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alp itegister.
Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1849.
Circulation near 2000.
V. 13. PALMER, Esq., N. W. 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.
Judicgi 4ppointment.—John F. 11uhe, Esq., of
Allentown, nominated by Gov. Johnston, as an
A - Moabite Judge, of Lehigh county, in the
pti!ce . bf the lion. Jacob billinger, whoes term
of Office expired :on the 14th of March last, was
on'triilarlasi unanimously confirmed by the
Simitte.
KrThe "Moving" Folks are stirring about
with great alacrity—and what with the passing
to and fro of wagons, furniture cars, hand-bar
rows, &c., laden with all sorts of household
truck,. our town is at present in a hopeful lively
state. There will be a good many changes in
domicils made this season, for better or for
worse. Wishing all parties comfortably fixed,
we' hope they will not fail to order the Regis
ter, as an indispensable part of their new ar
rangements.
Borough Election.
:At an election to fill the different Borough
offices, held on the 2d inst., at the house Bern
hard Rees, the following persons were duly
elected : •
Burgeis.—.Maj. William Fry.
Town Council.--Nathan Dresher, Francis E.
!Samuels, Paul Knauss, John Nonnemaker, jr.,
Charles Eckert.
nigh Constable.—Jacob Ihrie.
Supervisors. Anthony Laudenberger„ John
Hagenbuch.
,School Diredors. Owen Seager, Nathan
Loudensehlager.
•The Effects of Winter Departing.
The same wisdom which, at the begirining
of winter, elated the increase of cold to be gra
dual, now orders its departure so that it dimi
nishes by degrees, and the rigorous season in
sensibly verggs towards an end. The sun re
mains longer above the horizon, and his rays
act more powerfully upon the earth; flakes of
snow no longer obscure the atmosphere, and
the nights only produce a white frost, which
vanishes before the noon-day sun. The sky
becomes serene; the fogs and vapors either
disperse or are converted into beneficial show
ers. The earth is rendered soft and pliable,
and imbibes moisture; seeds begin to open
out, branches which appeared dead put forth
tender buds, and the blades of grass spring up
- out of the earth. We see nature universally
preparing to restore verdare to the fields, leaves
to•the trees, and the long lost flowers to the
gardens. Notwithstanding the tempests, the
hail and the yet frosty nights, she is silently
laboring to bring back the spring ; she will
soon put off her sad anthgloomy aspect, and
resume all her charms and fascinating beau
ties, laughing with youth and gayety.
It is thus that all the changes in nature are
gradually accomplished. Each effect that we
perceive, has been preceded by some exciting
cause; a thousand circumstances which escape
our notice sticeeed each other, until the great
eesigne of nature are completed. Many springs
_are pint in motion before a single blade ofgrass
,Can spring up or one bud be enfolded. All
those changes which have to unpleasantly at
feoted us sharing the winter were' necessary to
• ensure ue the smiling prospect that so soon pro
mises to open before our delighted view. Tem
pests, rains, frost and snow were requisite,.
that the earth might repose, or undergo that
state by which its powers are renewed and its
vigi.r repaired, to enable it to sustain a greater
'degree tertilization. Now that the advantages
of the.e unangements of nature begin to un
fold, and we diseever sorne of the ends they
were destined to fillfit. we acknowledge their
' propriety, and the beneficial consequerces of
winter demonstraie :o lir-great utility to the
earth.
•
As the seasons enntirtudly vary, on also
the ; oriods srd events of our lives i.oittitinally
charge. :lie li:e of eat It it div ieral ti sot
• is tteittOlitillot; 1:W(11111st...I and uffitcts a Welt w il'
remain v:raprett in my mety till eteriti y shah
. lilt up the led sod show a by certain events
were tieeessary and lens tidal to ourcoudition.
Perhaps we are unable to • know tchv we hap.
pen to be horn ina pitr•ividar lon.ily. at•il in a
, certain place, rather than ano her ; w by
tain accidents have befallen us or who we em
' braced some particular mode of life in prefer
elle° to another: 'all which at first might I e
• hidden ,from us ; but now a e eamprehei 41
Mal one as a col i•t - C,1103 e of Mueller.
