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TRURBDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1849.
Circulation near 2000.
correetion.-L-Types will sometimes get ahead
of us in. spite of all we can do, and will make
us at times say queer things. In our last„
speaking of a Coon that was captured, we were
made to say 'Rack Coon,' instead of 'Racoon.'
NVe will not try to get ant of the scrape
by palming the blame upon the poor composi
tor, as it was our duty as proof reader, to have
corrected the same. Bet, it being evidently an
oversight—we beg the readers pardon. Our
neighbors of the "Calumniator," pursue a dif
ferent course in matters ol this kind. They
first pen an article, set it in type, read the proof,
and if there happens to be a "whopper of a
blunder" in .the editorial, which by the bye.is
,very common thing, they blame the poor jour
oryman or-devil, for the deed.
r...7"The Democratic Senatorial Conferees of
Lehigh and Northampton counties, met at
Bethlehem, (In Monday the 24th ult., and unan
imously-confirmed the nomination of Gen. Con
rad Shimcr.
UrWe had quite a refreshing rain on Sun
day and Monday last. Fanners arc backward
in sowing, on account of the draught.
The Telegraph:—The posts of the telegraph
line are put up, and the wire:: stretched upon
'them to this place. We learn that everything
will be in readiness for operation in a few
days. Should this prove true, we will by Thurs
day next, have the rettlfas of the election of a
large part of the State, which is indeed a grat
ifying result.
neighbors of the "Calumniator'' have
adopted quite a new and interesting feature,
in their paper. Independent of the weekly slan
derous vituperations heaped upon our peacea
ble citizens, they have adopted• a column or
so, as a "Budget of original blunderi," which
emanate solely from the gifted pen of the edi
tors and proprietors.
Pennsylvania
The editor of the New Orleans Commercial
Bulletin, writing from Philadelphia, respecting
the present position and future prospects of
Pennsylvania says :
I hardly know of any thing that gives a great
er idea of the rapid increase of this country in
all the elements of national greatness, than the
fact that the present annual revenue of Penn
sylvania is equal to that of the United States
during the first term of Washington's adminis
tration, and that her population in the approach
ing census of 1850, will be found almost equal
to that cf the whole Union at the adoption of
the present constitution. Though we have
no statistics to enable us .to come at the fact,
have no doubt that her present wealth is also
fully equal to that of the thirteen States at the
same period. What would our fathers have said
sixty years since, if they then had been told
that at the expiration of that period, one single
State of the confederacy would be as populous,
as. rich, and as powerful, as the whole of the
old thirteen, who had so successfully conten
ded with the gigantic poser of Great Britain.
Horn's Rail Road Gazette
We have received a weekly sheet issued by
Solon Hunt, in the city of New York, it is about
the size of the New York Courier and Enqui
rer, and is adapted principally to what it title
indicates. For the travelling public it is of in
valuable interest : as it contains diagrams of all
the Rail Roads in the United States. Persons
visiting New York should at once purchase the
same. IVe with pleasure place the Gazette on
our exchange list.
IrrSpalding and 'Rogers' North American
Circus will visit Allentown on the Gth
with the Apononiron, laid to be, by far the most
stuponduous musical instrument of the age.
It is composed of over 1,000 diMinet musical
instruments, drawn by 40 horses. By Melon('
'of the public press, we hesitate not in Faying
that this Establishment is superior to any oili
er Company of the kind in this country. Come
one, come all, and see the performance. Ad
mittance 25 cents, children
Well Done !
Two good thing-) done by the Gov . ctionent
at ‘Vashington. The French Alio isle:. at Wash
ington has been dismissed by the President.
Robert Jesuit Walsh, American Conbul at
Paris, has also been dismissed.
Circus
The lovers of fun and novelty kill have au
opportunity of being gratified, in Allentown, on
Thursday next: The celebrated Circus com
pany of R. Sands and Co.; said to be unequal
led in this or any other country, will perform
here in the afternoon and evening of that day.
We have no room to mention the varied at
tractions they will present, but we have the
assuninee they leave nothing promised on their
bills unfulfilled.
