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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 •