qthe Lehigh ilegister.
Allentourri, Pa.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1849.
Circulation near 2000.
V. B. PALMER, Esq., N. W. corner of Third
:and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, and 169 Nas
rsau 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. '
A Plea for Business Enterprise.
We last week took occasion to enumerate in
general terms niany of the favorable peculiari
ties that are centered in this county particularly,
85 well as this part cif Pennsylvania generally.
We resume our pen again this week to oiler
some further considerations with regard to the
same, subject ; and in doing so we depart from
our intention of addressing you on another thing
which you may recollect, we considered of still
more importance than the one now in course
•of deliberation.
Is there one among us who is not eager to
obtain a respectable portion of this world's
goods, to be able to meet any emergency that
_fortune may cast up, and to live as honorably
as any of our neighbors? Are we not devo
ing all our energies to this great end, some
one way, some another ? There can be but
one answer to this question yes. Then let
us ask another. Should we not strive to ac
complish this object by the most direct Means,
that is, by applying labor and capital in such
a way as to produce the greatest benefit? We
will presume to answer this question too—yes.
We are led to ask Mill another. Do we with
our active capital and labor produce the great
est results that can be effected? We answer,
no. It is a great mistake with some people
who consider that if they labor industriously,
perseveringly and prudently, it is all that is re
quired to succeed. A man does not, nor can
not always succeed with merely making a
machine of himself. We live in a bustling,
improving age; the World is continually mak
ing some advance in knowledge, and contiu
ally-changing its-manners,—customs-and-ideas,-
and' if we do not wish ultimately to be left com
pletely in the lurch and be reduced to a condi
tion little befitting the 'citizens of, a country
where this stride onward is so super-eminent
over all others. Yes, you •farmers of Lehigh,
you lords of the soil, wake up,- gird your ar
mor on and prepare to regenerate your native
region with regard to the lack of enterprise.
Why, there is the west, with its gigantic forests
to level, new roads to make, a country to peo
ple, and unhealthiness to Contend against,
which steals entirely ahead of us.
Now we have every advantage on our side.
Our forest's are cleared, our roads are scattered
in every direction, our country is thickly pop
ulated, our land is fertile, we have plenty of
sites for mills, man ufactories &c., and an abund-
.ance of native materials to fabricate into any
required articles; yet we let them all lie com
paratively useless. In fact we often think that
persons who leave their comfortable homes in
the east to seek a precarious fortune at the
west,more than three out of four times miss their
aim, if comfort and enjoyment be their aim.—
The mere circumstance of good land being
cheap does not obviate the difficulties a settler
has to contend with in a new country. If land
is cheap, it, is because there are so many ob
stacles to success, so that the man that pays
.ese dollar the acre there, is not better pecuni
• roily circumstanced, than he who pays one or
twe hundred dollars the acre here. There a
-wellcultivated farm is as high and often higher
:in value than the same quantity of land in the
sametendition Would be in the eastern section
of the country. But that ought not to be. It
shows that enterprise is more vigorous in the
puny child than in the grown up man.
Pennsylvania is not behind any stale in the
uinion hi the development of her internal re
sources. .Her. mines are being ransacked for
their products . ; tnanttfactories and furnaces are
thickly plamen over her surface ; she poteebse,
the iteeot,d city in importance in the union,
and the next'to the blest iinpoilant canal that
channels the eardi (It ytTe. nrA me.rica ; while
there is but one !'i::rh•zrit is this hemisphere.
and that lies in her territory. Now we pun•
sessing a section as rich in, natural advantage'.
as any portion of her territcay, %%that is there to
prevent us from turning them to as good an tic:
count as the rest of the state?
In our last we observed that a r,•tilroad lead.
ing from this borough to one or either of our
great cities was aconvenient first step to other
enterprises of a businesskind. Easton, ,we be
lieve; will soon be linked to New York by . • the
` bond of iron friendship. How easy it is to p,"O
- the route - even to our town ! There
capital enough in this county lying 'indisposed
of to construct several such roads; but if there
were not, Eastern,capitalists w ould be easily
induced to embark their funds in the scheme.
