EMlNMEll==limm
..
Pennsylva.
~ The followingis !kern
'tile inhabitants of. th* St
~ llie.:.retninefrom\ s eveMl
totted .4404 ther:'Orst
the repMlo.llre Aulfiio
A.Adarns . 6,610,
2-filleghney.,:: 25,547
3 Armstrong, ~,- 6,086
• 4Beaver, r . 6;742
5 Bedford, 0.86
°perks, ' 16,262
-7 . Blair,.(areetedt___
Feb ; 26, 1843) 4,457 .
8 BedfOrd, :' , 8,569
9 BuCks, '13,161
10 Hinter, 7,490
I.l.Cambria,• . _ 3,642
•12 Carbon, ereb i tl
: -Feb. 15, 1843) 3,742
, Important Deoision. 111 Centre, 4,946
The dot son" Oldie Supreme Court on Men-''. 14 Chester, 14,769
15 Clarion, 6,087
darifie2fith January, in the case of 'Jones vs. 16 Clearfield, 2,039
Jones,•irt-Orirlof -iery.great .iinportance. . The. 17 Clinton 2,316
" 'le estildiS'beti tot , . that divorces -granted : 18,Columja, 6,721
1 1 9 601 P ••• • • ~., • - ' • . '•- • 19 Crawford, BO6
byobe.litgislabJre, lqr bawies within the juriß" 20
L
Cumberland, .7,553
-dictirirroFtlre-courts;-artruneortstitutional-tunt 1-Dturphin, 7;683-
void: , -:Ari our legishiture.has granted, much the 2 . 2 Relaware, . 5,267
largest number. of divorces in the 'state. fora I 3 1 ;1 1) 1 ;1 L ' i, r B ec l l B e 4, d 3) 8,77
number of yearsi . this decision will invalidate a 24 Erie, . 8,434
great-proportion - of then.. . 25 Fayette, 7,611
26 I , ran k I i n . 8,186
t*This:iis' the Isame . 'pOF ition• taken by
27 Greene, 4.447
Judg,iii.Poriei, in Ids recent report on the FIlb• 28 Huntingdon,. 5,309
jeer of divorces,' in our State Legislature. The 29 Indiana, 5' 530
I
iieVoilidi ii.liased Upon the Constitution, and 30 Je ff erson, 3,0221
. ... 31 Juniata, 3,112 ;
yet,t4•Legislature have heretofore been gran- 32 Lancaster, "2,844 1
ling.tlivoyces intliscrintinately, without inqui- 1 For 1 bene f i t o f of
Ale readers out the
ring .v,'bralleirilhey were such cases as belong. .ww i n f ormat i on
will .
1 anu we presume t h e
ea-P:14E11041W to ,courts of justice or not. Ito some of our own residents—we remark,
1 that a Legislative apportionment is made v.
ery seven years, and is based upon the t
ber of resident taxables in each county'; th
the Senate Consists of 33 menibers, and . the
House of Representatives of :me. . The tant•
bles, in 1849, having amounted to 486,733,
the ratio for a member ofthe House *ill now
be 4867, and for Senator ; 14,601.
The tariables, iii 1842 ; amounted t 0.387,417,
showing an increase ; up to 1849, of nearly 100
thousand.
The taxables, in 1835, amounted to 318,300
showing an increase, up to 1842, of about 70,
thousand:
2000,
AlleiatOwn,
TIIIIII,BDAYi-FEBRIJARY 7, 11810.
(KrOn Tuesday last, upon motion of.A.
Forrest, and William 4. Marx•,
Emirs., Wore admitted to the practice of Law,
at'the different courts of Lehigh counti.''.
tour Court
Commenced its sessions on Monday at 10
o'clock. ..iudgellaas being the only Judge on
the. Bench, Adjourned until 2 o'clock in thit
af
ten:iooni at .which" tune Judge Jones hed arch-
43 t 1:: Pike being confined on account
of Sickness: . The Grand Jury was sWorn'in,
Joilitia trey,.'443 clicit4orei foreman In•
our . next,, or I give the proceedings of the
. wepk. • • •
Into sting ftorn Haritebiug
'lt 4 rom the'Philadelfhia, Daily Sun We glean;
the following interesting news: About twenty
• ,
applications tor tue reeltarter of old„, and the
establishmeat of New Banks, are before the
Legislatum • The applications too, for the erec
tion of new counties, .are not few, there being
coma 15 or 18, although n is true r at least one
bailor'. them wire introduced at the last Ses
sion.'Aniong,those really worthy of consider
ation, janii reetnion that:coming from up,
wards of 4000 citizenit of Pennsylvania, ask
inglor the erection of a new county of 'parts
of Lancaster, ,Dauphin, and. Lebanon, to be
called ConeWa. , a.
The petitioners set, forth that they have been
laboring under great inconvenience and extra
ordinary expenses in their connection with the
city of Lancaster and vicinity, as a county.
' • t .w.ihat the arts of countim cmtß
county, contain more
: square and a
lar
ger.popelatibb; 'atitLraore•taxables, than twen
ty eithe 'existing COUlllie in the .'Stale. They
present,,ar array p 1 facts, and a multitude of
reasons, why their prayer should. be ,granted,
which I 'think so correct, powerful, and con
viaciag, 'that they cannot fail to have, great
weight witirthe Legislature.
