al)c tcliigli ftegister.
Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1849.
Circulation near 200
REMOVAL!
The office of the Lehigh Regis
ter has been removed to the build,
114 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.
Our Streets.
We are continually in pursuit of objects :
which we flatter ourselves, possess the talis
manic qualities of yielding ease, comfort and
health. But our pursuit often is after phantoms,
whose novel and capricious appearance elude
us from a proper course into a maze of perplex
ities, caused by a too prevelent notion of man
kind, that ease and comfort can be gained at
one grasp. This, however, is not the ease, they
are composed like physical objects within our
view, of minute particles, which adhering to
gether by mutual sympathy make up one com
mon mass. To enjoy comfort and health, our
attention must be directed to such causes, as
have a tendency to destroy the equilibrium of
the mind on those that effect the natural and
healthy opperation of the body, and means em
ployed to remove them.
The mind and body is so intimately; sympa
theticaly and mysteriously connected, that the
one cannot sutler without affecting the other.
The mind should never be suffered to be bur
thened with grief, anxiety or - discontentment ;
nor let the passionate propensities of hatred
jealousy or revenge reach the ascendency. On
the other hand, we should be temperate in all
. our physical enjoyments, and have every ob
ject around us, administered to our pleasure
and comfort. What a pleasure there is, in hav
ing every thing in and about our homes, clean
and comfortable. How much can an industri
ous wife add to the comfort of her family, in
keeping her house and household affairs, com
*triable and well-arranged. But, there are other
objects in cities and towns that preserve the
health and add to the comfort of a community
that cannot be reached individually, but by
concert of action of the citizens and authorities
of the town. There is one thing in Allentown
That should be attended to particularlyl mean
the Streets. There is not one individual in our
otherwise comfortable and pleasant town, but
Complains of the unpleasantness of the streets.
In Winter they are so loaded with mud that
they are altogether impassible on font,
ing at a few crossing places, wmcri are kept
free from mud by individuals; and since the
opening of spring—with the exception of a few
hours after a heavy rain—they have become so
dusty, and the surrounding atmosphere so im
pregnated with fine particles of dust, that one
cannot be out, nor enjoy the fresh air with open
doors; without hiwing the lungs loaded with
fine particles of sand, and dress, furniture and
every thing else, covered over with dust.
What an incalculable amount of injury it is to
stores and shops. Doors and windows ought
necessarily be kept open in Summer for venti
lation, but if open, especially in Hamilton
street, atm& of dust are blown in, 4 lltrid not only
injure the liner, fabrics but every kind of
goods. . .
Mow annoying must it be, to a thrifty house
wife to find every evening her parlor and fur
niture covered over With dust, that were so care
fully cleaned in the morning.
The greatest evil it inflicts, is on our health.
We know that pectoral diScases are most rav
ishing in our climate, and that we shotild be
particularly careful to avoid every thing that
may have a tendency to iritate the system or
predispose it to disease of the lungs. Dust is
composed of fine particles of stones or sand,
which is indigestable by any of the animal
secretions, and if it finds its way into the sys
tem, and is lodged in the lungs, exerts a most
deleterious influence on that organ, and may
pave the way to consumption.
Will the citizens come forward and aid in
removing this evil We know they will! We
know every one prefers a clean and comforta
ble street to a muddy or dusty one. In hot
days we pant for refreshing showers to allay
the dust, like the weary traveller over the des
ert of Sahara. To remove the unpleasentness
of our streets, they should be paved or Macad-
amized, which would keep them good in wet
and comfortable in dry weather. What could
be more delicious in a town, than clean streets,
occasionally wetted in Summer. Our streets
• are the only .objections that strangers have to
our place. We know of a number of inacid
uals, that would have located themselves here,
had it notbeen for our unpleasant Streets. We
will devise no plan, but let the matter rest With
the citizens and town council, to adopt one for
this improvement. Money that is expended
for the improvement of 'a place is not lost;
every improvement, decorative, hygein or use
ful adds eo much to the value of every kind of
property.
