7 k Y' ` -w~~. *,: lET 'i..yri A A' . - tri . / . 1 4 0 ~ • Allentown, Pa. 'THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 18p, a rri-Annual Assessment. Duplicate returns of the taxable inhabitants, of the Borough of Allentown, and several tsps. • . 'rib! Lehigh County, reported toile Com:last4on ' era, in pursuance of an act Of Assentbly, shows the following result: Allentown contains 802 taxable hiliabilants. Nortiimpton, 188. Hanover, 620. Upper Mil ford, 823. Upper Macungie, 447. , Lower Ma cungie, 617. Weissenhurg,37B. Lowhill, 208, , . Lynn. 413. fleidelburg,29l. Washington,6l2. :North Whitehall, 643. Salibbury, 411. Total `+'i''72B6.. Number of taxablei in 1842, 6175. • Increase in 7 years, 1111. Editorial dorivention The convention of editors, says the Daily News, hold at Harrisburg en the Ist lust., was attended by some twenty-four of the fraternity from various parts of the state. lion. Nimrod Strickland, of the West Chester Hepubl:can, preSitted, and J. G. IlleKinly, of the Democrat ic Union, and H. A. Ilish, of the Franklin In telligencer: acted asSecretaries. The convem: lion adopted a series of resolotiotts recommend ing that papers should be allowed to circulate free of postage within the congressional tlistriets in which they may be published, and urging upon the legislature the benefits which would accrue to the people, were the laws annually passed; published in all the papers of the state. The itisOluttop of the editorial convention of Vernicint;tliScountenancing personalities in ed itorial' intercourse, Was adopted, and measurep takekto carry out the recommendations ni re gard to postage, and the publication of the laws. Volunteers. of 1812 We can see no just reason why the officers an privates . ; who Volunteered in the defence .12 4 eir-country-in-the-late-war -wire-Great Brits g, should be excluded from the rights and privil. ~ • ich justly belong to them in re ceiving extra y and bounty lands, the same as those who v unteered in the war with Mex ico. We, know of many, in our section of country, who have returned sick and disabled, and are in circumstances, that a donation of this kind, woultigreatiy benefit and relieve them. We notice numerous meetings, held by the volunteers in different sections of the Union. We give a resolution passed at a meeting of Officers hild in Washington City, last spring. We' also notice that the Legislature of Ken tucky .have introduced joint resolutions, in structing their Senators and Representatives in Congress, to procure the passage of a law giv ing pensions to the soldiers and volunteers in the war from 1783 to 1795, and bounty lands to the'volunteers and militia in the war of 1812. We trust some patriotic member in our Le gislature will make -a similar move, in order to urge en the matter ! .in Congress. Department of Education Mr. Perte'r 'cif Northam pion, read in the [louse of EepresentatiVes,- on Saturday last, a bill "Establishing a 'Department of Education." This bill provides for unitingthe two offices of Librarian and Superintendent of Common Schools, and requires the .Superintendent to visit, at least 'once during his term of office, every county the State, at the county town and as man'it Otber points as practicable, to meet the Scheel Piiecters and Teachers, to afford then( tadVice;''assiitance and encouragement in the performance of theirduties; to commence pUbfication in Elarrisburg of a weekly jour - Aral. to be ,called the Pennsylvania Common School Jennie), of which he is to be the editor, 'which.trhall.be.furniithed to each of the Presi . . dents Secretaries and Treasurers of each Com monSchOOlAirstript.and every teacher in the CornMenWealth.tit one dollar per year, and to all Otbers at two dollars. This "Journal" is to be a, used to nswer all letters which can in that . way be answered by the superintendent,.pub , fish all laws,. reports and forms relative to the system ) insert the annual apportion rnetit of S: ate appropriation among the districts, disseminate useful inforMaiion relating to public education, and makeknown all such matters as shall fa. cilitate the business and objects of the Depart wept., and for no other. purpose. All the salaries are left blank. • . Consul to Trieste We leatn from the Easton paPers : that our worthy ftiehd Henry Maxwell,:filsq., of that Borongh, Itas been - nominated by President Taylor to the Consulship at TrieAe. Mr. Max well is a gentleman of consiikrable talent, and Well ealeulated.tofill this important station, as ho ; uptierstaMis, and we t helieve, speaks in some rzkerwr.e . t . he 'german language. ; . , Eastern Penn sylyntrialltuklai, has received but a small per vf.llielp.bils of the new administration.