' As an °Net to the proposed dismemberment
of Letwnster, a shriller epplication had been
for the erebtibn'iif anew county, out of Jierks
and Scheylkilri to - ye 'called Windsor. The
great' number of taxablti inhabitants in these
twocoinnies'worild seem to render a diVision
of thOr parts
, popular and advantageous to tire
. .
several districts. • • •
The Demoeratie,,State Central 'Committee
met ..to-day,:anWti the 10th of )une,far the
meeting .Of State:•Con%ention
at Williamsport, Lyeaming county:
__ _ •
V;.'llonediet; Elq., of Huntingdon
rintyi;hati:bien appointed,Deputy Secretary
'of tire cOliinonsciittlt. , :We are informed that
I.l4osltetl4'futipiably..known ats an able
lawYei-ankK,,y4l bring to Ids new duties., on
doubtisa , etipii4ti and to iness talents of the
iiret?of ter
laVery•Cor2prom4se.
The Wee , hie:zip:l 'correspondent of the New
Yorkleurnal, of i?ent metre, says : , •
"It'.the.North will .believe nothing else, let
lbeft t ? fedilf,oll , l3 fact—that no important' legia•
Itnii.ejtot••7* . no appropriation bill—no bill for the
adritfiqini'ef ; California as a State—will be al.
towed to .pass Congress, until the territorial
(location be:settled.•
We ;have every'' reason to believe that the
Noyttiw,ill Ultimately absent to some reasona
able compromise Hwlty not do it at once?—
rhos 'Wobster, men det•larelliat .they will save
tlit'UnioliTthey say they will not allow it to be
'deatinYud; they declare that the Union shall
chrn f d long' us the Ohio runs into the Missie
bippl4andthc *ississippi into 'the Gulf. Why
11R;p3rliter mote forward, not with a dogmat
• le ansl , eNolosive and extreme ene•sitled and
irpprpticable &retsina—hut with a bo»a fide
• papdailiett it a compromise. Senator Phelps
• hOinniiiiiitaken•to say for the North, that he
istoriiidiito`iebitlit the question to the Supreme
thas'answered for the
Sittithilhat ilifiii:lll , •bo'contetit with that. as a
• clitiiiraii#4'rikthe ifluswilett
3:3ll4lli,ichOdn'' bill, 1, 11113 !.egialatine
sot 40
.''lOV2Tlilr,'q:(aulitrileorrinieti(lilli's, the (pies.
.1.:110rr.iit4.4,111f4,`"ie,111Cd.".: • • '
.1 11
• 'P'\ o#l&i£ yei!-•;-A! frieinl' in ' Umbel
. - ,-• Vito
s 'ipi . inforais As,/ says:ilia Iliaging • Ga.
•,,,-.***,::, fla,Viiiefin:iigikOri Mr. ! .foloi (kiwi; ‘ho
' ..
hilipilVll,lo:4l4kininoi: of Yuldini'ljitijitriek
,1,14201A.C19*Yi Othils Ow sit= irieliali
tel l itai
lOW VettaA.lls,li,olilait inonth, he Wed a
• g 4 ~, ' sli,oo-01ilattliveigtisili after
!VAlkiiM, 42#1 1 0'. , '' . ,"Mt . ;.1 . 9v,e ,
ki4l4o6ooo,oll6l)iinitellip .:roithol
. ftiiiit Wit iiiirqiiik,'*iii*Oigillig : ' '' ~2
11WeR=
Since 1835, there have been nine new coun
ties formed; the present number is shown in
the above table:
Reminiscences of Old Times
The citizens of Boston, says the Daily Sun
not only first set the ball of freedom in motion
but were always the first to start the Declara
tion of Independence. And Boston. was well
represented in the framing of that great parch
ment, (the origihal of which is now among the
archives of their stupendous government 'at
Washington city.) when it was executed , at
Philadelphia. The news tlwt the Declaration
had been signed, sealed and delivered, *.was
.
expressed through to Boston; And the n i ght it
came, all Boston turned out, houses Weraillu
vingles, paraded the streets, • songs wore sung'
and great doings carakoff. Then the long and.
weary war began. In 1780, the citizens thought
it about time they had a Governor ; they got
up an. election. Hancock, !lowdown, and §.
Adantapero, the candidates. Hancock recila
ed 0tit.61 . ;.the0 1 1.3 Votesqadled, 838 ; Bowdoin,
.64; . Adartis I..:::Several wanted to be.govern
ors, btu few Would accept the Lieutenancy; at
last Thentga.cushing was Made lientenant.gov
ernor, and .husiness of Legislating began. in ear.
no:M.—Great Britian, finally; gave it up, and in
April, 1783, the glorious news was expressed
through in the course of a weeks hard riding
and driving from Philadelphia to Boston. Here
it was received witlt great joy. J. Henderson,
the sheriff M . Saffeik at that day, took the doc
ument upon thabalectay hfthe old State House,
State street, and facing the ithirienee throng
about "the•old [Amp" in a clear, strong voice,
he read the news aloud. And such firing of
guns, hurrahing, carrying about lanterns, trans
parencies, and shouting seldom if ever, Was
probably heard, before or since in this village.