Pictorial Brother Jonathan
•The MamMoth Pictorial Brother Jonathan,
containing one hundred and twenty engravings,
published by Wilson and Co., No. 15 Spruce
street, NeUr York, is now ready Sur" delivery,
and will be furnished by mail or otherwise at
124 cents pe copy, or 10 copies for 1. dollar.
The Country.
Nature never showeth her handiwork to bet
ter advantage than at the present period. The
eye is charmed with the rich mantle of living
green that decks the landscape, the sylvan
groves and "grand old Woods." Those con
fined by their occupation to some confined
apartment, cannot ride forth and view the
beautiful aspect of the country, withouj ex
pressing delight and admiration. The vision
0 I cal
moot stretch forth over the broad farms of
well tilled acres, contemplate the quiet which
reigns around the neat farm house, surrounded
with fair shrubbery and fruitful trees, without
wishing to share its pleasing retirement. The
industrions - farmer-must-earn-his-bread-by_the
sweat of his brow, but his ii the life, and his
the home "for 'a that."
Whitewash Your Fences, &o
How much more neatly a habitation ap
pears to the eye if the fences, trees &c., around
it are whitewashed once or twice a year, than
if suffered to wear their old dingy appearance.
We have noticed the contrast and invite ever•
one to do likewise. The improi•ed appearance
well repays for all the trouble and expense.
The pearly white agrees so beautifully with the
deep green spread out by nature on every
hand, that the cheap decoration should not be
neglected by any one.
The Gold Dollar
Several thousands of the diminutive speci
men of the good and "lawful currency of the
United States" are in circulation and, hav•
ing found their way into the interior, have met
with every kind of reception. Some think
them entirely too small, and liable to be'lost—
others, that they are sweet little things, very
handsome and very convenient. liy one por
tion of the community, however, they are held
in perfect abhorrance we mean the bankers
and brokers. In their opinion, the gold dollar
is a contemptible, sneaking., insignificant, dir
ty affair. Reason—they interfere with the one
dollar bills of their own manufactories. We
have a small lot of the little devils on hand, and
will exchange them to our friends, who wish
to use them as pocket pieces.
Strike by the Boatmen
From the Whig of yesterday, we learn that
the situation of things on the Canal at Easton,
has become alarming. Contributions were lev
ied upon Morris and other Boats, as the terms
upon which they were permitted _to pass, if re
fused, the boatmen were brutally assaulted by
those on the "strike." A quarrel took place
on Saturday night, between a boatman who
wished to proceed, to which the other objected.
The fight was with dirk knives, near the sec
ond lock, below South Easton, where the dead
body of Andrew Schuler ; was found on Sunday
morning about day-light. A coroner's Jury was
summoned, and the verdict was "came to his
death by a wound inflicted with a sharp instru
ment by the hands of Joseph Ambruster, oa
the night of the 26th instant." •
Ambruster was apprehended in the cabin of
! his boat, and is now in jail to await his trial.
' fie received but one wound, which though se
•.l pot vonsidpriql mortni
received but one blow which entered left of the
navel and pierced him nearly through. .
The Sheriff on Monday last, by marching
lover with a strong posse, and the two military
companies under Captains Voile and flora, suc
ceeded in opening a passage up the canal.—
The military arrived at the outlet lock, at this
point the principal blockade existed, the boats
not only closed the entrance of the canal, but
!formed a bridge across the Lehigh to Easton.—
Thousands of citizens of both sexes occupied the
hills on both sides of the river, anxiously watch
ing the course of events—filled with fearful anti
cipations that the boatmen would resist, and
some lives be sacrificed. But no opposition was
loffered -29 persons were taken and imprisoned,
, and the boatmen dispersed.