--. The ilpileipliyierkl is highly approved. - • „ . 'saucy Goyernment. itt'slOtail.l:thatriery.extensive frauds have beenp'erpetrated:on.the:Recounting officers of the 4oveinnient in the' names.of the captains • at the voltniteer service. In many CllBll9 octants haver.been: settled.and paid Ivhere the .amounts lave:been swelled to. sums varying *out eight.hundred to alhotisand dollar* when ,ill?featletus thatrthree hundied , ciellars were 406 . th00• otticers. As the persona ` hid sold 4tele:'llittiimitts for somethlifeneiti what wee . ' thol Noilhe;loyerrnerit for'tho'ne. iotiliespiiittiti:intirrini.'idinutiterin amid: J c t ktßT 3 P.O i e g ratl l . l l., have been , P I 9P; PPM! °PA real suM kept eft, 1. Spat 711 t .fota,goveremeat i and •the fret Went *to otnOloyed to obtain it. , • Bank Meeting Pursuant to previous notice given, a large number of the citizemi of Allentown and vicin itr assembled on Monday evening last, :at the Public House of Major Eli Bteckel, for the pur pose of taking into consideration the propriety of establishing a Bank in 'Allentown; where upon on motion, Mr. Daniel Ludwig was ap pointed Chairman and Wm. S. Young Secreta ry. On motion of Mr. Christian Pretz, it was Resolved.—That a committee of seven be ap pointed to carry the above object into effect, consisting of Peter. Wyckoff; .Col. Jonathan Cook, Joseph Weaver, George Probst, William Edelman, Wm. Kern, and Thomas B. Weidner. On motion the following committees were appointed in the Borough and diflorent town ships of Lehigh county, for the purpose of cir Muting Petitions with a view of obtaining sob scribers to the same. lienover—Cliarles Muer, , William Saeger Samuel Saylor and James Fuller. Upper Milford—Henry Dißinger, David Go man, C. W. %Viand, Charles Foster 445pper Simeon—Charles %Yuman, Dan. Ber ger, George W. Footing, Mr. Soliday, Salsburg—John Yost, Martin, Kemmerer, J. Appel, Solomon Klein, (miller.) Lower Macungie . —John Schiffer', James Weiler, William Michael , Wm. D. Ritter. Upper Macungie—Solomon Fogel, Frank liu Hersch, Jacob Fisher, Hiram J. Schantz. South Whitehall—John Sheatz, John Cul bertson, Alexander Loder, Jeremiah Troxell. North Whitehall—Stephen Balliet, jr., Dan iel Saeger, Andrew Shelton, Edward Kern. Washington— Nlichael Woodring, Bastian Housman, Charles Peter, Benjamin Levan. • fleidelberg—Major John Smith, l'e'er ler, (merchtun) Peter Lentz, S. IC M. Kepner, Lynn—Jonas Haas, S. Camp, J. llarmoney, Daniel Probst. Woisonburg—Jodtua Seiberling, Dr. A Wa lace, John S. Helfrich, Daniel Stonier. 0 Lowhill—David Weida, Levi Knerr, El Kuntz, Jacob George. Northampton—John G. Schimpf, Wth. Mend son, James Smily, Casper Kleckner. Borough—Jonathan Reichard, Samuel Moy Cr, Thomas Yaeger, George L. Ruhe. On motion, it was Rcsofecd.—That these proceedings be pub fished in the dificrent newspapers of the Ho rough. On motion adjourned. Officerth of 1812 At a meeting in Washington city, on the 3d day of March, 1849, of the Officers of the War of 1812, it was— Resolved.—That,the Officers, to wit: Major Gen. William o.Builer, Gen. Charles S. Todd, Major John G. Camp, Colonel Jelin A. Rows,- Dr. Adam Hays, Col. Charles K. Gardner, Col. Abram R. Woolley, hlajorGeorrie Bender, COI. Robert W. Alston, Dr. Richard Johnston, Capt. Boyd Reilly, Capt. Leonard Adams, Captain Thomas IL Sanders, Major D E. Dunscomb, Capt. Henry Robertson, Capt. Peter Douglass, Major Charles Mullegan, Major J. N. Barker, Col. Gilbert C. Rupell, Major Charles J. Nourse, 'Capt. Henry S. Geyer, Major Thomas Harrison, Maj. Nathanief Nye flail, Col. John Capt. Wm. C. Willis, COI John Alcllvain, Cap tain 0. C. Merrill,l:Capt.