f• - 4'l 779' Mil - • - ..- , ;(::. 1 11r•-•AL•7:74. ' nxi:l-11. - 7•7 ' ;'.=k \ -zi.l 1)e fel)tgly tlegister. • I tti. ~'4.fi t c-•:7 . ,g° ' r 'i, ..--.4.,',..-i,--or. Circulatio*near 2000. Allentoitn, Pa. YTJIURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1850. 1141 r. The new County Treasurer, Dr. Martin, entered upon his duties on the 124 instant, Mr. .Plaines retiring. Mr. Martin possesses• every requisite to make a good officer. lar Gideon Yoder, Esq., is appointed Post Alaisterat Trexlertown, in place of Jacob Fish '4' • er, Esq. are informed that the' Coroner of Lehigh county, John.Erdmary,'Er.q., appointed C. F. Mertz, Esq., of this Borough, as Deputy. Persons having business, will find him prompt disoltarge_, otir.,i;' , l;:frOur thanks are due to Gov. Johnsion, and -Shinto., of the Senate, for early copies of - '.:*the.Governor's message. • • 127" Al It late meeting of the board of Poor House Directors of Lehigh county, C. S. Bush, Esq., was appointed Treasurer for the ensuing year. Er The Lehigh Fencibles were out on pa rade on Monday last. Their marching, coun- termarching and evolutions were much admir ed. They partook of a supper, prepared by "mine host" of the Rising Sun Hotel, much to the satisfaction of the members. The Governor's Message. We publish in anotheriolnmn of to•day's pa per, n synopsis of the annual message of Gov. Johnston, laid before the legislature on the 2nd instant,. It is an able and bosmess-like state .paper, written in a strong and vigorous style, which will commend it to public attention, and markintthroughont with an anxious watchful ness over the interests and business affairs of the State and the welfare of the people. ft con tains a highly gratifying exhibit of the finan ces of the commonwealth, and many highly, worthy and important recominendations con nected with the finances, the public works, &c., Which cannot fail to claim the early attention of the legislature, and the adoption of which would add largely to the revenues of the State. Benefit Ball We learn that a Citizen's Ball will lake place, on Thursday, the 17th of January next, at the Odd Fellows' Hall. The price of a ticket is $2, which will adott a gentleman and two ladies. The proceeds we learn, after paying the neces sary expenses, are to go towards furnishing the large and beautiful Hall. Committee of Ar rangement, Amos Ettinger, C. 11. Sampson, P. S. Wenner, Adam H. Eckert and Frank. Stetler. Pennsylvania Nominations In regard to the nominations of gentlemen. Of this State, for the different offices in the gift of the President, the Washington correspon dent of the Philadelphia North American of Saturday last, holds the following language: The nomination W. D. Lewis, Esq., as Col= ,lector of the pail of Philadelphia, will be sent to the Senate on Monday, in accordance with his own desire, to challenge a full investigation of official and personal character, which has been assailed through the columns of par tizan papers, and by influences which are in terested in procuring a vacancy, Without re ference to this particular appointment—for the same system has been pursued in regard to others, in and out of Philadelphia—it may be observed as a general remark, that when heal friends, merely under the provocation of ditappointment, sutler themselves to'be made the instruments of designing politicians, by joining in a crusade of opposition to,noinina- : tions, they subject their political integrity to some saMicion, and if claiming to be friends of the Administration, give very doubtful evi dence of their fidelity or sincerity. If any nom inee of the 'President is morally disqualified or incompetent to discharge the duties entrusted to his keeping, he ought to bo rejected; but be tween this course add ono of indiscriminate hostility, proceeding from chagrin and discard ed pretensions, there is a very wide difference, which Senators on both sides will observe, des pite the humbuggery of petitions prepared to order, and remonstrances front people who never satv: the' ineum bent Whom they have unscrupulously charged with every manner of delinquency. This system of manufacturing memorials hris got to be well understand about Washington, audit is the most unprofitable investment which partizans over made or em ployed. Life Insurance. . ' Ten years ago Life Insurance was scarcely known in this country. Not over one in 30 t . 