;.: Real. Estate in lancaster
.County.—heal Es
tate brings high prices, notwithstanding the
large amount that has been offered for sale
this fall; IVe learn from the Union, that the
farm belonging to the estate of the late David
Graff, in East Lampeter township, containing
119 acres, without any woodland, arid with
ordinary improvements, was sold at public sale
last week, to Joseph Espenshade, for $138,50
per acts. The tavern property on the Phila
delphia turnpike, belonging to the same es
tate, containing 86 acres, was sold at the_same
time to John Gyger, for $126 per acre.
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What is Education
This may Seem a very simple question,
and very easily answered, but many who
think so, would be very snitch at a loss to an
swer correctly. Every man, in a free coun
try, wants three sorts of education ; one, to fit.
him for his own particular trade or calling—
this is professional education ; another to
teach him his duties as a man and a citizen--
this is moral and political educvtion ;—and a
third, to fit him for his higher relations, as
Cod's creature, designed for immortality—this
is religious'education. Now, in point of fact.
that is most useful to a man which tends
most to his happiness; a thing, so plain that it
seems foolish to state it. Vet people constant
ly take the word -"useful" in another sense, II
and mean by it, nut what lends most Co titan's
happiness, but what tends most to get money
for Itim ; and therefore they call professional
education a very useful thing: but the time
which is spent in general education, whether
moral or religious, they are apt to grudge as
thrown away, especially if it interferes with
the other education, to which they confine the
name of "useful ;" that is, the education which
enables a. man to gain his livelihood. Vet we
might all be excellent in our several trades and
professions, and still be very ignorant, very
miserable, and very wicked.
We might do pretty well just while we were
at work on our business, but no !nun is at work
always. There is a time which we spend with
our friends and neighbors; atm a very import
ant time which we spend whit ourselves. It
we know not how to pass these times well, we
are very worthless men, thought we may be ve
ry excellent lawyers, surgeons, mechanics ; la
borers, farmers, ur whatever else may be our
peculiar employment. Now, what enables us
to pass these times well, and our times of bu
siness also, is hot ourpofiß,iono/ education, but
our grnerol one. It is education which all need
equally—namely, that which teaches a man
in the first plate, his duly to God and his neigh
bor; which trains bin' to good principles mid
good temper; to think of others, and not only
of himself. It is that education which teach
es hint in the, next place, his duties as a citi
zen—to obey the laws always, but to try to get
them made as pet feet as possible; to under
stand that a good and just government cannot
consult the interests of one particular class or
calling., in preference to another, but must see
what is fur the good of the whole; that every
• interest, and every order of men, must give
and take ; and that if each were to insist upon
having every thing its own way, there would
be nothing but the wildest confusion, or the
merest tyranny. And because a great part of
all that goes wrong:in public or private life,
wises from ignorance and bad reasoning, all
that teaches us, in the third place, to reason
justly, and puts us on our guard against the
common tricks of unfair writers and talkers, or
the confusions of such as are puzzle-headed, is
a most valuable part of a man's education, and
one of which- he will find the benefit whenev
er he has occasion to open his mouth to speak,
or his ears to hear. And, finally, all that makes
a matt's mind inure active, and the ideas which
enter it nobler and more beautiful, is a great
addition to his happiness whenever he is alone,
and to the pleasure which others derive from
his company when he is in society. •
Meeting—Friends of Education
At a meeting of the friends tor Educatimi, in
Lehigh comity. held in pursuance of previous
notice, at the Court !louse, in the Borough pl
Allentown, on Sattuday September 29th, 1849,
lor the purpose of appointing delegates to the
National School Convention, Chrioa. Prety. Es4l
- called to the chair and C. M. Runt:, aro.
pointed Secretary.
The ohjeo of the meeting baying been brief
ly stated. On tontion it Was
Resntred.—That three Delegates be appoint
ed to represent Lehigh county in the Nittional
School Convention, to be held in the City of
Philadelphia, on the 17th, day of October next.
In pursuance of this resultnion the following
gentlenten were unanimously appointed Dele
gates: Rev. C. R. Kessler, Rev. S. K. Brobst,
K. E. \V ri:2,111, Esq. On motion it was
.11emdred.—That the Delegates be authorised
to appoint substitutes, in ease they should not
be able to attend the Convention.
