ci e!Mtlkl4 .1)c itc[&ter. - - Circulation-near 2.000. Allentown, Pa. 7 P - FIRBDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1850. P u m rit_Esq, arid Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, and 169 Nas sau street, (Tribune Buildings,) Nen , York, is our authorized Agent for receiving advertise• ments and subscriptions to the Lehigh Register, and collecting and rcceipting for the same. The Twenty Second The Anniversary of the immortal N:Srashing. ton, was observed in Allentown with thensual demonstrations of joy and respect. At early dawn the quiet Borough resounded with peals of_heavy ordnance, remindindus of him who was "first in war. first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," and first chosen to govern the old original Thirteen States. In the afternoon the -Lehigh Fenciblcs," tinder the command of I:apt. Yaeger, a comp . ny composed of as fine looking "young vete rans" as can be found in the volunteer ranks of the State, paraded through our principle streets, attracting much attention and admiration. At 7 o'clock iu the evening a party of about one/um/red, partook of a sumptuous supper, at the Allentown Ilotel, prepared by our "worthy host" Mr. Reuben Moyer, where all present en joyed themselves to their heart's content. 'rho balance of the evening and night was sot apart for a Grand Citizens Dress Ball. got u p by the favorites, who amuse themselves with a•trip on the light fantastic toe.' CircumMances pre vented our attendance, but from the preparations for tho occasion, the large cumber of tickets soli, it is spoken alas ha% ing "Icon a splendid affair. The Wilmot Provißo It is now some three years since the agita tion of the proviso question first disturbed the country, and wo believe that all considerate men will agree that it is quite time to have the question settled. During the session of 1816 '47, the President of the United States, Mr. Polk, asked an' appropriation from Congress of three millions of dollars to be need in negotia tions withoMexico for territory and a poace.-- To the bill making this appropriation Mr. ICil tnot, of Pennsylvania, ()tiered an amendment iu these words:— "That as an express and fundamental condi tion to the acquisition of any territory front the -republic of Mexico by the United States by vir tue of any treaty which may bo negotiated be tween them, and to the use by the Executive of the monies herein appropriated, neither slav ery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall be first duly convicted:: This was the origii of the Wilmot proviso. The plirasoulogy of .tho restrictive, clause in substantially that of the Jellerson ordinance of 1787 in reference to the exclusion of slavery from the nofth-western territory.. Free Banking As the Free Banking Hill has passed both branches of the Legislature of New Jersey, and will undoubtedly receive the signature of the Governer, it may now bo regarded as the law of that favored State. As the bill has passed, the securities allowed to 'be de posited for the bank circulation, will be stocks of New Jersey, the United States; Miissachut setts, Ohio and New York, or one-third of the deposits may be in bonds and mortgages upon property worth treble the encumbrances. Their "General Banking I.*" is a stop in tho right direction. Fog Banks will now cease in Now Jersey. Eduoational Statistics We take the following facts relating to pub lic education from, the Report of the Super intendent of Common Schools for 'lBl9 : There are in this State 8,287 schools—aver age term of tuition, 4 months and 26 ilitys (too short by one half at least.) Thn num ber of malo teachers is 6,811, of female 3,239 —average salary per month ::?•17 47. Tax paid ss9B,lB7—State appropriation C-182,883. Aver ago cost of instruction per Month .473 cents, average number of scholars in each school 43. The whole number of scholars in the State is 391,210. Of these, 212,552 are males, 17.2623 females, besides 9,065 of both sexes are leant• ink; German. These last, as wo understand the repo, are scholars whose vernacular is English. Of course. considerable numbers of the great aggregate must 110 German children who are learning English. The Plough, Loin inn! anvil. —The February number of this excellent monthly, cunt: l i lt s a varied .and valuable collectiun cit articles upon Agriculture, Manufacturing and Mechanical subjects. ft is the very Magazine to furnish pleasurable and profitable reading for the work - ing-man, to whatever branch of industry he may be attached. EditoriaZ Change.