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Allentown, Pa•
Ti - UIIB%IY, AUGUST 16, 1849.
Circulation near 2000.
Sunday School "Pic Niu"
On Saturday last the Scholars attending the
German Reformed and Lutheran Sunday School,
had a magnificent "gala day," at the "grove"
of Mr. M. D. Eberhard, on the banks of the
beautiful "Trout Creek," near tills place. A
more delightful spot could not have been se
lected for many miles around the country.
At about 9 o'clock in the morning the schol
ars assembled in large numbers, in the School.
room of the German Reformed church. The
ceremonies commenced by singing a hymn, af
ter which the superintendent, Mr. Jarret Fri/z
-inger, ordered the procession to be formed, and
the whole assemblage moved to the selected
"grove." Upon their arrival on the spot, a cir
cle was formed and a hymn was sung, making
the grove vocal with melody, after which Mr.
Fritzinger invoked the Scholars in. a very in
teresting and beneficial manner. This being
over, they were left to amuse themselves in a
suitable way.
At about 12 o'clock each began to unload
his basket of treasures, and the way the good
things had to stler, was indeed amusing. Af
ter despatching the greater part of them, the bal
ance was again stored away in the baskets, and
the innocent enjoyment of play was practiced
up to the time of departure. The circle was
again formed, when the Rev.. Mr. Brobst fer
vently invoked the assemblage, a hymn' was
sung, and the whole marched in procession to
the School room, and there dissmissed.
The day was delightful and pleasant, and
will long be remembered by those happy chil
dren in attendance. The School is in a highly
flourishing condition, and is destined to give
great satisfaction and be of immense benefit to
the rising generation.
Telegraph Operator
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Philadelphia and IVilkesbarre Telegraph Com
pany —in Allentown and vicinity—held on
Tuesday evening last, at the House of Alaj.
Eli Steckel, in Allentown ; ChriAna Pref.:, beim:
called to the chair, and ff. C. Longnecker, ap
pointed Secretary—the object being stated by
the President, the meeting proceeded to the
election of an Operator. It being previously
agreed to, that a majority of all the votes should
be necessary to elect. On motion, David ..tern
and John D. Lawdl were appointed tellers.' The
names of the Stockholders being called over by
the Secretary, in the order subscribed, and the
result was, •for Joseph Weiss, 68 votes—for E.
Saeger, 63 vow—scattering 8 votes. No one hav
ing a majority, the meeting proceeded to a sec
ond ballot, when one of the candidates with
drew his name,and the result showed that Joseph
Weiss hod 72 votes, and Eli J. Saeger 67—elect
ing Mr. Weiss by a majority of 5. The election
will have to be confirmed by the board of Direc
tors, elected on the 4th of September, in the Bor
ough of Doylestown.
Editorial ChangO
E. %V. nutter, Esq., has retired foom the
Lancaster Intelligencer, and is succeeded by
George Sanderson Esq., of the Carlisle Yuba:tar.
Mr. Hinter goes to Baltimore; to take charge
of the Lutheran Observer, a widely circulated
religious paper, published in that city, and also
of the printing office and book concern, to
which it is attached. He is a courteous and
able editor, and his withdrawal from the press
of Pennsylvania, is much to be regretted. His
successor, Mr. Sanderson, an experienced edi
tor, will doubtless maintain the high character
enjoyed by the Intelligencer.
State Convention.—To-day the Whig State
Convention will meet at Harrisburg to nomi
nate a candidate for Canal Commissioner and
transact other necessary business. licarli 31.
Fullers•, will no doubt he the candidate.
From the City of the Salt Lake.
A letter from a Mormon at the Salt Lake to
his friends in Ohio says:—
"There is an extensive gold mine here, from
which a great many of my • neighbors' are en
gaged in digging gold. Those x% Ito work the
mines make from thirty to seven hundred and
fifty dollars per day, each. If a man wants
gold, all he has to do is to go and dig it. In
fact, Miles, money is as plenty lane as pine
slabs used to be at Schroer], Vt. We have gold
dust, gold and silver coin, and a, raper curren
cy for our own convenience, paper being bet
ter to-handle thAli gold dust.