000 Oldie American people had resorted to it; very little knowledge of the system had been diffused among _our people up to that time— there were low who had any definite idea of ;,tlap system—the masses gave no thought to the .eubleet, and °there], equally ignorant of its true pharacter, regarded it with piuus horror, as inn ,plying a distrust of God's providence in the tif- Jatre„of Men.. The error and this prejudice have passed aud.thousands and tens of thou. eanils,of our c.iiiiens, in. alLparte of the Union, roluirtingto Life Insurance, as the 1001;.4,ndeurest:Inethed of protoctingtheir-fam , .1114,40/0, - 41., precarious.dependence upon the litkOritii•indlvidutd e , estimation Of well-informal and think ing men; this now holds a front rank An i c i n g the honovolentootaritrises which mod ern has originated for mitigating I on'o thet.oyils 4 , 9 Touts of .69,4011ft:h. Intsroourse with Austria. The proposition of Gen. Cass, to suspend di- plomatic intercourse with Austria, which was debated in the Senate on Friday last, came up again on Monday. This is a subject which commands much interest andattention through out.the country; for however-the publio may differ as,to the principle involved, all feel that Austria has been guilty of the most barbarogs, and inhurhan treatment towards her prisoners of war, and has acted in arnanner unworthy of the countenance and respect of civilized na tions. Gen. Cass in an able speech proposes to ' withdraw our minister, and to retain our con suls to which• Mr. Clay responded as follows: If it web proper that the IJnited States Gov eminent should take.any action on this subject, it might more. justly be had with reference to Russia, who had interfered upon a shallow pre- text, and defeated Hungarian independence, when Hungary had already achieved it. The course proposed to be pursued was in direct contradiction to the policy laid down and followed- by Washington ; and every adminis tration to the present time. If we were to be: come the censors of nations, wherefore are we to slop, and why should we look to the cause of Hungary alone? Why not take up the cause of Ireland, and that of unhappy Rome? Newspaper Enterprise. The first day of January, or the year 1850, is setting in with a determination among our brethren of the press, tending to a decided im provement in the-.'ay of newspaper publica tions. The ."13et Its and Schuylkill Journal,'' is ma terially et:larged, printed on new type, and has undergone many other typographical improve- MEM kThe "Reading Gazette & Democrat," has also been enlarged and much improved, arid num bers now among the largest sheets in the State. Both the Gazette and Journal are conducted by aide and experienced editors and the hand some improvement is proof positive, that their labor is properly appreciated. Our young friend Mr. Calvin licirlman has entered the editorial arena, with Messrs. (Jur lock, Bruce and Wright, who will in future con duct the "Philadelphia Police Gazette and Le gal lntelligencer." May our young ['lends. meet with the success they deserve. Clinton Tribune.—We have the first number , of a new paper called the "Clinton Tribune,' published at Lock Haven, Clinton county, by A. J. Greer, a young man of superior abilities. The paper looks admirably well, and deserves success. The Harrisburg Papers Tito "Democratic Union" and "Harrisburg Telegraph," the former supporting Democratic and the latter Whig principles, aie4mblished twice a week daring the session“4l3oth papers have engaged able and efficient Legislative Reporters,in order to give satisfactory proceed ings of both branches. The subscription price for each is three dollars per annum. For six months during the session, two dollars. Both papers are ably conducted. The Saturday Evening Post• The editors: of this mammoth Philadelphia Weekly,• hold out new inducements to sub scribers for the year. It is besides being one of the largest, also one of the best and most pop ular papers published in Philadelphia. Terms $2 per annum if paid in advance, :3 if not paid in advance, four copies for El, twenty copies for $2O. The Home Journal This excellent Family paper, published in the city of New York, by Morris & Willi3 ; corn• menced a new volume and series on the first of this month. It is published weekly, at two dollars per annum, in advance. It is one of the handsomest and best papers published in the iteil States. • Personal Liability. This Law, says the Philadelphia Daily Sun, went into operation in the State of New York on New Years day. it provides that "the stock holders in every corporation and joint stock as sociation for banking purposes, issuing bank notes, or any kind of paper credits to circulate as meney, after the •first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, shall be in dividually responsible to the amount of their respective share or shares of stock in any such corporation or association ; for all its debts and liabilities of every kiln', contracted after the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty." This applies 'to all the banks of issue in the State. In ease of insole. ency, bill holders have preference over all oili er creditors. What they say in the South A lain number of the Missouri Daily Repnb. Ilona, a paper printed in St. Louie, holds the lbllowing..ltingnage in rogarl to that passage of Gen. Taylor's first message to Congress, which speaks of a threatened dissolution of ihe Union : • Thu topic of the disscilution of the Union, la• troduced with sq much familiarity into the de bates of Congress, is alluded to with an earn estness, and a directness, which cannot be misunderstood. The hot-heads of the coon try-..--those who speak of the dissolution of the Union as an every day, familiar subject, be cause of some foolish fancy which fills their brain—are pointedly rebuked; and the Presi dent lETtes the people ht no doubt where he will be found in such an emergency- '1 -lo will stand by the Union, "ready' to maintain its integrity to the full extent of the obligations imposed,. and the power conferred upon him by the Constitution." We ask no better pledge. for Me.safety and perpetuity of our in stitutions. • ;3711,e Supr i eme Court of Pennsylvania in the late snit of ,Barnuol sl. Bridges against this Borough,.t.tectilettthat ,roonjel on interest can. !ma to ta.yo4 for Berotieh `py,rnizsus. 9 PiOooe'dings of . the Lehigh dounty Common School Convention. ..,, The Convention met pursuant to previeus notice,.en Tuesday January Ist,. at I o'clock :P. M ; and was organized by the appointment of the 'Rev. Joshua Yeagel, as Chairman and R. C. Chandler as Secretary. After some in- teresting conversation upen.subjects of general interest; a committee consisting of Rev. C. R. KesSler, Rev. S. K. Brobst and the Secretary, was appointed to draw up t(series. Of resolu tions espresSi ye of the sense of The. meeting. The Comniittee having retired for the purpose, prepared the following: • • • • Resolved.—That in the opinion Of this Cot = voution, nothing should more deeply interest the attention of our law-makers, and nothing requires more profound legislation, than the furniShing of proper encouragements to the great causeof Popular Education--a cause which , should be dear to• the heart of every well-wish er of his country. llesolved.—That the greatest obstacle to the more rapid advancement of the Education of the people, is the great lack of teachers, prop erly qualified to fulfil their responsible stations : and in the opinion of this Convention, this is owing mainly to two causes. Ist.to the want of suitable facilities to enable persons of prop er character and talents to prepare themselves (or the peculiar duties of the Instructor. 2nd to the tact : that this profession receives far less compensation, than its services and usefulness deserve. Resolved.—That the scarcity of good teachers referred to above, seems to require immediate measures for the establishment of State Normal School, similar to those already in operation in other States. Resolved—That for the more effective °man ization of our Common Schools, tho appoint meat of County Superintendents should he at tended to without delay. Resolved—That this Convention notes with regret, that moral training does not receive that attention it, our Common Schools, which its great importance demand for - upon the. mot , al character of our people depends thc.stability of our free institutions. Resolved.