Respect for Parents
If children could realize but a small portion
of the anxiety their parents feel on their ac
count, they would pay far greater respect to the
parental wishes. A good child, and one in
whom confidence can be placed, is the one
who does not allow himself to disobey his pa
rents, nor to do anything when his parents are
absent, that he has reason to believe they would
disapprove were they present. The good ad
vice of parents.is often engraven on the heart
of the child, that after years of care and toil do
not efface it; and in the hour of tetnpution the
thought of a parent has been 'the salvation of
the child, though the parent may be sleeping
in the grave, and the ocean may roll between
that sacred Spot and the tempted child. A
small token of parental affection, borne about
the person, especially a parent's likeness would
frequently prove a talisman for good. A Pol
ish prince was accustomed to carry the picture
of his father always in his bosom; and on any
particular occasion he would look upon it and
say : "Let me do nothing unbecoming so ex
cellent a father." Such respect for a father or
a mother, is one of the best traits in the champ
, ter of a son or a daughter. "Honor they father
I and thy mother, that it may be well with thee,
is the first commandment with promise,".says
the sacred book, and happy is the child, that
acts accordingly.
Sartain Union Magazine,
For June, is a very handsome number, offer.
ing among the principal embellishments, one
of Sartain's sweetest mezzotints—the "Roman
Scrivener,` from a painting by Sant, B. Wang,h
—awl a tine line engravkug, the "Prophecy of
the Flower," by Triplet: Bannister; not to speak
of two large and well executed wood engrav
ings, one after a design by Darley with fashion
plates, flower pieces, &e. The literary con
tents comprise a continuation of Mr. Wiley's
novel, ‘litonoke, with articles by Willis,
Tuckerman, Herbert Professor Alden, Mrs,,Sig
ourney, Mrs. Kirkland, Mrs. Osgood, and other
well 'f4OVill writers.
Cotton Factories
The people of Lancaster, (Penn.) have built
two large Steam Cotton Factories, within the
last two or three years, and have raised within
a few days past over 5160,000 towards the cap
ital of another. The capital of this third Com
pany is to be $200,000, about the same amount
as that of each of the two previous Companies.
Since this manufacturing enterprise sprang up
in 1836, the population of that city has increas
ed from 8,000 to 13,000, and we do not doubt
that in three years more it will reach 20,000.
All kinds of business have increased in propor
tion, and Lancaster bids fair to be the second
city in the state in a few years. The Press of
Ahat_city—who_set.theiballin_motion=are very
justly elated at the flattering prospect before
them. Lancaster had stood precisely at the
point from which it started in 1836 for twenty
years, and would have stood their for twenty
more, but for the Manufacturing spirit that
seized her people.
We learn that the sturdy Farmers, "the til
lers of the soil," of old Lancaster are investing
their surplus capital in the Manufacturing Com
panies of that city. The new Company will
go into operation under the Manufacturing law
passed at the lust session of our Legisiature.—
In additioa to this .miterprise, the citizens of
Lancaster are also engaged in forming a stock
company to light the city with gas. One half
of the stock is already disposed ffir, with a fair
view of disposing of the other half. Thus
one improveMent is the means of advancing
another.
The bitizens of York ; (Pa.) arc about to hold
a public meeting for the purpose of adopting
measures to secure capital sufficient to erect
and put into operation a Cotton Factory, at
that place. •
From the Reading papers, we too learn, that
a meeting was to have been held at that place,
on Saturday evening last, to take into consid
eration the feasibility of erecting a Cotton Fac
tory'. From the enterpise that the citizens of
Reading displayed in beautifying and improv
ing their city, we are inclined to believe, that
the means to establish a Manufactory of this
kind can very easily be procured.