Pure salt abounds hereto any extent. I can
shovel up a wagon load of salt hero as soon as
you can a load of sand on your Lake shores.—
There are some springs here that anavery use -
fal. Within four miles of the city there is a !
hot spring, the water is sufficiently hot to scald
a hog in. There is another spring within, one
mile of the city, the water of which is about
blood warm—there we bathe for health: also,
an oil spring, a soda spring, and an alkali spring_l,
near the Lake, at which place it requires but
a few minutes to load a wagon with as good
salteratus as ever was used—in fact, we tire
no other. "There is 'not much timber in this
country. Game is very plenty, such as buffa
loes, antelopes, deer, bear, &c. Fowls and
fishes of all kinds in abundance.
CaEtle can live her the whole year without
either hay or corn, and be fat enough for beef
at any time. There has been one crop raised
in the valley, ? and there is now a large crop of
wheat in the ground. There is a canal being
constructed here for the purpose of watering
our fields, as there is very littla or no rain in
the summer season,
MEI
Important Movement in the South.
The news from the South ; state, if accounts
can be relied upon, that an.expedition is fit
ling out at New Orlbans destined . to attempt a
revolutionary movement in Tampicio, in North
ern Mexico, similar to that which led to the
indeitendence and ultimate annexation of Tex
as to this republic. It is stated that muskets,
fire-arms and other munitions of war, have
been purchased in the Northern States, and
transported to some point in Mexico, destined,
very probably, for the expedition which is now
being formed in New Odeans. It is highly
probable, we say, that all these matters have a
common origin, are perfectly authentic, and
may burst on the world, to the astonishment of
our citizens, before they are aware of what has
been 'perpetrated.
The restless spirits left in this republic by
the Mexican war, and who were unable to
reach California, may bestir themselves with
such activity as to be able to get up this expe
dition to New Mexico, create a revolution
there, and separate half a dozen of the North
ern States from the central government of that
weak, distracted and imbecile republic. The
spirit of cnterpri-e which animates the Ameri
can mind, and particularly the population of
the Southern States, will . sufficiently account
for the expedition now being formed in New
Orleans; but there are, in addition to that, eau
ses of a deeper and wider extent bearing on
the Southern States, and excited by the tone of
the public mind in the North, which would
naturally aid and further such an enterprise,
and carry it into execution and final success.
It is very evident that the anti-slavery ten
dencies of hoth parties, and all parties in the
North, have created a deep feeling and a de
termined purpose of action in the Southern
States, and that this feeling and sentiment in
the South arc increasing every day. In that
state of the public mind, to which the South is
now tending, and which has been caused by
the agitators of the North, we have not the
slightest doubt but an enterprise calculated to
divide, separate and break tip the republic of
Alexico, would meet with encouragement, and
even be backed by all the Southern influence
in that region ottile country, in opposition to
any interference by the general government at
Washington. The Southern statesmen _an
Southern men are reflecting on the destruction
of their constitutional rights on the social ques
tion so long interfered with by the North, and
they imagine, that, while possessing a monopo
ly of the cotton and rice, and a large portion of
sugar culture of this continent, tliey could form
a republic of their own, in combination with
the greater part of Mexico that would combine .
principles of unanimity and safety within their
own borders, calculated to confer, more happi
ness than they could have by associating with
States which agitate and entertain principles
and feelings calculated to reduce them to the
condition of San Doming or the British West
India Islands. In connection with these mat
ters, there might likewise be involved ; in their
estimations and calculations, the territories of
New Mexico and California, which might be
included in their project.
Such, we understand, are the views of some
of the Southern statesmen and politicians, and
such may be the motive of the new expedition
lining out for Tampico. It is a complicated
and important movement in the present state
of the country, agitated as the South has been
for the last two years by the anti-slavery move :
mews of the free States Of the North.