—That stated County Conventions of teachers bo recommended as an excellent means for mutual improvement and encourage ment. These Resolutiomi having been read were unanimously adopted. Rev. C R. Kessl'er, floe. S. Marx and Rev. J. Yaeger, were then elected Delegates to rep resent this County in the State Convention, to be held at Harrisburg, on the third Wednesday of January. On motion of Air. Pretz the Chair appointed a Committee of three to collect funds to defray the expegps of the journey. The Delegates were empowered to appoint substitutes On motion of iHr. Brobst, a committee was appointed to form a Society to be composed of the teachers throughout the County, consisting of the following gentlemen.. Messrs. Brobst, Stemmer and Van Valken burgh, front the Borough of Allentown ; W. H. Townsend of Hanover; Mr. Berndt of North Whitehall; U. E. Biun - ter of S. IVhiteliall; A. F. Halbach of Upper Saucon; R. Deishor of Salsburg; A-Druckentniller of Upper Milford; P. E. Eisenbrann of L. Macungy; C. Unbe scheiden of U. Alaeungy; F. Berkenmeyer of Heidelberg; I'. Benner of Lowhill; A. Stottler of Weisenburg; G. Hold° of Washington; F. Schmidt of Lynn ; J. F. Halbach of North ampton. Dr. G. C. Hand then arose and after a few prefatory remarks presented the following: Ecsolved.—That a committee of three be ap pointed to wait upon the Directors of the Pub lic Schools in this district, in order to request from them the use of a School room fur the pur pose of opening a free night school for the in struction of young, men, wlm,.from their pecu liar employments or for other reasons, are un able to attend The public day...schools, and that, gentlemen desirous of forwarding the laudable objects of this undertaking by becoming teach ers, bo requested to hand in their names to said committee. This resolution mot with ve ry general favor—many menibers spoke warm ly in its behalf, and promised to lend their hearty co-operation. It was unanimously adopt ed and the Chair appointed Dr. G. C. Hand, C. Pretz and J. Mohr, us the committee. Mr. Brunner then introduced the subjects of Phonography; Phonotyphy, &c., but after some discussion it was thought best to postpone fur ther consideration until next Convention. On motion it was resolved that the proceedings be published in the papers of the Cdunty. The Convention then adjourned. BrOwn down on the South. Hon. W. J. I3row•ti is out in an Indian aJour nal justifying to his constituents. the part ho saw fit to act in regard to the Speakership in Con gress. Ile says, in relation to the charge of treachery by the &miter,' members in the matter of appointing the territorial commit- teeg, &t..:— "I had rather been defeated with the vote I received; than to have been 'elected *under a pledge to pack the committees for the benefit of the slave holding interest of the South. But the time has come witch theNtafh will no long er bOw the neck to the slavocracy of the South. I am done. She cannot be satisfied with *a moderate conServaiive support, but you must become the defender of her institutions. "A you doubt or falter, you are denounced us a traitor, and with a lordly ariogance you aro told that they will dissolve the Their course of conduct has fully determin ed me n e ver again to be a candidatu for Con-. gross." • •• A Voice fropt.the S'outh.--The Southern • Ban. ner, at Athens, Georgia, contains. a .topy of the California Siam ethistitution, accompanied ivith this' ensit4 remark: We have nothing to say for o r ag:ainat the pati•starery elatauf us thete• Con s stilittloh: rIiAT is TI MIS COSCESS, egiglative Proceedings. • • .. SENATE. Ai, 3 ;o'clock P. M., agreeably to lung usage, the Representatives of the several Senatorial dis• tricts of ' the Cominonwealth assembled in the Senate Chamber, and were called to order by the Hon. Peo.Darsie, the Speaker of the last Senate.,. The , Secretary of the Commonwealth being' introduced, presented the returns of the late elec.