Oa motion it was unanimously resolved, that
a standing Committee he appointed, with pow
er to van a County Convention at such 0 time
as they may agree on, with a view of promo
ling the enlist:. 61 Edw.:Mon, in Loiigh
The following mimed uentletiont were then
appoimed said Committo : Her. .1. I'.
die, Jooallitto Reich:oil ; Charles beck, C. L.
Lorlimati, 1.. Foote.
vt/t,(4/.-- . Cliat the proveetlingsol this meet,
Mg be published io all the' papers ol this BLit . -
CIIItISTIAN METZ : Press
C. M. HUNK, &ere*try.
Mr. Calhoun
A private.letcr was received in Philadelphia
Wont a respectable source in Charleston, sta.
Ling that intelligence had just reached that city,
;mount:in g Mr. Calhoun's pawns° to resign
his seat in the Senate of the United Stales at
an early , day. It this information should prove
correct, Palmettodom would be in something
of a dilemma : regarding the choice of a suc
cessor; for while Mr. Calhoun has ruled the
State with absolute sway, he has had many
secret riVals, who would, had they possessed
the necessary courage, ere this have sought
cause of quarrel, that their own ambitious as
pirations might be gratified through his fall.—
The retireinent of. Mr. Calhoun, will be a loss
to the Senate; from however much we may
have differed for him 'On leading questions,
and lamented his course in heading the South
ern movement last winter, onr'respeet for his
bearing and dignity in the Senate has never
diminished, and we have always regarded !lira
with pride, as one of the leading stiltesmen and
untatnents of the country.
Political ;Vow in a lion s.
LEHIGH COUNTY.
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Whigs. Democrats.
Canal Cnmmissicver. C011(11 Commissioner
Henry bl. Fuller. - John A. Gamble.
Senator. iSenator.
Alexander E. Brown. Conrad Shirner. .
isnmdly. Assembly.
James Weiler. Samuel Marx.
James Anthony. j Robert Klotz..
Treasurer. -Treasurer.
Amos Ettinger. Dr. Chas. It. Martin.
Commissioner. • Commissioner.
John Appel. Samuel Knauss.
Poor Director. Director of the Poor.
John Shiflett. Jonas Brobst.
Coroner. I Coroner.
John Seiberling. John Erdman.
Auditor. I Auditor.
Aaron Ei,enhard. George Blank.
no.stees. - nosier's.
William Sae ,, er. los. Nonnernaeher.
Owen Shrieber. ' • Thmnas B. Crioper.
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.
Senator. Senator.
Conrad Shinier.
Assembly.
James M. Porier.
!Michael Meyers.
Fir For Assembly, John D. Dorris.
Commissioner, A udi• Treasurer.
tor, and Poor Director, Joint Davis
no Volunteer Candi- Commissioner.
dates arc named. George Lerch.
Poor Director.
Richard \V hnesell
Auditm - .
Thomas Lynn.
A. E. Brown
7'rettsurcr
I'. S:
CARBON COUNTY.
Banda•. I Senutor.
0. 11. Wheeler. 1 Charles Fraily.
.4. middy. ' Assembly.
Jatnes Anthony. ! Robert Klotz.
James Weiler, 'Samuel Alarx.
Shrill. ShcrUl:
Charles Snyder. Isaac Ripple.
Prothonotary. Prothonotary,
John 1. Painter. i Dennis Bowman.
Cron In issirmer. i Reg, islet- ' and Rccordei
William Leonard. ' Oliver Musselman.
1 Cott missioncr.
r"ge• 'For Register, Re- John Horn, Esq.
corder, Treasurer, and Trimurti%
Auditor, no Volunteer, James R. Struthers.
candidates have been , Auditor.
named. l Lewis Illeicy.
Dr. Benjamin Malone
Assembly.
111111”; Flowers.
Abraham fife.
Iliram A. 11'illi:nns.
Tre:rsear.
Ed ward 1V irst al I
Coui m is yionet
=I
Pour Dirretot
Ju;lice Ale Carty.