The following, extract of a letter from New
Orleaius to the New York Herald will further
elucidate the object and movement :
For some time past, several men, calling
themselves agents of an expeditionary enter
prise, have been enlisting men in this city with
the understanding, private and secret, that they
shall perform duty in any service, in which
their aid maybe required when the expedition
shall have arrived at its destination. Imme
diately after the enlistment of each man, he is
made acqUainted with certain secret signs by
which he can recognize his fellow associates,
agents or otfiCers; and, as I also learn, each
matt bikds himself to keep the fact of such an
expedition, being in process of formation, to
himself, and to reveal it to no one.dsAnother
stipulation which all those, who enlist
in this enterprise aro obliged to enter into,
is that the destination of the expedition is not
to be made known to them, until the vessel in
which they are to embalk shall have reached
a certain latitude and longitude. When that
particular.
.pniet shall have been reached, the
object and intent of the expedition, as well as
the point of debiukation, will be fully made
known to them, mud they will be expected to
obey their cflicers, and perform the military
service, which they entered into in this city.
Fifteen hundred riven, or more, have at this
time announced , their readiness to embark in
this enterprise, and the number is incteasing
every , day. A formidable quantity of arms
has also been secured, consisting of fifteen or
twenty thousand muskets, which were pur
chased of government contractors itt New
- .. York, Philadelphia, arid other places, and they
are safely secured in the place appointed for
the expedition to land at.. The active men in
this aflair, the leaders, who command and are
newearryiug It on, will-visit the northern cit
ies, where (in New York particularly,) they
expect to be able to get all such additional re
cruits as they desire:
I have us yet said. nothing of the object of
this great movement, nor the point at which
the expedition will debark. Yon recollect ve
ry well, that, for some time past, there have
been rumors of a revolutionary character in the
northern part of Mexico, and that it has been
expected by the Mexican government that an
attempt would be made to establish au inde
pendent republic in the Northern States, to be
called the Reputlic of Sierra The
subject caused a great deal cf xie:y to the
central government at Mexico ; and troops were
sent there some months ago, and other mea
sures adopted, to nip it iti the bud. Now,,the
.object of this expedition is to carry out the for-
Malian of am republic of the Sierra Madre, to
separate that territory from the Mexican repub
lic, proclaim its independence, and maintain it
by force.
A great many of the soldiers and officers in
the late war with Mexico, have joined this
movement; and I am creditably informed thnt
it has received the approbation, if, indeed, it
has not emanated from, some of the leading
citizens of. the South.
A dissolution of the Union has been fre
quently threatened, and this movement 14 the
commencement of a train of events, that lead
to such a consurnation, on the part of the
South, under the guidance of the leading
Southern politicians.
Pikc County Democrat—This is the title of a
new paper stalled at Milford, Pa. It is of a
large size and well got up, and is edited with
considerable ability. Pike,. is but a small
county, und we think it quite a daring enter
prise, in Mr. McNally, the editor and proprietor,
to venture out, in such An extensive sheet. We
trust, however, the citizens of the county,- of
both political parties will stand by him : as he
will want all, and will then receive but a very
slim equivelent for his enterprize. We have
entered brother McNally's sheet upon our ex
change list, and with it, we wish him the best
success.
The License Law
As some doubt has been expressed relative
to the operation of the late revenue law, we
give below a letter from the Auditor General
relating to the subject.
AVTITOR GENEIIACS OFFICR,
Harrisburg,June 12,1849.
Dear Si,- reply to your letter of the 1 lilt
instant., I have to state that the licences first
granted under the act of last session, expire on
the Ist of April next, and although the period
embraced is less than one year, no abatement
of the license fee is to be allowed on that ac
count. The appraiser is entitled to the same
fees for the classification, notices and
other dues, as are allowed by the acts of
16th April, 1846, 6th and 12th sections, for the
performance ofiimilar duties in reference to
mercantile tralers.