Those performances about fixed up and.squar
ed accounts.—floston opened a regular set of
Books and has been doing a safe and prelim . -
I We business ever since. '
Chemistry applied ta 'Agri° ultdre •
Ity a number of 'experiments, which have
extended over live years, to discover We' best
ineans.of preventing sunnein wheat, hy a corn
mission appointed for the purpose.at Itouen
in France, it appears that the best chemical
sobstattees tried, were solutions of the sulphate
of soda and lime, and the sulphato'of copper.
Diffetent kinds of wheat in various states-good,
bad and middling, Were all fairly tried,i.and
the results fairly noted. The experiments were'
se' Precise tat there conittbe fie mistake about
the, Matter.' , W heat was :tried withont...'nny
.
preparation ) , nice lot with washingin pure 'Wa
ter before stwwing ;,another steeped for 'Ono
hour,asolut i iiitiOf 'sulphate of copper; wilt
er in a .solutron of arsenic; another. .prepored
with siaci(eliud lime; and another with these
lution of sulphate of stida and lianec. .„ • 4 '
Tho best results.were front the seed wh eat
.
Prepared ~with, the solution of tbeMilphittioof
soda' and limo, and this is recommended&
theirtrineri to use."' The arsenic is condorin
edn not being g00,d,..E1114 on this, point':We
agree with them.- The stilject is.worthy 'file
attention of farmers. We , believe. that
good wheat alone, shOuldlip usetl,-, and shpt by
steeping it in a solution cern:non salt: (*M
riete of soda,)and iliedjir - eparing it for sowing
with.sitteked linie,,thebeit results will ber.ph•
taMe& It does not appear that ihe Ffath
Comirdision'irital,thiti:experimet#,:althungh'h
is well to some 'of our faririers.-11 - Y.
ipegic.fe -.p:feWirfne z ;--Jonatliati tiwi, wholes
after !IT° Years'..dioll-:1
11ettytinc411:r011:1.7,:listi:had htaiit hole proper- {
jyA k tiiblit.4llllitifink hilbeirs4:h4:being suites.:
' sd ttt beJdeail,?;l4ietlatterwill beg Agreeably Ose,
appiatilektiy the Intelligence. . •
• •
.. ~ _ ~_,_~ - J
a Taiables.
mpleti list of 'the taxa-.
tate, for the year 1899,
I counties havia4.been
t Hit published
r Ganeril
. .
Arig_nee,'(cree.4 • 4 ,
• , fed Min ' , lt"; 4 ‘4,25'
.104-Leblintuf, 5,708
35lichigh; 1;286
36,Luzerne, 10,898
37 Lyooming, • .5,448
38 WlClin, • 1,213
39 Mercer ,
. 6,923
40 Mifflin, 3,172
41 Mon rue, 2,765
42 Montgomery, 13,516
43 Northampton, 8,3 06
44 Nordiumbdrl'd 4,655
45 Perry, 4,455
46 2 - Phila. city, 22,730
Phila. co,, 54 . ,554? 1 1f
47 Pike, •1,200
48 Potter, 1,346
49 Schuylkill, •-. 12,867 ,
50 Sinncrset, 4,924-
51 Susquebanlia,. 6 , lls
52 Sullivan, erected
--Marr-15-1547)-_ 7139
63 Tioga,
54 Union, - .050
55 Venango, 4,027
56 Warren. 3,149
57 Washington 10,0291
58 Wayne, 4,375 ,
59 Westmorla'd, 11,619'
co Wyoming,
Gl Votli,
EMI
Bebe:l9l Meeting •--,1.,,r":-..-....
"I°,#apaparttil}ttublic Uoiiee, a,pumbeibreiti: , '
One of of Allerilown;assenbleitj
inAlte Odat,Fellow's Hall, on: Thunitley.trvera;. .;
-e••• ...I --. ,•- .•
ing,.•,lanuttryr,-31st, for the 'purpose of advineing.
like•edse of theVree Night `School, 104 el
461)Thed, it% 'this Borough.. ' ' ' ,'...': ,:•'-'''' -' '
Or motionmotionof,Doe. George C!.Hantl,6,Pietz'
. •
was-appointed Chaim:in, a9kl , C.,L;Liiiinnriary
Secretary.
' The meeting was addressed liysevertß;gett- •
tlemen, aoer which_the.folloilvitig4e so Vzi
was adopted ummianously : - .. '';,-"-:•„.-. ' •
Resolved, That, in order to insure perrnan. !
enoy and stability. to. the Free Night School,
this meeting resailVes itself into an association
to be known by the style and title of the "Al
lentown Free night Si hecilAssociation,” • ' '
[
Oat inotion resolved, that tlie President 'anal
Secretary of this meeting, shall' be the" Pre.-
and Secretary of 'the Association. Jaeob
Mohr was then elected V. President, and Lew
,, is Schmidt, Treasurer, of said Association.
Oh-motionitheiellowing Committees were
appointed Lp tfieehair.
Dr. G. C. Hand; K D. Leisenriog and D.
Stem a Committee fOr procuring additional
teachers: . .-
11. C. Chandler, Wm. Marx and E. J. Mohr,
mimittee of finance, with v power to appoint
üb•committee for the purpose of soliciting
ds to defray contingent expenses.