;. - that the past tta. rteesrart fos the ;trope:4, m o
that 'titio.y events a hien (HO not se en. to ac
cord wilt the plan of . oar lives. were yet es.
t,. the huppitiess we tidy. et j,.y. W.
• ar o ittppp,:whilig that period when all
I the eveuts of uur tires. al.d the secret spring..
and VBO,Ve tti•i ra:ed to produce them.
-*ill be nuirro Vt,oa II to us; and' perhaps we
are at this Mertielit upon the eve of taking our
flight for the regions of futurity, which,
ac
cording to our deserts, will be happy or miser
able: •0 God Y irifihence our heart to believe
,
that BO.' it may be filled with
.pearie and joy;
latid - When the • visable creation shall depart
•;,4plit before our eyes, grant that we may enter
jrito a : blessed eternity.; and permit us to en
,,joy,ppoit 'foretasta,of it 'as shalll•elevate• ons
• BOW above :ovary earthistandlexishableithing.
Correspondence of . the "Lehigh Register."
From Harrisburg.
• Prswasse Heusi, March 24, 1849.
Wheugh I— We are in the midst of the equi
noctial; and the winds blow and the rain falls
like all fury: conseqently every body, your
humble servant included, is shut up in every
body's house, so Ifind a fine chance to address
you a letter•; but if your readers are as intelli
gent as I take them to .be, they wilt hardly
thank ;me for taking up ybur valuable space,
knowing the insipid nature of Legislative gossip.
The Legislature; "the wise men of the na
tion" of Pennsylvania; is going it in the
way of business Wlflt a "perfect looseness,"
lest they should bb forced to remain here after
the 11th April, when their pay would be re
duced to SI 50 per diem, and who, in the name
of conscience, could think of making laws at
such a salary! Who?
The great North Branch Bill, considered the
big bill of the season, which was knocked into
"pi" one day last week, has been reconsider
ed, and may yet pass ;—at all events, its friends
are in high spirits. The school bill is through
the House; and the General Appropriation
bill, the Revenue bills, the Rum bill, the In
clined Plane bill, and "stew more" dittos, will
no doubt be crowded on speedily. To pass
these, together with a legion of bank bills,
(they seem to be in ill luck ; ) and the Lord
knows how many Divorce cases, foreign and
domestic, besides numerous local bills, will
keep the legislature "us busy as nailers', dur
ing the remainder of the, session ; and, strange
too ! morning and afternoon sessionsll been
held regularly for a week past.
The present legislature particularly the
House is principally composed of young men,
(and I may add, six of them are practical prin
ters) and many of them have given full indi
cations of high intellectual capacities; while
several, if not more, have plainly proven them
selves apostles of the famous General Bun
combe. On the whole they are a very clever
sett, and it is a great pity that such fine, prom
ising young men, as many of them are, should
be sent here, where it does take a strong mind'
to withstand the "hundred and one" tempta
tions, which beset them on every side, calcu
lated to draw them from the paths of virtue,
and initiate them info the very vortex of vice
and dissipation.
Apropos.—Cards and Rum, two of hold Nicks'
greatest inventions, are in great vogue here ;
and many young men, who had better be "tied
to their mammies apron strings," to keep them
in check, are spenditg their leisurelours in de
baucheries,. the bare recital of which would
mantle in a blush the cheek of any moral man,
notwithstanding the recent creation of "Legis
lative Temperance Association." In fact, 'Leg
islative Temperance society breaths", has be
come a flash term in town, and is applied to all
who eni the fumes of Alcohol from their
throats.
A rich scene occurred in the House one day
last week Friday. The subject was to es
tablish an agency in Paris to facilitate the in
terchange of books, Mons. Vattemare to be the
agent. This matter had been up in the Senate
but they refused to do anything, so it was
brought into the• House, and the members had'
a right merry time of it. Speeches were made
by •Messrs. Hower, McCalmont, and others
against the agency, and Mons. Vattemare and
his French documents roughly handled, ridi
culed and culled about heartily—in short, like
Dogberr's man, the subject was "soundly pep
pered"; but the matter did'nt rest here. / The
cudgel was gallantly taken up on :he other
side, by Messrs. Swartzwelder, Fenlon and
others, and the way they, especially Mr. S.,
who by the way is a most active, good looking
and able member, walked into their affections
wasn't slow, I can tell you. All this occurred
late. in the afternoon, when member's stom
ach's felt very supperish, and numerous mo
tions were made to adjourn, but it "wasn't of
no use"; the play was begun and must be
ended; and the commotion in the house was
beautifillly. . disagreeable —.the moving to and
fro of members, the loud shattering, and the
'repeated raps of the Speaker's hammer, gave
the "ought to be" grave assemblage more the
appearance of a gathering of Bedlamites f than
sober law-makers. It was a rich scene, de
cidedly; but they are not rare.