Keepers of beer houses, eating honses, oyster
cellers and restaurants, whose annual sales do
not amount to 5500, are not regniretito take
out a license. Nor are venders of patent med
icines, unless their annual sales amount to
The price of a theatre or circus license in the
Commonwealth, except in the city and county
of Philadelphia, and the county of Allegheny.
is S 80: Upon the payment of this sum, the
treasurer of any county, except Philadelphia,
where the license fee i5.:500, and Allegheny,
where it is S2OO, shall have the authority to
grant licenses for such exhibitions in any part
of the State, for the period of one year, subject
to suclt taxes as may be imposed by cities or
boroughs. It is not required that a license
shall be taken but for each county. The late
act merely increases the license fee, without,
in any other respect, changing the act of 16th
April, 1845. The latter act prescribes the
mode of issuing the licences, fixes the period
for which they are to be granted, confers upon
county treasurers authority to grant them, im
poses penalties, &c.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
MAIN N. PURVIANCE, Auditor Gent
John F. Shroder, Esq., Treasurer of Lances-
ler county
Election Returns
Kentucky.—The returns in this Slate are
quite conflicting, and' come in slowly. The
Democrats have gained two members of Con
gress, and the Whigs hold the ascendency,
in the Legit•latice body.
Tennessee.—The Democratic candidate Gen.
Trousdale, a war worn Metican officer is
elected Governor by about 2000 majority.
The Democrats have also gained Iwo mem
hers of Congress. The State Legislature is
still in doubt.
North Carolina.—The election in this State
stands the same as last yertr.
Alabama.—But few returns have as yet
come to hand, not sufficient to give a state-
ME!
Dangerous Counterfeits
The Baltimore American states that coun
terfeit $5 notes of the Franklin Bank of Balti
more are in circulation. The plate is a. close
imitation of the genuine note, and as the let
tering is in the same bold , style as the original,
it is very likely to deceive the incautious. The
engraving of the counterfeit is badly done, and
the signatures are unlike the original ; but the
general appearance of the note is calculated to
deccive iw The counterfeit is lettered.C, under
the figure son the left hand side. Counter
feits aro in circulation in New Jersey, altered
from the old broken . State Bunk of Trenton to
represent the issues of the Camden Bank,
Morris County Bank and others. ft is said
that in leafing down the inner parts of the old
State Bank building, about one year ago, un-:
signed notes to the amount of over one hun
dred thousand dollars were discovered in the
vault, and carelesly distributed to whoever
wished them. The rouges have now got bold
of them. The alterations are done very ingeni
ously.
Death Of Two Venerable Citizen:.—The Hon.
Albert Gallatin, who from infancy has held a
prominent part in the history of our republic,
died this morning, having nearly reached the age
of ninety.
Thomas G. Wood warti,Esq. one of the editors
of the New Haven Courier,died at New Haven
yesterday morning, at the age of 61. Mr. W. for
merly conducted a paper in Charleston, 8. C. and
at the time of his death, was one of the oldest edi
tors in the country.
COMIIINICATION.
The Coopersburg Post Office
Mn. Enrrort—Sir !—Permit me, through your
columns, to address the following to his excel
lency, the right honorable "The man wat studied
for Govenor," the chemist, the.student of bacon.
the gentle shepherd of the Valley. One of the
weak points of man is Vanity. All are possess
ed thereof more or less, and even "Veritas" has
not escaped its foil, fqr we hear him sing out,
am a chemist,' and •I have studied bacon to bet
ter advantage,' and •Humbolt and Newton,' are
my favorites. Whn ever saw more vanity, than
in those sayings of thelLverifable Veritas I"
Poor fellow must trump his own fame, for should
he not do so, no one else would, from the simple
fact, that they did not know any good to speak of
him. Vanity, is defined by a renowned author
to be oselfislinesapiodified and puffed up, like a
bladder with wind ." The definition is in itself
so full and applicable, that it is needless for me
to say more about this subject for the present;
I had, out •of pity sake, given up the idea of
ever making public the contradictory and ill
tempered letter, (if a letter it might be called) of
"Veritas" to me, but as he is so very desirous of
having it public, for the purpose I presume, of
making known to the world, that after a weeks
severe study and cudgeling of his brains, if any.
he has, he succeeded in procuring something that
might lay some slight claim to the title of "a let:
ter" I can no longer retain it, but must let it come
to light—here it is in full.