In motion resolved, that vwhen. the Associa•
adjourns ; it adjourns to meet again on
*Wednesday evening next, February 6th in the
CoUrt House.
'On motion adjourned.
Congressional Proceedings.
Mr. Mason asked the unanimous consent of
the House to introduce a bill grunting a boun
ty in land to-the officers and soldiers .Whoserv
ed the country during :ho last war with Great
Britain. -
Objections having been made—••
Mr. M. moved that the rules of the . Meuse
be suspended.
The Speaker stated the question: ft
Mr. P. King rose to inquire what amount of
land the bill proposed to grant. , •
The Speaker interposed, and said that no re.
marks were in order.
Mr. Mason (in reply to the inquiry of Mr.
King,)Aaid, the same amount that wai granted
to the soldiers who fought in the war against
Mexico.
The Speaker, Conversation out of order,
Mr. Deer rose and objected to debate.`
Mr. Mason. The gentleman asked','Me a
question, and supposed I had a right_ to an
iWerlnm.
111 r. ill. asked the yeas, and nays on his trio
lion, which %rem ordered; and being taken,
resulted—Vaes,l 46 . Nays : 38.
So two thirds voting ill" , the affirmative the
rules were stislietnledi and the bill Was intro
. .
duced.
• -
Mr. Gorman moved toamend the motion by
adding thereto the following instructions: that
the committee include the surviving officers
who served under General Wayne, in the years
from 1792 to 1795." Which was ngMed to.
A 'Bear he "Lebanon 'Courier"
says that 'a Bear, weighing 240 lbs, was shot
near Mr. Weidmin's forge, in that county, ott
Monday last, by a 'colored man who was out
on a gunningoeNpedition. Sportsmen Pay that
game of this kind has been more plenty in the
Blue Mountains during the present winter,
than for many years previous.
Operating in the French Style.
The .'Pittsburg American," gives. us an ac
count of quite a shrewd operation, by a French
character, in that city on Saturday last. lie
took rooms at the Si. Charles hotel,.as Mons D
urand. .I:Yrint to r00m . .” said he; ..vtin for my
self and!rnY rife, and one for my muddarede
ladies come in dercarriage dis afternoon—make
fire in de room for me—my muddare .no vant
fire." This done, he examined the business card .
right and left. In half an hour he returned, and
seated himself in-the parlor, studying a Trench
and English diction ary, occasionally asking
some one in the bar,room,'whith he visited for
that purposc,"llow you prououncc dat word."
In the midst of this came in ,Ar. W. Wilson, jew.
eller, &c., from Market Street, very smilingly
inquiring for Monsieur Durand, and was shown
into the parlor. M. Durand was delighted to see
him—was delighted vritb the two gold watches,
diamond bracelets, &, c., which he brought... Sit
doWn; sere, I will show them to the ladies—da
'not well," and Monsieur Durand went up stairs.
Mr. NVilson waited fox nearly and hour, thinking
it strange M. Duran?. had not returneVand on,
inquiry found that the ladies bad not arri v ed,
and that'f.'Durarid had, after changing his hat
and coat, passed out on Third street front of the
hotel, taking with hitn the jewelry
,and watches
valued at $3E4., It 'was subsequently ascertain
ed, but not iv. time for immediate pursuit, that he
had hiced a •horse at a livery stable for the put.;
pose of ta'aing an airing, and up to Tuesday he
had not Nmen heard of. , • , -
Advti•tising.a-The Pittsburg Gazette. quite in
earnest on the subject of advertising, says:---
..ladneinhei this—the man whose busincss . has
a fair peoportion of capital at his foundation,
who never 'engages in uncertain speculations,
mid who adrersises judiciously and freely, never
! The want of these requisities will endan.
ger his situation, but the want of advertising,
is the greatest want of three.. A judicipusnaii,
witilittle or ho.capital, who ..neglects adreitic
ing, Will.find his . business, gradually declining,
and his capital
lecasing year by.year. These
statesmarits :are, :verified by ..thousands. Fifty
dollars a yegr spent 14.adoerlicing,kOrtnaroval
.la.a litikiarriAimak thou ihric'thousratik.doilars ad-
I. ditto:id:id/Walt
Fran/din Fire'lneisiance .
ICYTa. cir
rr,katiniliktiivoligu;atbiliisyglpipsiw.o...P4?lPPanYt4?
eribbildied'a tirrtt cli in that'city.
. •
'• 1 ": - ' t Fiona the Missouti Republienn•l -';. I LeeSMUT/0 le;091,8111Z4110 .. ..11ilfs :Chlylfj9l l :o l4 / 1 14 :: 1 *: ,11 .owhd „ less" .
ilidliegitirtrOicgt:loitils:ii , St. .1 ~ , - SENA'PE.
„, ' • b r • - . ji , ' .; .i ..: -, :..,,
„.._ my hand a se.e .
