly material, such as
plants, green or dry, weeds, rushes, stubble, po
tato wines, muck or swamp mud, &c. &c., into
rich and durable manure, without waste, in a
short time, and at small expense, enabling the
farmer, it is said, to increase his usual quantity
of manure, almost entirely within his own re
sources, by making use of such material as he
finds upon his own premises, many of which are
generally wasted. Mr. It, is disposing of the
patent rights fur the same. We have no perso
nal knowledge of the value of the method.-11fonf.
Ledger.
A Parents Wealth.—A gentleman of Washing
ton city called at the' White House a few days
since, accompanied by his family, consisting of
three sons and six daughters, to pay his respects
to President Taylor. They were received very
cordially, and after shaking hands with each, he
turned to the father and remarked: "Sir, you are
a rich man—a nation's strength consists in the
number of her people, and a parents wealth in
the number of his children." This is a re
mark worthy of a student of /Esop.
Monument to De Witt Clinton.—'the proposed
monument to the memory of De Witt Clinton,.
for which subscriptions to the amount 01 , 93,000
havebeen secured, is to consist of a triumphal
arch, surmounted by a colOssal statue of the de
ceased, to be erected at the bead of' State sheet,
Albany, within the grounds tint in Froth otthe
Capitol.
Gleanings froth Exchanges.
lar" Troubles in Canada are brewing. We
shall soon see the republican flag raised there.
"Onward" is Inc cry of Freedom.
127 - The water has been let into the Delaware
Division of the Penniylvania Canal, and it is in
navigable order: • An increased business will be
done this season r it is expected, upon this branch
of our public improvements.
I
A.salmon weighing twenty-two pounds,
was recently served up at the table of the
Tremont House, Boston, and costthe prOprietors
$5O. A nice little sum for one item of eatables
On a public table.
-IV - The following is a true copy of a letter re
ceioed by a schoolmaster near Montrose, Pa.—
Cur, as you arc a man of nolegs, I intend to inter
my son into your skull. I am, etc.
UP - The largest artificial fountin in the World
is at Chatworth. It shoots up almost like light
ning, a column of water, 267 feet high, more
than one hundred feet higher than Niagra Falls,
and about filly feet higher than the Bunker Hill
Monument.
I.7'Hon. W. B. Preston, the new Secretary of
the Navy, is a grantlsen of Patrick Henry. The
right stock for a Taylor Cabinet.
tar An extensive iron establishment, with a
capital of $125;000, is about to be erected at Hud
son, New York.
Trial of Thomas Ilyer.—The trial of Thomas
Hyer, for assult and battery on Yankee Sulivan,
was commenced in the Kent county court, Md.
on Tuesday morning. Five witness were exam.:
fined for the commonwealth, among whom where
officers Gifford and Cook, of Baltimore. The
court house was thronged with an excited popu
lace, and a very strong feeling existed among
them in favor of Hyer. • .
LW" Since the above was in -type, the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty, and setting the
fine $1000:
To Remove Stumpsf.,
Procure a dry red-elm lever, about twenty
feet long, and about six to eight inches in di
ameter,—also, a good stout log-chain, with
two yokes of oxen, this is all the machinery
necessary, except a good ox-driver. The
mode of operatitln is thus; wrap the chain
around the stump a little above the ground,
and make what is called a log-hitch ; lay
the lever horizontally on the ground, the
large end next to the chain and against the
stump make the loose end of the 'chain fast
to this end of the lever, drawing it tight
against the stump, the cattle are hitched to
the small end of the lever, and driven. around
the stump in a circle, of which the lever is
the radius. One revolution of the oxen
around the stump will generally twist it out
of the ground, or loosen it so that it may be
hauled out by the oxen when hitched to the
log-chain around the stump.—l3ut should
not the power of this machine be sufficient to
move the stump, the side roots may be un
covered and cut partly off, and the stump
will then be more easily removed.
By pursuing this plan in the spring of the
year, when the ground is loose and mellow,
the stumps are more easily removed; and by
persevering in this method two or three
years your fields will be cleared of these
obstructions to neat and economical farm
ing.
This extract is taken from the Ohio Cul
tivator, and is a very simple stump machine.
The ingenuity ofour farmers in different pla
ces lead them to adopt various plans for the
easy removal of stumps, and there nre some
excellent stump machine in the Northern
parts of this State. The above however is
both a good plan and an excellent hint to our
farmers at this season of the year.
Gen. Taylor's Benevolence.
A Washington letter-writer tells the fol
lowing story of Gen. Taylor : A venera
ble white headed man, 105 years old, having
tottered up to the White House, early in the
morning, had the good fortune to meet the
President almost at the - threshold, The
centenarian introduced himself; told Gen.
Taylor that he was feeble,
and that his blood
was almost dried up in his veins; for the
snows of one hundred and five winters, and
the effects of hard service in the wars of our
country, had left him but a short remnant
of his long and eventful life. General Tay
lor, moved by the patriarchal years and
voice, and simplicity of the man, shook him
warmly by the hand and said : "Well, grand
father, I am glad to see you. Have you
been to breakfast t„ The old man replied
that he had not. "Well, then, you must
come and take some breakfast wjth me."—
"No, your time is too precious. I desired
only to pay you my respects ; and I shall get
a breakfast at the market house, for I am a
stranger among these people, and an old
man must be satisfied to do the best he can.
"Well;then, you must come and breakfast
with me." "No, your time is too valuable,
and I will not trespass upon it; good morn
ing, General, and may Providence guide
you." "Well, if you will go," said 4:3len.
Taylor, extending his hand and slipping into
that of the old man three half eagles—"if
you will go, God bless you, and see that yoti
have a good cup of coffee for breakfast, and •
come up and dine with me before you leave
the city." And, leaning upon his staff, the
old man, older than this republic of twenty
millions of people, by thirty years, went,
with a grateful , heart, along his way. , ,
If His Tall Come Oat.
Two darkies in the West went out Co hunt
*possums, &c:, and by accident found a large
cave, with quite a small entrance. Peeping
in, they discovered three young beat whelps
in the Interior.
4.1..00k heah, Sam, While I go in dot, and
gets de young bars, you jest watch heahloy
de •ole bar."
Sam got asleep in the sun, when, opening
his eyes he saw the old bear scouring her
into the cave. Quick as wink he caught
her by the tail and held on like blazes.
"Hello dnr 1" said Jumbo in the cave,
hello, dar, Sam, what dark do hole du t!'• • =
uLor brews • you, Jumbo, rave yourself;
honey,, if dis tail come
what.dark do hole!"