felll9ll Ucgister.
Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1849.
REMOVAL!
The office of the Lehigh Regis
ter has been removed to the build
ing formerly occupied by Mr. C.
Mohr, 'tobacconist, on Hamilton
street, first door east of the Ger
man Reformed Church, where our
friends will always find us on hand,
to attend to their wishes. Job work
of every description will be neatly
executed at the shortest notice.
The .Bakers.—With much pleasure we refer
•our readers to an advertisement in another col
umn, of a concert by this celebrated Family,
who have won a high reputation throughout
the country,• as Vocalists. We notice by our ex
changes; that during their stay in Washington
City, they spent an evening with the ['resident
at the Whitehouse, by special invitation.
M' The following persons received license
at the last Court of Quarter Sessions, in this
county, to keep Public Houses : John Shiti,
Mechanicsville, George Wetherhold, Saucon,
William Walp, North Whitehall and Levi Kist
ler, Lynn.
Dreadful Fire
On Wednesday last, the 9th instant, at about
10 o'clock in the evening, the citizens of Lower
Maetingie township, this county, were alarmed
by a fire that broke out in a barn, belonging
to Mr. Adam Gau,ner, and in a very short time
burnt to the ground. The lire is believed to
have originated on the thrashing floor and from
their extended in every direction. The whole
stock consisting of four horses, !6 head of cat
tle, two dogs, over 200 bushels oats, 100
bushels wheat, 50 or 60 bushels rye, and a lot
of corn, one pleasure wagon, a woodsled and
two light sleighs, about five tons of hay,
thrashing machine, winnowing mill and other
farming utensils, were consumed. A mare with
colt, was the only live stock that was saved.
The loss isestimated to be between three and
four thousand dollars. The property is insured
in the Sinking Spring Company, but for what
amount we did not learn.
The readable character of a paper, in gen
eral, depends as much on the judgment and
taste of the editor in making his selection, as
upon any other thifig. His fitness for the post
he occupies, is to be estimated as much by his
talent in this department as any other. It re
quires a knowledge of human nature to judge
what readers might to read and what they will
read, and what, out of the vast material found
in exchanges, should be selected for the im
provement of his paper and the pleasure and
profit and benefit of his readers. Spine editors
have the presumption and vanity to imagine
their readers would rather be confined to the
perusal of original articles from their pens,
than 'to be indulged with articles that emanate
from other pens and have been inserted in
other papers. It is quite possible that their
views would undergo a material altera
tion, and their pride be somewhat mot ti lied,
could they possess themselves of the judgment
of their readers. The editor of a paper must
at times perform the office of a gleaner, and
pick up a little "here and there" in the world
&exchanges to enrich his columns with intelli
gence that will be appreciated, and to give it
the rich variety of thought and sentiment with
out which his paper would be pronounced dull
and prosy.. The proper use of the scissors is a
knowledge indispensable to the editor. What
to select and how much to use require no little
judgment and experience.
Holden's Dollar Magazine
The May number cif this invaluable periodi
cal is on our table, and truly is a capital num
ber. 'lts contents, both prose and poetical, are
spicy and edifying. We have perused it with
infinite satisfaction and have no doubt, what
ever, were our readers acquainted with the
same, they would not be without it.
Rdirj Notes.—The new relict notes are begin
ning to make their appearance, and ‘.ill very
soon, we hope, entirely displace the solicit and
lated issues that have been in circulation
he last five or six years.. •
should be remembered that the new issue
not increase the amount of these notes in
dation. They are merely intended to re
:e.the old notes not yet cancelled. '
A Strike.—Quite an excitement prevailed in
Easton during the past week, and continues
up to this time : in consequence .oi a strike of
the Mauch- Chunk Companies' Boatmen, for
higher wages. Four or live hundred boats are
at present moored in the Lehigh dam, at said
place. The boatmen, with their hands and
drivers, have several times paraded through the
streets of Easton. We are tint certain what
the ilifficulty really is between the parties—
but no doubt, arises from a demand for higher
SEM
?Yale Deed —Gerrit Smith, who is ennobled
by many deeds of munificence, proposes to
give tracts of land varying from 30 - to 60tecres,
to a thousand persons in New York.. With
each tract he will make a gift of ten dollars in
money. ; He requires the iecipients . to be of
good character, landless and poor and free from
the vice of intoxication;:and in consideration
that he has already made grants of land to two
hundred and fitly colored men, he confines its
present bciunty to white persons.
