I:M=2== f klf" . •:;\ . . e tic tilpgi) 4Z Al lentwitif; THURS,DAY,DECEMBER 13, 1849. Circulation near 2000. Kr We received the late proceedings of the Washington Council, No. 39, of the Soci-. ety of mbr - A:,-"Tsitid-the - Carir of the "Easton Brtlsts i pto , toil,"l4;ip latecltir iti,serypoiitt. the "Register" this weelt:. They will, however,_ appear in per ne.iitt a Weeks airice; the felloWtng niipOriaht'deal- Einn unti6i ibeltarlair tgrpretC l cting the rights of ,married women; 1. The gintalianpltipotfernales under age is terminated. by !narriagc,.arut the husband, be fore the act of -Iq4a r relative, to the rights of married womenimighteall on the guardian to settle his account, and pay him the balance; but that act has worked a radical change in the condition of married women ; i ' • 2. By the act of 1848, a married woman mum be considered as single, in regard to any estate of whatever name or *or! owned by lier before marriage, in any way; aid ilieiSotiUa2~l is not entitled to the pos'sessioit of his wife'a luntle. • 3. The consent of wife that the husband shall have hcr,dunds,• being a minor, is of no MEM 'Ale;iosi a Fire On Monday evening our quite Borough was arousel, by. the alarmoffire. It appears a. young lad who was engaged at the time in studying, had a candle placed on the window,• from. which the •curtain took fire, and in do• instant the whole was in fldine. :.The fireboW-• ever 'Was extinguished wlthout• further' damage. it'ocebired in :the building of Mr. Solomon Gong:were, above'liCbcr'.s Store. Largo }Toga There appears to be quite a spirit of rivalry going. on between' many of the citizens of Al lentown, in regard tolaising the largest and fatest hogs.•' Our odd .I . cguithan Kolb, of the Ameriehtt"Holgl, on ,Monday last killed two hogs, one of which weighed 455 and the other 925, together 880. They were various ly estimated, from 695 to 1150. A purse was made up, by paying 123 cents a • number, which when drawn out, contained 130 dollars ; and was divided Into ten parts. Can't there be a Remedy. The evidence of ability on the part of our State to pay, the interest on herenormous debt, and a small portion Of the principal, is hailed with profound gratificatiod by all lax-payers. The Montgomery Ledger thinks the cancelling progress is yet too slow. While real estate is groaning under the burden imposed upon it, it seems to us the Legislature should turn early attention to the inquiry whether other interests are bearing the just proportion of the burden. We have not the least doubt in our mho!, that less than one-half of the tnoney•bortds and mortgages - bearing interest is our State, are untaxed. Money bearing six per cent. interest, is a more speedy accumulator of wealth than the generality of property of occupations. Why then cannot a Edieme tlevised whereby every'dollar should pay the tax the law iutpo• sea. Ilene probably is the homer, who has bought a property fur $3OOO, and has paid thereon but SlOOO. lle must pay tax fur all purposes—State, county, township and school— for the 53000, and pay interest on the $2OOO besides:, while the holder of the mortgage for $2OOO probably gives in $5OO of it—leaving $l5OO untaxed, It is a grieVous, outrageous wrong: Then again, :here is the speCulator 'vim owns prOperty that he will not take 560- 000 for, who'has it valued : probably at $lO,OOO. Is all 411 ht right? Is it jam? Let the Legislature turn its attention to these things, Postage. We don't agree says theßnek's County In. telligencer, with a contemporary who says that "country editors need a sort of Tariff to protect them against a ruinous competition with the matnmoth sheets.'? The country press don't need any such thing. All.theyhik of the gov ernment is to to give thent an equal chance— not to give to the city press a bounty of the amouut.ttecesksty to pitiller thqttransportation of their 'papers in the inglil4.• Let every paper , go free in Ot'Congressional district in which it islflitietl,J . 