Ale ottrilarmers afraid of another 'Beach swin
dle? Let them then takri the matter in their
own hart ds ;.. it needs oniya foe , int) uentird and
trustworthy spirits •to act, in order to set the
wheels mgoing. It is well known that the ter
minus of a railroad is more benefitted than any
place through which the road may pass. Now
shall we eispinely lie still and.see our neigh
boring borough and its vicinity reap the,whole
advantage to be gained by this rail-road? We
liope net • we hope that. there will be some
ono, .or more persons in whom our citizens
hay confidence to move its the matter and
cause an effort to be made at least. •
We shell continue next week this series of
artielos'• on a/ - irubje'ct differing from this, yet
haVing the same' end in view, viz: the im
proYetinetit of onrsectims of the country.
Since writing the above we have been fur
nished with the following items by a gentle
man whose position entitles him to the high
est credit, items which may not be uninterest
ing to our readers.
"From the best data that can be obtained, the
agricultural exports are estimated at not less
than $600,000, consisting principally of wheat
and flour.
"There are two establishments forthe manu
facture of pig iron, in which anthracite co l is
used. One of them the 'Crane vrotkl,' has
three furnaces, and the other, the 'Allentown
Iron works,' has two.
"There are also two furnaces in the county
in which charcoal is used.
"The quantity of pig metal manufactured
annually amounts to about 27,000 tens, which
at $25 per ton comes to $675,000
"Iron ore is' found in a large portion of the
lime atone formation of the county, and if there
were a market for it, more than double the
quantity now consumed, would be employed.
"The population now probably is over 30,-
000, and fixing the number of sq. miles at 390,
it would average little more than 76, individu
als to each square mile. • •
"There are a large number of flouring mills
in the county, no less than six or seven being
within one mile of Allentown."
We have also learned that the elevation of
Allentown above the Delaware at Easton, is
less than 100 feet, which would fix the average
grade ofa riitroad from here to that place at
less than six feet.
The Weather.
The equanimity of Spring was much dis
turbed on Sunday last, by a rude assault of re
tiring winter. The winds, furious perhaps at
the restraint which old Eolue was beginning to
exercise over them, endeavored to resist perog
ative, and howled and raged most vehemently,
making out-door business very unpleasant.
Railroad Meeting
A very interesting meeting was held at the
Board of Trade room, Philadelphia, on the 10th
inst.; to listen to an exposition in favor of an
important project for the promotion of trade of
Philadelphia. It was urged that It is perfectly
feasible for Philadelphia to compete with New
York for the rade of the N. York and Erie rail
road by constructing a railroad from Trenton up
to Portlervis, at Carpenter's - Point: — This road
would also be valuable as opening a new
means of transportation for the coal of the Le
high and the Wyoming Valley, by means of a
connection with the railroad up the Lehigh.
The distance from Trenton to Port Jervis is 117
miles, without undulations and without grades
higher than 6 feet to the mile—all the grades
descending toward Philadelphia. The cost of
the improvement is estimated at 1,500,000.
This project is an important one to this sec
tion of country and our citizens should at once
make such exertions that tend to promote its
furtherance. A connection with this road if com
pleted would give us a convenient market to both
great cities.
General Blanufkoturing Bill
In the House on Wednesday last a week,
the General Manufacturing Bill, which had
been lost a few days before and reconsidered,
was again taken up on final reading, and pass
ed by a vote of 52 to 37. We congratulate our
readers upon the passage of this bill, which,
we confidently believe, will give.such an im
petus to miumfacturing enterprise as will great
ly benefit our state, so rich in every thing ne
cessary to make us great, prosperous and hap
py. The developement of these resources
need encouragement only, and that this bill
will give. The passage of the bill is creditable
to the Legislature. It opens a new era in
Pennsylvania, and is one of the best laws ever
passed in the Commonwealth.