I am, however, growing joo lengthy, and will
reserve the rest for another time.
THE RECLUSE.
Eleotions
Tito ((ohm tt.o pfti..tto t , tttotA rla•rcpt on 11 , e
:6 It to lill thr tlifTe.e ct ulfit•ri: in the col:
c•wint too firth' R. to Nora Hint 1,111
./ flew —Cimp•itti•le. Het r Diei,hat+; Judge.
i't.onne. Barr; A sr.e, or:J. r..epli B re er e
.0i P• • %Vahan' Lontraell. Daniel !fiery ;
Anti.l.l-flrtt. George flower, Jaer.b Moller ;
Suireivitaar, John Klrppiry rr . Pe?er Laraine!'
Andi'or. Jaye!, Barr, Clerk, Joseph Kier •ieger
Lethlehem.--Coult. Ch% en 11 earer ; Judge.
Philip Wor Asr•er•torr Ph. N. 11 nu tlring :
hista.ciore. (.hurler, Her 4 ,, VI erred. ;•
Ar.r,it.taNt AStVI.I , OIF. Leopold Muir+. Jofeldr' B.
J!hl er.; School .D,ree•or,, Ger rg.; Alr.rer, t ha.
Wea% t. Supervisor. Lem aid Frro.l. Davit.
Nle)'err• ; Andrior, Frederic Frankei,field ;CI. er.
J. Clever.
Hanover —CntiFtnl.lp. Get,rup S. tiler. F Hit.
, •er. vit. to a. ; Jut r .... F..., ~,-.1 (' Fltitt et :
As•-est•or. I L Ri :i t : I I-pee:ors; 'I tit tI.H
HPIII Pl 4. 5.,11 IP. ', S• :%.•,•-: ..,.1.....,.. ! ,,,, t A,.. 1 1..
•itre. I-at tFt {l.l, Geerge1........... •-• , F..•ht tI I it•
rectors, Jacob 13tisse, George Rreder ; Suret ‘I.
sors, Henry Hummel, Philip Snyder; Auditor,
Francrs Huber; Clink, Francis Huber.
Lower Sattcpn. Constaide,Georg e Alike! :
Judge, Isaac Oberle; Assessor, George R. Fet
ter; inspectors, Charles L. Kindig, Jacob Sny
der; Assistant Assessors, 4arles,Selcier, Peter
Leilb i jr.; 'Sohtasl •Directon3, John Stabler, John
Nicking ;. Supervioors,•Leonarti &Wert, Piyitt.
;faces: ,Tulip Opp, Samuel Schwarz; , .Auditor,
WihiudElikiltiiiliiiiikJoisiger
Protection to Agriculture. ' .