Sam. Alu.sselrnan
Jacob I loffman
Assembly
Henry S. Kapp.
Absalom Reidler.
Jeremiah Van Read
George Reagan, Sr.
Treasurer.
George Kline
Dr. A. 11. Witman
(bnonissioner.
John W. Burkhart
Poor Diredors.
Jaimb Van IleaJ.
William IVeiser.
• ,4iidilor.
Benj. ,11. Hoag.
A Convention will be held at St. Louis on the
15th of October to take into consideration the
important subject of a Railroad connection be
tween the Alississippi and the Pacific. We
are gratified to see, says the Philadelphia Even
ing Bulletin, that our citizens are alive to the
importance of the matter, and that the "Board
of Trade" have appointed a committee of fif
teen to represent Philadelphia in that meeting
The position of St. Louis appears to be the best
starting point for this great road, commanding
the Valleys of the Missouri, and having the
best facility for communicating with the East
ard. Two routes, one by Lake Michigan and
the other by way of Memphis, are proposed by
Mr. Whitney, but the one by St. Lonisappears
to he the most popular at present, as bei ng the
great centre of the Western Trade. We are
pleased to see that the Directors of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad rtre pushing forward their
work rapidly, for it is now certain that a great
thoroughlUre between the Atlantic and Pacific
ocean will be. made at an early day, and it re
mains with Philadelphia to be seen whether
this ci:y will not be the great Eastern depot of
this immense work. The impoitanceof haviug
the route between Pittsburg and this city com
pleted at an early period must be obvious to all,
as this water in our State Canal is now se low
that boats are detained an unusually long Onto
on the route, and the bulk of the goods pur
chased here ate shipped to the West by the
woiks of neighboring states, thus depriving Mu
selves of the trade and Niving the . forwarding
business on to the rival lines in other states.
The influence of railroads on wealth, is made
apparent by a recent comparative estimate of
the, personal and real estate or the two cities of
Boston and. New Yolk. It is found that the
former is indebted for her recent rapid growth :
to her superior m:lermise in rail roads. The
valuation of the real and personal estate in N.
Yon k, at the commencement of the present
year, was $254,153,527, which compared with
that of 1840, exhibits an increase, of on ly eq r
350,378 ; while that of Boston shows an increase
of $73,097,400 during the same interval. In
1840, the wealth of Boston in real estate
amounted to $84,631,000, while at tl e present
time it is estimated at $167,728,000.
Appointment by 11w Preeyenl.—llon. A. Stew
art, of Fayette county, Pa., tO be Ittinister to Bra
zil. This is a well merited -compliment, and au
honor to the Keystone State.
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BUCKS
COL NTI
Sew'tor
Senator. ,
Jameii W. Lone.
Assembly.
Edward Nickekon.
Peter D.
Clirktman
fro-.
Edward 'Baker.
Commis.sioncr.
Levi Mood.
Poor Director.
David Spinner.
Auditor
Peter Shelly.
lIERKS
OUNTY.
Senatm
Senator
Henry A.Nlohlenbitrg
Almnbty.
Daniel Zerbey.
William Shaffner.
Alexander S. Feather
John C. Evans.
Commissioner.
Thomas Shatter.
7'relsurcr.
fr»1111C1
Adam Leizo.
Coroner.
Dr. John• 11. Sehzer
Poo• Dircdors.
William Kiiabb.
l'eter Kerschner.
Auditor.
John Y.
Rail Road Convention
Accumulation of Wealth.
An illustration of what a little money will
become in time, if put out on interest, and
properly taken care of, is afforded by an inci
dent recently related to the New York Journal
of Commerce, by an old resident of that city.
He stated thatabout 50 years ago, a bequest f_
$lO,OOO was left to an idiot on Long Island.
Ile was then in his infancy, and is consequent
ly now but little over 50. Soon. after his fath
er's decease, three respectable inhabitants of
this city, all of whom are yet living, were ap
pointed trustees for the care 'of the bequest,
with authority to appropriate $.500 annually
for the maintainance, which was ac
cordingly done. This left at first but a small
accumulation, but latterly the increase has
been rapid, and the principal now amounts to
over $lOO,OOO. Should the , party live 20 years
longer, as is not improbable, he will die worth
a o quarter of a million of dollars.