Great Surgical Operation
Prof. Washington L. Atlee, of the new Penn
sylvania Coif ege of Ali:divine, says the Penn
sylvanian, perfortneal an operation on the 15th
ult., Which stamps him at; one of the ablest
Surgeons of the day. The operation was per
formed in the presence of vend em in en phY
,.kians. The tumor consis;ing, of the right
ovary, ras of a solid fibrous stocture. and im
move.tbly a::ached to the bones o! the Peivis•
It weighed and measured around its
largest dicortiterence 5 feet 3 Maws, its
smallest 23 inches, being the largest fibrous
tumor removed by this operation. 'The inci
sion through the walls of the abdomen, neces
sary to remove it, was 15 inches in length.
The patient aged 29 years, a married lady, and
a mother of lour children, is now considered
out of danger, no symptom having occurr
ed to iyrafere with her rapid recovery.
A mixture of cloroforra and ether was used to
an extent to destroy the sensation of pain, but
not consciousness. This is the first time this
operation has been performed in Philadelphia.
—Lan. Tribune.
.Appointments.—Bowen Switzer has been ap
pointed U. S. Attorney for the Western `District
of Perolsylvania.
.Alezaoder Irvine, of Pennsylvania. to be Mar-
shal for th.e Western District.
Aaron L. J.luister has been appointed Post Mas
ter at Pottstomo.
Michael Hay, Post Master at York, Pa
James Miller, • do. Mauch Chunk.
Joseph Daldridge, do. Hollidaysburg.
The in the Illciuntains.—On Sunday last, some
persons set fire to the woods ;n several places
on the Mountains. The fire ra'ed with great
fury throughout th'e afternoon MO night, de
-4lroying an immense amount of timber and
cord wood. Iteominued without abatement up
to the time of going to press.
IN' We publish in another column of to•days
paper, the prospectus of that invaluable periodi
cal, ..The Pitttlithp the Loom, and the Aftvil."
National Prosperity.
True patriotism cannot be sectional finite
character. The interests of town, county or
State are not of sufficient magnitude to con
fine the love of his country to exertions in their
behalf. The welfare and prosperity of the
whole Union ought to be the first and greatest
desire of every American; and his earnest en
deavors should be constantly directed to the
furtherance of that object.
The most certain method of insuring the
prosperity of a nation is by diffesing education
among the masses, and taking measures to se
cure to every citizen the opportunity to labor
and the enjoyment of the comforts of life
through the work of his hands. "A fair day's
wages for a fair day's work," is a good maxim,
and one worthy the consideration of all who
desire to see the condition of men elevated,
and the rights of individuals respected. The
only means by which so desirable a result can
be attained is through the enactment of such
laws as shall tend to develnpe the resources of
a country not by festering one branch of in
dustry at the expense of another, but by such
measures as shall alike promote the interests
of the Manufacturer, the Merchant. the Me
chanic, the Farmer and the Laboring Man.
This is the doctrine advocated by Americans
and on which they base their argument for a
protective Tariff:
The necessity of educating the people to
make them gond and useful citizens, has be
come so clearly manifest to every thinking
man that he who opposes the dissemiriation of
knowledge among the people is now looked
upon as being a century or two behind the age.
New England has been mare prominent
in her measures • to afford to all of her
children the means of acquiring knowledge,
and the effects upon the social, moral and phys
ical condition of her inhabitants, as contrasted
with those of some other parts of the country,
is a strong evidence of the utility of such edu
cational measures. The people are hardy, in
dustrious and intelligent, and the homes of N.
England are places of comfort and happiness
which many or their fellow countrymen do
lint possess,
° though they may, and in many
cases en enjoy natural advantages far superior
to those of their Yankee brethern.
lint the people of the Eastern States'. also far
excel those of all other sections of the country
in their manufactures. The soil of New Eng
!arid is probably - less - favorable - to agricultural
pursuits than that of any other part of the Uni
on, and yet, in proportion to their extent of
territory, these are among the most productive
of the Union. The reason of this is that the in
crease of manufactures sustains an additional
population who must be fed. A stimulus had
by this means been given to agricultural inter
est, and every available acre of soil is being
put into requisition to raise products for the
home market. New hands are employed in
raising these products, as many of those who
were formerly engaged in farming have left
that business to work in the factories With
the prosperity of manufactures and agriculture
has come an additional activity in all other
branches of business. The Merchant, the Me
chanic and the Laborer feel the beneficial ef
fects of this system, and every man in such a
community has the opportunity to labor and re
ceive a reward for it in the necessaries and
comforts of life.