President Taylor, in his 'lnaugural Address,'
use's the following language •
!'lt shall be my study to . recommend sung
constitutional measures to Congress as may be
necessary: and proper to secure encotirage 7
ment and protection to the great interests of
Agriculture,•tommerce and Manufactures"'t
We are free to confess, that we are highly
gratified to find that President Taylor, in his
first official address, has thus emphatically:re+ ,
cognized 'the claims which the agriculturOl
terests halt upon the "encouragemenf'ami
protection" of the government; for if irlairaii 7
ger to our institutions were to look into - the
statue books to find out what were those inter
ests which were of sufficient importance to be
deemedCiorthy of the fostering care of the
general government, he could *not fail to.come
to the conclusion that agriculture was not 'one
of them. Washington, our first President, who
presided over the Convention which formed
the Constitution, did, in his first message, re
commend to Congress to take action in behalf
of Agriculture; but his recommendation was
of no avail, and from that day to this, little or
nothing has been done to advance the interests
or promote the welfare of Agriculture. Though
all are willing to acknowledge that agriculture
is the greatest of every other interests of the
nation—that it forms the foundation of all other
interests, still no representative in either branch
of the National Legislature, has had the cour
age or the justice to stand up and claim for
agriculture any specific grant or appropriation,
with the object of elevating the character of
American husbandmen—none to move an ap
propriation, either in money or in lands, to es
tablish State Institutions for the education of
the rural population of the country in the arts
and sciences connected with the cultivation of
the earth. This is the more provoking the
more mortifying—when the fact stands in bold
letters upon every page of our history, that
millions have been expended to encourage
other and minor interests. If the question
shoal be asked t—why have agriculturists been
thus proscribed ?—the answer is ready at hand
—it is, because they have been too listless, too
indifferent to their interests, to assert their
rights, or to demand justice at the hands of the
government. What their true policy is, 'is
most easily pointed out. They should at once
,get up memorials in every neighborhood, in
each State, respectfully asking for appropria
tions of the Public Lands, 'sufficient to estab
lish and sustain a sufficient number of institu
tions to educate the sons of every farmer and
planter in. the Union, who may elect to send
them there. —ln those institutions all the
branches of those of the arts and sciences
which may be applicable to the business and
purposes of agriculture, should be taught.
With such appliancer, American agriculturists
in a few years woultl be the most enlightened
body of men in the world—would comprise a
phalanx, in whose hands human liberty would
find champions as willing as competent to pro
tect and defend it ; for after all that may be
said and sung upon the subject, an enlightened
yeomanry is the surest bulwark against the in
roads of tyranny and oppression the only
bond of security fot a 'Republic is to be found
in the intelligence and virtue •of her sons.
American Farmer.
Sartain's Union Magazine.
We have received the April number of the
above invaluable periodical, : _antfare not reluc
tant in pronouncing it one of the best numbers
that the enterprising publishers have issued.--
It is embellished with two admirable and beau
tiful mezzotint engravings, the :12e1 urn from
the Warren" and "Esmerahla,;' besides a
number of other engravings, which contribute
greatly to enhance the beauty of the magazine
Its contents, prose and poetical, emanate from
the pens of the best writers in the country.
Q*- ft is announced, by request, in tho
Washington Whig, that all applications and
recommendations for the appointment of Mar
shals and District Attorneys must be Made
through the Home Dept;(meta, to which they
Properly belong.
A Useful Invention.
We had a:t opportunity yesterday of witness
ing a new and most important invention, from
the prolific mind of our fellow citizen, Mr. T
' S. Speakman, in the shape of a hydrant, which
allows no water to run to waste. It is, and
always has been, a subject of great complaint
on the part • at property nutters and tenants,
nn . the aaste wa er. a hielt is find its wit)
(abet% lane e‘ery time the hydrant is tf , et
srittiiiis the f noWittion aallr 01 at 4,
inakeske dednii. (11,ugse ea! le. tit (I un
heal hy. 4 4 r e:3.mm. Wt hu uptin a 'thin which
..tit tap,. tin, flit!). uts . I Mille el). Li a heti
(il a .4.1 1 . lie has it ehansl er u.
the bottom of his hydrant a valve umlernea.ll
This valve is . kept shut by the head of water.
A pi-ton, %%mkt' g is. aid el(11-eb to the
ehurni.er, opens the ‘3llll, 11101itilowa the wa
ter 01 Stilt. When her !islet. in (ittta 11 op, the
valve Owes. and a sullimency of room is lett
in the cliatol et to hold all the wdoer in the dis
einitging rife. whirl, is retained Mein until
toe 1.3 dor I is rty.tM I a •ed, u hen it flows
1.1110 it. , impliri y. cheapness, and
.In ions athilillalaes, .5 ii 3.111 favor mid i th e
ottl A, it alp tie loathu ly exhibi ed in a
11:1)^. v 0 nerd scaly say Io our read e r s , to
rim , ' t. nriporautily of exantini g ii•
for 01• m-elves. S.. says the Philadelphia Po
lice Gazette, of the 31. sill.