".54.—1 am perfectly acquainted with your ef
fords at Harrisburg the past winter to stifle the
voice of the majority of the citizens of this dis
trict in regard to the removal of the Election
from Coopersburg to Wetherhold's, and with
what devotion the member from this county
serves you. And as the session is now nigh its
close, I thought proper to apprize you of the re
talliatory measure, I have in train of accom
plishment, should that bill be defeated. As sure
as we live—and I speak by the cord, unless
that bill is passed, you will have the satis
faction to walk to Wetherhold for the next four
years to the P. 0. The commission for aught I
know is on the way now, (mark this last sen
tence readers) and if justice is not done to us, it
will be a fixed fact fur the next four years at
least.
I should not have written this letter, did I not
wish to throw the responsibility where it belongs.
for it is entirely at your option to act as you best
like, but I have the rein as much as you have de
pend upon it,— In haste yours
The foregoing is the letter, as it was received
'by me, spelling and punctuation all given cor
rectly. Now good reader what think you of it?
Is it not the most false, contradictory and mali
cious threat you ever read? To me it so ap
pears and I will endeavor to prove it to be so ;
first its falsity. The writer of the letter must
certainly have been aware of the falsehood
when he wrote that "we-endeavored to stifle the
voice of the majority,' for he very well knew,
that during the winter of '46 '47, a law was pass
ed leaving it to the voters of the district, to de
cide by ballot, where the general election should
be held, and that in the spring of '47, in accord
ance with said act, a vote was taken which re
sulted, as the records will show, by a large ma.
jority of votes being cast in favor of Coopersburg.
This majority however was not owing to our ex•
ertions and luliewarmness, as .Verilas" would
have it; but from a sense of justice, for before
the passage of said act, "Veritas" to gratify his
malice against a few individuals, run the dis
trict over, endeavoring by a $ll story to incense
the people against those whom he could not like,
and in that way have the township election re
moved; but had it tiot been, for Mr. Weidner, al
so telling his friends, that they should all vete
for Coopersburg, the district election would still
be there.
"Veritas" himself had called on Mr. Seiler,
requesting Ilion to take the said election. After
seeing, that through the course pursued, he had
not spited any one, he wished to have it removed
again to a place 'where he would spite somebody.
'rite poor fellow was vain enough to believe in
his own magnitude, so much's°, that if he should
name any place, that immediately the election
would go there, but the citizens of this district
are no fools, consequently will not he duped by
men like "Veritas." Since the attempt at the
general election, there have been several at
tempts made to remove the township election
from Coopersburg in Ahlum's, nowWetherhold's,
but all of which had the same result, as the vote
in regard to the general election.
No exertions made by them. Ah! indeed—
what loads were carted there, upon that occa
sion, as well as upon the following ones I How
many and who were on ? Answer these que
ries Mr. "Veritas," honestly, and then we will
see whether no exertions were made. Why my
deer (!) sir, I can prove that a person, with a
ticket in hand and ready to deposit it was taken
by the arm, and drawn back, and another ticket
given by a person from the • upper end. Does
this look like "not having made any exertion I"
I think I have already proven the falsity of the
letter, but I will adduce a few more facts in the
way of questions,•so as to place it beyond all
doubt. The reason for his writing the sentence
"endeavoring to stifle the voice of the majority,"
he gives . in his last production, where he says
that they "had a clear majority on their petition."
