enttiim, Pa. JULY 96, 1849. M Cii la*ft'n near 2000. V. B. rAiMI2 , IR,; sq., N. W.'corner of Third and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, and Inn Nas sau street, (Tribune Buildings,) -New York, is our authorized Agent for receiving advertise ments and Subscriptions to the Lehigh Register and coltecting and receipting for the same. e 7 every at vertisenients lire crowded out this weel:---they will appoar In our next. Allentown Academy The annual musical and rhetorical festival of the Allentown Academy, will take place at the Odd Fellow's,new Hall, .on Tuesday next—the exercises will commence in the afternoon at 3 o'clock, and in the evening at 7i o'clock. Post-Office Regtaations The following Brittle Post-office regulations under the Laws of March. let 2d and 3d, 1847. Postage.on all letters under 300 miles 5 etc. " over 300 " Oa all newspapera(from the office of pub lication) within the State If out of the State, and more than 100 miles All transient ICowspapers each, undor 100 miles Over 100 miles Circulars and handbills Every loiter or parcel not exceeding half an ounce in weight, shall bo deemed a single let ter; and every additional weight of half an ounce or less shall be charged with an addi• tional single postage. Advertised lettere to be charged with the cost of advertising the same, in addition to the reg ular postage. Transient newspapers, circulars, and hand bills, must in all cases be pre-paid. Letters to different persons cannot be enclos ed in the same envelope, under a penalty of Ica dollars. The Allentown ''Calumniator." This is the title, which is so justly merited, and by which we shall hereafter designate an English paper, printed in this Borough, by two adventurers, who hailed from the neighboring village of Stroudsburg, Monroe county—a place somewhat noted, for desperadoes, slanderers and rioters, in days gone by. The list number of the "Calumniator" con tains a column of slanderous assertions, that in deed are worthy of 1110 characters from whence they emanate. Nothing can be so degrading as the violation of troth—and nothing so disgrace ful as a breach of moral rectitude or propriety. The Calumniator deals without shame, and speaks without , regard to truth. "Slander, that worst of poisons ever finds, *An easy entrance to ignoble minds." Recollect, neighbors! you say in your "Cal iimniator"—Ave will not say Smut Machine, be cause that is a term that belongs to four vocab ulary—that we weekly pore forth "abuse upon the measures and members of the Destiocratic party." Now, you are not satisfied with assail ing us, but you have tried to come the same gamtsover your readers, "few and far between" as they are. We defy you to point out a single instance in proof of your foul aspersions. You must.bo green, if you think that yoU can palm of your assertions ari facts. The utter contempt with which you look upon the german popula tion sticks ont in every sentence. Your char ges horn the beginning to the end are as false as they are malicious, and you know them to be so—so we shall pass by them. The "Calumniator" however, has one good remark, in regard to the public press. What induced the editors to make it, we are at a loss to conjecture—excepting it was to convey the attention of the public from the low "billings gate" used in the article in question—we can assign no other reason. It is this: "The pub-• lio press, the instrument above all others, which, in this country should be kept pure and unsullied, in Order to maintain its proper posi tion as the conservator of public and private • morals." • Why not follow your own advise? The personalities, the low billingsgate with which your last sheet abounds, are such that would tiegrace a "Stroudsburg riot." • Recollect, there is an old saying, and a very true one it is, that if you insinuate anything against your neighbor disrespectful, or publish any thing openly that injures his reputation— You arc a Defamer 1 If you publish or commu nicate what you know to be untrue—rote arc a Slanderer! And if you fabricate and spread be fore theiiblie, what you know to be false— You are* Catuntniator I Belvidere Railroad Operations -have been begun -upon the Bel videre Railroad, A gang of laborers wore sot to m&k, on Thursday last ; in making a new road. around the point'of Goat Hill, inside of the . Feeder bank, a few miles below Lambert ville. During the summer as much work will be done, as can be dono without interfering with the navigation of the canal ; and next win ter the other parts of the construction of the road bed will be prosecuted with much ener gy. Next summer, it is supposed that the track will be laid and the road brought into use. 7714 Medal of Honor to Gen. Taylor.