Sword to prn. Taylor. The Messrs. Ames
have manufactured, by order of the' Virginia
•
Legislature, a magnificent sword, to be presented
to Gen . . Taylor, for his, gallant , operations in
Mexico. The hilt is of solid gold,richly chased
the scabbard is of silver, thickly plated with gold,
and adorned with many gold..mountiags. The
whole embraces 1100 Q pennyweights of gold. 7—
The value of the sword is 111000, . , •
Worthy of Notice
Hydrophobia, says the Pottstown Ledger, has
of. late years become quite common among
the canine race and a preventitive of the dis
ease has often been sough for. A number of
our subscribers certify to the fact "that they
haveslinown instances where owners of dogs
hive had the "Worm," taken from under their
tongues, when' becoming read, (which is rare
ly the case) could neither bite ordo damage,"
and that "they also ~ helieve that when dogs
have underione.thiAperation, in many in
stances; they never become mad from the bite
of a rabid animal, they therefore take .great
pleasure, in recommending to all owers of val
uable dogs, to have L the"worm" taken out, as
a safeguard to the community, and a great se
curity against the losses of human and animal
life, occasioned by the spread of this fatal dis
ease, from time to time."
Population of the World. -
The last estimate of the population of the
world is as follows :
Asia,
Europe,
Africa,
America,
Oceanica,
Of this number there are
Heathen 600,600,000
Mahometans, 190,000,000
Jews, r 10,000,000
Roman Catholics, 130,000,000
Greek Church, 55,000;000
Protestant clenominations 4 62,000,000
By the above table it appears, that out of a
population of a thousand millions, the Christi
ans can claim but one-fifth of that inconceiva
ble number.
Courting with one Ear
A singular circumstance that happened quite
recently in this vicinity, has been related to us,
and as our informant has placed us under no in
junction of secrecy, we presume we are at lib
erty to tell it. A young man had been in the
habit, for some time, of paying his addresses to
the daughter of a wealthy though rather illiberal
Farmer, contrary to the desire of the latter, but
much to the satisfaction of the girl. Although•
repeatedly requested to "keep his distance" he
went there last Sunday, and after being in the
room a short time, the Father entered with a
gup, which he pointed at the lover and told him
he could now take his choice, either to lose his
life ,or one of his ears. The poor fellow was
half frightened to death by such an unexpected
salutation, and of course replied that he would
prefer parting with one of his ears; when the
old gentleman deliberately pulled a razor out of
his pocket, and in an in-tance one of his hearing
organs was severed from his head. As might
have been expected, this only increased the at
tachthent of the faithful . girl to her lover, who
declared that "she would have him any how,
whether he had one ear or two." The unlucky
swain will have the matter adjusted in our Court
of Justice, when the old fellow wilt probably
learn that, cutting off ears, beside being unlaw
ful, is a poor way to put an end to a courtship.:—
Easton A res.
Two of Our Apprentices.
. The Printers are a queer set of fellows. You
will And them any where and every where, in
all sort of scrapes and predicaments, but they
always have ingenuity enough to work their way
out. One of our d—l's started out a few years ago,
and after travelling over the Western • states
and sticking'type in various places, he joined a
corps of Kentucky volunteers and started for
Mexico—got sick on the road, laid several weeks
in•the hospital, was discharged and worked his
way back to New York on a vessel. He started
out again, and the last we heard of him, he was
preaching to the Indians. 800 miles above St.
Louis. Although not yet 20 years old, he has
taken a turn at studying law lecturing on Tem.
perance and making political speeches.
Another of our graduates went to the Mexican
war -- fought gallantly in a number of battles r
helped to print an American paper in the city of
Mexico, and returned unharmed. On the break
mg out of the gold fever, he started for Califor
nia, and is now printing a paper at Panama,
New Grenada, while waiting for avessel to carry
him to the gold regions. When he left, we gave
him good advice, a copy of the holy bible, Shake
peare's works and a revolver. We want him
to remember that he promisesd to fire us back
one of the barrels full of the precious dust.—ib.
