enttiim, Pa.
JULY 96, 1849.
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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.
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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.
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VVAsnlxoxciiaulivl9
Sr. LOl7llll, July 19, 1849
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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,<mot care as to where Coop
ersburg or its Post Office is"—dare you tell him
so to his facet No, he would spurn you, aye,
he would hurl you from him ns,he would a thing
of too low and too contemptable an order to waste
time with, he would shun your society as he
would a pestilence. No, indeed sir, you dare not
tell him so, he is an honest, upright and good
citizen of Upper Bancon, and is not willing to
have his rights or, the rights of any one else
trampled on. "
enthusiasm was all at once unkindkd," I
did think, that when' a critic would come out
publicly with his criticisms, he would do so with.
oat so horridly murdering the Queen's English, as
this vertitable critic uVeritas" has done. "Enthu
siasm .unkindfrd," dare he cavil at the definite
article ..tht;," which is proper as used, after thus
showing his lack . of the English. "Enthusiasm
teak/sad. The article, as I said before is correct
as used kis allays understood, that only those
in attendance or ihose'Wheisenames are attach
ed to a paper, are referred to. We are fully"
nWare, that no one has a right to speak for any
one bat himself unless in a representative char
/toter, and therefore, "those in attendance or;,
whose names are hereunto attached," is alwaY3
'understood, consequently would be superiNenS
f
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to make mention thereof in minutes, unless per
haps in writing minutes , for men like oVeritac!
in such cases, I would word the minutes full, at!.
follows.--.. Whereas we the citizens, (here attend-i
ing, or (whose names are hereunto attached,)'ilo
sincerely and honestly believe, that "Veritas" is
not a grammarian and, whefeas, we further be
lieve it to be our duty to encourage the study of
grammar, therefore be it
Rooked, That we purchase aliurray,Parker,
Kirkham, Brown, or - some other grammar for
"Veritas," as .a token of respect to him as a gram
indica! critic." Thus worded, I suppose "Veri
tas" would understand what the article "the"
referred to. ' , Oh! unkindle my Enthusiasm."
We admit that our "ideas are lofty" and that we
are some of the good citizens of tipper Sancon,
_but_deny_ever_harying_aimed-to-be-of-such-vast
importance and eminence, as did a certain roan
in thin district. No, we have never desired to
be the township itself—we never threatened a
majority of the voters of Upper Saucon, "that if
they did not as we wanted them, that we would
take their Post Odice away from them•" This
we never did, we have no desire or ruling single
handed, but if a majority concur with us then we
will go ahead and will not allow ourselves to be
bluffed off by the threats of "Verita" or any one
else.
"Veritas" requests its to strike out a certain
resolution to which he refers, because as he al:
ledges, thm "the Post Office was removed before
that resolution was passed." This "Veritas"
must certainly know to be false, but I am not at
all surprised at his saying so, as it is in accord
ance with the rest of his meritorious production.
The meeting was held on the evening of the 30th
of June and the Post Office was not removed un
til an hour bordering on midnight, of That clay.
Why, if the removal was so dreadful and so
mean an act, as to tequire a dark night and a
late hour fur its consummation, will you remove
it
"Veritas" must either be more consistent with
hiS signature or doff it and assume the more con
slat en i.une "Mendacium." Give us truth or noth
ing,. "Veritas" says, that he "has studied Lacon
to better advantage, &c." So mote it be, but I
doubt it very much, at least I have seen no proof
of it.
'•Vcritas" next argues his ownc ase, to wit : the
oSaucon Valley" Post Office. As "Veritas" had
quite a number of sayings in his production. I
hope to be excused for using one also, it is an old
but nevertheless true saying that '•the man Who
argues his own case, has bpi/ fur a client.
The "Saucon Valley Post Office" was remov
ed
. 11 oin one lone house to another—from a Whig
to a Democrat. But let us suppose that it even
was as mean an act as this, would that be an ex
cuse fur this! "Two wrongs never make a
right." Not a man present ht our meeting, and
took any part, that had the least to do with the
removal of the "Saucon Valley Post Office."
We had nothing to do with it, it was nut in our
! place to run to mind other people's business, if
they had infringed upon us, then we should have
resisted, but we believe in every man attending
to his own business, though "Veritas" would
have liked it very much, if we had run to his
place whets that removal was ConStimated, call
! ed a meeting and drafted resolutions for him.