—Mr. Carrigan of the Phil adelphia Spirit of the Times, has sold out his in terest to Lmes W. Colhoth, who has been for many years connected with that establishment. 31r..Ceirroth is said to bo a very able gentleman. and well calculated for the editorial colums. We haps he may find his "post an agreeable one. Choap Postage, Petitions are pouring into Congress from all sections of the United States urging the im mediate passage of a Two Fonts Postage Bill. The most energetic' eNeytions aro made in gat ing up these petitions, and doubtless the pub- tic will sustain their efforts by liberal subscrip tions. It requires money "to make the inure go," and already the redttotion obtained is a valuable acquisition, especially to business men Gettysburg, Pittsburg, Kittan ing, Bea: or, Readin&; Holtidayr•bur,,, ,, Towanda, Doylestown Butler. Mauch Chunk , BelDente, %Vest Chester, Clarion, • V. corner of T h ird Icai Lock Haven, Harrisburg, Erie, Uniontown, Chambertburg, Indiana, Brookville, 1598, M town, 400 The boroughs having taxables over 1000. are Harrisburg, York, Easton, Pottsville and Erie. EMI The committee on Apportionment repoiteo in Senate on Thursday morning, the follow- ing bill Philadelphia City, '2 , Kean Elk & Tmga,. Philadelphia Co., 3, Venan ' o. Merrer. Alontgomery, 1 rionk Crawlol,l, 2 Cheater &. Delaware, 1 Erie Mill Wairen, 1 Berk, 1 Butler, Beaver, and Beek,, I UMWIWO, I Lancai:er, • I Allegheny, 2 Dauphin & Lebanon, 1 Windlington &Green, I Noi Mum. & Lehigh„ • 1' Bed loni & Somerset, I Franklin & Adams, 1 Indiana, Armstrong & York, 1 Clearfield, 1 Cumberland, Perry & :Flemington, Blair and Juniata, I Cambria, I Not thurn'land, Union Schuylkill, 1 and ;\ 1 iillin, I Carbon, Monroe, Pike Lycomittg,, Sullivan, 1, and Wavre, I Clinton & Cemre, 11Favoue & We:tmore bizerne & Colwnhia. 1; land, 1 Bradford, Se-c l eelinn- I ^ na & Wyoming, -- Jefler.on.tier. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Members.. :Members. Plii:atlelphia City, .1 Columbia&Sullivan, I Philadelphia Co., I I Lyecitnieg, Pone; &' Delaware, li Clinton, • Chester ' 3 Bradford, i\lnnt'ery & Bucks, 6.Tioga, I Berko, 4Warren, 111'Kean, & Lehigh and:Caition, 2.i Elk, I Northampton, 2•Tentre, 1.. 1 Wayne, I;Cleaitield and Affer illiinrcia and Pike, II son, I Schuylkill, 2 S.MlerFet 1 I Luzerne, Susquehanna &I Wy ming, Lancaster, Lebanon, Dauphin, Cumberland, l'erry and Juniata, Ad York, Franklin, Union, Bed Gird. litietingteu, Northumbelland, Front a late Speech of the Flom L. D. Camp bell of Ohio, delivered in the Homo of Repro, sentatives, on the subject of slavery extension, we find that IMlnerons meetings and Conven tions were held South before the year I SOO. The spirit of the resolutions show that a prohtbaion of its extension, was the design, and in fact went no far as to abolish it where it existed. At a State Convention assembled at Wil liamsburg On the Ist of August, ITN. They adopted this resolution : Resolved, "We will neither ourselves import nor purchase any slave or slaves impoited by any other person after the first day of Novem ber next, either from Africa, the West Indies, or any other place." This Convention mem m end ed a Congress to meet at Philadelphia on the first Monday of September, 1773. Thomas Jefferson, the great apostle of liher,y, could not attend the Conven tion, but he sent to it a letter expressing his • opinions and wishes. .For the most trifling reasons, and sometimes for no conceivable rea3on at all, his Majesty has rejected laws of the most salutary tenden cy. *The abolition of domestic slavcty is the .greatest ot'j✓et of desire m these colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state. But previous to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have, it is necessary to exclude all further importations (rein Africa. Yet our repeated attempts 'to effect this by p rohibi, Lions, and by imposing duties which might amount to prohibition, have been hitherto de feated by his Majesty's