How is it with our beautiful AllentoWn ? Are
we to remain mute in this great question of irn-
Provement Shall we content ourselves, meer
ly to see our neighbors around us, establish
their Rolling Mills, their Cotton Factories, &c
&c.? We hope not! We call upon the public
Press—which we are sorry to say, has been too
negligent in laying bare the advantages that
the country in and about Allentown pre,•ents
for the establishmeut of all kinds of Mantifac
tories. The Press is the motive power, in mat
ters of this kind, and much can be effected if
it extends a helping hand in its support. We
have within a few miles of our town, no less
than five large Anthracite. Furnaces., with two
more going up this season, making seven in all
—they will on an average run from six to seven
hundred tons of pig metal per week. This' is
now transported from hero to other places,
and manulactured into bar bon, nails, and thou
sands of other articles of merchandize. Thos,
we see the necessity of having nt least a Roll
or near Allentown. We
have been positively assured that thousands of
tons of Rolled Iron, Nails, &c., is now brought
from Reading to this place on wheels, which
of course enhanses the cost of these heavy ar
ticles considerable, all of which is paid out of
the pocket 'of the consumer, whereas, if simi
lar establishments were erected in our midst,
not only would the consumer be benefited,
but the honest hardworking laborer would find
additional employment. A Cotton Factory is
what we have long since needed, and next
to a Rolling Mill, we know of no branch of busi
ness, that promises abetter return for the in
vestment of capital than the manufacture of
Cotton goods. It alsowould give employment to
young boys and girls, who now idle about our
streets, and annoy the citizens. Let the peo
ple of Allentown and vicinity take this matter
into consideration, and see whether we cannot
raise the means to erect either one or the other:
How to Prevent the Cholera
A correspondent olthe New York Journal of
Commerce says, that i town in Tennessee has
entirely escaped the
ens'
of the cholera, the
past winter, not a ens of it having occurred
there, notwithstanding very town in the vicin
ity suffered from it se rely. This has been
attributed, and no dot t correctly, to the free
and universal use 011 ck lime, fresh from the
kilns,.which was scan ed through the gutters,
cellers, privies and ands. Its disinfecting
qualities seizing with . itlity on all impure and
deleterious gases are ell knoWn, and where
plentifully used will; n doubt, under ordinary
IL.
circumstances of prude c and cleanliness, pre
serve the !width of at .ities, towns or villages
in the United Slater
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Washington ...tional Monument.
The Secretary of ids Society has been in
structed to repeat, t i tt . the Board of Managers
will be pleased to eive a block of marble,
i t
granite, or any och e nimble stone, from eve
ry State in the rule to be placed in an appro
priate position in th ointment. These blocks
should be of the ft wing dimensions, viz:
Four fr et long, two et high, and eighteen inches
in depth. A s it is it 'wed to place these stones
at every landing o to stair case, any substan
tial material will a wer, when marble or gran
he cannot be foun The name of the state
from which it tom should be engraved upon
it, In letters &Alf' tly large to be easily read.
They will be laid the wall in the order of
time in which the ay be received. •
Good Days I
tnercial Advertise)
of the receipts of
gle day of the piei
buehe' 49
barrel 4 ;
this, la
tallon
it/m. 7 -11e Buffalo Corn
s the following statement
otluce there, during a sin
t Week :—Wheat, 151,154
bushels. Flour, 13,345
1 pound:. in addition to
• quantities of lard, butter,
e and dried Iruit received.
Cholera, Homcepathy, &0.,
The following account, taken from the Cincin
nati Times, speaks volumes in favor of the prac
tice, of this new system of medicine, even in its
application to the dreadful disease of Cholera.
Read it and reflect thereon :
"Three Homrepathic physicians report their
cases of cholera, from 20th of-April up to the I oth I
of May, to number one-hundred and fifty-two of i
which there has only been one death. Another
Homcepathic practioner reports for the last two
weeks eighty-eight cases of cholera in his prac
tice and no death. Besides these, we learn that
there are eight other Homalopathic practitioners,
who have been eminently successful. None of
the above, we understand, have been reported to
Ake - board - of healthThe-ratio-of-eures-to-cases
treated in this city, by Homeopathy, so far as we
have learned, are about the same compared with !
those under Allopathic treatment, as is generally
found everywhere—that is to say as ten to one
in favor of the new system."