•• - ~' -• • FrallOiSoo. -- ' Mr. 4er, presented a petition fora Yfes; ore .'•F tit'.' ,- desire to submit
•,,i,i,oli-tylie..nt-tention--to.thi f o on . ing petition in, 41, ,, ,7 1, 7 .1....."..tu5i0n 4 titie for a . rj . ificittir L l . 'ld ~
~. eh os itk . ,--:: 44 ,„ ~.;,.,-,,.._ body... liken
-- • - - limy proposa.,:nn
itircli•htisliien - fcienariled to us from Uoston. It I 0...(w00, - r ,-, ... kr.,., . ,:-. % ,-, - ". I: • ; , ‘T' ,7 -- ,7 - '''z '..• • ''-', •il • - ' "in
-•..• . . . • •
ehote im o Interest wh i ck i s ,y e k ! lathe , great pro . i ,Nr. iii50 ,, , : i . t3r ... ti . tiai5..5 . ig ...:10 n40 , y .
m 48 8... 0
.! .
.iitnt,...,, ~.. Wit . 1 ... r i .. il, -• I
.. !I question
1 ant i Railroad •froin'Se.tohis - to San ''ran I OP:: of Ptgorls co 118 . 1
0
F e I ;Ft.! •I . • o •', _corn ~,.:_, ,'..., Sii, i4eit . ,,
_$ I ''• :free dl . l , lt ,, th_ . 'e slavit
• t '
ciscri;',:tlie mextnawhietisartitaken•:tii advance it
_7 , e,!t,,.9 .i. , ~, . -•;..., . ; r • ',it ! ..-0 ~ •-_-_,•-• i _. . 1 el l _ ~mr .
~.in (r4O - • g " ~ and t i t ro o ihO o t: New j i , g 4 tii i, :* ni t trit,i ,. .point•;„!n sit , t 7 d' countY.--refeiTed to, t iv,Selent, ,- jet! .ol mire •., tis n my Inter! tioisf n
.tite,:elfakoemi.and[pnsitteg.4,.the men who. bitte i ce Tiin itteo,-eoniT , trfn4
s Messs.‘Jotii ii',...praw.; a i resideni; al ;Inriir ,time t . to enter mid'. if fkli
i(iren.-fileii;tirinie.titidratifitinit•tririi; .we k4ow , ley and Guertisey;•P`.7,•,. • . ''-•_.• • 1 and 'iltitiorate:;ilitensainn of.,ench of' thil •
- t i,. ,, Ek e ;*" . ,il* ...r, i4o67t . ir.opin ion::akto tli Lest ' Mr. Itfuldenberg, one . from the soldiers of ! resolutions, taken separately, or the sifirsla
-7,ltutin4t_Aleaotieidife'liiity! - :ot otinsiructing t hi s Company-•A., 7.4 ,its !men ~ of - plrtn ti sylv, l attia .o f t h em combined together, in composing a'
itna'd';-;.:*liethericUhiill-•be`tintleriiiVeii as a Gov- • Volunteers, forme . ayoent nfluoncy,
" I . le 14 f - -t i s t i 'br ati fe .o w r irsdri , '"Ln", b ;mi l
. . . twle a etition of citizens of Venango .
errinient work; or prosecuted by individuals I . Mrt Br Y P , . , , with the purpose, chiefly, a, exposing it
. e d o e n s i i i r - e re t s ci ol P ut r i e o s n . -
;:vitii the-issistance of the FederitGovernmenyi.eotnitY. for a•go,lrro!..BaPk . ;ritg,Tite. l 4 li . ; : i• 2 ., , ... r. fii r 1 y 41 0 ,
. f ti 4 ho ore : t h e vi rt.frit an d b e .
-but this elidercUce of opinion otiglit not to Mike 1 . ' ' .H" t4 E' OI " tEP O BN ' 1 .. l tore; the country; limit' maY Oda, with the
usicci a less into
in its complete success:-7 i . Mr. Marx. presented three . petitions from citi
i indulgeuce,of the.Senateilowarels the : eon
bdrcity Inc' e.(lectie'r interest in
,iylea,Oy'.dnin:, I, z ens:ofLithigli county, for a modi fi cation in the
elusion, sotne gctiarill'ioblietilatioWsittiO the •
Pletion than any other in the Union. Whenever:l sjoit e xemption law: also one for a law to .ex. I,spte, of , the country. arid the condkiew Of the -
it
iiiiii be itccempliShed; it places us midway I tend the time at conditienciq and - cdmpleting the
..
1 question to l'illiciilhif• ireinlilant - itelltret -
s
between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans -:- it 1 1 Norristown, .lierksliniLLe,itigh:rnitroad:, ',• • Whether tliiiy . atiallliir 'ett4t '.l4iiikitl'lNikit 1
makes our.city (me of ,ilie .great depots of the I Mr. Marx, a bill:to-authorize the laying out I t h e . o - p p r o at ion - of - th tt !o r tto4kiht. i roo!l t i.v .