-Rufus Mclntyre, Gen. John McNeil, Col. John G. Watmough, Gen. Cromwell Pierce, Col. David Campbell, Col. J. P. McDowell, Col. John Barrington, Col. Jo seph Philips, Col. Bernard Peyton, be a com mittee, with authority lo.correspond with the surviving Officers of the Army of the United States,- (volunteers us well as regulars,) in the war of 1812, and to propose and present to the Congress of the United States, at the next ses sion, a suitable memorial, soliciting the pas sage of a law grunting bounty land in propor tion to the rank of the officers of that war, the committee to have-power to add to their num ber as they may deem proper; and that Col. Woolley, Major Bender, and Major Nourse i be a central committee of correspondence. • CIIARLES S. TODD, Chair Mari. Jrio. G. camp, Secretary. . Hats, Caps, Muffs and Boas.--Our old friend and neighbor Capt. Jacob D. Boas, publishes a Card in another pert of to-days paper, in which he offers his chili' stock of goods, Consisting of every variety, of 4iitS, Caps, Muffs, Boas, trim irlingsaa,. at Dinah reduced prices. Such then who wish to make bargain's, will not let this opportunity pass' withouttaking a roper advantage of it. . • • The nungariaris in Philadelpliia.—On Wed nesday of last week, there was a formal and official reception of the Hungarian exiles in -the eity'of Brotherly Love,,wherti, to the honor of tae inhabitantsi they were received irra most eordiallind brotherly , manner. They were welcomed =on the-pert of the city by Mayor Jones, to whose address GenerallljhaY.y made an eloquent and pertinent reply; which elicited the applause of the; assembled' spectators. They .were afterwards: addressed by General Cadwalader: . ' 'Madame . Jagella was *sent, the observed of all observe:4e, and she won all hearts by her modest bearing.end sunny smile, Fatal Accidca—On Tuesday the,Bthinstant, says the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times, a man named John Allemar, a shoemaker, board ing in Tenth streetnear Brown, "died frtim inju riesreceived in filling a camphine lamp, the fluid having taken fire, and burned him severe ly: The deceased cFns thi rty-fiveyears of age, and front Nazareth, Northampton county., Pa. Reading Colton Factoiy.—this proposed im provement ut Rending, Pa., is likely to be de= !eyed, or itliogethe(btopped,for the'reason that atonsideratile number ofstock holders are much dissatislied'With the rnanner.lp which the'sile the.proposed mill was selected. A t meeting was held last Week, which was wiry largely attended, & at which resolices Were passed, not only, to_Jefttpe the payment Of th.e.se§seriptitii made, lint.-,,to.,demand the felending : of the . amount of Money already paid. . Political History..: ., '. .A..fe}l dayiiagii we published.acnmtiinica,- . tion from "Perks," in reply to a statement of Judge Woodbury, that, New frainpshire vvae. the first of the States to form a constitutibiii at ter the Declntiiiinn of Independence, her Con stitution being dated in December, 1776. elaiins this honor ,for PentisylvAnia,, showing that her constitution was dated on Sep..- tember 28, 1776. IVith due deference, - we say that both are wrong; though in.porretiting a Judge of tire Supreme Federal Cuurt, we may seem presumptuous to some of our readers: Judge Woodbury also says that, some citirens of New Hampshire, !unlit and wavering, pro tested against this early attempt to form a con- stitution,'because the large States, such as Vir ginia and New York, had not already taken the lead. He is in error hero also. 'Virginia having already adopted a constitution before the convention of New Hampshire assembled. The-following is the order of firne in the dates of the first constitutions of the old States:— New Jersey, July 2, 1776; Virginia, July 5, 1776 ; Maryland, Augu . st 14, 1776; Pennsylva nia, September 28,..1776 ; North Carolina, De cember 18,.1776; New Hampshire, December, 1776; New York, April 20, 1777; Vermont, comber 25, 1777; Massachusetts, March 2, 1780; South Carolina, June 3, 1790; Delaware, June 12, 1792 ; Georgia, May 30, 1798. According 'to this table, compiled from re cords, • the honor of forming the first constitu tion belongs to New Jersey, and not to New Hampshire. It also shows that New Hamp shire was preceded by /ire States. Why any citizens of New Hampshire should object to a constitution in 1776, because the large States, as Virginia, Massachusetts and others had not taken the lead, we do not exactly comprehend; Virginia having already taken that lead. And if New Hampshire wished to wait for the large States, she already had precedents in Three of them ; for according to the census of 1790, Vir ginia was first, Pennsylvania second, North Carolina third, and Maryland sixth, in