negative. .Thus pre ferring the immediate advantages of a few African Corsairs to the l a sting i n t e r es t or the American States, and to the rights of human nature deeply wounded by thiS infitmou.4 inns. ter I." A child beginning to read, says the Potts town Ledger, becomes delighted with a news paper, because 'he reads of names and things which aro familiar to him, and he will make improvement according to the interest he takes in useful reading. A good newspaper in a family, in one year, is worth a quarter's cchooling to a child ; and every parent should consider that substantial learning is connected with his advancement. Children that aro in the habit of reading and Study. are more considerate, and therefore more .easily governed. flow many thoughtless young men spend their evenings and• leisure hours, in frivolous amusements, or perhaps in dissipation at a tar- Om or grocery How many parents, who nev er spent twenty dollars in books and papers for their families, would gladly have given thousands to reclaim a son.who had fallen into temptation through ignorance ! Taxables in County Towns 451 Lancaster, 3043 9176 Lebanon, 1 457 346 Allentown. ' 802 487:W ilkesbarre, 225:Williatrisport, 3349 Mercer s 553 Lewistown, 256 Norristown, 259 Enston, 276 Sunbury, 400.Bloonnfield, 283' Philadelphia, 596 Coudersport, 148' Pottsville, a I ; 169 Aim, I roFe, 461 Wel!skin - nigh 969 New Berlin, 1703 Franklin, 1 187 Wancn, 8821Wa5hingion, 659!Elone,dale e IS6iTunkhatitiock, 177 'Greensburg, The Apportionment Bill ::ENAIE Sena:org :•Cambria, , V ostino'nd Az Fay tie 4 MIZE Washingtnn, 2 Allegheny. 6 liu:ler and Lawrence, '2 ' A rmsueng. Heaver, 1 Indiana, 1 Clarion,. 2 Venango, . 1 1 Crawl6l(l & Mere.m, 3 1 Blair, 1 Erie, 1 Inn Slavery Extension Newspapers in a Family National Washington Monument. The Council of the Chickasaw tribe of In dians hare appropriated' $2OO towards the erection of the, National Washington Monu tnent. During the discussion of the subject the declaration was made that the people of the na tion had never spilt the blood of white men m war, and that they entertained the SP/MC •en oration for %Vat-hington as their white brethren. 364 246 520 996 1399 282 136 22730 64 1231 !rho follm . ring letter, from a well•infortned citizen of the nation, setA forth the ppirit which dictated the contribution : PO3T OAK. Chicknsaw .littrufli-y-414840 Sirs take pleasure in communicating to you an item of news which may ho interesting to your readerg. At as meeting of our Council, held at this place during the payment of the annuity, Ihe sum of two hundred dollars was appropriated to the building cif the National Washington Monument, and ordered to he placed In the hands of the Board of Managers. It is intended that this shall ho recorded as a contrilamon by the Chickasaw tribe of Indians. in testimony of their love for their great father. 'rhe amount equals that contributed by any' of the :States, upon ratio of population. Admission of California TII3 1.10n.0 was gratified with one nfier ch from the which did not threaten lisui i on. Air. 13. y, of made a ereditalle oitli a raking lire along the lice of the furniAlied from their own ,armory, Senator, which kept them In ronstant motion. He avow cal himself in favor of admitting California, ,tad Inge,' conciliation as the true policy of both Imarters of the Vnisn. But the. great speech of the day, and one oldie moat eloquent. sarcastic and powerful of the session, was made by Mr. Stevens, of Pa. flu opened by saying he would not ha ' troubled -the (louse, if any practical legislation was to be adopted, but it was evident front the declarations of gcn•. tlemen and recent proceedings, that there was a foregone purpose to debate the subject or slavery, and' as the South-had-already-spok-_. en almost without answer, he felt it to be his duty to utter what Ito beliere-d to be the sen timents of the people whom he represented. After showing that the cause of all the agita tion which disturbed the co u ntry proceed from the fact that Congress refused to extend slav ery into territory now free, Ito drew a contrast between the happiness and prosperity of gov ernments depending open free and slave labor, anal Walsh:meal this propesi'ion by the exam pies, ut Virginia and Pennsylvania. '',wink; stated his opposition to slavery in every form, he confessed his readiness to abide by the compromises of the Constitution, however mmilt he disrented front them, and would op pose their adoption were the question now d , :batalsle. lie favored the restriction of slav ery within its present because it was a moral and political evil, and it offered the only modo of extirpating what had become a re ;roach to the name of free government. 