Dr. Drake, a physician of Cincinnati, whose
acquaintance with this disease is said to he as
extensive as that of any practitioner in the West,
has published some suggestions on the subject,
which we think worthy of notice :
1. That leaving the city can do no possible
good. The disease is not contagious. The cause
of it has already spread through the city and
been received into the bodies of the inhabitants.
Those who escape to the country are more like
ly to be ill, than if they remained home.
2. Epidemic cholera has no premonitory symp
toms. The diarrlitra, which is supposed to be
its forerunner, is the disease itself, in its first
stage; as positively so as when it has advanced
to vomiting, or coldness and collapse.
3. The disease may be generally stopped, if
met in that early stage; if it cannot then it can
not afterwards. It cannot even then if the pa
tient continues on his feet. His life depends on
his lying by.
4. All persons who have worn flannel during
the winter should keep it on, until the epedemic
has passed away
Dreadful Fire
On Thursday night, the 24th inst., between 12
and 1 o'clock, the dwelling house of Mr. William
Lash, in Cumru township, Barks county, a two
story stone budding, situated on the Harrisburg
turnpike, about two miles from this city, and
known as Good's old tavern-stand, was entirely !
destroyed by fire, together with all its furniture
and contents. When the family were aroused
from sleep, the house was already enveloped in
flames, and they had barely time to escape, with
a few articles of clothing that were near at hand,
before everything was consumed but the black
ened walls of the building. It is not known
how the fire originated, but from
.the fact that art
attempt was made the night previous, to break in
to the house, it is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary. The family took tea early in
the evening, and when retiring to bed, there was
not fire enough anywhere in the hoarse, to kindle
a blaze sufficient to light a candle, without some
exertion. Mr. Lash's loss cannot fall short of
;45,000 or f 6,000. He very fortunately had an
insurance upon both house and furniture in the
Sinking Spring Company, though to what amount
we did not learn.—Rending Gazelle,
Pensylvania Bible Society.
The forty-first Anniversary of this excellent in
stitution was celebrated at the Musical Fund
Hall, Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening of last
week. The Rev. Dr. Mayer presided. The ser
vices commenced by the reading of a portion of
the Scripture by the Rev. John Chambers, when
a beautiful prayer was made by the President.
The Rev. Mr. Howe read an abstract from the.
annual report, which states that 53,876 copies of
the Scriptures were issued during the past year.
Since the year 1840, there have been issued the
large number of 360,000 copies of Bibles and
Testaments. The receipts the past year amount
ed to $22,517 62. showing an increase in funds
of $1,308 66 over the receipts of the previous
year.
.Thirty life members have been added the
past year, and - several legacies granted to the
Society. The sum of $3,000 was appropriated
the past year fur foreign fields, and $5,000 have
been resolved upon for the present year for a
like purpose Excellent addresses were made
by the Rev. Dr. Holdich, the ReV. Mr. Goddard
and the Rev. Dr. Parker, when the deeply inter
esting ceremonies closed with a doxology.
Wreck of the Empire
The New York Tribune gives the following af
fecting incident of the wreck 9f the ill-fated
steamer Empire. It is affirmed to Le strictly cur-
I=l
After the Empire was struck, and while sink
ing, two mothers snatched what. they supposed
to be their own infants, and rushed upon deck,
and in their own fright, threw themselves into
ithe_water.. _One of the devoted. parents held the
child to her bbsom, and both were saved; while
the other sustained hers till it breathed its last,
yet still holding on to the body until she was res•
cued.. The surprise of the mothers may be ima
gined, when they discovered that in the confusion
attending their escape, they had _each taken the
other's child. And while the poor woman who
had supposed that her little one was lost, pressed
to her bosom her own babe, the other Was fran
tic with grief to find too late that she had pre
sery ed another's child and lost her own. •
Desiruelire Fire.— The Iron Foundry and ma
chine shop, at Fremont, Schuylkill county, Pa.,
which was erected only about two years ago, by
Messrs. I'. Umho & Hance, was burnt on the
19th inst. Loss about $B,OOO or $lO,OOO and ma
ny hands being thrown out of employ. No in
surance. The fire was thought to be the
work of an incendiary. Fremont is of only
about three yeais growth, and now contains
about 300 houses, and a population of 1,200.