the or der of population. Massachusetts was fourth„ and New York filth. Thus New Hampsl , i t irtr had five predecessors in all the States, and four in the large States, "Burks" is in error. in claiming for Pennsyl vania the honor of forming thedirst constitution after the Declaration of Independence; she having already been preceded by New Jersey,. Virginia and Maryland. We have not within reach the date of the first constitution of New Hampshire , . Its present was adopted on the second Wednesday of February, 1792, as amended from the constitution formed on *- totter 31, 1783. Some of our readers may be surprised at finding a constitution of Vermont in 1777, wheaithat region was not admitted as a State till 1891. But Vermont, being claimed 'by New York and New Hampshire, resolved to set tip for herself in 1777, and afterwards paid *30,000 to New York for relinquishing her claim. Before the Revolution, the British Par- liament had decided the contest in favor of N. Hampshire. The constitution of Georgia was amended in 1798, from one amended in 1789. The date of the constitution from which tkp first was amended is not within our reach. Will any correspondent inform us? South Carolina made no constitution till 1790, arid has made none since, within our recollection. Under its present, the State government is in the hands of an oligarchy of pipperly.—Prib he Ledger, Jan. 14. Remarkable Preservation of a Hog. A hog belonging to George flower, F.t , q., of Allen township, was accidentally buried under a stack of straw in his yard on the 13th of Oc tober last. Additional straw was thrown on the stack from time to time, until the 24th of De cember, when the animal was found. Incred ible as it may appear,. the hog lived in that sit- nation, without :air, water, or anything. to eat, except straw, for sevodyfour days! When the hog was lost it weighed 250, when taken out of its confinement h was a mere skeleton, not weighing more than GO or 70 pounds. At first it could not walk, but moved by short jumps like a rabbit. When °tiered food it would on ly take a little warm milk, but gradually its appetite returned, auti it promises in a short time to regain its former weight.— Easton Argus. Mm. Miller Found The Richmond '(Va.) Inquirer of last week las the full6wing. None can fail to sythpath zo with Airs. Miller's afflicted family. "On the Mount Vernon steamer from Nor folk, on Saturday, was the famous Mrs. Miller, the heroine of the assumed suicide over the Niagara Falls some Weeks since. She:was ac companied by a young man from the Valley of Virginia. Both of them were recognized by Persons who had seen them in Winchester They left the boat nt City Point for Petersburg. This fact, witivother circumstances which have reached our ear, satisfy us that the statement published of Mr. Henry Merritt, of Troy, Neat York, being her lover, was erroneous. The lady, the heroine of the most curious romance of which we ever read, is described io us as very short, With a pug.nose, and not at all ,at tractiVe. lint the currents of love are very un accountable. The lady is further represented as being in a very interesting situation. "We are informed by a gentleman that, about lets days since, ho travelled towar.ds iltd limey° with ex•Sertator Norvell, . now United States District Attorney at Detroit, the fatherof Mrs. Miller, who was in black, mourning the 'supposed decease of his datfghter, and then in search of information-tdhching her previous movements. The whole affair is most extra ort4ary."! .. The Richmondßepublican says that the name of theynuneTan who appeared to he'accom panying her, appeared •on the way=bill as "Mr. *awn." . rt r 'Potttivillti was lighted with rrae'lor the fiiet time "on' the Bth instant. . .Logiplative:Procseedings. The confirmed the nomination.' of Ja cob Hammeeets associate' judge of Schuylkill county , . . • . . The SPEAKER laid lefore the Senate a rile. • morial.Signed by,tt committee of the Editorial State Codvention, held ht• Harrisburg. on the Ist inst., relative to the publication of 'the 'public laws in English and German newspapers of the Commonwealth,' and . recommending other Te• forrits to the consideration of the Legislature. Mr. SHlMER,iresented a petition for a Ncw Rank at Easton. Mr. DARSIE, on leave, presented a petition from citizens of Allegheny county fora general banking law on State stocks. Mr. MATHIAS, "An act relating to the usury laws."