4Yond. that, let : it pay the cost' of Uattlijige l ;*tiiit i onling to ,its bize_ and weight... This is what .country press de: mand,,antl can have 04 will speuk out to their Representatives. It is time that lion talte,into view the country as well as the cities. • -.lust so.! .The Independent. A Isle number of 771cIndepoidcht, a new pa. per established aneroid°, Canada %Vest, with a view of promoting. the cause of annexation of the two Canadas to illio,United. States, was handed to us by azgerilfeman formerly of this place, who now residelf:at the:Niagara Falls its the Western part of York Slate; The editor AIL Willson (whose father we learn emigrated Jlmm New, Jersey to • CiiLtin) : 410 retained :the free spirit of RelitabliertaiOli, anti distlsarges his editerialionetions,with Ito small abilite.. fie lies the ..relvantago :of having •a geodeanse, and to us it appears to be decid edly the interest of the Canadas to join us. Success ti the cause! • • . ...Readinireollort F • ry We observe that • -•.• any lst be 4 r man r.neoiur:tanngizeend anti ttonotioitast2in6 pet•foL 4f the OtriSCl :hos been paid in. .• Court Prooeedings Common Pleas. _ . . y: Banter veNenj. Ludwig, Kline and was ri feigndii, issue, directed by theroarklo.try;Ato 14E14 Attfmtint pr,no prtytent..#!Toili'gc , wtiivi:kof plaits tlij for . 0596 he *Won nt 0 , 116.W - 4's 4titerest in per. perttre,4l3l,lhe i ;Kistil estafe4.'•her•deitoased < fattier braid Vhich 'had been sold by the-Sheriff as the property of Adam Kline. Tho plaintiff had relied on the mort gage which had remained on record unsatis fiel ever ;since 1839, and, the defendants fail ing anything: which looked Dike pay -mentor - satisfantion,-the-vonlict was for plain titoorthe yrite's44alince f •..' )11;a7iain' liaritlwe;k • hit; was an action brought to recover back money paid as plaintiff alleged in mistake to defend- . Atalt,,lt..appeaxed.to.J,mAn amicable •voluntary settlement and payment.:hy plaintiff iu.which no mistak shown---rthe . plaintiff having ,declared himself well satigied with the ar rangernent a day or tiro • after the payment,. the Court and Jury thought that a Man should "look before he' leapt . ," brought iu a verdict for defendant. ME . . . . Abraham,llandwerk vs. 11. Peter, Atha'r..fit Aaron Thindwerk.--This casetlepended on same principle, and was decided in the same .vray as the foregoing, and for the same reason. Thos. Baker vs. Sam. Snlifh.- 7 —Assigliment for bill due on contract for the erection of a house for defendant. •The.idefendant avers that the house was not 'well built, that the plastering had7folleri oft, &c. Verdict for Plaintiff. COmmoriirealth vs. Jacob Best.—This is a case . of Filiation jit wltith the defendant denied the claims of the "little responSibility" .upon him fur its paternity. But. it was "no ,use," tip jury decided the question athinist him, and the court ditected him, to pay the.usual.sum for its support, and give security. Commonwealth vs. Waller Smith —The De fendent in this case was arraig,hed on a charge ititnilar to that of the forgoing etre,,,and made the same defence, but with bettes'iuccess. The jury' decided that the "pledge", was the prev- • erty of another, and that the defendant though not chargable with this, was still guilty of a culpable intimacy with the prosecutrix, and the court sentenced him to pay a fine of ten dol lars and costs of prosecution. Comnionwealth vs. JVnt Kepler.—The defend ant hired a horse from one of our Livery Es tablishments in town, and forgot to return it. He was overtaken at the Spring House, Mont gomery county. The defendant Was quite a youth, being not over 14 years of ago, and from his appearance had abused himself, the kind ness of his friends and gifts which nature had bestowed upon him. He was sentenced to the House of Refuge, where he will have time to reflect on the past, and contemplate the future; and as he grdtvs older, will, it is hoped grOw 'wiser and better. „• Con&onwca:ll‘ vs. Aaron Druckentiller.--The defen4nt Was accused of stealing a small sum n 1 motley; and the jury found him guilty. Sen tence of the court, to confinement of one year in the Penitentiary. Centmomeet/th vs. James. Caincrmi.