'fhe speech was listened to with great attention, and seemed to excite indignation among the Southern members. If smite of the sentiments were e%tretne, the provocations, which had been thrown out Lay the Inges, anal Yenables, and Browns, will palliate their utterance. The speech was admitted ott•all hands to be able attd brave—disguising, nothing, and clothing i every Effluence in chaste. and becoming dra t pery.--Noi di .1 an • Value of Old Coin The bill introduced into the House of Repre sentatives by Mr. Schenck, provides that from July next, the value of a Spanish shilling shall be only a dime or ten cents, and a six-pence shall only be received for live cents, or a half dune. If this is the maximum of value for these dilapidated coins in the post office and other public, offices, it is plain that they must soon be superseded by dimes and half dimes. The law also proposes, that Spanish quarters shall only pass for twenty cents, and that dou ble dimes may be coined as a substitute for the Spanish quarter. There are some qmirters ofSpanish coin not worn, which are intrinsically worth twenty live cents, but the average do not go beyond twentents. Growing Potatoes As 'Sprint; time of year is coming,' a corres pondent very seasonably sends us the follow ing seatonable account id a method whereby (he bays) People having very little ground, some leisure. and no fear of a lit :le work occa sionally, Insly row - Itg very decent bin of Pota toes for nest Fsrll awl Winter. "Yoe procure a P.ask or sugar hogklicail with both heads taken out ; arid place it over sonic soil prepared in the usual way. Von then plant six or more of your seed potatoes, place the Cask over them, covering them with earth as usual, and earth them up well when the vine is of the usual height for hoeing; woo keep earthing till a month or so before dig ging. The vines will grow in some instances six feet, and at every joint there will be acrop of potatoes, so that in some eases tendimes the usual crop will be procured with less labor and less land being occupied. I am'infermed that it has been tried in T re• land with considerablosUCCOSP, and for my own part think it feasible,. and would try it if I were a farmer or had ground fit.— N. Y. nib. Misaisaippi U. S. Senalor.—We learn by tele graph that the legislature of Mississippi, on the 12th inst., re elected the Hon. Jefferson Davia a U. S. Senator, from that state for six yeara. The contest was very close between Davis and Bar ton. and in the caucus which met on Saturday evening previous to nominate a candidate the vote was a tie. The opposition at home accounis for much of fiery declamation in which,Senator Davis has lately indulged, for looking to the hilt heads in' the Mississippi legislature, to whom he has to owe his reelection, if he should succeed, he has thought this coarse the most likely to Sc. cure his end.—Daily liter. J.;" Rail Road Meeting. Pursuant to adjournment, a meeting of citizen 3 of Lehigh :and adjoining counties, was held in Ifellertown, on the 231 instant, at the public house of Cu.tnLt.e Restzur,i3l'en, in relation to the proposed, ILiilroad from Norristown, on the Schuylkill river, to Freemansburg, on the Le.: high river. The meeting was numerously attended, and the proceedings matted by enthusiasm and good On motion, JOSEPH YAEGER, was called to the chair, and GEoitai. W. For:luso, appointed Secretary The chair hgv!ng called the merlin; to or er On motion, the Seoretary read the report of the committee, appointed at the meeting held on the 16th instant The report being in favor of a route not in ac cordance with the views of many present, some objections were offered, hut as the report was merely an expression of opinbm which might or might not he supported by actual survey— On motion, the