So has it been, and so should it now be. in
our own State. Within the last feW years
there have been erected in Pennsylvania ma
ny iron works, furnaces, forges, rolling mills,
&e: The mining of coal has also grown to be
one of the greatest branches not only of State
but of national industry; and just in proportion
as these have increased in extent and magni
tude, has been the increase of activity in all
other pursuits. When, from the effect of hasty
legislation, their prosperity has been checked,
the whole community has suffered; *hen they
have been fostered and encouraged, all have
received advantage from it. The Tariff of
1842 did much to benefit the interests of the
S ate and country. The Tariff of 1846 threw
open our pons to the influx of foreign corn
m oci;:;ea, inn! put a cheek Opp the rapidly in
e,easine man nfac: u ring business of (he Union - .
To be intiepetlet,t of others—to rely on self,
is the most certain means of individual success.
To encourage Home Industry, create home
markets and thus supply the wants of our citi
zens by the labrir of their countrymen. each in
his way serving his neighbor, thus depending
on ourselves to supply our actual necehearies,
and then selling the surplus to inhabitants of
other Notiniries, receiving their products in ex
change, is one of the most certain means of se
curing D i :Ewen:ll Prosperity. The good and'
wise of our o nuntry should therefore spare no
exertions to brit.% about a better condition of
things in our Jaen:ll7es, relying upon the facts
that by benefiting theat a .timulus is given to
every kind of business.
Col. Fremont—Col. Benton is said to be pre
paring for publication an account of the suffer
ings of Col. Fremont and his party, from f.naterial
furnished in a letter from the gallant leader him
self. Some of the details are too horrible fo:
publication. The whole blame for the disasters
is thrown upon the gitide, who though well recom
mended prove 3 utterly unfit for his duty. The
reports of the privations of the party and the
survivors being compelled to feed upon the bodies
of their dead companions are confirmed.
CPA portion of the ailler' gang from Philadel
phia, completely invaded Schuylkill County on
Sunday last. They were 30 in number. and
commenced the work of depredation in &hay!.
kill Haven, on Sunday night, by assaulting'
houses with stones, breaking in doors. windows,
etc., and dragging people out of bed. A number
of cilizens were brought obi by these proceed
ings, and during the melee which ensued, one of
the .-11(1 lera" was severely injured ►yr a shot
from a pistol. A number of the rowdies were
arrested and sent to the Orwigsburg Jail, wherp
they will remain until neit Coon. .
Live and Manners in Congress.
A writer in the National Era, gives the fol
lowing amusing picture of life and manners
in Congress. He says: "Perhaps no peo
ple have a keener sense of the ridiculous
than the Americans. It is perilous for a spea
ker in the House of Representatives to venture
upon the pathetic. A member of ample di
mensions, bluff, merry looking face, and with
out a particle of pathos in his manner, while
engaged the other day in a very earnest dis
cussion of the slavery question, which he
handled wtth spirit and ability, was so - unlucky
at one time as to attempt aclimax on the epos
.tacy of the times. He managed very well un
til he came to put on the top-stone, but there
he fell flat. "When," said he, "I see" so and
so, proceeding to•enumerate some monstrous
evils, "it makes me feel melandioly." So un
expected was this ending, and so oddly did it
contrast with his broad good humored face,
that the whole House broke eut- in a roar of
laughter, some of them saying, "Oh, sad!"
Such little passages do good, especially
when exciting questions are up. Men will
never do much mischief so long as they are in
the laughing mood. Hearty laughter has a most
mellowing influence.
The Hinohman Case.
The Court at Philadelphia has been engaged
for a long time in the case of Hinchman vs.