'' l. -. '.invest 'I of a State road fruniAllentonit ici4otteitown. ' dently hop es they, may,; - as
. t MOs
t shicerei,
. .. -nhi .I•trust thal.,nt.',lcas4
commerce of •the,.w . orldmail h may
'us with a political importance, as :the centre of
Iliii-NWttortal-LOoverntisent;whie:h-i*-wiirtl'Y of
'consideration. , ...klataitiimber of London-News
is'impressed, it,seems to us,. with correct views
of the magnitude of the undertaking, as well as
of its advantages to St. Louis and Missouri.—
That paper. says:
"Should the Pacific States - remain part and
parcel of the republic, it will be impossible; fur
any very' great length of time;to continue to
administer the Federal Government at Wash
ington. So vast a system must 'have a more
central point around which to revolve. The
seat'of government will be removed further into
the interior. There are other considerationk
than that of mere internal convenience which
will influence sucli a movement. In a military
point of 'view, the banks of the Potomac have
already been proved to be an insecure position
for the capital. On either bank of .the Upper
Mississippi, it would be inaccessible to all the
vleets and armies in the world. Every Ming
points to St. Louis as the future Capital. Corn.
mereially speaking, it is the, great internal •em
trepot of the West. In urging forward, there
fore, the construction of this.great line of rail
way. which will have one of its termini here,
Me. Benton is only eager to anticipate the
time when St. Louis will bectime the capital,
and Missouri the metropolitan State of the
Union. . .
"There are those on this side of - the Atlantic
who are disposed to laugh at the undertaking.
as one of too gigantic a nature lobe rationally
entertained. But such are. alike ignorant both
of the character and the necessities of the
American people,„ We here, arc apt to regard
as gigantic, the undertakings which they are
compelled to contemplate as necessary. The
scale of art must conform itself to that of na
ture. Whilst 'we connect together the Forth
and the Clyde, what the Ainericans , have to do
is to 'unite the Delaware with the Mississippi,
In America, an improvement; to be one, must
be on a great scale; and there are some who
.i.v think that. in more. wavS‘than one, it i. : ; a
country in which there is always room for im
provement."
We submit to our citizens, whether it is not
incumbent upon them to take measures to bring
this question fairly before Congress. If they be
lieve the Boston plan' ihe best which can he de
vised, they assuredly ought to do stn. With the
view of aiding this movement, we shall place in
the Merchant's Exchange, to day. a copy of a
memorial similar to that which has been.a.dopt
ed in Boston, with the expectation that those
who favor it will sign it.
'li, the Senate and HOW (1 . Representatives of the
United States, in congressassendded.
We, the undersigned, citizens•of the United
States, beg leave respectfully to request • that a
Charter . be granted;,by Congress , to P. P. F. De
grand, Wm. Ingalls. E: IL:Derby, denies C. Dun,
S. S. Littlehale, Robert F: Fisk, 0. D. Ashley
and others, "to construct a Railroad and estab.
lish a line of Telegraph • front St. Louis to San
Francisco," with a capital of one hundred mil
lion of Dollars, giving to said company, (after
they shall have paidin two millions of dollars,)
the right to borrow United States six per cent
Stock, to such an amount (not exceeding ninety •
eight millions ofdollars,) as may be sulliCient to
complete the Road, ant! carry; it into, full opera-'
lion, with a double track and also giving to said .
Company, a strip of the Public lands, ten miles
wide on the North side.of the Road, nntithe land
for the bed of the road and for Depots, . and the
right to take from the public lands, wood: gravel,
stone, iron and other materials, necessary to 'eon.,
Wild the Road.
We beglenve respectfully to request' that this
be (tone, on the conditions named in the proper.
dings of a meeting of the friends of n Railroad
to California. held in,,,Boston, April 19. 1849.•
These proceedings demonstrate the imperative
necessity of having such a workin actual riper!
alien, at the earliest practicable moment; and'
they : also demonstrate that' "P. P.T.Degriintl's
plan is the only one as yet proposed, which•will
Secure practically, Mathematically, and
and by : a single. Act'of Congress,The eon-'
struction of this great work in the shortest time,
allowed by its physichil obstacles." : • , •
Rhode Island.—Was - settled in this State in
1631, by English from Massachusetts, end twee
'tied to the Union in.,May 1790. Its capitals are
Providence and New Port. . By the constitution
laiely adopted, the
,qualifications fur voting may ,
be stated, omitting details, to be a . freehold poss..
ession•worth $l3: aril in revision renting for
$7, together with a year's residence 'ln the Stale,'
'and six months in' the town; or if no freehold,
then twayetilie.fOitlence in the State : and six
months in ille:towattnil . payritent,'_or a $l iatitii;
or militia service Inste ad: Arealo63 Squaraniilei;
Population 40130000A30: -..
Good Grileious.—We understand' that.:' 'lvo
,
man, residing Iti : WritPri!nOll"Vulley;who Rave
birds' in 4 'elitlitien; Übotit 10'maPilla" ago itre'
seated her husband with three raiite:
makltie7Uhildreii in the tipicc9oo7iii(lis.
k i ktkig k i .
cAik . rOitiiks, Me:above krneivOlititrx
6inViefri ' hits' iOttal'afse:iiitlt`ls4l.
~.. .. ~ut._:.T%•~t'`wt~f7~, ~..kiu~Ki~~%ilF'
. _
Mr.-Klowon l eave - presented two petitions ;
one fur•tvflank'df AllentoWti ; one for a new bank
at Easton, one againstlfeldeTeli s - e -o f -dr e -borrng
of AllentOWn. . :, '
Mr. Jackson, reported a bill to enlarge-the
boundaries of Philadelphia with a recoromentli
lion that the same be negatived.