Church. Struck by Lighl ' g.—The cupola on
the Third prebbyterian church, in Pittsburg, tray
struck by lightning on the 28th inst,'and caught
fire. The rain soon extinguished .the flames.
Comptroller of Me Treasury.—lt is stated► on
good authority, that Elibha Whittlesey, of Ohio,
has. been appointed First Complrollbr of the
Treasury; in place of McCulloch.
President Taylor
The Washington correspondent of the Bahl-
More Patriot gives the following description of
Gen. Taylor's appearance in public :
The day being fine, the number of persons was
very large, and the display of beauty and fashion
unusual even on such an occasion. At an early
hour the President made his appearance in the
portico of the White House,and soon afterwards
descended to the garden, and mixed with the
company. He passed round and exchanged sa
lutations with all who approached him, and
seemed to enter into the spirit of the occasion
with as much zest as any one presenl.
It was truly a gratifying sight to see the most
exalted officer in, the government, one towards
whom_we_are_accustomed_to look with a feelin'
somewhat akin to awe,descending from his high
position, and taking his place among the most
humble in the community. .How beautifully
such an incident illustrates the gentua and pecu
liar characthr of our institutions. I heartily
wish every citizen in the land could have seen
Gen. Taylor yesterday, as he moved about among
the crowd,conversing familiarily with his friends
and acquaintances, and manifesting
,no desire
whateva to attract attention. If this had been,
so, I am convinced it would have added greatly
to the number of his friends. Bo much simplic
ity and affability, united to a sturdy manly hear
ing, could not have failed to win the esteem of
every right-minded individual. As for myself,
I seldom ever witnessed a sight that itilioded me
more satisfaction.
The General is in excellent health, and reali
zes, in his appearance, the very character we
have so often heard ascribed' to him. He is re•
markably vigorous and hale, and in every move
ment shows that his constitution and physical
abilities are very little, if at all, impaired. He...,
looks as though he might go through nearly as
many campaigns as he has already done, and
suffer much by it. His dress was that of a plain !
citizen, and in style and quality inferior to that
of a majority of those present. The gratifica
tion
at witnessing his presence on the occasion
seemed to be universal, and it no doubt was the
more remarked, from the circumstance that it is'
a long time since a similar spectacle has been
present.
Nullification
From the proceeedings of a State Convention
which assembled at Columbia, in South Carolina,
on the 14tli instant, we are led to believe that the
spirit of nullification, is as rampant in that State
as it ever was. That convention assembled for
the purpose of taking into consideration what
measures ought to be adopted-by the people of
that State in case of the passage of the Wilmot
proviso at the next session of Congress.
Among the propositions introduced, was one
requesting the Governor to convene the legishi
tore, on the passage of the Wilmot pr6iso, or
the abolition of slavery in the District of (Num-
bia : and also a series of resolutions, recommend
ing a system of non-intercourse by the South
with the North. We have not learned what furth
er action has been taken on those measures ;and
we shall, therefore, refrain from commenting on
this remarkable convention, until after we shall
have received a report of its proceeding.
This convention is an offset to that held in
In et A itcplct.
Appointment y . Drpuly twhotiy
E. Roberts, Esq., the new ❑. S. Marshall for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania rho has taken
the oath of office and entered upon his unties, has
re-appointed William H. Miller, of Reading, one
of his DepUties ; he has likewi;e, appointed lien 7
ry 1.. Smith, of Southwark, and Samuel Ibiza:
of the Northern Liberties, Deputy Marshals, in
the places of Thomas O'Neil and Atli:matins
Ford.
.Vhunk Monument. But $359 02, says the
Montgomery Ledger, have been contributed for
the Monument to Gov. chunk, which his friends
design erecting to his memory at the Trappe.