Rating of Letter Postage.
The following document is furnished for pub
lication by the Postthaster of Wheeling, and is
deemed of sufficient general interest to the pub
lic to warrant its general proMulgation :
0. Department, Contract Office, Sept. 7.
Stn : The practice • you have adopted (as ap
pears by your letter of the 31st ultimo,) under
the recent act of Congress, changing the scale
of progression in the rating of letters, is correct.
That law adopts a rule for this country uniform
with the one that prevails in Great Britain and
Germany, to wit : To count the half ounces in
rating postage, that is, when the letter dues not
exceed the weight of half an ounce. When the
letter exceeds the weight of half an ounce, it is
required to be rated by the ounce. For instance,
if weighing less than an ounce, but more than
half an ounce, it is to be charged with two rates
of postage ; if weighing over an ounce but less
than two ounces, with four rates of postage,[no
matter how little excess, it is to be charged the
same as if it weighed two ounces ;J if over two
ounces, but less than three, six rates of postage,
and soon. •
This law is general, embracing inland as well
as foreign letters ; for in seeking uniformity with
culler countries with wick we have Postal Treat
ies, it was not intended to make a complicated
and conflicting regulation for ourselves.
Respectifully, your obedient servant,
S. R. HOBBLE, First Ass't P. M. General
.1. E. WIIA turox, Esq., Postmaster of Wheeling.
Rattle Snake Hunter
Among the wilds 01 Lake George, in the north
ern part of this State, there is an old man who
makes his living by catching rattle snakes, pul
ling the teeth of those he wants to sell to show
men, and making oil out of others—an oil which
ignorant people have bet n quackized to belreve
in its superior virtues for rheumatisM and.
sprains. To catch them he employs aleather
loop or noose attached to the end of a pole eight
or ten feet in length. With this pole he cautious
ly approaches the den, in front of which the
snakes bask in the sun, placing the noose over
the head and neck—the noose being sn construc
ted that when the snake struggles, the tighter he
is held, rendering escape impossible. When
the old fellow wishes to tame them and render
them harmless he extracts their fangs in the fol
lowing manner: Ile lays the head across a block
of wood, then places his foot on the neck, pres
sing it until his snakeship throws back his upper
jaw—the mode in which they bite.; he then ap
plies a pair of pincers, and with the coolness of
an experienced dentist pulls out the fangs one
by one !
Kossu/h.The Prague Journal of the sth inst.,
confirms the report, previously received, that at
the beginning of this month, Kossuth, Dembin
ski, and Messcros, were at Widdin, under the
guardianship of the Pasha. They had placed
themselves under the protection of the 131itish
Government, and the English Consul had conse
quently made a formal demand for, and had re
ceived them. They are non•-safe froin danger.
Oregon.—The delegate to Congress from Ore
gon is S. F. THURSTON, a native of New Bruns
wick, and a good la wyer,it is said.--His mileage
is fixed by law at $2OOO, which, with a handsome
per diem, will make very respectable pay, about
$3OOO a year, or i6OOO for the Congress.- Thurs
molt's competitors were J. Ws Nesmith and J. W.
Meeks, the latter tile late Marshal. at Oregon.
The eleCtion took place June 4th.
Dead k said :hat not less than 600,000
letters are sent to the “Dead Letter Department"
at NVashington every three months, that the aver
age amount of money enclosed in these Fetters
is $2OOO, and our of every $60.0f this money,
owners are found for every ;,51 thereof. The ba
lance remains in possession of the Departmen t,
until an owner shall be found out,.for which
purpose every effort is made.
/Moots Far:U.—There is a farm in Illinois
which contains twenty-seven thousand acres.
The proprietor of it raised 13,000 acres of corn
the present season, 3000 acres of which are in
one field. At 50 bushels per acre the 13,000
acres would give 350,000 bushels. Beat it who
An Easy ride for Parnsers. = A "gunner of
wheat" is an English measure of eight standard
bushels ; so if you see that quoted at fifty six
shillings, it is seven shillings a bushel. A shil
ling is 24 cents—multiply by 7 and you leave
$1 68 per bushel.