—This important paper reads as-follows: An Act- Relating to the Psuiy Laws: Sec. 1. De it enacted; &c., That froth and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for all persons to pay and receive such rate of interest, fur the loan of money on any promissory note, draft, acceptance, bills payable or bills of ex. change, drawn for any time not exceeding 12 months, growing nut of commercial or business transactions, or contracts therefor, as the parties may agree upon in writing. Sec. 2. That no greater rate of interest than 6 per centum shall be charged un any judgment af ter the date of the rendition thereof, entered in any Courts of this common wealthoilthough such judgment may be founded upon a writing stipu. lating a higher rate of interest. Sec. 3. That nothing in this act shall be con strued to apply to any loan,' where the sum or thing lent shall be assured by any grant, charge or incumbrance of real estate, nor on any loan or discount by any bank or banking association. Sec. 4. That so much of any existing law or laws, as conflicts with the provision of this act IA and the same is hereby npealed. Mr. KONIGMACHER, moved a resolution, instructing the Committee on Retrenchment and Reform, to enquire into the expediency of re (hieing the printing of any of the laws, or any otht.r printing not called for by the public con 2,enience. Mr. K., stated that the publication of the laws in . German, which cost annually several thou sand dollars, and that but a very few copies of them were taken. Mr. DARSIE was glad that this motion came from the Senator from Lancaster, as he had for several years been convinced, that the money expended in Gcrmon printing was only to lum ber the Arsenal, with what was sold as wrapping paper at half a Cehl a pound. . Mr. FRAILY, said that several copies of the laws in German were taken in Schuylkill coun ty, and the only effect they had was to get up. law suits. Those who read them, thought that they understood the laws, and the consequence was that a number of suits had grown out of them, attended with benefits to none but the law yers. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. MEEK, moved that the House go into Commillitee of the Whole for the purpose of con- L i siding his resolutions relative to our relations with ustria ; but the House refused the motion. M LAIRD offered a resolution directing the Co niece on Banks to propound to any of the ..e_ ers of any of the BanksorSavinglnstitutions such inietog,ations as they may deem proper and require the same 'to be answered under oath or affirmation, touching the affairs and conditions of suck Banks or saving Institutions. Mr. LAIRD, did not know why any squeamish- ness should be• manifested from that quarter— though he had seen it stated that the Bank of Chester county had refused to redeem some of its notes. Mr. BOWEN •replied, that he felt no sensi tiveness in regard to any Bank, but he thought it would be laying too broad a ground for the ac tion of the Committee, and would be oppressive not only to the Banks to be subject to the secu rity but to the Committee itself. It was but a shcrt time ago that the Committee on Banks did Make a most thorough examination of the officers of all the banks by such enquires, and the exhi bition was manly satisfactory. He only desired to relieve the Committee, and the banks from an onerous and useless labor, unless some legisla- Lion was contemplated. The• embedment was negatived and the resolution adopted. • Mr. DAVID submitted the following Joint rest). lution, laid on the table under the rules WarmsAs, The Federal Constitution - was form ed and adopted expressly to secure the blessings of liberty to the people of . the United StateS and their posterity. Aso WiIEREAS, It is indicated by the Govern or's Messages and the rcsolutioas of various of the slave-holding States, and by the Represents.. lives of such States in Congress, that it, is their determination, if possible to extend domestic Slavery over the territory acquired by the, late treaty of peace with the. Republic of Mexico, be. Resolved, by the Senate and House or Repre sentatives of the Commonwealth of Fennsytva• nia, in General 'Assembly met, that we' deem it our duty to make known in this solemn manner our determination to oppose by