This is a vety trifling snm considering it
comes from all sections of the cotninonwealth.
The exalted life, public services, and wide
spread popularity of Gov. Spunk, one would
have been led to suppose, would have called
forth a more liberal contribution limn his many
wealthy friends.
Influence of 31unufitclures.—In 1830, the popu
lation of Manchester, N. H., was 877; in 1840,
3,235. By a recent census it appears that the
present population is 14,542, an increase ahnom
without a parallel. The number of males is
5,028 ; females, 8,914 ; excess of females, 2,686;
gain in two last years, 2,256. It is . estitnated
that by the Ist ofluly the population will be full
15,000, as the new fac!ory will add several hun
dred to the present number.
. Drowned. The body of Charles Kintner, of
Bucks county, was found in the river Delaware,
•on Monday last, about. a mile from Easton.—
Coroner Micke held aft - inquest and the report of
the jury was, thht the deCeased had come to his
death by drowning.—Sodinel.
Adrenturera Returning.—We see in almost
every paper that reaches us from the NVest, a me
cord of the disappointed hopes anti accumula
ting griciance of those who seek fur California
as the short road to be rich. Many of these ad
ventures and mishaps arc laughable in the ex.
treme, and the effect in some instances is so pow
erful, as to induce the weary and harassed erni.
grant to turn his back upon the gold lautl,and
.seek in the laaants he has left, the mod, rate com
petence and the content of his rough experience
Will enable to wisely appreciate and fully
enjoy. Sixty of these disappointed individuals
arrived at St. Louis on the 15th inst.—N. Amer.
Gosod.---11ood the celebrated joker gives the '
following illustration of llydropathy : .11 has
beta our good fortune, since reading Claridge on
hydropathy, to see a sick drake avail itself of
the "cold water cure," at the dispensary in St.
James Pat k. First wading in, he took a "Fuss
bad ;" thcu be took a ..Sitz bad ;" and then turn-
tug his curly tail:up in the air, he took a "Kopf Horn the punster says, the above reminds him
bad." Lastly, he rose almost upright on his lat. of a lady residing in the vicinity of her husband's
ter end, and made such a triumphant flapping mill, who at length became so accustomed to the
with his wings, that we really thought he was go. noise made in grinding; that her husband, in or
ing to shout ..Preismilz forerer !" But no such der to put her to sleep, was obliged to keep hia
thing. He only said . 4 ga/irk . 1 quack! quack 1 mill going.all night.
Gleanings from the Mail.
Ef"Some people say that a kiss is like a ru
mor, because it passeth from month to mouth.
Imo' 'rho newly appointed Collector at Phila
delphia, is said to be quite overwhelmed with
applicants for °places in the Custom House.
Less than one hundred appointments are to be
made and there are twenty-fire hundred appli
cants.
CR" Morris Longstreth, Canal Commissioner,
is now at Harrisburg, * and we are truly gratified
to learn that his health has materially improved.
He is one of the most amiable of gentlemen, and
we trust his recovery may be complete and
speedy.
CV .. Mr. James 0. Oliver, of Charles county,
Maryland, has a white crow, which was re_centli
taken from the nest of its black parent crows.
lar The Indian population of California is six
teen thousand, nine hundred and thirty, and that
of New Mexico, thirty-two thousand.
IV" Wm. C. Rives, Jr., of Virginia, was mar
ried in Boston, on the 15 inst., to Grace Winthrop
Sears, the daughter of a millionare c and sister of
the beautiful Madame D'Hantville.
[?The Cambridge, Mass., authorities have
planted this season 21.1 ornamental trees, at an
expense of $239. Lt Chelsea, a large number
of shade trees have been planted, and suitably
protected by the “Ornamental 'free Society."
C:V'A diseased eye was successfully eat oat,
at Cincinnatti while the patient was under the
influence of Chloroform.