Ritchic,et al. This is one of the strangest trials
on record. It appears that the relatives of Hincb
man, including his wife, mother and several oth
ers, in view of depriving him of this rightful title
to his own property, endeavored to justify a plea
of insanity against him. The plea was so redicu
loas in its nature, that in order to sustain it at all,
they were obliged to resort to the most trivial and
foolish assertions ever brought before Court. The
suit was prosecuted by the Plaintiff against them
for unlawfully confining him in a madhouse,
and for depriving him of the rights, privileges,
&c., to which, as owner of his property, he was
justly entitled.
David Paul Brown, for the Plaintiff, summed
up the pleading in his usual eloquent and arga
mentive way.
The basis of the argument adduced by the de
fendants counsel was that their respectability
was such as to warrant them from doing wrong.
The Court Met at 10 o'clock, on Saturday last,
for the purpose of receiving the verdict of the
jury. The names of the jurors being called,
they all answered. The sealed verdict was then
handed to the Court, and the Judge looked at it
and then handed it back to the Foreman of the
jury to read.
The verdict is as follows: The jury find
against Samuel S. Ritchie, Edward Richie, John
M. Whited, John Lippincitt,,John L. Kite, Geo.
M. Elkinton and Elisabeth ft. Shoemaker, and
assess the damages at $lO,OOO.
This verdict is a just one and very generally
approved of.
Phil. M. E. Conference
The following are the appointments recently
made for .heading District' which embraces Al
lentown and other towns in the vicinity. •
N. Heston has been appointed to Old Chester
Wilmington district.
The towns and circuits in the northern part
of this Co. belong to the Oneida conference.
Rev. E. Miller. Presiding Elder. Ebenezer
Church, Reading, Rev. G. Oram ; St. Peter's,
Reading, J. Y. Aseton ; First Church, Pottsville,
R. Gerry; Second do.; do., T. S. Johnson; Port
Carbon, H. E. Gilroy; Schuylkill Valley, Wm.
Watson; Tamaqua, G. D. Brown; Schuylkill
Haven, J. A.Turner ; Minersville, P. Hallowell;
Tremont, E.G. Asay ; Mauch Chunk, H. Sutton ;
Easton, W. Barnes; Allentown, D. R. Thomas:
Richmond, P. J. Cox; Stroudsburg, M. H. Sisty;
Stoddartsville, S. G. Hare : Halifax, D. Gray;
Dauphin, U. R. Crooks; Harrisburg, P. Hodg.
son; Lebanon, G. Quigley and J. Welsh; Potts
town, J. C. Thomas and J. E. Meredith ; Nor
ristown, M. C. Murphy; Phoenixville, A. R. Cal.
laway; Bethel and Evanburg, J. Hand.
Feeling in Canada
Preliminary meetings have been held in Mon
treal for the organization of a national conven
tion of the two Canadas, to take into considera—
tion the present condition of those colonies, and
the propriety and necessity of changing their ex
igting form of government. This convention, as
we learn from a correspondent of the Herald, will
consist of a certain number of delegates, equal in
numerical strength to the present House of As
sembly, and to be elected, as the latter now are,
by the suffiages of various cities, counties, and
boroughs, at present to eligible to return return
representatives to Parliament. The convention
is to meet at some central point in the Province;
Kingston is considered as the place most likely
to be selected. They will take into considera
tion the affairs of the Province, and report there
on to their constituents—leaving it with the peo
ple what course to pursue.. Their first act it is
supposed, will be to petition the Queen to with
hold her assent from the "Rebellion Losses Bill."
Then a contest wilL spring up between those ad
vocating a federel union of all British America
and those for annexation to the United States.
Halifax and St. Juhn,s, it is said, are favorable
to annexation. The Convention has been styled ,
the "British League." Such excitement prevails.
in Montreal since the arrival of the last steamer,
in consergence of the inquiry instituted in the
House of Commons relative to the Rebellion
Losses Bill. Th. remarks of the London Times,
recommending the loj'al inhabitants of the colts,
ny to make the best of the matter, and submit to
the chances, is universally condemned.