Wiscansin.,—Gov. Dewey declines being the
Free Soil candidate for re-election as Governor
of Wisconsin. De had been previously nomi
nated by the llunkers and desires to be elected
by them if at all. A. L. Collins is the Whig
candidate for Governor.
Secretary of Oregon.—We learn from the Cin
cinatti Atlas, that, (;en. Edward Hamilton has
been appointed Secretary of Oregon. Gen. Ham.
illon wasformetly editor of the Ohio Tribune.
In the late war with Mexico he commanded one
of the companies of the firm regiment of Ohio
volunteers.
~lLarneu(abk,-II is stand that there are in Vir
ginia 80,000 persons who (mono read nor write.
What's a Gentleman?
We arc constantly reading cards of thanks to
the gentlemanly captain, the gentlemanly stew
ard, the gentlemanly clerk, the gentlemanly bar
keeper, &c, &c., and we havt-often, asked our
selves what constitutes a gentleman of the Ares•
eat age._ In olden times; it was birth, manners,
gentility of appearance; then it was fortune, liv.
ing without labor and with ease and comfort :—
now it appears tn.be a title only conferred in.re
turn for some favor, and indiscriminately bee
towed. Thus, the captain of a ship is termed
gentlemanly if he treats his passengers with
courtesy ; the clerk of a steamboat who hands
the printers some newspapers, is gentlemanly;
and •Ate steward who pops your champagne is
called gentlemanly. We are the nation of all
others for titles, and we confound them all.—
Whenever we talk with Dr. Francis he always
calls us doctor ; when the recordet is speaking
to us he calls us judge ; the lawyer calls us coun
sellor; the general . never forgets to call us ma
jor: the countrymen addresses us Its ' , captain,"
and the downeasters as ' , strangers." The title
least heard among us is mister. We were once
dining with our old consul at Flamouth, Mr. Fox,
and were quite startled at a sweet Quaker girl
asking us, quaintly and demurely ;
“Mordecai, what wine wilt thou drink?"—
From Mine sots
The Chronicle and Register two ably conduc
ted papers, have become united. The new pa
per is neutral in politics.
The complete returns of the late Election are
all in. No trial of party strength was attempted.
On which the Register remarks:
“The returns of .this Territory are all in.; • Hon.
H. H. Sibley re-elected Delegate without opposi
tion. We do not notice the result as so many
Whigs and so many Democrats to the Legisla
ture ; party politics did not enter into the con
test. We hope that it will find no place in the
Territorial Legislature, but that body will go
to work in earnest, do up the business of the
Territory•, and leave the affairs of the Nation to
those to whom it legitimately belongs. The
number of votes polled is near 700.”
The Legislature of Minesota convened on Tues
day, the 4th of September.
Double-banded Snake.—We believe in the Sea
Serpent, but had our doubts, like other folks, of
there being such a thing as a double-headed
snake, until last Tuesday, when through the
kindness of our neignbor &seer, of the Adler, we
were gratified with a sight of a diminutive mon
ster of this sort. We say gratified—Mr the snake
was (lead—and the heads of course perfectly
harmless. It was killed near the Poplar Neck
Bridge, by the toll-keeper, John Jackson, Esq.—
It measured 111 inches in length, with two per
fret heads an inch or so in length, growing out
of a single , body, limning altogether a most rare
curiosity. The snake is preserved in a 'lash (.1'
spirits, and may be examined by all who are cu
rious in such matters by calling on Mr. Jackson.
Reading Journal.
I';cld.Mars/ml Muldzky.—Some of our readers
will perhaps be surprised to learn, that this cel
ebrated soldier, the conqueror of Lombardy and
Sardinia, the ablest and most energetic of all the
Austrian Generals, is now upwards of eighty
three years of age. lie is a Bohemian by built,
and a noble, of course, his name and title being
Joseph Count Itadetzky of ltadetz, and was burn
in the year 17(36. He entered the Austrian ar
my in I iBl, and his military We alone, there-
WIT, has run over a period of more than sixty
live yeats. lle is a reinarkabie instance of
mental and physicial vigor w advanced age;
and ii seems strange, how at such a time of Itte,
such great talents as he possesses, can be con
tendedly devoted to the cause of despotism, and
a service of tyranny and carnage.