—The gold medal, ordered by Congress to be struck al the Philadelphia Mint for. Gen. Taylor, in honor of the victory of Buena Vista, has been finished, and-was transmitted to the President, last week. The medal is a most beautiful and faultless specimen ef the skill of our artists. II '4°08,3000. Dehnoe , of Johw (3 Calhoun: • . The Charlastonrotiriercontainin . g the speech of Hen. John C. Calhoun haido - me to.hand, and I hoiden to Transmit yen a brief synopsis.. The address begine With deelarini.that Cpl. Benton is unworthy Of 'notice, and personally he (Mr. CalhoPn) hail never thought it worth while to raise him to the digaity of a rival, nor consid ered it important whether he was put down or not; but as Benton strikes at the SOuthern cause through him, (Calhoun,) ho feels it his duty to repel his attacks. lie says 'that Benton's ef fort appears to prove him unfaithful to the South ern cause, as aiding the Free Sadists and Abo litionists. This, says he, they well understand, and rejoice at his speech as helping to weak en Southeni confidence in .me. It is not the rill time a deserter hail had the assurance to denounce those who are faithful. He, Calhoun, denies being favorable to dis union and says that he was always favorable to a compromise, but that Northern • fanatics pre vented it. He claims merit for voting for Clay ton's compromise and taunts Benton as the cause of its rejection; He cronies being the au thor of the Missouri Compromise, -which is Clay's, and argues the difference between that and the Proviso charged against him of having, in Mr. Monroe's Cabinet, stistained the power of Congress to restrict Slavery in the Territory. He denied, in fact, every assertion in Benton's address, and charges that Benton offered a proposition to abolish Slavery in the half of Texas, so as to hem in- the South with Aboli tion. He states that Ilaywood's immolation went further, and that Benton was his coadjutor in excluding Slavery from the Territory which he charged Calhoun with giving away to the In dians.and thus loosing it to the South. The In dians are Slaveholders and allies to the South. Haywood endeavored to deprive the South of this advantage, and Benton asserted that he was willing to take the responsibility for taking the resolution of the House as originally passed in annexing Texas. Tyler's Cabinet were unanimous on the subject on account of its sim plicity. The details were fewer and less com plex. A half-million was saved and the Senate's amendment could not have been carried out. 10 ctB 1:1171 EMI! (I cts. 13 cts EMI The whole address is bitter and strong, but the details are uninteresting, and as the con• clusion has not yet come to hand, I forbear sending more. - Speech of Benton on Slavery. Col. Benton, addressed the people on the 7th inst.,,at Lexington, Mo. on the- Proviso ques tion. lie divided his address into two heads— tst, the constitutionality of the Anti-Slavery pro viso; 2ndltit the nullification and disunion char acter of the Missouri resolutions of instruction. Col. Benton maintained that he introduced the amendment into the Oregon Bill that pass ed it with a Wilmot Proviso attached, and that it was done to assert the unlimited power of Congress over Slavery in the territories, and that as a naked, absolute unconditional exer cise of the unlimited 'power of Congress over the whole subject, the Oregon bill with the anti- Slavery clause received the approving signa ture of President Polk with the sanction of his whale Cabinet. Benton instanced the paasage orate Minesoto Territorial bill, without even oijet•tion from Calhoun's with a similar prohibition. The Missouri resolutions of instruction Col. Benton dissected with great minuteness, show ing that their spirit was that of pore nullification, and that if carried out would lead to disunion. lin pledged himself and the State of Missouri to sustain Genehel Taylor in preserving the Union against the assaults of Southern fanati cism, and designating the authors of the reso lution as Calhoun the Father, Judge Napton the Granny, and Caleb Jackson the Nurse 'of the bantling. Tho Recognition . of Hungary In publishing the following letter of the Uni• ted States Government, I intend to join to it the expression of the warmest thanks, which as I am convinced will be the sentiments of my countrymen in Hungary, as they are of the Hun garians living here, for the strong sympathy of the noble American nation and its Government, a sympathy mapifested by the former on vari ous occasions, and by the latter in the follow ing lines. Providence, it seems to me, when highest gift to the human race is freedoirt, ie liberty having established freedom in thielappy coun- try, has also pointed out Hungaii•• to ho the place of liberty. Erelong I hope freedom in the 'United States and liberty in Hungary. will go hand in hand and extend its donainiuns over the whole world. L. R. BREISACIL DLFAIITMIINT OF STATE, .Washingtoh, Juno 25th, 184 D. L. E. I:lnfusion, Esq. New York. Sir: I am requested by the President to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter to him of the 7th inst., and the printed account of the proceedings of the meeting of the Hungarians and others in New-York. These proceedings had not escaped attention. The Government and the people of this coun try are profoundly interested in the events which are now passing in Hungary, and all informa tion calculated to throw light on the present struggle between that country and Austria and Russia eannot fail to be welcome. It is the policy and practice of the United States to recognize all Governments which ex hibit to the world con vincing proofs of their pow er to maintain themselves. If Hungary sustains herself in this unequal contest there is no reason why we should not recognize her independence. Congress, it is believed, would sanction such a measure, and this Government would be most happy in that event to enter into commercial as well as dip lomatio relations with independent Hungary. I am, sir, respectfully your ob't eery% JOHN M. CLAYTON. t VVAsnlxoxciiaulivl9 Sr. LOl7llll, July 19, 1849 41f . ' NEE Annexation Of Canada. The question of annexation of Canada