Selections
Guizot and the Republic
Our readers are aware that Guizot has been
trying to raise the wind in order to introduce
, ffimsell into the French National Assembly. He
is now asle ever has been a consistant roya
list, and . labors as hard to .restore the ancient
state of things, as he, did to support his master
in his position, before he tumbled headlong
down. For this purpose he has addressed a
letter to the electors of Calvados, the district
which he wishes to represent. His intentions
have created a great deal of excitement among
the officials of the nie de Poitiers, rho fear that
his advent will breed a storm in the pot. „We
translate the opening part of his letter, which
will show the tenor of his sentiments :
"Pdy friends witness to me their intention to
offer me as a candidate at the next elections,
and ask my opinion on this subject. I deem
this interrogation a proffer of honor. I have
but one way to reply to it. I will denote un
reservedly what now should make men of fiiir
judgeinent and probity, and what my personal
sentiments are. Being thus instructed with re
gard to my ideas, my friends can do what they
think best for our country:
"One thing alone is of great importance to
France. Let the party in favor of order orga
nise itself. Being organised it will have ex
ceedingly much to do to accomplish this. No
one can tell all it will have to do; but what it
has to do at present, is to organise.
"Every body says this but 1 fear that many
who utter this sentiment do not appreciate the
extent and signification of these words. Order
is more severely attacked than is supposed,
and less ardently defended than it should be.
Incessantly attacked even to its foundation, on
every side, in government, society, the family
fire-side, and in the secret depths of the heart
of men, by insatiable, lawless revolutionists;
defended slightly, only at the last moment
when the storm is on the point of bursting out,
by some well-meaning, but undecided, hesita
ting partisans, «ho can die in order that society
itself may not become extinct, but who close
'their eyes and slumber, immediately when
they find it is not, absolutely impossible that it
has a chance to survive, altogether tm. little is
done to resist the torrent of this evil. Some
thing else besides such-feeble exertions are re
quired to surmount the imminent perils that are
at work."
Ile proceeds to say that the people feel the
want of more effective measures; that they are
not ungrateful, but . clear-sighted, consequently
they chose Louis Napoleon instead of Gen. Ca
vaignac for their chief magistrate; that the ele
ments of order still exist in France, that three
serious governments have proved it; but that
the former and present republics are of no ac
count whatever. lie then advocates the union
of all parties:
"We must repeat continually, that all the
elements dike parties for order, he Bonapart
isle, the legitimists, the Orleanistk and conser
vators of every date and every shape, need,.
absolutely need the . aid of each other. ' United,
'they will have much to do to conquer. Disu
nited, they will most surely he vanquished.'
'-Ile states that if called to a seat in the As
senility his efhu•as will be directed to the great
end of restoring the old order of things.
"I have long labored to found the constitu
tional monarchy. I have maintained and
practised for a long time a system of. politics
which has been earnestly combatted. 1 donut
now regret that I have thought, from 1811 to
4818, that a constitutional monarchy was. the
best suited for France. And as to the line of
politics I 'ave practised, I certainly' do riot
pretend not to have committed Mulls, to have
never done what should have been done, and
to have always done what was necessary; but
I remain convinced, that this line of politics is
sound, essentially sound, as good for liberty as
for order, for progress as for security, for
greatness beyond the limits of our cowdry, as
for prosperity within. Aly convictions and my
honor equally impose it on me to remain faith
ful, whether victorious or vanquished.'