Coisjia.niu.—The Reif: lst Republican says it
received from San Fiancisco a hand-bill, issued
before the recent election, calling upon the in
habitants to "vote the Republican ticket," and to
support the regular nominations for the State
Convention to form a Constitution fur California
which shall secure for every citizen civil and
religious liberty, the election of ull oiliceis by the
people, universal sulirage, preemption rights, and
a distribution of the public lands to actual sett.
lers, nonimprisonment for debt, and ihe prultibi
liun
ef Nliwery in any farm, to be submitted to a
distinct vote of the people." A letter to the Wind
sor Journal, in speaking of the Convention to be
called to forth a state Government, says : "The
great question will btl6lavery Or uu blavtry.—
Free Soil is bound to carry the day.
"The ReAddle of Sierra illatlre."—The New
Orleans Patna asserts positively that the plan
of separating . from Mexico the States this side
ihe Stetra Madre, and setting up au independent
'Republic, is still prosecuted with great zeal.
Some 3,000 men, according to this paper, are to
establish themselves along the Southern boun
dary of Texas, procure arms and ammunition,
and, when the right time arrives, cross the Rio
Grande and raise the new standard. The plaii
is said to be most skillfully arranged, and the
leaders arc provided with funds. The Patria, is
of opinion that the Round Island assemblage is
really destined fur TainPico, and has in re
ality nothing to do with the expedition fur
Cuba.
Cal fornia Extravagance.—'l'he correspondent
of the Baptist Recorder, at Ban Francisco says :
"On the day of our arrival a man paid /1100 for
ten bottles of champagne, (the usual price,) and
'31:1 for ji large arm chair, in which he seated
himself at the front of a house, drank and swore,
and sung and drank, till five bottles were einp 7 _
tied, and then broke the remaining five upon the
ground, his chair against the house, and walked
oil in all the glory of his liberty."
Sugar.—lt. is estimated that the exports of su•
gar from Cuba fur 1850, if nothing occurs to in
jure the crop between.thisand the early part of
December; will be' equal . to 1,500,000 boxes—
worth, at present rates, (molasses included)
,i 33,000,000. The largest crop ever exported
hitherto was in 1847, amounting to near 1,300,000
boxes; since which date the cultivation has been
increased, and the pixtent season has been un
commonly favurabl.
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Gleanings from the Mails
lar"The Kentudky Infant!' is the title given
to Andrew H. Brand, a youth of 19, win, has
lately arrived at Louisville for exhibition. He
weighs 500 pounds, measures 6 feet around the
waist, and 3i around•the 1114—height 5 feet 6
inches. •
. GP'The•factions in New tork city don't unite
much. Several atteMpfshave been made to have
a union meeting:v:4llmM success, and the Mtn
kers appear to he going "on their own hook."
I.7r.rather, ain't you opposed to monopoly 1'
shouted a little fellow as his parent took up the
brandy bottle. "Yes my boy." "Then give me
a drink too." The father broke the bottle on the
floor, and since then has not tasted liquor.
EV" While Pennsylvania contains Iron enough:
to lay forty railroads around the earth, the iron
rails for the new track to avoid the Incline Plane
near Philadelphia is imported from England.
re - Annther mammoth cave has been discov ,
erect in Kentucky, about twelve miles distant
from the celebrated one. It has already been
penetrated five miles, where it was still extend
ing, and it will, probably, prove the largest cave
in the world.
reThe Maryland Election for members of
Congress and Representatives took place Yes--
MEE
[.."'A grand squirrel hunt, composed of thirty
on each side, came off at Washington, [Pa.] on
Friday last. The whole number of squirrels
was 973.
tar A cabinet maker in Cincinatti, is prepared
to ship twelve hundred dozen chairs to Cali-
GEE
A young man named Gen. Keller, son of Mr..