Col. John 0. Palrern li - ig - ixteen' houses with
seventy thousand dollars nt the fire in St. !Amin..
re' Wm. H. Mitchell, Esq., a brother of the
Irish patriot, has been appointed a Clerk in the
Home Department by Secretary Ewing.
reThe Manufacturer's Insnrante Company
of Boston, have lost about 1 , 0,000 by the fire, in
St. Louis. It is estimated that the loss of the
Boston Companies will amount to about $lOO.OOO.
crrThe losses in'Wall street by the St. Louie
fire, are estimated at about 5100,000•
Singular Marriage
The marriage of Mr. Henry'Apple and Mrs.
Sarah Apple, was solemnized at the Clerk's of
fice in this city, on the 7th instant, by Judge
Smith, one of the Associate Judges of this coun
ty. Mr. and Mrs. Apple have been living to
gether as husband and wife for some twenty
years, and have raised a large family of child
ren ! Their re-marriage was made necessary
by the following mysterious train ofcircumstan
ces, as we learn by a friend who was present
at the examination of the case in the circuit
court now in session in this city. Mr. John Ap
ple) many years ago left this county as a vol
unteer to the Black Ilan k war. During hip ab
sence a traveller passed through the county,
who iniormed Mrs. A. that her husband had
been killed, that he, the traveller, had aided in
burying him, and had marked, with an aye,
the tree under which he was interred. Apple
did not return, and no doubt was watertaineti
' by his wife or her friends of his decease.
Time passed on, nothing was heard to discredit
the traveller's story, and Mrs. A. after having
continued for a proper length of time in a state
l of supposed widowhood was formally married
to 111 r. Henry Apple, a farmer of this county,
with whom the has since cohabited. A levy
months since, it was authentically ascertained
that John Apple was actually living! A div
orce was obtained by Airs. Apple, and . she was
re-married as above stated, to Henry Apple,
the man with whom she had been innocently
living for many years past as her supposed
husband. We have heard no cause assigned.
Mr the signlar manner in which the first hus
band acted.—linliens Stale Journ a l.
..116gatur F;gld.—Among, the onvelcome inci
dents attendant upon the crevasse at New Or
leans, not the least ditagreeble has been the vis
its made by alligators to the vicinity of the
breach. The workmen cannot of course pro
ceed with their labors with any degree of calm
ness, while under fear of losing a leg at a single
snip of an alligator's jaws, and there have been
fights of a furious character. Some nights since
a huge specimen, some 15 feet long, got under
the floor of a hut, where a number of negroes
were :sleeping, and after tossing up the floor
gave battle. Two dogs flew at hiM and were
crushed instantly, and blows from axes were
showered upon him with no effect. The con
flict looked serious against the negroes, when
one of them fortunately thrnst a lighted brand
down the monster's throat, which killed him.
7b Correct Sournem in Milk, Cream and Bread.
—lt is not generally known that the sourness of
Milk and Cream may be immediately corrected
by the addition of a small quantity of the com
mon carbonate of magnesia, in powder. Half a
teaspoonful (about equal to four grains) may be
added to a pint of milk or cream, if only slightly
sour: a larger quantity in proportion to the 0*
gree of sourness.
From two to three grains may be added to
every pound of flour to prevent sourness hi bread,
injurious to some constitutions. • .•
Carbonate of Soda is sometimes employed fur
' the same purpose, but it communicate 4 a yew
Unpleasant flavour to the bread, and,,in the case
of milk or cream is worse than the disenge,
Grinding a IVion,an h Sleep.—My uncle Mali
was an awful snorer. He could be heard further
than a blacksmith's forge, but my aunt became
so accustomed to it, that it soothed her repose.
• They were a very domestic couple, and never
slept apart fur many years. At length my uncle
was required to attend a court at some hundred,
miles distant. The first ant after igs departure
my aunt never slept a wink ; she missed the
snoring. The.second night pissed away without
sleep again. She was getting in a very bad way,
and probably would have died, had it not been
for the ingenuity of a servant girl ; she took the
coffee-mill into my aunt's chamber, and ground
her to sleep at once. •