Poor France is certainly sick; pity she will
not lake Dr. Guizot's Guizot has certain
ly labored hard and consistently for "rgany
years for what he has considered the good of
his country ; and it does credit to him that in
the hour of his adversity, !lentil! remains as un
flinchingly- constant to his principles; we honor
him for it. But we are disposed to suspect
that his uniform declarations are slightly
tinged with a spirit of bravado which dislikes
to acknowledge itself ever in the wrong. Ile
seems to be too eatter for a change ; if the peo
ple are so clear-sighted, arid will eventually
know what is best for them as M. Guizot as
serts, why not let affairs take their own course?
they will tend ultimately to a form of govern
ment which will infuse order and security
throughout the country. The republic has not
had time to prove itself ; nor will it, if M. Gui
zot's wishes aria accomplished. .
National Importance Of Health
Ilealth and strength are a pinion's best pos
session in peace, and her surest defence in
war. In both, tho power of making great, ra
pid, and continuous efforts is, at least; as im
portant as the possession of ingenious machineS
and powerful artillery; and the time, perhaps,
is net far distant when the ,cost of provisions
and mechanical skill and dexterity shall be so
nearly equalised, that superiority shall mainly
tarn on the strength and poWer of endurance
of the mechanic and soldier; and that nation
which has best husbanded its living resources
shall be most prosperous in peace, and must
certainly successful nt war.
, •
Agriculture in Ohio.—ln eighteen of the eighty
four counties of Ohio, there were raised 8,13 5 ,-
000 bushels of wheat last year: and the whole
crop is estimated at 25,000,000 bushels. Of corn
700,000,000 bushels were produced, and of Wool
8,000,000 lbs. The Cincinnati Atlas speaks of
the prospect of a very heavy grain crop this
Appointments by the President•
The Pbitadelphia, New York and Baltimore
appointments, were taken up unexpectedly to
the Cabinet officers. It is understood says
the Daily News—that some of the members of
the Cabinet were opposed to action, but that the
President over-ruled all objections, and ordered
the appointments to be made.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Collector William D. Lewis, Collector for
the part of Philadelphia, in place of James
Page: Mr. Lewis we learn has sent the names
of his sureties tolVashington for approval, and
will in the course of a few days enter upon the
duties of his office.
Postmaster— William P. White, to be Post
master at Philadelphia, in the place of George
F. Lehman. Mr. White was employed as
chief clerk in the Philadelphia Post office, and
being no doubt well versed with, its reline of
business, will make a good and efficient offi
cer. We have not learned when he will take
charge of the office.
Attorney—John W. Ashmead, Attorney for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in place of
Thomas M. Pettit. Mr. Ashmead has taken the
mat of office on Saturday ; and entered imme
diately upon his duties.
Marshall—Anthony E. Roberts, of Lancaster
county, Marshall for the Eastern district of
Pennsylvania, in place of George M. Beim, of
Betts county. This office Atiore than any
other interests the people of Eastern Pennsylt•a
nia. In 1844, "Old Berl-s," as a token of
respect for giving the largest Democratic ma
jority of any county in the United States ; had
awarded to Mr. Reim, one of her sons, the
Marshallship of the Eastern District ; so in
1848 the "Old Guard" having overrun her dem
ocratic sister county about a 1000 or more major
ity for "Old Zack" was consequently awarded
with the licinor of the same office. Much as
we would have liked to have seen our old
neighbor Capt. Boas, who was also an appli
cant for the same office, succeed : we cannot
refrain from stating that the honor, if there is
any politics, was judiciously placed to the
credit of Old Lancaster.
Naval Officcr—Peter C. Ellmaker,Naval offi
cer for the port of Philadelphia, iu place of
Capt. Scott. Mr. Ellmaker took the required
oath of (Alice, and having entered hissecuri
ties assumed his duties. •
Postmaster Col. Benjamin F. Arndt, to be
Postmaster at Easton, Northampton county.