report of the committee was adopted, which was as follows : REPORT . - - The route in contemplation of a railroad froth - Norristown to Freemansburg, passing through riumneytown, Quakertown, Leithsville and lid. lertown, is in our estimation the most practicable and 'ill in our opinion be the most ad van t ace• oils in the hope that the Delawarc.Lehigh,S•choyl hill and S'usquehanna railroad will be construe ed, tud the amount of transportation to and loom these points, if connected, would be im• Elia The citizens of the district through which:the road is intended to pass, are, as far as we hate been able to learn, in favor of the read, ands would as we 1 - tepe, liberally subscribe towards its consti nation. The immense agricultural and mineral pro ducts of the counties of Carbon, Lehigh, North ampton, Buclcs and Montgomery, and the increv. ing trade and travel to and from the'se point to the present route as the cheapest chan nel of communication to the metropolis of our State, and will unquestionably justify the com struetton o t to road. The information which we have been enabled to receive in regard to the construction of the Del. cware, Lehigh, Schnylk ill and Sw , quehanna rail- road, is very favorable, and we feel confident that the work will be commenced in the course of a year or two, The estimate of cesiof constructing Otis road cannot now be made; neither can the amount iif income be ascertained, bin we are satisfied that the inve'•.uttent a.ll'l}tell at least six per Cent On the capital stock. On motion, letters were read from Ilon.James M. Porter, George Brobst, Esq., and others, (ouch ing the practicability. necessity anti importance or constructing a railroad connecting the Schuyl kill and Lehigh rivers, suggesting among oilier matters ihe probability that the most feasable route would be to follow the Swamp creek to its rise, thence along the B.ancon creek through or near Coopersburg, licllertown to Frcemans bu rg. The 6.llowing resolutions wcrc then passed Rrxilreri—That the first and most important step to he taken as to determine the route of the proposed road, which can only be determined by actual survey, to defray the expense of which ihe following committee be appointed to solicit sub scriptions:. A. D. Cartwright, Jacob Freeman, Freemans burg.; Philip Lynn, John Shimer, Shimersville; John Riegel, Henry Desh, Peter Leith, John Rentzheimer, Charles Kindig, Lower Sauces ; W. 13. Kemmerer, John B Missimer, Esq., Da vid Johnson, Richland ; Joshua Folkle, George Custard, Enos Erdman, Andrew Apple, Peter Blyler,Joseph Himmel wright, Quakertown, and vicinity ; Charles Dubbs, James Cressmar, John Graber, David Spinner, Charleston. Rao/eed—That the committees named are earnestly requested to make collections in their several districts as early as practicable, and if possible report at the next meeting personally. Resoterd—That the citizens of Lehigh, North ampton ,Bucks, Berks, and all who feel an inter est in the success of this enterptise„ are reques ted to meet at .the house of Mr. Rudy, in Suinney - town on Saturday, the 9th day of March, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Readved—That the proceedings of this meet ing be signed the officers and that the papers in Allentown, Dopler own, Sumneytown and Nor ristown, be requested to publish the same, and insert a call for the meeting to be held at Sum- • neytown. .10SEPII YEAGER, l'raideiti Grot 110 V. We I'OY.nI tI, Sterethry. Where - is the Wilderness At the beginning of this century it Ras in Ohio. and Indiana. Twenty-five pears afterwards it was in Michigan, Wisconsin, ,VB. Last year it was in Minesota territory. Neat year we shall have to seek it in Nebraska and atanind the Lake of the .Woods. Where the steamboat goes, there the wilder ness, disappears. And the steamboat is soon to startle the Indian and the echoes of the forest above the falls of St. Anthony; for a boat is now building there which the St Paul Chronicle of the 19th January says "is rapidly progressing." The titnelq launching her has even been fixed —"as soon as the river is clear of ice." The builder hails from Bangor, Maine, the op posite extremity of the Union, due east,, and is said to•be “a highly skillful ivorliman." The di mensions of the craft are ing feet keel, 120 feet deck, '.5 feet beam, and will draw 12 inches The - machinery is in course of construction at Bangor, and will be at the Falls by the open ing of navigation. Stearn navigation , .river trade" above the Falls of the St. Anthony! Poetry may as well gather up its garments and etnigrate froin this land, un• less it can be content hi find its themes in the work Shop and the crowded streels.