That office too was put back again under a Dem 2
(sciatic administration and we were pleased in
stead of affronted with the lion. Samuel A. Beal
ges, as to Ihr part he took in that matter. We
were glad to see a ...Sam:on Valley" Post 01-
fire established, but not a “Centre Valley" Post
Office.
That Coororsborg and vicinity form the most
dense part of our district is a fact so well known
that the false representation in that respect of
"Veritas" needs no refutation. I would only say.
that f dare "Veritas" to gi VP me more than 11
dwelling houses within ,i circle of half a 'mile
around "Centre Valley," and I can assure the
public that we can by fir exceed the number
of dwellings around this vicinity, as given by
"Veritas." "As for business that is business," we
can compete with any place pf its size in the
country, even "Vcritas" has admitted the fact, l'or
he says that "Centre Valley is destined to be the
business place," it is "dratinrd" to be, is, an ad
mission that it is not so yet, and whenever the
"Centre Valley" it the business place then we
will not so seriously object, but for the present
we do, for it is only destined to be the business
place, we will wait till then e. We do not wish to
see the cart before the horse."
atn astonished at nothing they either say or
do." This is the ungentlemanly, low, mean, con•
temptible charge of a puppy, and therefore will
not be •noticed.
"Mr.-Milton Cooper did not resign as long as
Whigs were in the store." This' is true, and the
first true assertion that I have found in the whole
of the article, written by "Veritas." But had
Milton Cooper been as violent a politician as
~ V eritas," he would'have resigned. Who would
then have been Post Master at Coopersburg . l
Whigs? No, but Democrats, it was during a
democratic administration that Milton Cooper
did not, resign. The Whigs received every cent
of the emoluments of this-office for the last five
yeats—he did not care in whose hands the charge
of the office was, so that it was rightly conduct
ed, which I am happy to say it was, though "Ver.
itas" sayi, that the Whigs were not sworn in,
which Ido not know certain, admit that they ,
were not, the Post Of fi ce department had ample
security for all loss to them or to private in ,
dividuals, by the Bond of the principal and sur
eties.
You may kick.at "cloven feet" as long as you
please, but allow me to inform you, that after you
have done kicking you will find, that vitt had
been kicking your own shins.
"Veritas" again brings in the oßaucon Valley"
office, and as I am taking his article as it comes,
I will have to be pardoned for again referring to
this office. In our cam the Post Office was tak
en from a buiiness place to an isolated house and
out of our . Post Office district. Ia the case of the
..Saticon Valley" office it,was not so, Weidner's
place is as much in ofilaucon Valley" as Knep.
ley's farm; and is as much an improved place
and was at that, time more of a business place,
thau. 44 Krupky's farm," so you see - that-the ffint,l
oky will not answer. •
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earth &c. 6-, Yon are right there “Yeritas," sad?
thingi•a*your4Of castles, and destined business,
places, albezat there and atelikely to continue
to exist, there; without ,any one .ever dreaming
Orthern.,..l. _ _ _ -
'4.lreriatlivishas-fomakeM-great noise--show
himself '. talkabont.uptitubold, Newton &c." to
make peoftle believe thiOte was somebody, but
there is no go in,tbat• ltii. 4 •Veritas," your refer-
ence to that typographical error of miles"
knocked all that . iasstimptlon in the head.
.What .Veritas" says
.in regard to our knowl
edge of the intended removal of the .Friedens
v iUe Office" to SeitleYsii am authorized to.say.is
Eli=
The ungentlemanly alldsion to Mr. Furring
and map, I think altogether &called fur and
-too-mean-and-contemptible,-to--givelrinuch—no
Mr. Ftering, as a man and neighbor, is loved
and respected, and in point of talent and capaci
ty, has not his_ superior in- district. “yeri
tas" has had his ire tired up against Mr. Peering,
by the fact that. the last named gentleman was
sent on as a committee to Washington, and fear
ing that he might see some of the fate repreagn 7
lotions there made, he endeavors to influence the
minds or men against Mr. F., but a repo teflon
like that of Mr. Finring's, is not to *tar
nished by' anything,- said by a man like "Ver.
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I must conclude, I It tve . alroady spun this re
ply too long, but could not di, it with less words.