to the Pnited States is one that is now being clis ssed with considerable animation on the Can adian side of the boundary, and is beginning to excite some interest among us. The queft tion is fast becoming sectional, that • is, the North' will .be arraigned against the South. .However, we are disposed to let our patrons sae what is going on—what is said, &c., with respects to annexation; and as General Scott appears in the field is an annexationist, wo think it right to publish his letter, which will be found below, and followed by views of a Virginia editor, touching the same subject. It will be seen that the conqueror of Mexico and the Virginian entertain opinions diametrical iy_opp_osite_to_cach_other-about-this-matter. WEST PoiNT, June 20, 1849 My Dear Sir: The news from the Parlia ment of Giant Britain this morning must, - 1 think, increase the discontent of our neighbors on the other side of the St. Lawrenea and the Lakes. not a little; and that those discontents will, in a few years, load ten separation attic Canadas, New Brunswick, &c., &c., from the mother couniry„seemeequally, probable. Will those Provinces form themselves into an - independent 'Titian, or seek a connection with our • Union g I think the probability is greatly in favor of the latter. In my judgment, the interests of both sides would be much pro moted by annexation—the several provinces coming into the Union on equal terms With our present thirty States. The free navigation of the St. Lawrence is already of immense import ance to perhaps a third of our present popula tion, and would be of great value - to the re mainder. After annexation, two revenue cut ters, below Quebec, would give us a better se curity against smuggling than 30,000 custom house employees strung along the line that sepa rates us from the British possessions on our continent. lam well acquainted with that line, and know a great deal of the interests and char acter of the Provincials. Though opposed to incottorating with us any district densely peo pled with the Mexican race, I. should be most happy to fraternize with our northern and north eastern neighbors. What may be the views of our Executive Government on the subject, I know absolutely nothing ; but I think I cannot err in saying that two-thirds of our .people would rejoice at the incorporation, and the other third soon perceive its benefits. Of course, 1 am opposed to any underhand ed measures, - on our - Olitt - in favor of the rhea sure,. or any other. act of bad faith towards Great Britain. lier good will, in my view of the matter, is only second to that of the Pro vincials themselves, and that the former would soon follow the latter—considering the present temper and condition of Christendom—cannot be doubted. The foregoing views I have long been in the habit of expressing in conversation; I give them to you for what they May be worth. Faithfully ycZa, WINFIELD SCOTT. From the Richmond Republican • Canadian Decency. It is said that Lady Elgin, the wife of the Governor General of Canada, has been so in sulted by the British popult;ee in her daily drives, that she has been forced to relinquish thorn. What manly and decent conduct! Instilling a defenceless woman on acconut of her hus band's political opinions and course! Where is Ilrs. Trollope ? Col. Hamilton? Marryatt ? Dickens? Did either of those inventive geni usses ever lay such a sin as that at the door of us poor, vulgar barbarians of America? No, they never pretended it. It never happened, it never could happen in this country, that ven geance against ir public man should be visited upon wife. Think of Americans followinr , his. • the canine of Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Taylor, Ste., and hooting at and abusing them, because the political course of husbands did not suit the fancies of men out of power.! Every one sees that this could never happen here. But we aro too fast ! It may happen here; for these very Canadian blackguards talk of annexing' themselves to • the United States. "Evil communications corrupt good manners." We want none of them ! Wo would much rather see them annex their necks to a mill stone, and throw themselves into the Atlantic, then truce themselves into the embrace of a . great and decent country. • Assaying Metals The assaying is the most curious and scien tific of all the business in the mint. The mel ters take the gold duet, melt it, and cast it into a bar, when it is weighed accurately, and a piece cut off for the assayer. • Ile takes it, melts it with twice its weight of silver, and several times its weight of lead. It is melted in small cups made of bone ashes which absorb all the load; a large part of the silver is extracted by another process, and the sample is then rolled out to a thin shaving, coiled. up, and put in a sort of glass vial called a mattress, with some nitric acid. The matrassea are put in a fur nace, and the acid . is boiled some time, • pour ed off, a new supply put in and boiled against This is done several times, till the acid kas extracted all the silver and other mineral sub stances leaving the sample pure gold. The sample ; is then weighed, and by the difference between the weight before assaying- and after, the true value is found. All the silver over and above five pennyweights for each lot, is paid for by the mint as its true value. The gold, alter it has been assayed, is molted, refined, and being mixed with its due prbpoition of al loy, is drawn . into long strips (not unlike, in iron hoop for a cask) the round pieces cut Int with a sort of punch, each piece weighed:and, brought to right size and put into a atainping press, whence it conies forth a perfect coin... COMMUNICATION. The Coopersburg Post Office NI . Enyron—Sir !