Grafting.
Crafting on Cherry Shrcka.-'—Gratling the cher.
ry fruit trees is now preferred to budding. The
operation should take place in March rather than
April, as it is fouud to succeed better. But
March has been so Cold 'that no time is yet lost.
Much care is requisite to bind the limb and the
inserted scion, and a very sharp knife, ii. needed
to prepare the scion and to make smooth the two
lips that are terhold it.
E2' G en . J. A Quitman, is the Democratic nom•
ineefor Governor 14 Nissianipl4.
Trift of the Yankee.
In perfectly good humor. the Tuscaloosa Mo
nitor, of the 11th inst.,.has given the following
pungent and inimitable sketch;
A mountain of granite appears rather a tough
subject to deal with, yet a Yankee will burrow
in its bowels, and lo ! the granite becomes gold
in the vaults of the Commonwealth Bank in
Boston. A pound of • ice presents a cheerles
and chilly prospect to the eye, but the Yankee,
nothing daunted, will heave up its chrystal mas
ses, and straightway the ice glitters in diamonds
upon the bosom of his rosy-cheeked spouse.—
Wherever. the Yankee layette down his hand,
gold springeth. Into what soil soevcr be trusteth
his spade, gold sprouteth therefrom. In the dim
twilight, by his chimney corner, he Bluetit medi
tating, and thoughts chase one another through
the brain, which thoughts are gold. Various they
are, it may be in form and seeming. One is but
a gridiron, another a baby-jumper, and a third a
steam-engine, but he writeth them all down in
the patent office at Washington, and then putteth
them in his pocket in good golden eagles from the
mint at Philadelphia.
But your genuine Yankee coineth not merely
his own sagacious conceits ; the follies, the fears
and the errors of othera,.are moreover gold to
him. He fabricate th mermaids and sea-serpents,
and locketh up in his iron chest heaps of golden
credulity: He manufactureth a pill of chalk and
wheaten bread, which he warranteth to cure
asthma, hydrocephalus, epilepsy and Yellow fe
ver, and presently buildeth him a great house on
the .
banks of the Hudson. When a sudden deli
seizeth all the world; prbmpting them to
emigrate in floods to nowhere, he quietly mus
tereth his fleets of transports for that destination,
or buildeth a railroad in that direction regardless
of what is at the other end, and putteth the pass
age money in his pocket. He erecteth to him
self no castles in the air, but he diligently aideth
his neighbor to build the same,and out of the pro
ceeds grow up to him presently castles upon the
earth. Such is the modern Midas—the Midas
without the long ears—the cool acute, sagacious,
calculating Yankee.
Pennsylvania Iron.—The Danville (Pa.) Dem
ocrat makes the following note of the production
of an extensive Iron Furnace in its vicinity:
"Furnace Nil. 4 of the Montour Iron Works, at
this place, was put in blast about the last of De
cember, 1848, and has been in uninterrupted op-
eration ever since. During the first three months,
it has produced in pig metal and castings, actu
ally weighed off, the extraordinary quantity of
1524 tons, .a - considerable portion of which was
No I. 'lron—thus averaging about 118 tens per
week for the whole time. The furnace is not
one of the largest class of Anthracite furnaces
now in operation in this country, but is only 14
feet across the boshes."
lmmigrants.—The number of immigrants who
arrived at New York during the months of Jan
uary, February, and March were 26,716—being
an increase on the arrivals during the same pe
riod last year, of 11,389.
Railroad Sold.—The Hagerstown (Md.) News
of Wednesday says:—That portion of the Frank.
lin Railroad lying in this county, between this
place and the Pennsylvania line, was, sold by
Sheriff South to Col. Schley, of this place; for
$6OO. It is about six miles of the road, the
construction of which cost about $20,000 per
mile.
Agricultural School.—The committee of the N.
York Legislature, to whom the subject
,was corn_
milted, have reported in favor of the establish
ment of an Agricultural School in that State.