By the Postmaster General James A. Rice,
Esq., to be Postmaster at Bethlehem.
. New York—Hugh Maxwell, Collector of Cus
toms, vice C. %V. Lawrence.
John Yount!, Sub Treasurer, vice W. C.
Bouck, removed.
W. V. Brady, Postmaster, vice R. fl. Morris.
Bollimorc—Collector of Customs-, Col. George
.P. Kane, vice W. H. Marriott, removed.
Thomas It. Carroll, Naval Officer, vice James
Polk, removed.
Elias T. Griffin, Surveyor, vice W. H. Cole.
Tho Mas 11. Kent, Marshal, vice Mr. Moreau.
C. Maddox, Postnuister, vice Mr. Buchanan
The Beauties of Spring
Nothing is more worthy of admiration than
the revolutions effected throughout all nature
by the influence of the Spring. As autumn
declines, every valley, every meadow, and
every grove, presents us with an linage of
death : and in winter nature is entirely divested
of beauty; every animal is sorrowful, the in
habitants of the groves hide themselves and
are silent; the (milli becomes desert, and all
nature. scents to suffer a state of torpor and in
sensibility. Ilowever, at this very time she is
working in secret, though we are ignorant of
the happy. principle which is preparing her
renovation. Life returns to animate afresh
the benumbed body, and everything prepares
for a similar restoration. In trees alone, what
a multitude of changes take place. At first
the sap which during the winter had entirely
abandoned the trunk and branches slowly rises
in the small vessels by means which we can
not discover: it soon penetrates the buds,
which discloses thousand wonders; the leaves
with their beautiful green; the.branches which
are to l shoot between the unfolded leaves r with
new buds attached to them, and full of invisi
ble leaves; the multitude of flowers, with the
sweet exhalations which scent the air; in
these blossoms fruit, and in those fruits the
beeds of au infinite number of other trees. •
The brightness of the sun rejoices the soul,
and the activity of nature in the plants which
surround us is highly pleasing.• Every field
delights with its beamies and pleases with its
grateful fragrance, and every bird pours forth
its varied melody. How cheerful are the notes ..
of the linnet as it flutters from branch to branch,
as if to attract our regard ! The lark joyfully
soars aloft, and hails the day and the coming
spring with her melodious strains. The cattle
express the vigor and joy which animate them;
attdthe fish in the rivers, which during whiter
were torpid and lay at the bottom Mille water,
now rise to the surface and express their viva
city by a thousand playful sallies.
Now is it possible that we cull so often see
all thtse objects without experiencing the most
profound admiration mid reverence for the in
finite Being whose power is so gloriously mani
fested? Never should we breathe the pure air
of spring without such feelings beiagawaken
ed ; let us never contemplate a tree in•leat, a
field Nt av i g with corn, a flowery mead, a ma
jestic Wrest of a beautiful garden, without re
flecting, that it is (foti .who has given us' the
shade °film trees and the beauty and fragrance
of the flowers; that it , is He who clothes the
woods and the meadows with the verdure
which delights and refreshes; and that He, by
whose will and power we exist, has given to
every creature life and all the happiness they'
enjoy. As nature feels the influence Of Spring,
so the true Christian feek ecstatic. bliss, when,
after having, hidden•his fare for a while, his
Grid approaches and breathes into his soul the
the happy testimony of His glace and salvation:
Common School Law
One of the most important duties of the citi
zens is to tomer and encourage the cause of edu
cation. Every man and woman owe a duty to
their children in securing to them an education,
but which is too generaly under-estimated in its
importance by them. Educate your children . —
employ the best teachers you can, and recollect
the higher wages you pay your teachers, the bet
tor talent it will command.