Mr. Davis, from Crawford county for the pass
age of a free banking law; two for a re ?eal of the
Sabbath act of 1794. •
Mr. Mars, on leave reported a bill to form the
"
. new county of Penn, oat - of - Berks county - - -
1 The Constitutional nmendment,.relative to the
Election of Judges, came up in order. Mr. Por
ter moved to postpone fOr 'the present, as a mat.
ter of courtesy to Judge Conynglinm, who was ab
sent—which was disagreed to. . • .
The amendment Was Ann finally taken up - and
discussed at length by Messrs. Porter, Weal
I mount, Smyser and others and finally postponed
I on motion of Mr: Hoge.
A Better Man than his Brother.
The PhiladelPhia .§pitit dtbe Times" vouch.
es for the correctness, of the following :-On
Thursday last a wedding.parly arrived froM the
country, consisting of the bride and groom, the
brother of the latteri and several friends, ; They
put up nt one of our public houses, and in the
evening the preliminaries having been all sett
led and the clergyman in attendance, the cere:
monies were about 'to begin, when the groom
manifested some dissatisfaction. The bride see
ing this. and being high spirited, showed as much
r.independence as the lover. In the Midst.of the
1 confusion which ensued the bridegroom's broth.
er stepped up to the bride and . said, "Since
---won't mnrry'you, I'll marry you myself.
if you have no objection." ioNone of the least,"
said the bride; "1 always tookyou for a better
man titan your brother, and I am now fnliy con
vinced of it." The knot was at once tied, and
much gratification was expressed'at the final of
the affair.
_____—
Raising Poultry.
A writer in the Lnndnn Chronicle gives the
following, direction 10 make ute bens lay nil win
ter, which would appear to be worthy of consid
eration by those who may engage in the business
of raising poultry: •
..Keep no roosters; give the liens fresh meat,
chopped like sausage. meat, once a•day,• a very.
small portion, say, one half an ounce per day, to
each hen during the winter, or from the time
sects dkappear in the fall till they appear again:
in the spring. .sever allow any nest eggs - to re.
main in the nest for what are called nest eggs. '
When the roostets do mit run With the hns, amt`
no nest eggs are left, the liens will' not cease 4 3 , .
ins after the produCtion.of twelve or fifteen eggs,
•
as they always do when roosters and nest eggs .
are allowed—but continue•laying, permanently.
My liens lay all winter,, and each from ditty to,
one huddred eggs id,,suecession. The filly redd
son why hens do dot lay in the winter as freely.,
as in summer, is the want of anima) finid Which
they get in the summer in abdnilarice in
.thp fOrni
.of insects. .1 have for . several winters rettaced.
my iheoryto practice; and proved its entire cor
rectness." • • • ~. •
• ... • •
Jury qtalification.—ln'the'eMpanelling of the
jury in the ca se of ' Drurp, at New York; on
Tuesday. Judge Dim ons laid dawn the rule,that
the test in ust not be that . the Juror ha' rend ;mac?
count in the case, but whether he can go into the
jury bax,'-weigh - Without bias . the ; .testinriiink, and .
give an impartial verdict. The,council 'for.the
defence seemed to coincide in , the view, and the'
empanelling' rapidly proceeded. This is sensi•
bin; and it is i incomprehensible: that any other
doctrine should have ever preVailed iii our courts
uselessly wasting time, : and putting it almost
Lout of the pale of possibility to get . . a jury miry
a man at all—at least one Aar 'the .publie can
have confidence in. • . ,
The Press in CallArnia.—enpt..l. A. Sc Wield
,
writes from San Francisco to the 'New londoti
Star, iltat Wm. Faulkner, publisher of the
is News, has already,made $25.000 foe printfni
that sheet only a few, months,, am! ask' $15,006
for one•third or the concern. expensea'aie .
at the rate of $45;060 a year. He keeps his priis
running constantly; employs two sets of hitids t
and has ordered from'sjle StateS a Steam press
and apparatus for.ori extensive job office..
Inanagiation. , --The Detroit Trilitme itiysiltat
flov. parry, of Michigan is. intensely opposed' :
the whole scheme of, ineoriging Europeanimint7
gration to that State, and therefore has not cone,
municated . tite , Yeport of tpi immigrant wont ap•
•
pointed to reside
,at New York. This; season,
2,000 Germans, with some $600,000, have sett !
led in Michigin, and.ayttrehase of 100,000 acres
of land hats been authorised fora colony of. Oen•
hrimigrate in the' spring. with
$OOO,OOO in`lrionek.,,
• ‘• ' • ~ • .
The.PelaiPore Thf,buttet,viPr of Ute,
bt`tribion t;Fuefll rmposels fu } the ion=
sttftption,(,),l.4 4991cluckat 111,1141's Lflif: letting
to be iteltkiti.paaVp• 0
,1 1' 44.1, 11 ,dar Pflk '• •
• 'eis•
shonl& CfPgr
Repablie"-- hal the
Art indVell#" ' asn r' 'olr
u alintri t '• Air
iitufel° " "riTlO'St° ' ittt6Wci'ft•
fii!
elda~ of gr
mean't
arc I e
- A 14,6, ,miens a
belieyc ..thqy,;,oug t—l trust _
some portion of the long time I in“.e ciCro.
ca rk-atut-delibtautian,_to.the4tep_—_
oration of these resolutions, nnd'to the res..
entatiun of this groat national 'Scheme of'
conapromise and harmony, will be employ
ed by each Senator before he pronounces
against the proposition embraced 'in these
resolutions. The resolutioes, sir, me all
preceded by a short preamble to which •of
of course I attach no very great imPortnnee.