Now Mr. wYeritas," will you answer me the Col
lowiditdo not hesitate, I know all. Were your
petitioners all of the age of 21 years? Were
they all residents of Upper Saucon or even of
Lehigh comity?. Did you not have the name of
one at least who does not even live in the Coun
ty, but in Northampton? Did you not have the
name of Peterson on your petition? Is not the
same Peterson whose name was' on that petition,
a colored man 1 And did you not copy thri
names that were on the petition and send on the
copy only? Be kind enough Mr. "Veritas" to
answer the foregoing in the next.
We will next see whether the said letter was
not contradictory and malicious.
"If that bill is• defeated &c." and "the com
mission for ought I know is on the way now"
are contradictory sentences; for in the first, he
holds out the idea that if that bill would not be
defeated the P. 0. would not be removed; and in
the second, lie shows that they had- even ihen
made sufficient exertions fbr this removal, to be
in expectance of the commission daily. Mark
reader, this was before any action of the Legis
lature was taken on said bill, the letter.,was dat
ed April 4, 1849; some days before the fate
the bill was known, yet, lie Will say in one, .tdo
this and yon shalt havethe P. 9." and in the oth
er, before even givitrg its the chance,- be saps,
do as you please all things are so fixed, let the
bill go either way, we expect the commission
daily. This I think is contradictory enough, and
also shows the malice, for that whereas the citi
zens had said, or rather a majority bad said
something, that did not meet with his approba
tion, he must turn round, show his cloven foot,
and say, od—n your majority, if you don't vote
and do, as I want you to vote and do, I will take
the P. 0. away from you," does this show no
malice. Great man indeed is this ge n tle shep
herd of the Valley.
I have done with the letter.. It is now before
the public, and'they may take it for what it is
worth. My opinion of it is given above. The
cause of all this "muss" is also given, .but I
should like to know, what the election has to do
-with the locality of the P. 0.!
"I am a chemist!" (1 !!) Vanity does not stick
out much, there does it.. 'Yes, "Writes," I per
ceive by your statement that you are a chemist;
Residuum is the word that destroys all your repu
tation as a diemist, after the reduction of any
thing to a powder, the matter remaining is all
residuum, consequently can not be divided into
parts under any other name, than parts of that
residunm. Come "Veritas," do not undertake a
science, for which your brains are too light to
see into. lam no chemist, but yet know suffi
cient to detect such gross errors as the one re
ferred to above.
"Enkindled enthusiasm." Well that will do
better than "Unkindled enthusiasm." How was
I to tell, whether that was a typographical error
or not. Were you Mr. "Veritas," a person
known to use proper and correct phraseology
upon all occasions, then I would have reason to
believe, and in fact presume every improper
word or sentence a typographical error, but
knowing that you are not able to write the Eng
lish correctly nor even able to speak it, without
using "dis or dat," I cannot presume every error
of yours to be a typographical one, and con
sequently blame the printer and to him attribute
all your errors.
Were I to tell you, that a mile stone is at
Wetherhold's and the next at Beidler's house, a
house that you have taken ts on the mere out
skirts of -a a mile and counting a family there,
when you know that no one lives there, and that
Beidler and family are in Wisconsin. • You might
also get out of it, by saying that it was a typo
graphical error, as you might also do, were I to
say that Sterner's house is yet full 300 yards
north of Beidlers. These are facts, and the on
ly plausible way you have to get out of such a
scrape, is to, say that it was a typographical
error,"
C. 11. wrrTmAN."
The long list of names attached to the memo
rial at the meeting, satisfied me, that it was an
unusually large meeting, your saying to the con
trary does not make the number less.
It is useless for me, to take up time and space
with the names and number of dwellings, for it
is a conceded fact, that Coopersburg and "vicini
ty, forms the most dense pat t of the district" mid
were I to count two houses in every case where
two families reside in the same dwelling as "Ver
itas" has done in the case of" Berger and Ritter."