The Committee propose that fi Boord of Commis
sioners shall be appointed by the Governor, who
shall mature a plan for the establishment and
management of an Agricultural College and Ex
perimental Farm with estimates of expenses, dtc..
and submit the same to the next Legislature.
Siamese Ilvins.—The Siamese Twins, who have
been living some years with wives and children,
on their own plantation in North Carolina, are
said to be on their way to New York to embark,
for Europe, with a view to consult the most em
inent surgeons on the practicability of an opera.
tion to divide the ligament that binds them togeth.
er. It is further said that one of their sisters had
been adopted into the family of the Emperor of
Siam.
Lehigh Coal Saip. —The President of the Le
high Coal & Navigation company has given no
tice that,in consequence of the recent passage,
by the Legislature, of an "act to restrain corpo
rations from issuing obligations redeemable og.h
erwise than in gold and silver," which act is al
leged to have been especially designed to pre
vent the issue, in compliance with the expressed
wishes of their creditors,. , of coal e:Effifieates,"
the issue of said certificates is suspended.
Connecticut Legislature.—The last accounts
make the political complexion of the Connecticut
Legislature as follows. House—Whigs, 106 ;
Democrats, 107; Free Boilers, 8 ; no choice 1.
Senate—Whigs, 13 ; Democrats, 7 ; Free Boilers,
I. Joint ballot—Whigs, 119; Democrats, 114;
Free Boilers, 9. No phoice. 1.
Further Suaperwion of Coal Shipnants.—The
colliers of Schuylkill county help an adjourned
meeting at Pottsville, which was numerously at•
tended. The tollowiut resolution was adopted
by acclamation:
Resolved, That tbe suspension of our coal abip•
meets be onntira e d until the committee on the
state or tradti recommend a resumption of the
'awe,
New York Charger Election.— The election on
Tuesday week, in New York resulted in the suc
cess of the Whigs by over four thousand ma
jority. Caleb 8. Woodhull has been elected
Mayor, and the Whigs have a majority in both
branches of the Council.
Cough Syrup.—Take Thoroughwort, Hoar
hound and Pennyroyal, of each a good handful,
and boil them in just waterenough to extract the
strength; that' strain off the liquor, and add an
equal quantity of molasses, and boil until is forms
a candy. Eat freely of this every tin;te an incLi•
nation to cough is Kelt, and your cougb vial ilooft
leave you..
Gleanings from Exchanges.
Cr The Governor has appointed D. R. Lesen.
of Kutztown, an aid, with the rink of Lieutenant
Colonel.
IC3►' The honor of an honest man, as far as
dollars and cents goes, dies when he dies—there•
fore honorable conditions in writing.
Wile that hath more knowledge than judg
- ent, is made for another maa's use rather than
his own.
Mr Never marry without love, nor love with
out reason:
Ir A clear conscience is sometimes sold for
money, but never bought with it.
Irir 4 .The Wilmington Blue Hen's Chicken
says, that the Legislature of Delaware *was
characterized by two strong and predominating
principles—the lore f run and the hale of nig
gem"
rif We have seen it stated that an excellent
remedy for hoarseness, coughs, and easel of in
cipient consumption, is horse•Kadisli,
,nut into
small pieties and chewed in the mouth. '
rir A law was passed during the late session
of the Legislature of New Jersey, ineteasing the
pay of petit jurors from 75 cents to one dollir per
day.
rir The cholera cases are decreasing in New
Orleans.
re Portsmouth (Ohio) has voted nearlyistum.,
imously to subscribe $75,0000 to the Scioto Val
ley Railroad. Individuals of the place have sub
scribed $25,000 more.
ti 'One thousand gallons of wine of the Ca•
tawba vintage have been made at Herman, Mo.,
this season, from grapes raised on a lot of Mai
than one acre.
I 126" Economy is not part of the French Re
publican creed, if we may judge from the pay
of the President, who receives $660 per day.—
The Constitution fixes his salary at $lO,OOO pee
month, but the assembly has voted an addi
tional sum for entertainments.
rir The Postmaster General has now on file
7000 applications for pest-officers-880 for site
ations in the Department at Washington, and 71
for Riding Agents ; six being the number em
ployed. There are some 16,000 post-officers in
the United States.