In future, I hope that Vet itas" will make his
articles shorter, with more truth and less fiction,
and more to the point. Yours,
3USTITIA.
NOTE.—Not having found any truth in the iy•or
duction of “Veritas," I consequently forwarded it
Co a celebrated chennisi in Philadelphia, to have
it analyzed, and T suppoi.e in the course of a
week or ten days I can give the result. of the
analysis.
Gleanings from the Mail
LT"Mrs. Child has a new work in press, or
nearly ready - , on the history and theory of reli
gion-in all ages.
g? - The man whose' delight is in gold only,
will part with every thing he has 'in exchange
GM!
CV"Where there is no corn there will be found
nn crows, and where there is no money you will
find no friends.
liirAtnos Tuck, the Free Soil Congressman_
from New HamPshire,isabnnt to sail for Europe,
to 'attend the great Peace Congress in Paris in
August next.
I:3 l "The deaths in New York last week num
bered 1000—a greater nurnher than ever befOie
—against 284 in the corresponding period
of last year. Of these, 981 are reported es - ,by
cholera.
!TV" Col: P. /11. Wynetterp has heen elected Ma
jor General of the military foree of the Division
composed of Schuylkill, Carbon, and Monroe.
Fir Old Age Proeribed.—lt is slated tliat.the
British Government have laid down a rule that
no person aced above fifty. can bOtproninted to
any vacant Government office : .
C Ken tneky, in 1776, the year of the'PFOOTa•
tion, was a mere wilderness. Now, she .ntiriittlers ,
near a million of inhabitants, anithas..nearldy
newspapers printed within her bounds.
Cir There are now thirty-six Batton dietaries
in opperation in the State of Georgia, and sever
al more are in contemplation.
E-V, reward of 51000 has been offered for
the apprehension of the murderer of Mr. Buck,
who was shot in 11.thimore.
London Dress Makers
'There are about 15,000 milliners and dress ma
kers in London. They commence work usually
at from 14 to 16—that is to say, at an nge when
their future health and constitution are determin
ed by the care they Ileen receive. A very large
port Intl I , l ' these girls arc hoarded and lodged by
their employers, and they: often come from the
country healthy and strong. During the busy
season:--i c. from April to August, and front Oc
(ohm to C h ristmas—the regular hours of work" at
all the principal houses" are, 011 the ailierage,lB
hours daily.
A great number of these girls become abandon
ed, being driven to prostitude virtue to be volley.
ed from drudgery. How much guilt belong to the
rich votaries of fashion, the judgement day will
reveal in terrible distinctness.
F t eels of Imagination.—The London Medical
Times relates a curious experiment recently
tried in Russia with some murderers. They
were placed, without knowing iwin four beds
where four persons •had died of the cholera.
They did not take the disease. They were then
told they were to sleep in beds where some per.
sons had died of malignant cholera, but the bed 4
were, in fact, new, and had not been used ut alt..
Nevertheless, three of them died of the disease•
within four hours.
Kossuth and the Ilebrews.—lt is related of ICoss- •
uth that he pbid a visit to the JeWish Synagogue
at Grosswardein while the Israelites were at pray- •
er. After the service was over, he addressed •
them in his peculiar style, and requested forgive,:
ness, in the name of the nation, for the unjusta. ;
acts done and burdens imposed upon their race
during so many centuries; he thanked them for...
their bravery and devotion to the•public cause. ;
and gaVe them a solemn assurance that fronit,-;
henceforth the law would acknowledge . no
Unctions bet Ween individuals !mid upon
ference of religious belief. '
The 11Miele S'enalerahip.—llon. Archibald Wil
Hams, n learned lawyer and prominent actor in,
the Ccmstitutional Convention, has given his
opinion that Gov. Frcnch has the power, andthati
it is his - duty, under the circumstances, to appoint t _
a U.S. Senator for Illinois In place of Gen.Shielcb4,,
and that the expense of an extra session of thki
General Assembly is entirely useless. The Ilii..
noise journals consider this evidence conclusive ,
and urge Governor French to take action..
Texas.—Gieueral Sam. Houston was expected
to make a speech at Huntsville on the 28Ih ult..
M which. it was thought he would takothe nine.
ground as Denton, in Missouri, on the'l•rriteritt.
question.
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