= Lions held in the several vacant Sehatorial dis• . tricts ; . : • On motion of Mr. CRABB, •the Senate pro. ceeded - to the election of a Speaker. Seven bal. lots wereMken without effecting a choice. Mr. SANKEY, moved that the Senate proceed to an Bth ballot; which was agreed and resulted as follows: Mr. BEST received 17 votes. Braw -1,. Icy, 14. Streeter, 2. Mr. PACKER offered a resolution, that a committee office be appointed by the chair for the purpose of apportioning the State into Sena torial and Representative districts. On motion of Mr.DARSIE, it was ordered that -3,000 copies in English and 1,000 in German of the Governor's message be printed for the use of the Senate. On moth - in of Mr. ICING, it was lieu)teed, That when the Senate adjourns it ad journs to meet again to.morrow morning at o'clock, and that 11 o'clock be the standing hour. of meeting until otherwise ordered. On motion of Mr. PACKER, it was Resolved, That :he usual number occopies of the resolution adopted by Ili& last General As sembly, relative to an amen neat of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania, be printed in form and placed on the Senate file, with an appropri- ate number. The speaker addressed the Senate in retard to the remarks made by Mr. Packer in relation to hint. He made an explanation to the causes of the misunderstanding with the Senator from by coming, and stated that it was entirely adjusted. Mr. PACKER, followed in a speech of a simi lar tenor; so that the whole difficulty seems to be now settled amicably. Mr. Shinier presented ,petitions from citizens of Northabpton, praying the passage of a law incorporating . a Bank. OF'REPREBENTATIVE,9 The roll being called, ninety-nine members an swered to their names; WM. SMITH of Beaver, (Whig) absent. Mr. PORTER, moved that the House do now proceed to an election for Spealar; which was weed to ; when John S. M'Cahnont received 58 votes. Augustus K. Cornyn 39. John N Con ynghatn I. John Allison 1. Mr. lIOGE presented a resolution providing for the appointment of a special committee of thirteen members, to report a bill districting this Commonwealth into Senatorial and Representa tive districts; which was twice read and then passed: Mr. PORTER„presents a bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the river Dela- COG On motion of Mr. M'CLINTOCK, the bill authorizing, the Commissioners of Aleghany county to borrow money, was taken up, and a mended. On motion of Mr. PORTER, the borough of Easton was added to the title, when the bill passed final reading. Mr. PORTER, three for a bank, to be called the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Easton. Mr. MARX, one of citizens of Allentown, fur a division of said borough into two wards. Mr. MARX, a bill authorizing the division of the borough of Allentown into two wards. Mr. PORTER, from the Committee on the Jul diciary, reported two bills. • Califiirnia Official Salaries.—The new consti tution fixes the Salary of the Governor of Califor nia at $lO,OOO per annum, and members of the Legislature are to have $lO per diem: The Sec retary or State is to receive $7OOO a year. Consumcd.—The flouring mills of Mr. JJ,thn Sterett, at Lewistown, Pa., were consumed. by fire on last Monday a week, together with from 500 to 1000 bushels of grain. Loss $20,000; and insured for $lO,OOO the morning before the Death of the Eldest Inliabilant.—T h e last Athens (Ga.,) oflanner, announces the death of Mr.DANIEL riste, of Prankli,n county, who died on the 2il of July list, in the one hundred and nineteenth year of his age, leaving on the prem. ises where he resided at the time of his death a son 76 years of age, a grand daughter 44 years of age, and a great•grand daughter 22 years of age. Alassachwella Banka.—There are 110 banks in Musachusetts, and 42 institutions for savings. The total of the capital stock of the banks paid in is $34,630 000 ; circulation $16,700 900. The number of depositers in the saving Institutions is $71,620, and the amount of deposits, $1'2,111, 663. Settling Government Reeount.--There seems to be something wrong in the mode of finally.aud iting the accounts of government agents. , ' Al tonal every one of them holds'on to a balance, in order, to secure the' payment of some claim, and compel the United States to sue rota settle ment, that• the accouiits may come' under ihe supervision of a jury. We find thar•the late Na. vy . .kgents at Boston, New .York'aittl Washing-• ton, have all been sued for deficits, but arc ready to settle, when g,overnmeni allows thetn:fimun eration ftir extra services. We 9uestion the propriety of thig mode of taking the law and the profits both into one's hands; but It seems to be the universal custom. Who will devise a rem. edy News- • True Enough.