—Selling liqupr without license. The evidence in the case did not bear out the charge against hint, but it appeared that his better half had a link overstepped the bounds of gratuitous hospitali ty in this respect, and that James winked at it ; or in other words did not forbid it. James was fitted 535 mill costs. The Cash System• While we would not, says the Erie Gazette, recommend the universal adoption of this prin. elide, for the reason as well that it is imprac ticable, as that it might interfere somewhat with the prosperous course of trade; we wotthf yet enforce the policy of it in the common, ev ery'-clay business transactions of life. We are entirely persuaded that any One engaged in trallieking, can afford•to sell from 10 to 15 per cent. cheaper, at least, than where credit is given; and have more clear profit at the cud of the year. The merchant who credits must calcu late to lose eight per cent. by Lad debtS; and then good customers must be trusted, some• times three or four years, Making anothereight per cent. loss, whiah Ibises must necessarily, be supplied by an increase in the price of goods. We hope, therefore, 10 See an effort made to abridge the credit systentin this place, for really it has grown into:a serious evil; and we hail all new enterprises,•on the cash sys tem, as so much towards the'desired end. We knoW that in our own business, could we bring_ it.about, it would result in, substantial benefit to both patrons and the patronized; and sure we are that in the eases of others, where its adop• lion is practiciable, it mould be followed by the most encouraging success.:• • r These observations apply wills great force to this partieular locality; The evil Mid seriously ;..injurieti's effects of the' trade,. order and credit SyAcnis, are felt sensibly, and to a very great extent in Allentown, by all our merchants, me chanics and business men. The cash , system is the only true and safe way. of doing business, and we believe its adoption would benefit all. classes of the community. Increase of Baal,: Capita.— Ay an act of the Legislature, a few days agO, companies desiring bank charters,'or the renewal of the old charters, are desired to pie it: month's notice of their application in . one or more papers published at 'the seat of government, stating Ahe amnitatpf. capital of each institution,, Iq looking over. the parrisburg papers we find •17 applications •-far new, .charters..with an tiggregateenpital of V.- 650,000, and four applications for'renewat !with an aggregate increase 'orcapital of, .$700.000t making a total increase of 11,350,000,' to be ad. ded to the banking capital of the State. r Nati Qin:O.—The citizens ofJohnstown and iltetownships adjoining are moripg earnestly, in• fatior of the formation of a new county .out of parts of Somerset, Cambria, Westmoreland and Indiana, t itlt Johnstosig na the eolinty•seat. 'IIPMIIR , r -• The Murder of Dr. Park ~d'AtF,!city•Att y s the Net; Yoriftitiinfaifttie bf he fe4litifiiii 4, was thrown', trite MtittlitititiThlit excneMentlm:Saturday evenirg,:tiapxoipp teletretlyldi4okre from Boston that I hif 41 - pr1•1 1: 444, who hattibeen.:4e3:444,4 t il thiittititiO, had been found'itlitiNeitte, CelleAlMarove street, pattlyvatili+l;-,44.: the excitement' was ittereeteetkpt 1 1 t40 . 0.4 Professor Webster, of theOsillegie#lloo, man, hitherto of irreproachtti4ol)oo3fkihitt been -arrested and iniptiiittitt e taW having murdered him. i 7 ritirrll4:iliaiiii* Parkman was missing, the utmost exertions were made to discover him if living, 'or .detid . . 7 A reiVarirof *lol.lolltifstvai offered by his brother,imlmv, to any one who should discover7ldm-alive„ , and restore, him tci , las and -$lOOO foh thelpeovery of 'Ms body: Searelrfor-him-was-made in this city, and every 'Oossibleditisction-i-the bridges were examined neat Boston, and the rivers dragged • without any iieccess. The Doctor was a man of property, had Several tenements, the ,rents of it he collected in Oriel), and it Was supposed that he either had quarrelled with a tenant and got killed in 'a scuffle, or was killed to . obtain a . capsitlerable,amourd Of Money he Nail about him. The search continued with unabated vigilance until Friday night, when his remains were discovered by a man-named Littlerield, a porter to the College, who broke through's brick wall into a , private vauly, to which none but Pr. Webater 'had access. MOM the furnace of the Professor:, a jaw bone, some buffiais, and some gold were found; and Dr. Webster, when atre:fred, Wes hi the greatest agitatien.. His ; friends, who are numerous, do not believe him guilty, and his character heretofore has been .without a. stain ; palic opinion therefore should be suspended until further testimony is obtained. The first thought that struck' us was, that -Dr.' Parkman had been murdered, and the Murderer, not knowing what to de With the body, had sold it, as is usual to the College, for surgical demonstrations. But then, Dr. Webster would have' declared this to have been the fact, and