—ln your last I noticed an article in reference to the removal of the Coup ersburg Post Office to the isolated house ofCcurge Wetherhold, signed "Veritas," of which permit me to take notice in your valimble sheet. The article is rich, consistent (!) and mcrelori ous (!) and consequently deserves a passing no tice. "Verilas"lms no lack of names, nor can it be said that he has not,brought into question the removal of every office in the county from Wash ington down to thepresent incumbent of the presidential chair. I was not aware of our hav ing such capital writers in . Upper Saucon, and if "Veritas" is at all desirous of having a situation as a writer fur a paper, with a good salary, I would recommend him to go_lo:some_of_our_cit-: ies, fur I am certain, Ural if either "Paul Pry," "Ned Buntline's Own," "New York Police Ga zeete," The Viper," or any other sheet of that or der- were , in - want Dia writer; he could readily have a situation at a salary of nothing short of $lOOO per annum. "Veritas" does not appear, to know such a place as "Locust Valley." Alt ! indeed, poor fel low, I pity him, to know so ranch of the different names, localities and distances of places in his district and yet not know "Locust Valley," is truly a lamentable fact. For the especial infor mation of "Veritas" I will endeavor to give him its locality, so' that he will not in future be com pelled to show his ignorance olplaces in his own district. "Locust Valley" is beautifully located south west of Cortrersburg, brlu,cen two (which however cannot be said of "Centre Val ley," being that the last named valley is on a pre eminence sufficient to overlook the country around.) and well built up with houses, this is another faet,of which "Centre Valley" dare not boast. "Vcritas" will recolloect the place, if not, let him enquire at Coopersburg, where he can at all times receive the proper directions. "Veritas" took up our proceedings to "sift them systematically." Bahl—with the belief that if he could not sat isfy the coinmunity,he would at least satisfy him self, he may perhaps have succeeded in the lat ter part of his motive for "sifting.," for his name once posted up in print, I think would satisfy his vanity, but has, however, failed indeed to satisfy the community by his "sifting" and they would advise him to "sift" them over again, but with not quite so course and rough a sieve as the one used upon the first attempt. Try again "Veritas," don't allow yourself to be bluffed off by one fail ure, you will do better the next time. You know that "perseverance gains reward." "Premising then, that the meeting was a fail ure, only twelve or fifteen persons having attend ed." Allow me to inform "Veritas" that his "pre mising" is false and unfounded, and further that the community wants better authority than mere "Veritas ;" you have not yet arrived at that de gree of eminence, that your mere saying "it is so," will make it so. I think it wast of time to say more on this part of the "sifting"—the false hood is too unfounded, gross and palpable. After finishing the story of the "failure, &c." "Veritas" wishes. to "draw the attention of We readers to a paragraph" which he calls "ex traor dinat y," and which I suppose to a little mind like his would seem "extraorrlinary." The para graph referred to, is, wherein it is that "on re quest, Gen. W Fairing, Esq., stated the object Rm." I see nothing "extraordinary" in_that par ag ra ph, such occurrences take place everywhere, whenever. the President is not fully acqnainted with the whole of the facts. Out of charity we will suppose that "Veritas" never attended a reg• ularly organized meeting and therefore the sup• position on his part that the paragraph was an "extraordinary" one, we will have to attribute to his ignorance of such matters. It is not to be considered as a matter ofcourse, that if the president did not give a statement of the whole of the facts, that he "did not know wliat he was there for," he very well knew what he was there for, as did every one present ; he knew that an act of meanness was about being consumated, and he further knew, that as a citi zen of Upper &neon, he had a right to express his indignation and disapprobation of such an act. No, no,"Veritas" you can't humbug the com munity into the belief that we ''did not know what we met for." Our resolutions have expt eS:s ed to the world what we assembled for, and your saying to the contrary does not make it so the president was cajoled and begged to at. tend. 7 This I can prove by the words of the president himself, to be a broad faced falsehood. Oh ! Veritas, Veritas I how well you bear your signature. Well might you say, "Shame where is thy blush," for it is evident that it is lost to you. Any one that will manufacture so unfounded a falsehood as the above, must certainly have lost all. shame. No, the president was not "cajoled and begged to attend," he attended willingly and without persuasion; he was almost the first man at the place, the first to express his indignation and denounce so mean an act as the removal, he was the first to believe that he was among friends and honest men—he,