Important to Thrnpike TravellersAt the Feb
ruary tertu of the Court in Montgomery coun
ty. the Judge decided that a turnpike company
tumid not recover toll of a traveller by shit.
spun his refusal to pay after he had been per
iiiiiieti to pato• through.a gate that the oily
on.imkoly power este- d Itl .the.e entipat 7
le the ptivilege ot closing the give upon
Imre refusing to pay. If this deeishai is to
-taint. Turnpike Lompailieri will tillolf be corn- .
erred to keep their gates closed all the time,
slid 'rinse •a passage mull
. the Traveller has
-.tinted over" the change..
Good SuggeWort. The Lancaster Extiminer
suggests that our L-gtslature ought forthwith to
pass an act
. makink all defalcations by public
officers, larcenies, and punishable as such in our
criminal courts. Hach an net would tio more to
prevent swindling than any other law that could
he made. or the two, it would be far better than
the present system of bonds of security—a sys.
tern that frequently proves no security at all
i
and bOth together would nder defalcations ofA
ex ceed inglx rare occurre .No honorable man
could object to such ala .. : ;
, Prize rghting t =A bill htis passed the Massa
chusetts Legislature, and been "approved by the .
Governor, rendering vier) , person who fights by
previous arrangements liable to 10 years impris
onment or $3,000 tine,
~Everyone who attends
such alfht, as aid, second or surgeon, or in any
way encourages and promotes it, quill be liable
to serve 5' yearn in the State Prison, or
,8 years
in the enmity .tail, or-to be fined $l,OOO. Any
One who leaves the State to fight.is.pnnishable
with 5 years imprisonment or $5,000. . ,
From Washington—Appointments
WASHINGTON, April 2, 1849.
Aleiander Ramsey, ex -member of Congtaai
from Pennsylvania, has been appointed Gover
nor of Minesota, in consequence of the declina
tion of Ex-Governoi Penningion.
Theilev.Robert Allen, of Kentucky, graduate
of the West Point Academy, and recently Profes
sor of Transylvania University, has been ap
pointed post-office agent at California, vice Wm.
Voorhees, removed. •
Gen. Wilson, of Missouri, appointed Navy
Agent at San Francisco,.
Wm. Squires, recently a large comributer of
Indian antiquities to the SmithSonian Institute,
has been appointed Charge des Affaires to Gau
temala, vice Elijah Hise.
Captain Payne, of Texas, has. been appointed
military storekeeper at Galveston.
It is also understood that Mr. Sherman has
been appointed U. S. Marshal of New Jersey, and
also that Mr. Stubbs has been superseded in the
State department by Mr. Butler.
A company of sixty-four persons have just left
in the cars via Baltimore, for California. They
called upon the President before leaving, and
met with the most cordial reception. An im
mense concourse of citizens assembled at the
depot to witness their departure.
The Hon. George Evans, of Maine, had his
first interview with the President to.day. He
has not yet concluded to accept of the Mexican
Commissionership tendered him, and it is thought
by those in his confidence that he will decline.
585,000,000
235i000,000
100,000,000
50,000,000
20,000,000
Legislative Proceedings.
HARRIBBOnO, April 4, 1849
On motion of Mr. Johnson, the Senate went
into executive session and unanimously con
firmed the nomination of John F. Ruhe as As
sociate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
'the county of Lehigh.
The Bill supplementary to the act relative to
lunatics and habitual drunkards, to the punish
ment, of Aldermen and Justices of the Peace,
deeds, of assignment, &c., was read a third time
and passed.
The bill for the partial restoration orate capi
tal of the Bank of Pennsylvania, was taken up
on motion of Mr. Diehl, and was read a second
and third time and passed. (The bill requires
the Bank to pay a bonus of four per cent, on the
capital stock re-instated.)
The bill for the recording of the deeds of
county Commissioners in the county where the
lands lie.
The joint resolution providing for an amend
ment of the Constitution to elect judges, was
considered and passed by a vote of 52 to 25.
Bread:duffs at Me West.— The stocks of wheat
at the West, and to be shipped eastward, now
that navigation on the lakes is resumed, is thus
estimated by the Buffalo Commercial Adverti
ser:—at Chicago, 620,000 bu.; Little Fort, 174,-
000 bu.; Southport, 360,000 bu:; Racine. 290,-
000 bu.; Milwaukie, 440,000 bu., and Michigan
city,so,ooo bu.; making a total of 1,940,000 bu.