that he did not know that it was the boily of Dr.. Nrkinan. Again, a rumor was afloat that Dr. Parkman stated that he was going to the College to collect $450 interest, due on a bond, and having 'a large sum on his person, was murdered to obtain it. Another rumor prevailed that Dr. Parkman and Webster bad words, came to blows, and that Webster killed him; and not knowing how to dispose of the body, had dissected and burned it. A thousand rumors will of course prevail in relation to this strange aflair. Again, were the remains' found thus mutilated and blackened by lire, the remains.' of Dr. Parkman, or some one who resembled him ? We have first to discover the motive for murdering the Doctor, and it is difficult to ' believe that a man of the.great respectability of Dr. Webster, should commit such a dreadful crime for the mere object of gain. We have to wait for further developementS. Progressive Population The territory of the United States is nearly as large as that of all Europe; its population in cluding the Aborigines and immigrants may exceed 23 ; 000 ; 000 ; which is not a tenth part of Europe. In Atigust, 1790, the United Stales contained nearly four millions of people,.inclu sive of about 700 ; 000 slaves. In 1800 there were 5,305 ; 925 inhabitants; 7,239,811 in 1810; 9,654 ; 596 in 1820; 12.866 ; 020 in 1830; and 17,- 063,355 in June, 1540, of whom .15,18r,705 were whites. Since the era of 1812, the area of the Union hasinore than doubled. During 25 years, to 1848, 1;588,87; persons have mi grated from Great Britain and Ireland to North America, chiefly to' the United States In the year 3848 there arrived at the port of N. York 189,176 immigrants, of whom 98,061 were front Ireland, 51,973 from Germany, and 6,415 from Scotland. The whole number of persons, not natives, who are now in the United States is believed to be nearly four millions ; or be tween a fourth and a filth of the whole popu lation. • In the year ending September 30 ; 1846,229,483 passengers arrived in the U.S. ; besides those via Quebec; 136,126ivere males and 92,883 females. Of these only 19,299 land ed at New Orleans. In 1817 andi.4B-508,359 persons left the United Kingdom, in 1846 only 139,751. Some think that the accession of poPulation to the United States by immigration will soon reach 500,000 a year. Wore our country filled up like flermany, 172 . persons to the square mile, ihe Ampulivion would he '500;000,000. Europe contained 163 ; 000,000 inhabitants in '1807;, ih 1848 they had increased to 262,300;- 000 in the same, area. , ExcessOl population, enormous taxation; and the scarcity of subsist once, ; has dtivenim Miens to A merica„within the last twenty:years. At a former period religious prosecution .banished thousands from otherwise • happy homes. In a few months we will have the decenni al census of the United Sates for 1850, and w . e have seen a calculation making the population repreSented 21,027,527, and giving the Eas tern states 25, the Middle, including. Delaware, 57, Western fr€ 4, 50, Southern or Shiite 78, Representatives in Congress, at one. member for 100,000 persons, 211, which is .too small a •number for the transaction of. business, and one, representative to 100,000 constituents by far too few. .•• • •.• , : . . Eighteen hundred and•fifty-ono will bring us a deCenninl riniiin from the United Kingdom, ivitieh; in 1841conlained 213,835',113 inhabi tants, and may give a return bf nearly 30.000,- 00 persons, nOtwitliStanding hn emigration. of more than a million in ten years. • Free ~Sphoofs (rec school .Imi . , intim hied to the people of, the §tate.of N. York at the recent l election.litis keen adopted by. the-following vote For,free schools, 2.49,f7: against free schools, 01,021, showing a majority of 15 . 7,021 for the .latt• ::a.,.cva.:.z.a.x^.•...:...._ , ; . .n•.a5-:: - .urs+.~s:~++aft , ~... c:•_,~.. q><,~: ..,.~,:.... ;::..~ _The . Post ,r General's Report. ;•; - .7.Theiepoiencirist-Mastei General CoHamer, ;occoptes threlreolittntis'andhalfof close Print. . It is an t xtfemelifie, well Writtedand facts -and modest sag- Tite ripitrexpens - by .statftnr that the number sot.pbst•orieeain the :tfation;-at. tba.fclose of the /year. endtee••J!lt)e. A 849; .18,144. - .6-921 having been establilthetifliiidi333sliiiontinued Ktirktig th€:jtar , —Tafnei Me cTii''ll4o,6l7 7 ;E within titjips..lanti t eitiifi. - 18419,.. 6333—0 f at mber ' we~e . 