The new Common School Law contains the
following section:
Sec. 8. If all the members of any board of
directors shall refuse or neglect to perform their
respective duties by levying the tax required by
law, and to put or keep the schools in operation
so far as the means of the district will admit, the
Court of Quarter Session of the proper county
shall, upon complaint in writing by any six tax
able citizens of the district, and on due proof
ther 7 erif, declare their seats vacant, and appoint
others in their stead until the next annual elec
tion for directors, and all directors shall be ex
empted from serving in any township or borough
office, and from the performance of militia duty.
Each board shall have a Secretary who shall
keep full minutes of all the proceedings of the
board in a book provided for that purpose, pre
pare the duplicate of school tax, keep an account
of all abatement and exonerations made by the
board, prepare, attest, and forward to the super
intendent, the annual certificate of tax and the
annual report of the district, prepare and attest
all Orders on the treasurer.•
Here is a good provision—qf it shall be found
that, on account of great distances from or diffi
culty of access to the proper school house in any
district, some of the pupils thereof could be more
conveniently accommodated in the schools of an
adjoining district, it shall be the duty of the di
rectors of such two adjoining districts to make
arrangement by which such pupils may be in
structed in the most convenient school of the ad
joining district, and the expense of such instruc
tion shall be paid as may be agreed upon by the
director of such adjoining district."
Tuxation.--The County Commissioners shall,
when requested, furnish 'the Secretary of the
board with a correct copy of the last adjusted
valuation upon all property and things made
taxable for state and county purposes. The fol
lowing sections contain important information.
Sec. 24. The board of directors shall, on or
before the first Monday Of June annually, pro
ceed to levy and apportion the said school tax
as follows, to wit: they shall first assess upon
all offices and post of profits, professions trades
and occupations, and upon all single freemen
above the age of twenty one years, who do not
follow any occupation, any sum which they shall
deem proper and sufficient, not exceeding the
amount assessed on the same fur State Mid
county purposes, except that the sum assessed
on each shall in no case be less than fifty cents;
having ascertained the amount thus assessed,
the directors shall, in the second place, assess
and apportion the balance necessary to make up
the whole amount of tax to be raised upon the
property of the district made, or to be made tax
able, for State or County purposes as aforesaid.
Sec. 25, When the school tax is thus levied
and apportioned, the Secretary of the board of
directors shall make out a correct duplicate of
the same, and the President shall issue his war
rant with the duplicate aforesaid, to the district
treasurer, to collect the said tax, and the board
shall have the right at all limes to make such
abatements or exoneratious for mistakes, indiv t ent
persons, or unseated lands, as to them shall ap
pear just and reasonable, and the secretary shall
enter on the minutes the names of all persons in
whose favor such abatements or cxonerations
therefor.
Sec. 26. On the receipt of the said warrant
and duplicate the district treasurer shall give at
least thirty days notice, by not less than ten
written or printed advertisements, to be put up
in the most public places in the district, that he
will attend at the usual place for holding town
ship, ward or borough elections, on a day to be
named in the advertisements, for the purpose of
collecting and receiving the school tax for said
district, and shall collect and receive the same,
giving receipts therefor in all cases when re
quired by the persons paying the same, and as
a compensation therefor, the treasurer shall re
ceive two per cent. for all moneys so collected. •
Sec. 27. In case any school tax shall remain
unpaid for a period of sixty days from and after
thrday on which the district treasurer shall have
attended to for the purpose of receiving the same
as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the district
treasurer to issue his warrant, with a schedule
of all such unpaid school tax, and the names of
the persons respectively to whom the same is
charged in the proper duplicate, directed to the
constable of the proper ward, township or bor
ough,, whose duty it is hereby inade to receive
the same, authorizing and.rcquiring him to de
'nand and receive from the, persons named in the
said Schedule the sums with which they are
therein charged respectively, together with five
percent. on the amount thereof, which per cent
age shall in all cases be collected and, retained
by such constable for his compensation; in case
any person so charged with 'school tax, fail to
pay the amount, together with the percentage.