all constitutional means the extension of Slavery over territory now. free, and our Senators in Congress are' hereby instructed, and our Representatives, are'requeS. ted to resist all attempts to extend Slavery over' any part of such territory,. however small, and to. oppose the admission of any new States into the Union, unless Slavery or involuntary servi tude shall be forever excluded therefrom. • Mr. MEEK of Center, olTered the following : Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Reprentatives be requested to use all honorable nieans to cause to be signified to the Austrian Government, tha disapprobation. the Ameritian people entertain of the course pursued by, that government towards the brave add patriotic Magyars, in their patriotic struggle for political, liberty, as well as to use, their eser• Lions for the discOntinuance of all diplomatic in tercourse with the Court of Vienna, until the in dependence of the Hungarian people shall be by it acknowledged.• " ••• • BROWER; of Butler, 'offered .theliillow ing as a substitute which miss passed. Resoked; That our Senators Lind Represents. . tives in Congress be requested to' use all honor able exertions to procure the passage of a resp lution expressing the disapprobagian of the'A icon, people'.and tiyk r deep abliorence of th't course pursued Austrian • Coveynimeh T towards the brave rui(drinnate,:, and patriot*, nagyard'iu their nee nt struggle for'politieql doin. . , Mr. KILt INGO thiM Moved an am4ilmeht to include also the Russian Government,.:...Which was adopted. Andthe substitute as amended, was adopted. M. LAURENCE, presented a bill Cur the in. coropnration ofn Bank ntiCat7zton4. Mr. KONIGMACHER, presented the follow ing resolution, which was postponed :• leciolved, Tim' the cum - fincc on apportionMent be hereby instructed to have prepared, 'ay sketch or map for each member of the Senate, designa ting the boundaries of the'several counties of the Commonwealth; with the nnmber of taxable in habitants marked on .each respective:County. Mr. PORTER, a petition of Solomon Rudy for leave to peddle in Northampton; Lehigh and Monro'e, without license; and one for:the incor poration of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank at Easton. . • . Mr. PORTER, a bill to authorize the erection of a bridge over hhe 'Lehigh river at Ooldsport, Carbon county. Mr. MARX, a supplement to the act erecting the town of Northampton into a Borough. Mr. STONE, to extend the jurisdiction of Jus- tices of the Peace to Jury trials, in certain cases. Congressional Proceedings. Mr. ALBERTSON presented a petition of Aa ron Lewis and 153 others, citizens of Gibson mi.. Indiana, ;raying the passage of a law granting bounty land to the officers and soldiers of the In dian wars, and with the late war with great Brit ian, and to the widows and children of such offi cers and soldiers who have died. , Also, the petition of Richard Weathers, and IGd others, citizens of Crawford county, Indiana, praying the passage of a law granting bounty land to the" officers and soldiers of the Indian wars, and of the late War with Great Britian, and to the widows and children of such officers and soldiers who have died. The nominations of Mr. Lawrened, Mr. Rives, Mr. Payton, Mr. ',etcher, Mr. Barringer, and other important diplomatic appointments, have been under considerations in the Committee of Foreign Relations ,to which they were referred, and have been reported back to the Senate, with favorable recommendations. Mr. CROWELL gave notice that some subse quent day of the session, he would ask leave to introjuce a bill to abolish slavery in the Dis trict of Columbia-, and for other put poses. Mr. CLEMENS introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to'the Constitution, directing the election of Senators by the people. Mr. Webster also presented a memorial, con taining many hundred signatures, asking Con gress to take measures for the construction of a railroad from the Missouri River to San Fran. cisco. Kentucky and the Union Disunion has, as yet, found no adherents in Kentucky. The noble sentiments expressed by Governor Crittenden, in his annual message, hove been followed by the introduction into the Legislature of the following resolutions, by Mr. Simms : Resolved.