2?72, in-coniequ'etice of rest nations ; 183 deaths ; 2134 changes of sciies ;2013 removals ;1) e.apirrdentinissions, not renewed ; 20 commissions renewed ; 23 by becontifilVei idential appointments, in consequence of yield , ing . more,than 11000 'per '92l:4Aw (ices. The nuniber of mail routes in the United Statei on the Ist txfJnly, - 1849, was 4,0434 No, contrac tors 4,190. The length of routes was 167,703 miles. On these routes the mail was transport• ed 42,547,060 miles at a coal of $2,428,515, which makes the average cost of five cents and six mills per mile." , The Receipla.—The gross revenue for the year ending June 30, 1849.,was 64,905,176.28. Of this there were derived from letter postage $3,862,- 762,62, and from the government appropriation $200,000. Expenses.—The total expenses were 114,479,- 049,13—risking the excess of receipts over ex penditures $426,127,15. The gross expenses fur the current year are estimated at $9,750,138,1—and the receipts at $9,602,166. It is estimated that 62,000,000 of letters pay ing postage have passed through the mails dur ing the past year; of this number about $15,500,- 000 were subjected to ten cents postage—the bal. ante five cents. The Post Master General re commends a uniform rate of five cents fur all distances, arguing that if the reduction were to bring no more letters into the mail, the diminu. thin of revenue therefrom the first year would be but $775,000. Referring to newspaper and pamphlet postage the Post Master Generalailys:—..qt has long been regarded as'sound public p,olicy Ito promote the d. circulation of these publi ations by cheap post age, and it may be advis le to proceed further in this policy, especial yr in promoting their cir culation in the vicinity of their places of publi cation, provided no decided injustice be done to the Postmasters within the same vicinity." •• Railroad Serrice.—The mail is no* transported 5,749,040 miles'annually by Railrhad, with great er despatch but at much greater cost than in any other way. Complaint is also made that the De partment is unable to exercise proper control over this branch of the service. As regards the Foreign Mail Service, Mr. Co l lamar is of opinion that the $874,000 needed for its maintenance, if requited to be borne by the Department, will greatly. embarass and endanger its operations. The service in California is also ,subject to difficulties. Under existing laws, the compensatiOn to Post Masters on the Pacific will not pay for office rent and necessary expenses, and the Post Master of San Francisco has re signed in consequence. Nor Can the mails be transported within the country for any compen sation which the portages received there furnish. Provision must be made there much beyond the yield of postage to pay cost. Dead Letter o.ffiee.—ln the last year there were received 2,100,000 dead letters, all of whiCh were opened and examined. Of these 4961 containing money to the amount of $32,069, were register. ed, and the same sent fur delivery to the owners, and 908 letters containing other enclosures of value. Depredations.—The number of supposed dep redations reported during the year was 1226 which were supposed to include $169,107. Twen ty nine depredators were arrested, and the amount of money reclaimed or otherwise accounted for was $77,779. The Post Master General concludes his report by referring to the greatly increased and coo• ' stantly increasing businesS of his department, and inadequacy of the present cletical Gime at . his disposal. No provision has been made for any additional clerks since 1837., To show the great increase of service, and consequent demand for increase of force, tlic following comparative state ment is made. In 1637 thenumbtr of Post Offices was 11,767 —now 17,164; dead letters in 1837,_p00p4 now 2,100,000 ! No. of twarterly returnsin 1887. 