—Evrry man has; in his own life, follies enough; in his own mind trouble enough; in the performance of his duties defi ciencies enough_; in his own fottunes evils enough, without being, curious about'thc affairs of Mhers. • Prenciple.—"Fitly cents, if you pleaie, sir," said a waiter at one of our hotels. ..What for, pray 1" olilackintryour boots, sir,."• , ""Why mine are patent leather t • , ..Principlei the same sir: would Itn'yo filhclrened them; snret;'iftheytindn't , tieett.". 3'!l7f. . • • • Contiessional PipcieedingEi ! WASHINGTON, Jail., 3,1850. SENATE. Mr.•Dicicinson, of New YbFk, gave notioOf a bill JO,establisl a branch mint in Ncw.,YOlyt • Mr.;Cass4 - :Michigaii, notiC , e. that,.! .•would , o to-riicierow, ri•sh the S enate , torproceed to • the co n sideration of the resoliition uttered bjriflim, some time since, ;relative, suipensiiiti, of 'diphithatic iat'erciiurse with the GriVitrimeat of ; Austria. • Mr. Atchison,Aif Missouri introduced the res olutions of the Missouri Legislature on the sub ject of slavery, and instructing their Senators to vole against the adoption' aC the Wilrhot•Provisci principle, Which were'read. ' I Mr. Benton, of Missouri, hereupon rose and,, said • • • . • • ..1 This is the proper lime for me to say what I believe to be the fact. These resolutions do not represent the people of Missouri. They are a law-abiding and Union loving people,-andi have no idea of entering into, a combination to resist or intimidate ►he tegislatiOn of Utingrees. The General:Assembly has mistaken the sentiments of the State in, adopting these resolutions, and many members who voted for them; and the Gov ernor who signed them, has since disavoweditnd repudiated them. Ido not intend to discuss these resolutions at this time, discussion isno part my present object. l speak oftkiidedge which they contain, and call it a mistake; and say what ever-may be the wishes or opinions of the peo ple of Missouri on the subject of the extension or the nomextetision of slavery to the Territories, they have no idea of resisting any act of Con gress on the subject. They abide the [kw when it comes—be it what it may—subject to the de cision at the ballot box and the judiciary. I con• cur with the people of Missouri in the views of their duty, and believe it to-be the only course, consistent with the order anti intentions of our constitutions, and the only one which can save this Union from the fate of all the confederacies which have successively appeared and disap peared in the history of nations. Anarchy among the nations, and not tyranny at the head, has been the rock on which all such confedera cies have split. The authors of our present form of Government knew the danger of this rock. and they endeavored to provide against it. They formed a union—not a league—a federal legisla ture, to act upon persons,—not upon States; and they provided peaceable remedies for all the questions which could arise between the people and the government. They provided a federal judiciary to execute federal laws, when found to be constitutional—and popular elections to re peal them when found to be bad. They formed a government in which the law and popular will —and not the sword—is to decide questions. They !Milted upon the first resort to the sword for the decision of such questions, as the death of the Union. The old confederation was a league with a legislature acting upon sovereignties without power to enforce its decrees and without union, except at the will of the par ties. It was powerless for Governinent and a rope of sand for union. It was to escape froM that helpless and tottering government that the present Constitution was formed. No less than ten tnembers of the Federalist party from the tenth to the twentieth, were devoted to the defects of the old system, and the necessity of a new one. I will read some extracts from these members— the joint production of Hamilton and Madison —to show the difference between the league which we tibandOned,and the Union which we foriti, , heethe dangers of the former and the ben efits of the latter—that it may be seen that the resolutions of the General As:X[ll6ly or M i sstwri , if carried to their conclusion—carry bacit ibis