I might swell the number in this vicinity to one
hundred, but I suppose that that was a typograph
ical error.
If it will be considered necessary to have a
certificate from Mr. Shelly, the President of our
meeting, to prove that what "Veritas" hail said
was false and what I had said in relation was
true, it can be given.
Quite a number of slangs, and blackguardism
yet remain unanswered, but were I to attend to
all of-them, I would have to stretch this as long
as the one they are contained in, and consequent
ly be the cause of the negligence to the farm for
another week, by this gentle shepherd of the Val
ley. Yours, JUSTITIA.
It is stated by the National Intelligencer, that
orders have been sent from the War Department
to Brevet Major General Twiggs—who is now
at Pascagoula, Mississippi—directing him to
. proceed to Florida, to take command of the mil
itary detachments which have been ordered
there. Two companies of the 4th Artillery, re
cently stationed at Pascagoula, have been order
ed to Tampa Bay, and the 7th Infantry, recently
at Jefferson Barracks, to St. Augustine. Besides
these, one company of the 2d artillery, stationed
at Savannah and one at Charleston, moved a
short time agp to St. Augustine, and - the latter
company has already made report of its arrival
to the department. A company of 2d Artillery,
from the Augusta Arsenal, it is to be stationed at
Pilatka. •
These movements have reference, no doubt, to
the recent disturbances made by the Indians, and
they look as if the. Government is about to act
very vigorously in the matter. We trust they
will prove effectual in restoring tranquility, by
keeping the Indians entirely in check.
A chance for subscribers.—The Potter County
Journal advertises as .
WAwrsu—On subscription to the Journal,
Potatoes, Butter, Eggs and Pork, Maple sugar
and Maple Molasses; also all kinds of grain."
It does not appear how many eggs make a
subscription, or whether the potatoes are required
to be large or small ones.
Adamites.—There is said'to be a new associ
ation of—maniacs, we must suppose—formed in
Bohemia under the title of “Adamites," all the
male members of which assume the name
cif Adam, while the females take that of Eve.
They deny the immortality of the soul, and are
practical socialists.
A city of Tents.—The late accounts from Cal.
ifornia. by the steamship Falcon,state that there
were about 2000 cloth tents around the town.
The demand for houses is very greaLand all
that can be sent out from here will meet . with
a very ready sale. •
Troubles in Florida
Gleanings from thelYtEdr.
VIT"Ike," said a rusty old heathen of the 0314
"(colt do astronomers meassure the distance ttr
the sun V' "Why," replied the young hopeful'
"they guesses at one fourth the distance,. and'
then multiplies by four." The old desk worm'
fainted.
LirThe grivernor of Canada has refused per,-
mission to vesiels to
_sail from the American
lakes through the St., Lawrence to the ocean an&
Cali (brain.
M"Mankind are very odd creatures. One"*.(
half censure adult Nit practice ; the other half '
practice what they censure. The rest say and ,
do as they ought.
W" - The cholera still exists in most of the
towns on the Illinois river. In Peru, since its•
first appearance, 50 persons have died and itt
Lasalle 20.
Or A "'Firmer" enquires through the Nation.
al Inilligericer, whether anybody has ever know*
or heard of a• house covered with tint being, iti.•
jured or struck by lightning•
LV"It is stated that Lord Brougham intend',
visiting the United States this fall.
Cir There have been six thousand seven bun.
drcd and eighty-two suicides in France during.
the last thirty years.
rar A Frenchman wishing to tell a fat MO'
she was very considerate, said:—..Madam, you
are very considerable."
I:7'While you are in the habit of intemperance,
you often drink up the value of an acre of land
in a night.—Father Mathew.
WThe Austrian soldiers receive 4.but cents a
day. Killing their brethern for four cents a dayf
11 hat an occupation !
rO"Spurious Bank Notes are in circulation,
altered from the old broken State Bank of Triti; —
ton, N.J. to represent bills on the Camden and
Morris banks.