aforesaid, within twenty days after thc demand
made therefor by said constable, the constable
may levy the same by distress and sale of the
goods and chattels of said delinquent, giving, ten
days notice of such sales - by written or printed
advertisements, and in case said constable shall,
in addition to the percentage hereinbefore al
lowed, be entitled to retain out of the proceeds
of such sale, after first deducting the school tax
and the percentage aforesaid, the some fees as
are now allowed by law to constables for a levy
and sale upon a writ of execution. . •
California Gold.—The total receipts of gold
from California, now amount to about $345,500•
Including that reached in England, and various
other amounts reported to be on the way, we have
a total of shipments from the gold region of about
$2,432,000, all of which is the product of 1848.
ry Morrison mentions a dictionary in the
Chinese langung : c of forty thousand hieroglyphi
cal characters., as having been compiled eleven
hundred years before Christ.
Rates of Postage
The following summary statement of the rates
of postage, under the law of the 3d of March last
has been revised by the obliging and active As
sistant Postmaster of this city, William B. Tay
lor, Esq.—Jour. of Commerce.
Letters, not exceeding half an ounce, nor over
300 miles, 5 cents; over 300 miles, 10 cents,
Over half an ounce, and not exceeding an ounce,
double these rates. Any fractional excess over
half an ounce is always counted as an ounce.
Ship Letters, delivered Where received, 6 cents;
if conveyed by mail, 2 cents added to the usual
postage. On letters deposited in a post office
for ship, Icent.
Handbills, Circulars and Advertisements not
exceeding one sheet, unsealed, any distance, 3
cents, pie•paid.
Newspapers, sent from the office - of publica
tio of exceeding 1990 square inches, under
Iles, or within the State, 1 cent; over 100
s, and out of the State, cent. Over 1900
square Inches, the same rates as pamphlet-post
age. Transient newspapers the same rates, pre
paid.
Pamphlets of all descriptio . ns, not exceeding
one ounce, 2,1 cents a copy: for every additional
ounce, I cent. A fractional excess less than a
half ounce, is not counted ; if a half ounce or
more, it is counted as an ounce.
Drop Letters two cents. Letters advertised
are charged the cost of advertising, not to ex
ceed four cents. Leiter:carriers in cities, re
ceive on letters not over two cents, on newspa
pers and pamphlets, half a cent. Way letters,
one cent extra.
Postage on letters for the United States terri
tories on the Pacific, for a single half ounce or
less, 40 cents, pre-paid or not. For Havana 12}
cents ; Chagres 20 cents; Panama 30 cents, pre•
The whole postage from any post•office in the
United States, to or from Great Britian or Ire
land, by American or English mail-steamers, for
a single half ounce or less, 21 cents, pre-paid or
not.
For Bremen, by American steamers, 24 cents
a single half ounce or less, prepaid or not—the
usual inland postage to be added.
For other Foreign countries, if sent by British
steamers, United States inland postage, any dis
tance, (lie cents a single half ounce, ten cents
an ounce, pre-paid.
- If sent by American steamers, to go-through
the British mail, the whole postage from any U.
States' post office is 21 cents a Single half ounce,
pre-paid. If sent by American steamers, all let.
ters for France, Holland, the Netherlands and
Spain, must be pre-paid.
Sea postage on Newspapers and Pamphlets
three cents, besides inland postage, both pre-paid.
But to or from Great Britain or Ireland, the total
postage from any United States post office, on a
newspaper, two cents, and on a pamphlet one
cent for each ounce or fractional excess, both
pre-paid. Sea postage on price currents three
cents, with inland postage added.
Interesting Will Case.
The case of llilyard and others vs. Peter l‘fil
ler, on a' writ of error to the Common Pleas
of Northampton county, is now before the Su
preme •Court of Pa., on a judgment obtained
against the plaintiff's, in an action of ejectment
brought by Peter Miller, defendant in an error
in the Court below, to test the Will of the late Pe
ter Miller, of Easton, the defendant's uncle.