The stock of flour at Buffalo is about 26,000
bbls.; at Chicago 16,000 bbls.: Southport, 10,-
000 ; Racine. 5,000 and Milwaukie, 38,000,
which may be increased one half, should millers
st
sent i freely before the first of May.
e—,
Band lls. The Pottstown Ledger says :
Next to dvertising in Newspapers, if not quite
of equ dvantage,is the circulation of business
cards and handbills. We have no doubt in our
mind that 'judicious advertising by circulating
business notices, nets the enterprising merchant
or business man of any kind, twenty times their
cost, in the increased sales they are • the means
of securing during the year. The grand secret
lies in keeping your location, your business and
your goods before the public. People will visit
those who do this, provided they understand
their business at the same time somehow or
other, just as naturally, as we would obey the
frequent invitations of a friend.
Lawrence County. This is a new county
lately formed out of parts of Beaver and Mercer.
The seat of justice is at New Castle, a thriving
and beautiful borough on the canal, containing a
population of over 2,000 souls.
7bmperance Victory in Vermont. The follow
ing is the official statement of the votes cast at
the recent election in Vermont for and against
granting licenses for the sale of ardent spirits :
For granting Licenses, 11,371, against grant
ing, 23,816. Majority for no License, 12,445.
Death of Ron. B. A. Bidlaek. -- We regret to
learn by an arrival at New York, limn N. Ore
nada, that the Hon. Benjamin A. Bidlack, the
American Charge de Affairs at Bogota, died nn
the 6th of January in an apopletic fit. Mr. Bid
lack was al prominent and infiu••ntial citizen of
Northern Pennsylvania, and for a number of
years represented the Luzerne district in Con
gress. His death was universally lamented by
the natives, and•those or his countrymen. r
ding at Bogota, as it will be also at home. Mr.
B. received his appointmeUt from President
Polk. .
''Since the above was in type. letters have
been received in New York, from Mr. Bidlack's
family contradicting the rumored death of this
gentleman, our Minister to Bogota. Me was in
good health six days after the date mentioned in
the report of his death.
Department of the interior.—The National In
ell igencer publishes the following notice, which
- s of considerable interest.
Applications to the Departruentof War for cop•
ies of the Pension Laws having become so nu
merous, ,we-arc requested to state that the. De
patiment has none for distributitm o nor has it
control over those authorized by- act of the last
Congress to be printed. • They are, together with
all the :business of the Pension and Indian do.
partments, transferred, try law, to thrDepartment
of the Interim;
.
Judge Langefreth.— We regret to learn, says
the Lancaster latelligencer, from reliable sources
that the health of Morris Longstreth, our excel
lent Canal Conttnisilotior, continues very feeble.
The latest icectants represent biro as in a very
precarious condition. • • ,
Gleanings from liksohanges.
"Hab you got the janders, Pete 1" De
white of your eyes am yeller as saffron." "Hush
your mouf of dose inzidious comparisons, Bam
bo. I'se got therKallatztfornia gold fever."
tar A negro beint.risked if he knew who E
Pluribus Unum was, replied : don't adzackly
know de gemmen myself, but reckon as how he
is one of 'em, as he hab his name on all de
drums."
IgrA bill to call a Cobvention to revise the
Constitution, has passed both branches of the
Legislature, and become a law.
IlairSome 3000 persons have crossed the Isth-
Mus since the California emigration commenced.
Fes' There are now in the penitentiary 'at
Blackwell's Island,l4oo convicts, •consisting of
400 white men, 300 black men, 200 black wo-
men, and 500 „while women. The prison is re•
markably healthy.
car. George W. McCulloh, was appointed
Postmaster at Fostburg, Allegheny cciuntY;Ma
ryland, vice John J. Keller.
Or Nine tons of Gold, or $4,500,000, it is re
ported in London, is coming home from the Cal•
ifornia gold region in the surveying brig. Pan-_
dora. The story created a great excite
the London change.
or Marrying a lady for her beauty, is like
eating a bird for its singing.