—That the union of the sovereign States of this republic is the only sure founda tion of its strength and greatness, 'and to the American patriot is nearer and dearer than any local, sectional, or fractional interest whatever, arising from geograPhical divisions or party feuds, and that every effort to disiolve It is at en mity with the principles of the revolution, and is totally destructive of our highest social and . political happiness—to our national prosperity, and to our well earned fame. Resolved.—That the union of these States was cemented in revolutionary blood, and is above all price; and that Kentucky will stand by it as the most sacred duty, while she remembers the strug • gles of of '76, and the parting admonitiohs of the father of his country. ::Resolved.—That we have full confidence- in the patriotism of our Senators and Representa tives in Congress assembled, and that upon this question they will be true and unyielding in their devotion to the Union. Some di.cussion sprung tip on referring the resolutmns Vlore Annexidion.—The N. 0. Picayune, has private accounts from Jamaica, from which we learn thqt the people of that place were making strong moves for annexation to the United States. 'United States Senator.—The State Legislature on the 10th ofJannary, elected ex-Governor Pratt U. S. Senator, for the unexpired term of the Hon. Uevcrdy JollnSon, and for six years, commen cing with the first session of the thirty-second Congtess. What MAJOR Novi Says:—"Some men seem to think that editing and publishing a newspaper come by nature; yhereas they coristitare a bus. loess, or rather two branches of business, in which more industry and watchfulness are ilea. essary than any 'Other occupation or calling " known' among nryo. • New Jersey Legislature.—lti the Legislature of New Jersey on Thursday, resolutions ivert , Intro duced by Mr. Hoxey, of the House of Asscrnbljl,- in favor of the application Of the NVilmot proviso to all new territorial govcranneuts That may be formed, and recognising the power of Congress to abolish slavery in the district of Columbia. An Indian Slate.—The Cherokee Indians, it is said, design to apply for admission into the Uni on, in a few years, and, with that view, they are exceedingly anxions.tb compete with the whites in all. kinds of improvemeats., . , Andther Shawl 4de.—Oheliundred and eighty shawls were recently Sold'in Beaton for $17,G75., GO—being an. aVetoge 01408 20 for each shawl. The most•cosUy one bratt i sh' $Bl . O, another $470; a third' $460, inutth 's3so, fifth $320, three at $300; &c. .t..,',',..*z . •t::: ., ; - =lra Vehics.—ThC veto power has heinv-...eised lwenty.five times since the organizalE.L..„'444n• government. viz: by Washington 2; Madisonl; : Monroe 1; Jackson 9; Tyler 4;',Polk 3, Total , number of vetoes, 25. The whole number Of , acts passed and'approved since the origin 'of the:' government is about 7,ooo,.Which will make:2Bo. acts for one veto. •. Smoking Chimneys.--TheOcienttfic Amerfeun , states, on reliable authority, that.if at tuier,reat above the throat of yourthimney you onfalie opening to double the size for a forther:.space of ; two feet, then carry up, the rest 'as at' the first, yotty clihnney will never smokel • Wild Pigeons,--Miliidns of pigeons have bien filling the Wbods for' miles around. Franklin. Tenn., for seviral, weeks past.. They' have ,a roost roan county, and:witliia torch and ciith the p'eo-: . ple , sally forth, at'night and bring houfe t gaufe by meal bags full. 1; KoyauM's Children.—The Memberi of .ireta-' 4 ' • sutles family b e.onailting 'of women and Obildreti, ikere in arrest, lnii , e - been liberitcd.' gyardian,a.Hupgariananti,l'iMestrint,'lmibeen' appointek by•governlnent to . superintend the pd ucation of the children: tO of which a very liberal grant lta% been Mode., r, 1. 7• ', .,..:,." 'i . : ., ..,?2 , ! - :',..::.';ft: . ,', ,. '.•;:. 4.?:.. ' fl'4'? i , r -,1, 7k4i/T,'7:3'r,k7V'Ki-'')'^ % .' Y. i',::,: , .•.:,...: , .,4: - . ,.. r. , ;,.: , z 4 04i,tv: 1 te,4. , , ~,. .......-....... ...,..,.-.... MMMNE Gleani9os. A l • LV - A. mate Hafted `cl, - died recently in Wheeling, bhio, titkibe, ' I eof one hundred • .f -4.•;: • r. lintl.4o, years: i''''•F 4 ~,.: 4.. .11tirThe wholiTmtrphTtorhogs slaughtered in 4 eiiicioiitti durintAte:ofiht season, is estitna - . ..._ .-,..., fed at 390,000. ~-. r. I rie populaikiti.