And, in conclution. I now ask" every
Senator, I entreat you, geutlemen, ire. fair- I
ness and candor, to examine the plan of ac
commodation which this series of resolutions
proposes, and not to pronounce against them
until convinced after a thorough investiga
tion. I move that these resolutions be rend
and received. •
' It_beieg desirable for
. the pence, concord
and linrrnony . of.the Union ,of thes States, to
settle and adjUit - andeably Oil exisQng‘ques
tions.Of ectriffriyeray..between thetia,,upon . a
fair equitable, and just basis: Therefore,
Jet. Itepolved, That California,.; with
suitable boundaries; ought upati`heV
appli
cation to be admitted ns.onetf the States of
this Union without the imposition by 'Con
gress deny restriction in'reepect to the ex
clusion or introduction O'f 'Slavery within
those boundaries.
2d. Resolved, That as slavery does not .
exist leyw la, and is not likely; to be httro
duced iitto - any of - the'•ferritory ,-, Acquiteil by
the United States from the Republic of.Nlex
ico, it is inexpedient for Congress to pro
vide by law either for its introduction into
or exclusion froin any part of the said terri
tory ; and that appropriate l'erritorial gov
ernments ought tote established by congress
in all of the said territory, .not , assigned ni
the loundaries of the proposed State of Cal
ifornia, without the adoption of any restric
tion or condition on the• subject of sldvery.
3d. Resolved, That the western bounda
ry of the state of Texas ought to be fixed on
the Rio del NUrte, Commencing one marine
league from its mouth and rhunine up that
river to the southern line of New'Mexico
thence, with that line eastwardly, and so
continuing in the direction to the line
as established between the United States and
Spain, excluding any portion of New Mex
ico, whether lying on the east or west of that
river. -.
41h. Resolved, That it be proposed to the
State of . Texas that the United States. will
Provide fee the payment of all that portion
of 'the legitimate. and bona fide public debt
of that state contracted prior to its annexa
tion to the United States, and fur which the
duties on foreign imports were , pledged by
the said State to its creditors, not exceeding
the suns of in consideration of the •
said' duties so pledged having been no lon
ger applicable to that object after the said an
nexation, and having henceforward become
payable to the UnitediStates ; fled upon the
condition 'also that the said State of. Tex
as shall, by some solemn and authentic-Oct. ,
of her legislature,,or of a convention, relin
quish to the United States any claim which
it has to any part of New Mexico.
sth. Resolved, That it is inexpedient to
abolish shivery ik the Distr i ict of.Coittlitbia,
whilst that :Institutir 'catkindes, to eiisf
in
the Stnte of Meryland r •witltOut the consent
of that State, witlioht consent Orthe peo
ple of the Districtiond WithoUt just eompen
satinti to the olvneri•of•:slaves. withia the
District. ' • • . ; •
nth. 'But 'Resolved..That it is expedient
to prohibit within the District theolavetmde
in slaves brought it,frotri-Sudes or pla
ces beyond the limits of the, District, either .
to be Sold therein its merchandise, or to be
transported to other inarkets without the dis
trict of Columbia.
• 70. 'Resolved. That more effectual lip
vision ought to ta; made 'by laW,•ac i
eordng.,
m
to the .requireent'of the Constitution„ for •
the restitution and delivery of persons bound
to serviarcir labor in any State, who may
64:ape:into 'any other ,Stato ef-Territari'in,
the .Unioti.
And Sth. Resolvetf;' 'That Coageesfr.;
no power, to prohiba'or obstruct the trade in
,slaves between the 'slaveholding States
that the' admission or delusion ofida:l3'Sifa
ken 'from one into ariother'oftlum4l4o) l ds •
exclustvely upon their own.parttculiOrs.r.
Care for liccidacheserl•This remedy 04 to try
at all thlics.-;4:viork has reamitl34.4en publishedl
itt Pans; by ad eminent plifsielsti,"fituldeis he
deioillies 4' new rkniedy fari"lntutifith:e4t . ?b
-uses a,ACk II” isp,i . ke . of,islwikoi salt, hs,Ptepriaion of •
one oneltattakitiofd ir4tuie'aittitistsflap
plies by : means of a cif ailigalit wit
i . ,h I
a rim of gittapoetia: * ";Vti•
there eau pflte,p9fts the sea lp ‘ whe!e•rheto.
made hiadkelses:art tett; 'rite skin is* strMICII
1 0 the rpceas 4;t igoo6-4) ti
4fr,idereit'intiti-')ina hitch ;
4hl good cir)Pol3,"daiiic"e4'l**i` •
Neap Thinga=lt ;ist mean thiat
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sub;ust4t4,ttii-ii , tieresrsk_. ,
per and atvit• joy' car At;
DIMEMiII