Union to the league of the confederation—make it a rope of sand, and the sword the arbiter between the federal head and its members. Mr. Benton here read the extracts from the Federalist. First—on the difference bet Ween the Confederacy and the Union of the States. Sec ond—of the destruction of the Union when the sword is drawn between its members and their head. Third—of the advantage and facility of working the federal system, and its peaceful, ef- , ficient, and harmoniutis operation, if the Federal laws are made to operate upon citizens'directly, and not upqn States. Fourth—on the' ruinous effects of civil wars among the members of a Republican confederacy, and their disastrous in fluence in the cause of civil liberty throughout the world. Mr. Benton said that it was to get rid of the evils of the old confederation, that the present union was (brined, and having formed it, its founders undertook to make it perpetual; and for that purpose had recourse to all the•sanctions held sacred among .men—prehibitions, 'oaths— the States were forbid to form compacts or agree ments with each other. The constitution anti the laws made in pursuance of it, were declared to be the supreme law of the land; and all author ities, State and Federal, legislative, executive and judicial, were to be sworn to SuppOrt it. Time resolutions which have been read contra dict all this, and the General Assembly mistook their own powers as much as-they mistook the sentiments of the people of Missouri, when they adopted them. This is all I shall say at present. I make no objection to the reception or printing of the resolutions. The only object at pre- Sent is to make and save these two points: 'First, that the General AsseMbly Mittook the sentiments of the people of Missouri in adopting these resolutions. Second, that they - nriiitoolc their own powers in (nog so. , Mr. Atchison said, as ..no objectionjuti !ieen mndd to the.printingor.the resolutions, but one word 'to say—that is, merely to express the opinion that the people of the Statb of. Mis. swirl, when the time arrives, will prove to all mankind that every sentiment in the resolutions will be sustained by them. Mr. Reward, of NerPYorli, moved that thc res olution of Mr. Cass, relative to suspending di ploinatic intercourse with .Austrin, be• printed. Agreed to. • • ••• • Look --A bill has been reported In the le• gislature of Georgia; entitled An act to repeal the present Whig and anti Demucralic partiei,nnd , ,in lieu thereof to establish a Boalhein Tptlepe r ulint 'republican' party: ' • 91r~-+.YrCrct•..:.Ml,.'-,x+-.r — ;; t. ti') , t~.~:~ ~•n.v.~r+l.^y~n Gleaning's. • 13rUpwards of 80,000 pounds of show beef Was sold.by fiv.p.pytciknein Cincinnati, on Christ mas day: : rs I .;•.W - Oen. Ails!rii,;(as l i44stil of aiming at the die- Otiirirship of MeXicer; eirThousttiOs()C4iairie fowls are brought to Cwkinnaii, and jaille,quantities barreled up and shrOped to,thkWOQn" States. 13:irron; who went from Mobile to Mexico, was robbed of $7OOO, on his way from Vera Crnz to Tepic. iirGen. Tom Thumb is exhibiting in Dayton, Ohio. LV".k . London paper says that portraits in oil of any seize are now taken by a photographic proceSs in a sitting of half a minute. The pro. cess is called photOprosopon.. • '• Light and ?eat from Water We noticed sometime since a' wonderful dis mnerysaid to have been made by,llenry.M.P.aine, which enabled hitn,tcr produce a brilliant light from water, at aai4re nominal . expelisC. It is now stated that Mr. Paine, by a very simple ma chine, without galvanic batteries, metals or acids decoMposea Water "and reiltMe's ii'to a gaseous state; with less than ohe three - hundredth part alone horse power he Will produce 200: ciibic feet of hydrogen and 100 feet of oxygen gas per hour, which will furnish as much heat by corn bust ioh, as 2000 feet of the common Coal gas and light equal to 300 common lamps, for 10 him —or sufficient tit.warni and light an ordinary dwelling house, twelve hourg, including the re quisite heat for the kitchen—And all this at an expense less than one cent ! The Return of an Erring Child. ; About 18 months since, the daughter ore res pectable merchant in this city, eloped (rum the residence of her father, in Walker, street. No trace could be had of the unhappy girl for