- Washington is estima ted nt'37,932; rind the number of dwellings at 6322. CV - A Mr. Whitlock, of Augusta, Va., has re turned from California, with $3OOO of gold, dug at the mines in three months. CV"there: are about 60,000 Germans resi dent in New York, and in the United Stales, 2,- 000,000. . . CeTlie Legislature of Georgia has passed a law repealing all laws or parts of laws, civil and criminal, forbidding or in any :manner restrict ing the importation bf slaves into that state, from any other slaVehottling state in the Union. EVEducatinn is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting sergant. „ • ILtrA vender of a universal medicine declaies that if his prescription be followed literally, a cure is certain. This medicine is to be taken in ternally, ex.ternally, and e•ternally." L.W Two millions one hundred and seventy thousand three hundred and fifty' dollars were paid out in Boston city on the Ist of January, as interest money, by the different banks, railroad and manufacturing corporations.- . Car By a typographical error in one of otir ex changes, we learn that two cows were cut into calves by the railroad train. LarTwentptwo students have been lately ex pelled from the University of Michigan, for be• ing members of secret societies. Cam' New Hampshire was the name given to the territory conveyed by the Plymouth compa ny to Captain John Mason, by Patent, NoVem ber, 7th, 163 ,9, kith -referencw to: the - patentee, who was Governor of Portsmouth, in HaMpshito England. • Dr. Webster in Jail We learn that Dr. Webster has made frequent complaints to Mr. Andrews, the jailor, says. the , 'Boston Mail, that the occupants of the cells iti his immediate irictoity are in the habit of shout ing out to him at ItiPhlOntering all sorts of un kind epithets such as, ..You're the man that cut trp Dr. Parkman,"..You're a murderer," ...You're a blood thirsty scoundrel," &c. Mr. Andrews had no other knowledge of this matter, except what he heard tram Dr. Webster. lie one night . placed two men in the passage way that leads to the cells, where they remained until morning, but heard no unusual or unpleasant noises. The day following, this the Dr. repented his complaint. to Mr. Andrews, saying that 'last night the same outrages had been repeaieil." Mr: A. knowing this not to be tine, of course concludes that the Doctor's imagination is so wrought upon, or the t his dreams are of such art unpleasant character, as to produce in some degree mental aberration. Dr. Webster has lost much of the buoyancy of spirit that sustained him when he first became • an inmate of the jail. .Proms for improving Iron.—The Baltimore Sun alludes to some recent tests of an improved process in the manufacture of steam Coleman's Wiirks, in York, Pa. The invention is by Dr. Wall, of London. It consists in passing a cur rent of voltaic electriCity through a mass of fus ed metal during the time of its melting,cooling or consolidation, either In the .blast, puddling, ball ing or other furnaces,The consequence of which is, that all sulphur, phosphorus t arsenic, or the semi-metals meletrmore or less, found in all met als and ores, are erivolved or driven off, which, if allowed to remain, would interfere with the molicular arrangement, make the metal,brittle,, and otherwise deteriorate its quality. The tests; made show, the. Sun says, the improvetrient em braced in the discovery to be decidedly thelreat est and most econamical, which has ever been placed within the reach of miinufacturers. Urn. Jackson.—Wken Me. Gafinfin ber of Congresi, iii the year 1790, Tenncsseewas admitted as a state into the Union, and sent her first member to Washington. One • daY; wlienof in his seat .in the House, Mr. 'Gallatin noticed=‘. tall, lank, uncouth looking individ nal,' with !on" locks of hair hanging over his brows and'fiap;r while a queue hung down ,his back, tied in 116 eel skin. The dress of the individual Inr—Jris marcher and deportment that of a back- . woodsman. The appearance of . 'so singular a.: character on the floor of the House of Reprepir." tatives, naturally attracted attention', and a Mem. bet nt his side asked who hrnas. Mr. Gallatin replied that it was the member from the new "Well," said his friend; ..be seems just the sor e of chap one might "expect from such, a 'regior.t,as Tennessee." The individual in question was . firidrew Jackson. . WEVE
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