48,000—now 73,000 t'mail contractors, in ,1837; 1,682—n0w 4,190 ; length of Pontes in 1817,1¢1,• 242—now 167,703; annual ,mail. transportation in 1837,32,587,096—n0tv 42,644,069 P . • The above synopsis ipcludes all the main fetv tures of this interesting report. A more able one, we venture to say, has nelerr emanated from The department. „• • ' • '• • We hare received the annual message of Gov. Wood, transmitted to the 14gislature of ,'Vexas on the Gth ult, . It is a long and well written pa per, devoted mainly : to the immediate affairs of o the'State...lfecommunicates to the Legislature the fact that the effort of the State to extend Its jurisdiction over the Santa Pe district had prov ed abortive,,the authorities of the Generil Gov ernment, in possession; having refused:to recog;. nize the right claimed by the State in the matter. COmmenications 'had been directed tor the :late andpresent' executive of the+ General Govern- Meat, setting •Gtrth the claims of Texas to the territory, but from neither, thus far; had:a'ny re sponse been received: tile thiars that it' would. be folly ••to attempt• farther - legglale ilia state into itrisdiction 'over, this territory•; and I Would therefore recommer.d that ample pow er be bonfeited on the executiVe O f the stole and ample means be, placed at hi! and that it be expressly required of labil e re , iue the prop• er issue and .copiest,it, not by, rernotistrating. in ar,gumentthe fastness of oar claim, not by refer. ence ta our stattite s s,,M4 _with I l se whale .riwer and resciorCes,o( tot tctate.. , Theresult ofany le gislatiop short o f this: will bantluind •pro. atleat as that which liegret it to bonitriltni to poamptinjepte, . Texas. Y~i".•.'fln"„li:LraM.F:'..y~r+rYY —..: ..._~.. i. ~,....~__L .r.~r~yi....v.+~+~lKr~•'.P:'ver.r~l'.yV:K Congressional Proceedings. ' Vv•sin prwro.lNDec. 4, 1134491/l 1 SENATE. Aner,t)te " transaction of some ,inforn4ltql shielss.i„Oras moved ,t9adjourp,,in colipeque9ee irrthe nott orgOizatiOn';of theltOuse. HOUSE OF HORUSE'ktATII* . §. haidiirtinttouneed• that t4f4t wig # giorum "preseni, it was moved that . the House pi't;oeed io theeleottini . of a Speaker. _ _ Total number ormembers present 224 ; neces sary for a choice, 113. Fifth Ballot. Cobb 102, Winthrop 96, Wilmot 19, lificatterinq, 18. No choice beidg slide. the Muse 'proceed ed to the sixth ballot. Cobb 101 ; Winthrop 97,Wiltnbt:9,Sertering 17."N0 efioiee being made , the . proCeedeti to the seventh ballot. Cobb 100, Winthrop 97, Wilmot 9, Scattering 16. No choice being made, the House proceeded . to the eighth ballot. Cobb 90; Tiro Choice being made, the House proceeded to *the ninth ballot. Cobb 100, Winthrop 97, Wilmot 8. &at. 10 On the announcement of the result of the ninth ballot, a motion was made to adjourn, which let to a brief but spirited debate. After which the motion to adjourn was withdrawn, and the House proceeded m a tenth ballot. Cobb 99, Winthrop 97, Gentry 6, Sdattering 30. The 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, IT, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26.26, 27, 28; . 29, 80, 31 !Allot, the Vote varied but little. Winthrop holding his own 102, Cobb, Potter and Richardson holding from 25 to 60, votes, the balance were cast scattering. So that no speaker is elected and the house 'conse quently not orgatii7,4 Pennsylvania Public Works. The Harrisbpri,KemiMe has-'the following statement of the revenue from our State works: We learn that the actual receipts at the State Treasury, from Ist December• 1848 to De- cember Ist 1849; on account of Railroad tolls, are . . . . • $1,028,860,13 From the same source the preceding year, . $1,550,555,03 Decrease for the year 1818 .-49 over 1847-48 . $78,305,10 The estimated amount by the late State Trea surer, Mr. Plumer, for the year just closed, was $1,650,000. The receipts have therefore fallen below the estimate $21,139,87. This deficiency was occasioned by the long continued dry weath , er and a consequent Want of water bothja.,the Ohio river and in the canal. had it not been for this, the receipts would have exceeded the esti mate. Colleges in the United States The National Intelligencer states that there are in the United States 119 colleges. The ag gregate number of volumes in the libraries is 643,328. In the library of Harvard Universary there are 74,000 volumes. "The two great besetting, signs of this nation are Colleges and Colonels." With one fourth of the farmer, and none of the latter, we should soon become a wise and contented nation.,Richtnonif Republican, The proudest of Virginia's colonial grivernors thanked heaven that there were no printing press. es or public schools in the colony,to corrupt the people, and more recently one of her members of Congress boasted that there was not a news paper in his distfict. The feeling which dicta ted these expressions is the same as that enter tained by"the . ..Republican'," and, we opine, still prevails to