Gen.itiP Taylor, it is said, intends to observe
the rule of Washington in excluding his own
kindred from the enjoymeht of executive par
tiality in the dispensation of the public patronage.
re An Invention has been patented io Eng
land by which steam engines, in full play, ear
be stopped almost instantly.
la' "If I was one of the great city traders."'
said a country, youth, "I shoilld be ashamed to•
keep advertising one single trio fur California;"
shovels is better, and they might as well adver.-
tise a thousand on 'em while they are about it.
tarn is now said that the rocks in California
are solid gold. One has been so large that io
took a dozen yoke of oxen to turn it over. The
Mormons claim it as their own, and undertaker
io prove by a.passage in Jeremiah, that it is their
heritage.
A Boston Notion.—Some of the clergymen in
Boston, it is raid, preach in kid gloves.—ExcAt.
(xty. In preaching against the devil, they
ought always "to handle him without gloves."
tar A woman, named Mary Edwards, (ward--
ed,) and a man, named B. French, (also marri—
ed,) eloped from &haylkill county, on last
Monday lxiorning, both leaving families behind
them. They took the cars to Philadelpeia.
larThe Louisville Journal says, it is supposed`
that five thousand persons will leave Fort Smith
some time this month for California.
rirA woman that loves to be at thc,window,.
is like a bunch of grapes on the highway.
The Hollow Horn.—We find in an exchange•
paper the following cure for this disease:
Indigo made fine, and put in the hollow of
the head, close behind the horns, by cutting a.
small place through the skin, say half in incls
long, and causing it to mix with the blood, ie
said to be a certain cure. Poke root washed.
and rolled in salt, given to the cow to eat three
or four times a week, is another curs. Two
pieces of the root, about two inches owls Ira
length at a time will do. If the cow will not
eat it, which is sometimes" the ease, boil it
down to get the strength, and give it in slop
well salted.
Mind Your Buainess.--It is common' . • vice, but
not the less judicious. Who hu no follies
enough to answer for, withskprying into his
neighbor's affairs± Is there a man living who
has not been imprudent at least once in hts lifs
What if that imprudent step were whispered to,
the world? Would it be just I Then se* net t
to uncover the concealed fact. Mind rotor own,
affairs, and look into your own hearksad if yolk
have not crimes and follies sinuses to sttursg%
for, here's our Ined for a footba,U.
.4 Great Nursery.—Perbap,s the, largest nurse%
ry in the world is DeoOs's. in Holstein, one ot
the Danish provincea, It consists, of 050 kW*.
died and eighty acres. and Ilentetee on an eicr.i
ewe one hundred and thiWy, 'Arnie ! twisty won
men to cultivate it, Zighty pAckere are em...
ployed daring the packing season. The average
profit far the last thirty years, bas been 105.00%
arinaally. though at one time, for twelve years ;
the sate of dahlias alone netted 140,000 per att,
num, and to which eleven acres are still dere - deli,
Some rare Orchideons plants sell for 4400saohi
Of this family ofplants. they have tWp tboultatatk
varieties, and two thousand of the dahlia. Tho
collection of ornamental trees is enormous.
Cam. "Peter, Peter, I lea ; taid," 'aid a hula
clarity to his brother, one day, as they were dig.
ging over a heap of manure, •
•
."Where. am he, „inalu
..Why, right dar, don't you see 401 . Peter "
"No, I doesn't see 'int I strike him wid de hoe:"
Joe bit the toad a crack, which brought !me!
to the ground.
"Oh ! you fool, oe 1 41 was say toe; i gef4
dat all de time."
Mallon., in 049.—Yirginia, April 114; Nem
Hampshire, Juno ; North Carolina, Angus; I
Tennessee, August 4 ;Alabama, August 6 ;lowa,
Angust 6; Kentuoky,August 6; Maryland, Ooto.
berg , • Louiliapa, November 61 MissisaillelsNps
vernher 5; Texas, November 1. •
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