Oholernat Sandusky.
The number of deaths, by Cholera at &Indus.
Icy from July 28, to August 3, was 165. The
Daily Sanduskian of the 2d inst., says:—
"Among the victims are several brave genet•
pus and devoted men, Who were active in aiding
the distressed, and disposing of the dead, as
long as they were able to move. and indeed con.
tinued their exertions after prudence demanded
a suspension."
A sufficiency of physicians had arrived and
continued arriving from the surrounding towns
from whence large quantities of provisions was
also sent. The Odd Fellows are mentioned con
spicuously among the benevolent persons ma
king these contributions.
AN; INCIDENT.—The Sanduskian mentions that
a man having been seized with cholera at a ho
tel in the village of Venice, the proprietor of the
house became so alarmed that he had him re
moved to an out house where he died. The next
day the tavern keeper himself was taken with
the e pidemic and died.
THE MEXICANS IN New Mexico.4-The Sante
Fe Republican of May 12, contains tthe procla•
[nation of Ramon (Mix, a Mexican.cOmmissionr
er under the late treaty, who, in the - *tie otitis.
government, intorms all Mexicans thatilttittr.
ritory was by the treaty ..comprehended
the limits of the United States - toreverr Lind hr"
invites them to pass over into the bona•fide Mex.,
lean country, promising them grants of land
whereon to establish themselveS; Col Wash
ington, the acting gilyernor of the territory, he
says, has placed at his disposal every assist
ance to cart' into effect in the months of Septem•
ber and October of the present year, the emigra
tion of the Mexican families who voluntarily
wish to cross over to the territory of their nation
under the basis of the decree of the 19th August,
1818.
Cholera among the Chickens.
' A singular disease prevails among the chick
ens in various parts of the country. It apyears
to be a species of bowel complaint, with symyo
toms very similar to the Cholera which has car
ried off such numbers of the human kind. A
Wilmington paper says, that a farmer near
that city had sixty old hens, thirty of which he
picked up dead and he is not able to find more
than 'twenty of the remaintlet. A similar loss
has been felt by other farmers in the same re
giv. The same mortality prevails amongst the
chickens in this neighborhood. We are inform
ed that numbers of them have died within the
last week or two, and that they have become
very scarce in market. Our physicians say that
people should be cautious about eatingchickens
during the prevalence oftbis distemper-Read. G.
Powder Mill Exploded.
On Thursday last, between the hours of Iwo
and three o'clock in the afternoon the Powdei
Mill belonging to Mr. Joshua Johnson, and situ
ate on Swamp Creek, in the vicinity of Stunney
town, Marlborough township, this county, blew
up, and sail to relate, the two workmen engaged
in the mill were in it at the time of the occur
rence. There was a considerable quantity, of
powder in it at the time, and both were dread
fully burned. The names of these unfortunate
persons are John Shaid and Daniel Moser; both
were in the prime of life—men of families, and
in but ordinary circumstances. The former,
whom we saw ourselves and have known fora
number of years, was burnt as black as a cinder.
the skin and nails of his hands and fingers hav
ing been left in the mill. He lingered until two
o'clock the following morning, when he died
the latter Mr. Moser, was not so badly burned,
. though not less fatally—lingering only until . the
next evening, when he also died. The former
was attended and every assistance rendered in
the v:wer of medical aid by Dr. C. F. Sellers,—
the latter by Dr. Thompson. The cause of the
explosion is not known, but it is supposed to
have been owing to some impurity contained in
one of the ingredients of the mixture. as there
had been a fresh supply put in only a short time
previons.—Norrisfoust Register.
Population of Chitogo.—A census of the city
of Chicago has Just been taken, from which we
learn that there are 22,572 white inhabitants and
378 colored; in all 22,950. This is an incWase
since last fall of 3,220. In 1834 Chicago was on
ly a military post, with but st few white) rest-