—Cincinnati Gazelle. • Another Sink in Texas.—According to the Brownsville [Texas] Flag, of the 30th ult., the question of seperation from the State of Texas has already been entertained and privately dis.. cussed by the inhabitants of the valley of the Rici Grande, Legislative ProceedingS. 11Annisucao, Feb., 28, 1850. SENATE. The Senate &ganited at 10 o'clock A. M., by Speaker Best. The Resolutions relative to the integrity of the Union of the States introduced by Mr. Mathias„were taken up and adopted as follows : Wheteas, The Members of the General Assom• bly of Pennsylvania have seen with deep regret, in several sections of our happy and glorious Republic, indiCation3 of dissatisfaction with our fundamental organization, as embraced in our constitution, and an apparent disposition upon The part of some to ettect a poltrlcaretMrt — ' me nearest constitute, at the written request 01 And whereas, In these feelings of dissatisfac• at least one fourth of the electors in said district, toot toward the sacred instrument, the people of (to be computed upon the number of votes poll- Pennsylvania do not participate ; thereof, ' ed in said district at the last fall election, irnmei• Resedned,—by the, Senate and House of Repre- (Irately preceding such application) toogive no sentativet of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva- tice by at least ten printed or written hand-bills, nia, in General .Assembly met. That the Union set up in the mast public places within such elec is with all the glorious of the past,all Lion district, at least fifteen days. before the the blessing of the present, and all the hopes 4 time appointed for the purpose, that an election of the future; and that Pennsylvania, true to the wil be held at the usual place for holding the Constitution and all its principles will never wa- general elections in said district, tipbn a day to vcr in her fidelity to that noble charter. . be fixed in said notice., when and where the polls Resolved—That the Governor of this Coninvon- shall be kept open between the hours of nine in wealth be requested to forward a copy of the the morning, and six in the afternoon; for the foregoing to the Governor of each of the States purpose of deciding upon the proposed change. and Territories, anti to the President of the Sen• Provided, That the notice aforesaid shall set ate and Speaker of the House ofßepresentativcs forth with sufficient clearness the place at which of the United States. the general election is then held. and the place or Comedian ly after the adoption. of the resoln• , places to which it is proposed the same shall be lions, the members of the Senate proceeded to removed. the Hall of the Honsc, of Representatives, when, • 11. 'fhe election hereinbefore provided for, aster the -Farewell Address" had been read, they shall lie held by the same officers who have been adjourned. elected to hold and conduct the general election IMUS'E OF REPRESENTATIVES. of said district, and the electors shall vote a bid- This being the aniversaty of the birth•day of lot containing, the name of owe of the places at Washington, in accordance with a resolution of whtcJt it is proposed the general election afore the House, Mr. Meek anti Mr. Jones, the Commit- saki shall be holden for the future, and after the. lee for that purpose appointed, introdticed the closing of the poll.!, the Judge of the election Senators, Governor, anti Heads of the Department shall make a return of the result of said election into the Hall of the House, w h e n th e Cle r k read to the CommisSioners of the proper county in Washington's Farewell Address to the People of th e usual form, whereupon the said Commission. the united states." After which the persons in- ers shall give a certificate to the owner of the troduced retired, and the body then adjourned. place. which has received the largest number of vote.:, at the election aforesaid, certifying that Tdercenv.