a considerable'extent throughout Vir ginia. With a population little less than Penn sylvania, she has 35,33! scholars in her prima ry and common schools; Pennsylvania hasB64,- 715. Virginia has 56 newspapers and periodi-, cats; Pennsylvania' has 229. The Old Dominion must rid herself of her false Teachers. She has acted as Old Mortality acted too long. Hungarian Colony in America:—The fate of the Hungarian exiles, who are now in Hamburg, was decided through the direct mediation of the American Ambassador in London ;;Itlapka hits selected in' five dilfeient paris'of the North of the United !hates, a' large spice of land, where he will Cstablish a Hungarian coloriY. 'The price of the laud is very moderate. The ex7gov craw of the city Cotaiwri, Was to leave foi America can , the 15th orNovember,'Om pady with. it geometer, who will select the finest and most advantageous country, and will imme diately proceed to its division. The oilier Mag yars, and Klaplca himself, will sail for New York ' on board cat t ibejship Franklin. , , The Westev;i'Reiflroad.The City Council of • Pittsburg haVe 'passed an ordinan4 : authurislitS : the ismiesof boridi. for the city subscription of, 5200,000 to:the stOck:of the Ohio and Pennsylyw !: nia Railroad; Whenever called for ,by the hree. ; tors. 'Phis will enable.the company to put the road froni littsburg. nearly' to the State's l.ipe. under contract catty in the corning:yepr.. The surveys arc ntsw :ptogressini, and the,* locationt of this part of the road will we finished befort the close of the,month.—D. News. Distressing Death.—Mr.Mitchael Tice, repiding about a mile below Myerstown, Lebanon county, while at work with the threshhig, machitt on Thursday lasts vas conght in the machinery, and so severely hipped as to e.auae hit/death on Fri. day morning. He leaves a wife and IScbildren:. Ccption.—Agrntlfmatt . halt ;:feeflvedslsocl in New Y.ork,,otthe owner of l boese - ,. toe injuries to his child done 6y 'the ` itiglOpg ef . th t e pose,,,in question, while tied It) s post in the streei. Hor ses, wlt e n not mien:4llp 4110 do 10,epoff. Their owners, it 'wit) . • . .11riek Mr ring—it is stated& that. a Mr.. Wen. N. Sawyer, pf Baltimore, has invented, , and put in eperaden, a brick•making Mechiaei which' takes in the dry clay„.mid tame oat 40,000 bricks per day, preitsed sa Itard.tha't tht4ceit b' inngh• ly handled tiikhciut'bretilting&'iti are ready fit the kiln wiihiont "' ' • • . Case of . Months Dorn.:-3d' the filtspeeme . Court of thellnited States :on Wednesday:llM case of Thomas W. Darr; against the. State of Rhode Island, whiclrwis a writ of error-to the Supreme Court of that State, waS ilistaissed„ at the costs of the plaintiff in , error. • ~:„filea " ws. • L.7•Ther by , groWo i .All4ls has not been t dis covered the '' tr,'.li °sonny concealed it riwinteknows 'ye i 'Aras' received by the.: distill of the itifjj, ' • Pope Sylvester 1, in' the ytili 1000. -• ,„, ;',,,5, - Callq Oaptaip-b4t r i here (says a letter 4 fr,/ilart , l,PidticiscoFitas, cently won seventy- • eight thousind do!iars in Gambling; in a single • night. o , PirThe Sacramento City correspondent of the • "Niles Intelligencer." says he purchased a copy of the:Nro York : Tribune for $l. and that 20,000 ' copies just arrived, will all sell for nearly the • same price. 1. 1•03 k • ! 8 -ro e /.( pity ItgOtained 24 • churches, now there are 224, besides those In progresi of erection... , r sr; 5 • GP The boll in honim, of bederal- Vaildr,. in • New York is to take place.olXiblo!‘.oo.4.lseAth .t of February. FIVE!•: • "sr t, .; .71a rr*Theie 'ate '4Oirie do or 4D Okinitn . q in Cin cinnati, who make their hy 'cutting cabbage • ' for sourkrant.• • isseiteetlial a •05itt btc3rmphbr to pill form, followid by a draught' of aranice'and a half of the infustgir of hives with *oP's - of sulphuric ether in it, will procuFe sleep, in the first development of insanity whefi . elSe will. It has been tried and its sncce.ss adknitia edged. IVRats, they say, will rhnture in 'no . barti'cii" houses where elder bushes are ',Mattered ;- abo - iiir This is a new and valuable discovery: r. " Cirlilore money is to be made by adthitirkier-' 4 ing to the stomach than the head, If Ifhirsjiu pers could be eaten like oysterS, ire would snob have 10,000 subscribers. Opium. 