. _
rir Mrs.Bondry, of Morristown, N. Y., lately
gave birth to her seventh child. She is only IS
years old !
Marriage. -- 7 A gentleman, alking to a friend on
the subject of marriage, made the following ob
servation: first saw my wife in a storm t'
courted her in a storm ; was published to her in
a-storm; married In a storm; lived in a storm;
but, thank heaven, I buried her in pleasant
weather."
From Panama.
We have been permitted to make the fol
lowing extract from a private lettejr*ceiveril
in, this city, dated Panama,.February 18th.
From this it appears, that the Writer does not
find the expenses of living at all extravagant
and that he thinks much more favorable of
the Isthmus and the people thercofOlnw
some of those who have written frotii,tbat
region :
•
"I pay for my room fiftfcenta per day *
the same as in New York; beef steak, cof
fee and bread for breakfast, twenty-five cents;
dinner, about as much more; making about
1 dollar per day. The market I visited this
morning. Oysters, fresh fish and beef, are
cheaper than in New York. About 620
passengers have sailed from here to Califor
nia: I enjoy the climate beyond what I
can express, and am quite vexed at the sto
ries told about the Isthmus as to food; they
are false. Flour is $2O per barrel, and of
course bread is dear. The people here are
very kind and obliging. Some of their
priests stood at the doorof the Custom House
and gazed as religious services were per
formed in the Protestant way."---116.4t0n
Traveller.
Balloon. Ascension and Explosion.
At New Orleans on the 11th ult., M.
Victor Verdale, a Frenchman, announced
that he would ascend with his balloon at 4
o'clock, not as is customary, in a car, bet
attached to the balloon by a rope ; his "feet
to heaven, head to earth," and so ascending,
would perform some most wonderful feria!
feats, which he did. the afternoon was
exceedingly favorable for the daring wren
aut, but an accident occurred as he started
which placed him in great danger ' as the
event showed. It seems that when all was
ready for the ascent, and the word was giv
en to let go, a rent of some four feet was
made in the balloon by getting foul of a post.
The gas commenced escaping, the balloon at
the same time rising majestically, and Ver
dale going through his novel 'performances.
to the great delight of the assembled.multi
tude.- The balloon did not rise, to a very
great height, but went off steadily in a north
ern direction, the gas all the time making
its escape. On arriving over the Ponchar
tain Railroad, third Municipality, horrible
to relate, the balloon exploded, and precipi
tated him . to the earth from a distance of
7000 feet I and what is more astonishing he
was not the least injured. He owes his
miraculous escape of death .from a rose bush
in the garden where he landed. The wind
being very strong the balloon was in a mea
sure kept up in such a manner as to break
the fall.
[This is the greatest feat of ground and
lofty tumbling, in the annals of the flights of
fancy, of fortune.
Col. Eremont—Sania Fee.
Br. Loris, March 30, 1849.
We have received news from Santa Fe
to the 25th of February. Colonel Fremont
had arrived there on his way to California,
taking Cook's route. He lost eleven men
in the mountains from the severity, of the
tv, ether. We have only three of•the names
—Wise of St. Louis, and King and Preup
•~ of Washington. The name of tfil) latter
will be recollected as having been frquent
ly mentioned by Col. Fremont, in • the narra.
titre of his first expedition. . . •
Col. Fremont did not read the top of the
mountains from the vicinity of Which the
last accounts received by Col. &liken lett
him. He was compelled :to retire to the
valley where the snow feint) the depth of
thirty or forty feet, covering up"all his out
fit and killing all his Mutes. He then left
thii valley and made his way thinugh, the
hills, from whence he sent out a party to ob
tain reliefand return within a stated period.
Not doing so, Col„Fremont started after and
overtook them in six days. fie
reached Taco, and the survivors of hiti party
sent to their assistaneo, arrived at that
point. After they had sufficlerftly recover
ed from the fatigues' thiy - had
,nndergone,
Col. Fremont was supplied with another
ootfit by the Quartermaster and Coleraine
ry, and resumed his route to
Lieut; Betillwas last heard from* Bowe
n°. , Ho wassgettint oi . withotkditticolty.
and ,will prebalfly:be in California' within
'thirty days. 2 ,
P.
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