—George Di:lke, a waiter at the city the-place—aforesaid-shall-thereafter-be-the place of holding the general election for state officers within the said election district ; until the same shall be changed in accordance with the provi sions of this act. and the said certificate shall be forthwith filed in the office of the clerk of the quarter sessions, in and for the proper county. 111. If (tore than one pl ice be suggested in which the said election shall be removed as aforesaid, all such places may be voted for at tile Hotel, wa.; chargrd kith the larceny of a $lOO note belonging to a Mrs. Dale,of Allentown, and committed. The note in question had been han ded to him by Mrs Dale, on Thursday, for the purpose of getting it exchanged. Blake went nIT, and spent nearly the whole stint for a wale*, clothing.—bedger. More Secession it seems a C 1160115 thing to find the great anti valorous State of Texas asserting, her pretentions to the far distant territory or New Mexico, and almost ready to march a reg,iment thither w re• 'duce it to suhmi.:sion, while at the same time the nearer territory beyond the Neuces (which. rightfully; no more belongs to het than New Mex ico dims) is exhibiting some very significant 'symptons or a desire to escape front her author ity. "The insufficiency of the present legal sys tem of Texas,' (as hinted by the Brownsville Flap)—"the distance" of the valley of the Rio Grande "from the capital,"—and "the necessity of a more efficient governmental system," are ex pressions that savor of decided dissatisfaction; while there is a whole volume of meaning in the question, [which the same paper innocently "Did Texas, by the resolution of tier Con press," &c., "acquire an actual and rightful ow nership and sovereignty over the territory !" Mr. Foote made a mistake to his ptojedt t f ran - - ing the new State of San Jacinto out of Texas, by dividing off the country east of the B tacos.— It will be an easier, or more natural enterprise to go westward, and create the new Territory of Rio Grande. Rnin Selling in ilaxquelittxells.—The prohibito ry laws passed by the Legislature have eau rcd the dealers in liquors in this St3,te to resort to all sorts of contrivances to evasre them. A per. son was recently tried for violating, the laws, and the Salem Register git•es the following state ment in illustration of some of the method's prac• The. evidence, most of it, was quite anmsing. One witness testified that he bought at a certain time, 3 quarts of "Essence of. Molasses," which on trial proved to be New England Rum. At other times he had pu 'chased AVest India Beer, and •New,England Beer. Ile produced a bill on which was charged, in one line, 4fish,' and in the next, .liisence of Molasses."Fhe defendant was convicted on 3 counts of one indictment, and on one count of the other. Grorgia.—Col. J. W. Jackson, who has been elected to Congres.s to fill the vacancy occasion ed by the resignation of thcllon. T. Butler King, is one of the editors of the Savannah Georgian. Col. J. commanded the Georgia regiment during the Mexican war. Legishdare.—We learn from the Richmond Whig that a bill to take the senses of the people on the propriety °leaning, a conven• Lion to amend the constitution, passed the Ilouse on the r23l by a large rote, and th ' e Whig pre• sumes that there is no doubt of its ii,lssing the Senate. The most important amendments of the con stitution proposed arc, that the Governor shall be elected by the people ; the right of suffrage shall be extended and defined, [now it is in the power of commissioners to decide who:are entit led to vote, and who not ;1 the Senate to be Ce organized, and the Judicaty overhauled. it is proposed, too, to maim various officers elective who now are not: Rem!catenary Debt of .rea:ay.—A re port recent ly made by the Auditor and Comptroller of the. State to the Legislature of Texas, concerning the outstanding liabilities of the late Republic,shot'vs that the ostensible debt, including interest, is $1 1A55,691,71 ; and the par value of the same $5,600,696. This includes the total debt that was not presented, as well as that which has been filed. Indiana.