some time, when it was acsertained she had left the • city in company with a female—and-had-bone-to Mobile—Since then she had : not been,heard of and hen afflicted; parents. had meurneeher as dead. On Sunday night .last, while the faraily were seated in the parlor, a servant entered the room and told the lathe r that a female wiehen,l see him ; he wentAnto;the',hall where he ; beheld a female closely veiled. Upon his inquiring what: she wished, she adventured a step towards him and fell senseless on the !loom. lights were pro• cured and she was taken to a sofa in an inner• room, where her veil was removed, when -she was at once recognised as the long lost child.— The feelings of Me patents can better be imag ined then described. After she had sufficiently recovered, she precemled to relate to them the, history of her life since she had lied front her patents' roof ; but her patents at ()IWO refused— saying that siW had returned once more to them and whatever had occurred was all forgiven and forgotten. The poor creature was overwhelmed by this act of kindnesi, and she fainted; for some time, it was impossible to recall her senses ; but she finally recovered, and we trust that her fa:. lure conduct will be such as will make amends . for her previous misguided action.—Nruy York Morning Slur A Capita/ Suggestion.—The New Orleans ut letin, in on the late disorganised state of the noose of Representatives, suggests as an effectual guard to the recurrence of such a of things, an amendment to the Constitution, providing that whenever either House shall not complete its organisation within ten days after the legal day of meeting, that House should be ipso facto dis Solved, and new election shall take place, within thirty days, thrOughant the Union. With such an amendment the organisation would la!ft , place in due season. Miller the Prophei..—William Miller, common ly known as "Miller the Prit;ihet, t t for his advo cacy from the pulpit, and in varicui.! works that. he has published of the opinion that the Oil or the world was apprunthing immediately, died on the 20th of. December, in Law Hampton, Washington county, in' this State; in the 08th year of his a He was a native of Pattsfield, Mass., and held a captain's Commission in thu army during the last war with England. He was a man of moderate abilities and very little education, but of strong will and fanatloal temp, crament. His disappointment on the fallow of his predictions in 1843 very much affected his, spirits, and he had preached but Dille since thal time.—New York Paper... Remarkable Escape of a Slave.•=—The Boston Post, of Friday understands' that; w vessel- had artived there from •Wilmington' N. C. bringing a yellow girl belonging to. George W. Davis of that city. • •She was. st:creted'on board by tlegmate. • A bed Was. thrown into the poop fir 'her to lie upon,. and concealed by piling wood around The. Auth3rities at Wilmington, • almost knowing her to be on'• board,: made re-. peated searches, smoked the •vessel' several times, after louding announcing that they . would smother her if she did not show her-- self. Upon coming out of the river the , vessel was boarded v:tholmndp : for, the lait time, and had the girl been.. found, - the Captain would..have been ,o,.,great. .notwith standing he knew'riethihi or the runaway . .., During the voyage. the girl ' was fed; in the hatches, without,the knowledge pfthe mas , ter. : At the wharf .where,she Wes hropght ashore by her deliverer nt,censiggrOle,Ti.,k,i of detection by the crew orthe yesseli.none of whom were aware of-the passange,;,dry had on board. • - .- ''They, can't keep house without-it!"—• m A farersaid, to us the other day.- ' , I, think-much of quack medicines, but there is , ' a medicine that we can't 'keep house. with out—and tfiat Sluidhant's Gargling Oil. It not only mires the'ligises and outqloor 'critters' but it cures all the indoor 'varmints' too—if any get hurt in any way.. or,hkin any pain poming on them, they run- for s Alie. • Garalin , ; Oil, matted therie their trouble:A', Mach viittiabloinformatintrre.4p6hing this • wonderful Oil maybe obtoin'edgrir, co. • irg a pia-1140a; winchyt:tr.oM)k . ' to f i r of charge:OM . 4gentsee also -if v 1. , . .1. Uncut
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