Peter Miller, deceased, by his will gave all the
residue of his estate, after some small legacies to
trustees, with directions that it should be leased,
loaned and invested, so that the income of his es*
tate might form a fund for the pin pose mention
ed in his will. 11is purpose is to assist with
loans of money on bond and mortgage; at inter
est, farmers and mechanics who want to purchase
farms, or having purchased, want to pay for
them, or make improvements in the borough of
Easton, or townships adjacent. The estate is to
accumulate so long as applications to borrow
money continue. By the will it is further direc
ted that if it should, so happen, in the laps of time.
that the income of the estate fund should accu
mulate beyond the application's for such loans,
and should be likely to remain so, sand the
amount thus unemployed would safely justify the
undertaking, and when mechanics and others
'may be in want of employment, then an asylum
shall be built out of the income of the fund,
for the benefit of the poor widow and single wo
man, and the same be supported and maintained
out of the means from said fund.
The heir at law contends that the will is void
in law, because it creates a perpetuity, and if
sutlered to stand, would be injurious to the pub
lie welfare. That nothing is given in charity,
or if anything was intended, it is uncertain, bath
as to the amount of the fund devoted, and the
time when it will be applied. That the intention of
the testator, which must govern, is at war with ev
ery rule oflaw on the subject of charitable uses.
The plaintiffs in error contend that it is a charity,
and must stand or fall upon the point, what was
the intention of the testator? The estate is worth
over three hundred thousand dollars, the whole
of which is tied up by this very strange devise.
The whole subject of charitable uses and mon
main, and the doctrine of perpetuities and law
relating to the last wills and testaments will be
thoroughly and ably examined by the counsel
concerned. A. E. Brown and John Sergeant;
Esqs., for plaintiff: in error: M. H. Jones and J.
M. Porter, Esp., fur the heir at law.
Pioneer Gathering—The Cincinnati Atlas no
tices that on May Day, a gathering of the Pio
neers of the Cincinnati region of Ohio, and their
descendants, tool; place at Bellevue. The Atlas
says ail:,
Among the names recorded, much the largest
number were from New Jersey and Pennsylva
nia ; for the first settlers of the Idioms country
were Jerseymen. We may add, that aniong those
who have acquired most of this world's goods
the Jerseymen stand decidedly the foremost ;. a
fact which is due both to their thrifty habits and
early settlement.
{*'The citizens of Mobile have subscribed
$65,000 towards a cotton manufacturing estab
lishment in that city. $15,000 more is required
before die Work will be undettaken. '
Gleanings from the Mail
or The late election in Virginia terminated in
the election of 14 Democratic and 1 Whigmem
ber of Congress.
ti" The seventeen year locost, which are to
appear this year in the western part of Pennsyl
vania, have been toped op with the plow, in
Beaver county, Pa., by the hundreds. The hogs
eat them with avidity.
far MaYor Scott, late Navy Agent at Wash
ington, is said to be a defaulter to $50,000.
Cl'The furs, boat on the Brie canal from Buffa
lo which came over this improvement, leached
Albany on Wednesday-.
the punster, challenged a sick man's
vote at the recent municipal election, on the
ground that he was an ill legal voter.
C'X'So far as health is concerned, we doubt if
any better place can be found 4b the world than
the city of New York. Washed by titers, wa
tered by the Croton and fanned by the sea
breeze, it is a very Hy2,ei. So :lays the lime
Journal.
EV'The steamship Washington frac...trtired at
her berth, with one hundred and forty-tire pas
sengers. She chntains a very %aft:table' caioo, •
and $50,000 in specie. •
or The Cholera has reached Fatal:Wife. A
number of casses are reported—two of *Melt
proved fatal.
It iS understood that General Scott has
been called to resume the command of the army,
and to make his chief 'head quarters at or near
thii city of New York, for the Eastern division of
the army. The head quarters of the Western*
division has been located at Cincinnati.
-CrThe "Peoples Press," a Democratic paper
in Kentucky, nominates James K. Polk for Pres
ident in 1852.