Jacob Keller, a farmer of Union township,Berks
county, residing about half way between Birds
borough and Hopewell Furnqce, was bitten by a ,
rattle-snake, on Thursday the oth inst., says the.
limits and Schuylkill Journal, under the following•
circumstances. A short distance from the house
he came across a large rattle•snnke, and promp
ted by the feeling that seems to inspire all of the
race ofAdam, he determined to "bruise" its head.
Arming himself with a stick he made for the rep
tile and pinned it fast, after two-third of its body
had disappeared between the rocks. He then
very cooly took out his knife, and proceeded to
cut °tithe rattlers, but while in the act,the head
of the snake found an opening in the rock, and
with its body fast, reached around and bit him
on the point of one of his fingers. With remark
ablepresence of mind he immediately cut off the.
bitten part, and wound a string tightly round the•
'finger to prevent the circulation of the poison
through his system. 'Phe bandage was after
wards cut loose, and the hand and anti soon be
came enormously swollen. At this stage Drs_
Allisonand Bruner were called in, who applied
the proper antidotes. After severe suffering., in
which it is said the young man •became almost
blind, the physicians succeeded in placing hum
beyond the reach of danger, and in a few days
he was well enough to ,, carry on the war" against
the whole tribe of "varmints" in Loose diggins.
One of the first acts after his recovery was to
visit the scene of this disaster where he found
the snake still pinned to the rock. This time he
made sure work by killing it out right, and se
curing the rattlers as a trophy ; bore them tiff in
triumph.
A letter, u Mcv date of August 2tth, fn•m Ala
paha, ',mimics county, Ga.; and published in the
Savannah Georgian, gives the following account
of a panther fight
On Ftiday the 17th instant, two boys, 12 to 16
years old, sons of Mr. T. S., went into the swamp
near their house, on the Alapaha river, to hunt
a hog which had got out of or been carried off
from the pen, and had not proceeded far when
they encountered a large phanther, which seized
one of them, the other making his escape back
to the house. The little fellow struggled fur
sometime with his antagonist, but in vain, as the
panther bruised and tore him violently. At
length he turned his face toward the earth, and
the panther, thinking that his victim was dead
left him, and went off a short distance, but re
turned again, and covered hits with leaves
brush, &c.
He then pursued the other boy but he had got
beyond his reach, and arrived home safely. As.
soon as the little fellow who was lying prostrate,
saw' that his enemy wds out of sight, he arose•
and, taking a circuitous rime, walked or ran
home with considerable difficulty. The affair
created much excitement in the neighborhood,.
and three men started with their dogs and guns
in pursuit of the panther. The dogs soon start
ed him, and turned upon the one that approach
ed, killed him almost instantaneously, and put
the others to flight. One of the men, Mr. G.
went to the rescue of his dogs, when the panther••
turned upon him also, and would have killetb
liim_had not Mr. J. V., one of the party, come in,
lime, who applied the muzzle of his gun to the :
body of the animal and shot him but it had such,
little effeet that it did not even cause him to lett
go his hold. The third member of the party Mr._
A. IL, was on the ground, and seizing the pan—
liter by the neck with one hand, cut his thrctatt
with the other. Both Mr. 0. and the other boy
have been much injured. and fears have been..
entertained that their wounds would prove fatal..
The former, however, is now considered out of.'
danger. The panther measured nine feet eight,'
inches in length.
• Law and Eptilll.--"Pray, my lord," said a gen-.
demo to a late respected and rather whimsical
Judg,e,"what is the distinction between law and
equity courts!" "Very little in the end," repli
ed his lordship; they only differ as far as time is
concerned. At common law you are done for
at once; in equity you are not; so easily dispos
ed of. The former is a bullet, which isinstan
taneously and more Charmingly effective: tha
latter is an angler's hook, which plays with its.
victim before it kills it. The one is prussic acid,
the other laudanum."
Ustos ov Corms.-,The•Plaindealer says that
it is in C.ontemplatiod, to move for a consolida
tion of Cleveland
. and 'Ohio City, the coming
winter, in which event Ore city will contain a.
population 0f.:20,00U..
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Bit by a Rattle-Snake
A Panther Fight
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