—The Legislature of this State has re solved that the people shall have a new consti tution ; and an election for delegates to a Re form Convention, is to be held on the first Mon day in August next, The Convention will as semble on the first Monday of October following. Election Law. The following is a bill relating to the cleotions of this Commonwealth, now before the Senate : Sect. 1. Be it enacted, 4.c., That hereafter it shall be lawful for the electui's of any . election district within this Coinmontrealth to change the place for holding the general election Lir State officers in any such election district in the manner following, to wit : I It shall be the duty of any constable resid ing within the limits of any election district wherein a change in the place for holding the general election may be desired, or if no consta• Me shall reside within the said limits, then of election hrreinbefore provided for: Provided, That in each case the notice required by thig act, signed by the proper number of electors., shall be first presented to the const a ble, w h o s e duty it shall then be to name all places of which he is thus notified, in the public notices h e r e in. lit lore provided Jr.o and all votes cast for any place not mentioned itt the said public twiirrs, shall be rep-c!ed by the tithed% conducting said election. tV. N such eleetitorast licreitiltcr.trc provid ed, for a change in the place of holding elec tions in any ilktriel, shall be 11.thleit more than wte•-• in !lire,. year. 2. That the place or bolding !he roliv,res• siona I elevlhms in 'hi, Common wehhh, shall be the Fame in etch election district, as that piny i ded by law f.r the hulding, the general elect lions for state t fikers A constituti..ttal 01411.60 u %rill arise n i l thin lull, but I antiviratr its ultimate atloptiun.—Cur, of the Eveniv G lea 7.17 - Stc amboais were built at Pittsburg during the last year at the rate of one a week. ai-Tl i w excesses Of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable with interest abool.2oyears alter date r-V - Marrying a %roman fur her beauty is like eating a bird liar its singing. mhe the responsibility," said a pa rent, as he held out his arms for the baby. Lir Soft soap in sonic shapes pleases .all, and, generally speaking; the more 1 r you put into it the better. re"l'he most useful sienpainters in the world are publi,iers of newspapers—advertise your business in the papers, if you would draw MIMI I; It is not alway 3 a mark of kindness to poss ess an open countenance. An aligator is a de ceitful creature and yet he presents an open coon. tenance when in the very act of taking yoti in. FINE C.'r•rt.r.—Two fine cattle were sent to the Philadelphia market a few days ago, raised by Mr. John 1-lannuni, of Doe Run, Chester county. The live weight %vat; 55501b5, and thOnett weight, it is estimated, will be about 3575—f0r which. Mr. Han mull receives 121 cents per pound, making $l5O. The victuallers of Philadelphia know where to look for very superior cat tle, when they want to treat their customers, on a holyilay, to'a choice beef-ateak. Ches, ter county flamers know how to make good. beef ! These cattle were purchased of Mr. Hamm) by Mr Pierson.—Villugc Record. ALtiteLAsn.— The • Legislature of this State will adjourn on next Saturday week, and both Houses are hard at work to finish up their business. On the 27th they had a debate on a series of resolutions introduc ed, approving of the compromise resolutions of Mr. Clay. SIMPLE CORE FOR CROUP.--We find in the• Journd of Ileao the following simple rem edy for this dangerous disease. Those who have passed nights of utmost agony at the bedside of loved children, will treasure it up as an invaluable piece of information.,— If a•child is take with croup, instantly apply cold water, ice water if possible, suddenly and freely to the neck and chest, with It sponge. The brenthing will almost instant— Iv be relieved. So soon as possible, let the• sullbrer drink as much as it can ; then wipe it dry, cover it up warm, and soon a quiet slumber will relieve the parents anxiety,rted! lead the heart in thankfulness to the Pbwer which has given to the lute gashing loon sieh •
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