1,'.1 ‘• This drug is•the juice which...eiudeslrodi'in cisions rriede the-beads•orripe-psyiv4iwilunir• a•endered concrete, by..e.;pasyrNolfiv Fenn The • 'r . "k ti Ma st d' best opium comes rona Turk t e 4 p!tt ; • 1 • kind is, npt.xo s o 9d? t9xtd;°PlP As WI; . 1 "14 cold; but becomes soft when worked in the hniids- It has a strong 'offensive smell;and is ver 'bit ter to the taste; prborspirit di g ested upon Opiara. .. ['warts laudarqsm. Opium has long been known as a deadly and daggerous , narcotic; it.has been supposed that the sopori4ajaarts of the - best Turkish'opium, only 7 per cent.'orrnorphin.. can be extracted; hut morphia is; not more poi sonous than opium. tire believes thiit the•der, leterious activity of opium is duelo, its-uaina of a an olcate or tnargaraw s upeotine with mor phia. . • Opium is a siow and rapid poison. People can accustom thentselves to ii,VetUbelthle to eat as much as might destroy the lives of three or four at one dose, who were unaccustomed to it. Opium drunkcness is a horrible vire•of the Turks and Chinese. Its drunken• dreamy are pleasing, but they reveal terrible resul.. The habit of opium eating is perhaps more danger ous of all others—the most ritiring- 7 the most difficult to break ttp. It is said that a great increase in the consump tion of opiuth has taken place in America, (sis : : cially in the Eastern Slates, within the past sev en years, and its, votaries are found 'principally among our wrimen. It is a vice which should be frowned down by every person—it is'a drtink eness more deadly. and vicious , than thattofj.-tir its in any shape. • . The Tan Commandmentd. I. I am the Lord thy Uod 7 scrve only me : ; -e- 11. Befiire uo idols bow the iinpinits knee: 111. Use not my . name in trifles, nor : in jest: IV. Dare not profane my sacred day of rest: V. Ever to parents;dae ohedlekei)iY VI. 'Flu fellow.creaturra e man,-,thon sh44t•not . slay: . • • . lIV. In ne.adulltrous commerce bear a part: VIII. From stealing, keep thy hand and Wart» , 0 1 IX. All false reports against thy neighbor hate X. And peiritaltilge i his The Amer!etya Fla&n7—. l 4" 11 1 1 ) 8 4: 0 1D,ec1Mber , 1775, the Continentril,Fleg,,was itisplaxed for. the first time. It iraA on thal'iliy twisted' on'it i cqtrd the tlag.ship of Eiseckliopkigs, ts4tri, on , the dirt . of the preceding hati 'been eimiiitried ComtmindevipTChief•of:the hiss Anterictin fleet. The l'riniere of l'arie.—A iite letteVficim is says: "Thettlit vhtriilasi iffithreti cial meetings and eatings are 4istiagtAished, .fur: their good tasty and humor—Tl mean the printers. Everybody is amused with then..toasts, and good speeches, and poetry. : the, typo in Pari.a. his biither,in 4merica ; .-11 e can think; ofien,- 1 ,, timeawylte; and will tight when requirlid.:* . is the most ditliculman to deceive. He sets up much that lie darerbethret s•Tbar ielVirlir the copy. Bat frery Yearlte sete up for himself. at' a public supper, 04 then you hive hk 7 views. - fiunill i eitjUnin r eynienpriniers just hail their alment,paonuptltcre., :It, is prob.. lib's that not laic in ten approves •the 44 political • rubbish fic•ii übligeit to compose it; judge so by the toasts. ThdlitMitY of :tie' aprek4- 1 was particulitly innisial on. •Pierrelitatix, au thor, d eputy, , and , asioe lationist, was. tite pttiineir pat invited guett and orator." . •. , Butkr Ring.—'rhis'gentleman did 'nd ar rive in the diescetlt billte, as was reported. It ix.• stated in San Francisco paperi that signe;l , liirseat'in Congress, and' latepds'tWie: main in California. Another report pays was ti•llelti k41.101(004001 in the steamer dE-Deoembealad. pr -,T ' . • Guile Pgrcha:-.-WiNtia.retcha.4 new *IV*, say,. the BpiJil ofilie.Tiirietlyis no*. usrditcniottglalil ,:! telegraphic. wiry'. The, ; wirh:isz lencasetiAtits,... coating +of thisiguin . oil one sixteenth inch . in-.. 1 thickness, the magogiiciction,isientfrely minim-. peded, whei 'her! 'thetWires be laid throtigir the• water or Chided in the groom , . This is 411114,41 p important dani;it l op9ioitriatril. -1.; • •In Old Offical.-.Vlrt Jncob iintl; War in his seventy•niriiii oreightiet h• year. trim ujt ;M onday • sworn 'blithe !Dirty ninth time ail. consfablp .1 .New•York,;haVing. bean first. appointed batihatt , t , oihce bit !ltiti;yor_Liv ingt.ann,in . the yi4.:llierii«;;• He has held it nobble: toptedly first. apftointed a inarbals or the, city. hy...ittaii4 Varlet; io the year 17118.
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