The Fruit
Fears have been entertained that the fruit,:
especially peaches and apples—has been all
or nearly all destroyed by the recent cold weath
er. We hope that this is not so, though un
doubtedly much of it has been nipped in the
bud. We have examined peach blossoms, in
a rather exposed situation ; and found fivesixtbs
of them at least alive, and with a thrifty and vig
orous appearance. But still, part of the ft nit, in
some orchards in this neighborhood, has been
utterly destroyed, we learn. Nothing like the
abundance of the peaches and apples of last
year can be anticipated, but still we think there
will be a moderate supply—not quite enough,
though
The papers say that much fruit has been de
stroyed in the West, except the late apples
that had not yet bloomed. This is a little
sweepin2, we think. Much has been destroyed
without question—much the }:tearer part: but
when the fruit season comes, it will be found,
as is generally the ease, that, in'spite of the .
frost, and of predictions and assertions that
there would be no fruit, and could be none,
here and there will be found a pretty sprink
li ig of apples, peaches, Sze.—Wash. Globe.
Explosion.
A Mineral Water Fountain exploded yesterday
morning, at the manufactory of Mr. John Kant
ner, corner of Sixth -and Washington street,
which seriously injured a colored man in his em
ploy. The latter was engaged in charging the
fountain, but very culpab'y neglected to apply
a gunge to it, and therefore ignorantly over
charged it, until it burst, with a tremendous ex
plosion. The pieces of copper flew in every di
rection, and carried away one side of the build
ing (frame) in which the manufacture was car
ried on, besides striking the colored man in sev
eral parts of his body, and injuring hint seriously.
Two boys were also in the shop at the time, en
gaged in bottling, but they fortunately escaped
uninjured. The colored mad is front Philadel
phia, and was recommended to Mr. Kautner by
the person from whom he purchased his mineral
water apparatus, as competent to charge of it.—
Reading Gorthe.
Adulleraled Drugs.—The Committee of the
American Medical Convention, upon the subject
of adulterated drugs, made a report showing that
the amount of drugs, medicines and chemical
preparations imported into the city of New York
during one year prior to the passage of the late.
law requiring them to be inspected, was upward
of one million and a half in estimated value, more
than one-half of which were worthless, impure
Articles. Since the law has been in force, the
inspector in New York has condemned 13,000 lbs
of rhubarb; 2,500 lbs opium, 72 lbs jalap, 1,400
of gambooge, 1,400 lbs senna, 1,700 lbs gum
myrrh, besides numerous other articles in large
quantities.
Death of a. Veteran Politician.—The Newport
Daily News of May 11th announces the decease
of Dutee J. Pearce, long and widely known as an
active and prominent palitician. The offices he
has held are Attorney General of Rhode Island,.
U.S. District Attorney for the same, meniber . of
Congress and member of the convention to frame
a new constitution for Rhode. Island. He died
on Wednesday, in the Gist year of his age. In
politics he was Democratic.
Vancouver's Island. —lt is stated that the
British Government has determined on forming
an extensive depot and Naval station at Van
couver's Island in the Pacific. The natural ad
vantages are said to be very great, and
the Islam! abounds with coal. Its soil is also
said to be well adapted to farming purposes.—
The only drawback is the rule of the Hudson's
Bay Conipany, which will prove an obstacle to
any thing like successful' colonization.
New Invention.—The Pittsburgh Gazette men
tions a new invention, which the editor calls a
Manometer, tho purpose of which is to indicate
the pt essure of steam on every square inch of the
boiler. • The instrument consists of a glass tube
inserted in a bath of mercury and a graduated
scale, and performs its office in the most 'satisfac
tory manner.
honor to American North.—George Summer.
an American in Paris, has•reeeiired the thanks
of the Cointaitice of Public Instruction of the
French National Assembly, for his valuable aid,.
information and .suggcstions in matters of edu
cation, legislation and finance.