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Circulation near 2000.
Allentown, Pa.
THVIISDAY, APRIL 18, 1850.
• Our Schools.
We invite the attention of parents, guardians
and others, as well in Lehigh county as in oth
er counties : to the various gerninaiies of learn
ing advertised in the columns of the "Register."
No community was ever more blessed with
Seminaries for the education of youth than this.
Our Seminaries are in the hands of teachers
distinguished for their high intellectual and
moral qualifications. Indeed incompetent and
r unworthy teachers should be frowned down
and discouraged. Lehigh county schools arc
so well knOwn and rank so high, that their.
fame' and worth ought to be cherished by the
community generally.
For terms, location, sec our s.lvertifin t !
columns.
The Fall Election
The bill which has passed the Legislature,
providing for the election of the Auditor Gene,
ral and Surveyor General, by lie people, on
the second Tuesday of October next, cells the
attention of the Democratic and Whig parties,
to the necessity of taking some preparatory
steps towards making suitable nominations for
those important posts.
One of two things must be done: Either the
State Conventions to be held, _will -have
to make those nominations—or else new Cott
ireutions must be convened for that special per.
pose. We presume - the - different - State Cetilriil
Committees will take action *on the sulject.
Methodist Conference
The Philadelphia Annual Conference of the
Alethodist .Episcopal Church, adjourned last
Wednesday evening, after a laborious session
'cif two weeks. We learn from the proceedings
that the number of members in the Allentown
Church, is 116; probationers, 716. The total
number of white members attached to the Con-
Terence, including 274 local preachers, is 41-,
973; colored 8,937. Increase over last year,
521 white; and a decrease of 367 colored. The
following are the appointments for the
• READING DISTRICT.
Reading—Elijah Millar, Presiding Elder.
" Ebenezer Church—J. C. Thomas.
" St. Peter's " —G. D. Bowen.
Pottsville, Ist Chnrell—Wrii. 11. Jaiicutt, J
Neill, Superintendant.
" 2nd Church—T. S. Johnson.
tort Carbon—ll. E. Gilroy.
lamauqua=Dayid P. Thomas.
huylkill Haven fv. Port Cliiitom—lt.
inersville—P. Ilallowell. •
mont Walton.
uch Chunk—T.
Stoddartsville—J. 'kV:tisk
Allentown and Bethlehem Miss.—S. G. Hale.
Harrisburg—F. llodgson.
Dauphin—ll. Sutton.
Halifax—J. E. Meredith, F. Illinan.
Lebaiton—J. Maud. •
Pottstown—C. It. Crooks, J. A. Watson, Sop.
Phcenixville—J. V. Ashton.
l'itorristown—;-P. J. Cox.
Bethel and Evansburg--.1. IL Tuaer.
Germantown—G. Oram, It. Owen.
Manayunk, Mount Zion Church—ll. G. King,
S. Patterson.
" Ebenezer—J. B. M'Cullough.
Cheater Circuit—J. Carlisle, J. B. Aladdlix.
A resolution was adopted "that the first Fri
days in June and December be observed '!
throughout this Conference as days of fasting
and prayer."
Additional Taxes
The Commissioners of Northampton county ;
have laid a tax for the current year of 20 vents
on the $lOO ; being five cents more than that
of last year. This is still a moderate tax in
comparison with that of many of the neighbor.
g counties. The advance has been made in
",view of the erection of the new jail.
• The Easton Sentinel says : We observe that
the work of erecting the proposed "New Jail
has been commenced. The COM/II issioners it
is understood, concluded to erect it on the rear
of the lot, with a view of leUving ample room
for a Court House in front. This was a good
move and seems to meet with public favor.
In connection with this subject, a suggestion
has been made, which look• very much like
doing the whole matter of erecting both Jail
and Court House ut the same time, and, for
which, a number of persona seem disposed to
contribute, in the way of voluntary subscrip
tions. Propo:Sals have been made to the Cons
missionerS'lo remove both the Court Ilouse :and
County I-louse from the Public Square, and
from the proceeds elsale of the County House
lot and - the use of the motet ials of the public
buildings, to erect a new edifice on the locality
of the old Jail. This, we think, would be the
best course that could be pursued, and, in the
and, the cheapest. In connection with it, the
improvement of the Public Square would ne
cessarily follow.
" .Died in Washington.
Hon. T. J. Campbell, clerk of the House of
-Representatives,-died on-Saturday-morning-at
one o'clock, His place is an important' one,
and second only to that of the Speaker. flu
bad been ill hat ono week.
Air. Campbell's death was announced - in the
House on Monday, and on Tuesday last an
election was. held to fill the vacancy. Promi
nent among the candidates wore James C.
Walker, the present reading clerk; Col. John
W. Forney] Albert Smith, of Itlaiue ; and Gen.
Walbridge. •
• • =_
Cigar Making in Havana.
The propm•ition to get up an "industrial ex
positiou' of Cuban manufactures, at Havana,
in May next, has brought out some curious
statistics relative to the tobacconists, by far thc
most important branch of manufacturing Milos
! try of IlaVaud. The report of the' srecion de in
! civarin status that each cigar maker will roll
daily 300 cigars, at an average of 50 cents a
hundred. Supposing thorn to work twenty
days in each month, this will give 72,000 ci
_gars-annually-per-handlie-consumption In
the island they estimate at 440 millions; and
supposing the exports to be 160 millions, this
will give 600 millions as the annual cigat man
ufacture,
.giving employment in its various
branches to fully 10,000 people, the value of
whose labor is not less than four millions of
dollars.
EPTThe Bank committee in the Houae report
ed a bill to extend the charter orthe Easton Bank,
and to Incorporate a new Bank at Easton.
Legislation
1 Legislative Proceedings.
[From the Plot 111), Loom, and Anvil.]
Doctor Frankliti OR Manufactures, I HATIIIIIRBUIIG, April 15, 1950.
Before the Revolution. SENATE.
The following letter from Franklin to one of On motion of Mr. Sankey, the bill to ineorpo•
his hiends is now almost eighty years old, yet rate the town of Georgetown, in the county of
it has only now been Nought to light. 11re of- Beaver, was taken up on second reading, amend.
fer it now to our readers because we desire cd, and passed finally.
Mem to see that the truths we now desire to HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. '
leach, are the sa u te that were taught by the On motion of Mr. Furter, the resolution rola
latheis of the Revolution, as they have Fined live to the claim of George 11. Gently, was taken
been taught by' Washington, Jefferson, Matti- j up and passed.
son, rdonioe, and Jackson, all of them Synth- Mr. Porter presented a bill to incorporate the
ern men and Plant ere, but all of them wi-e i Kutztown and Reading railroad company.
0 „„„ g h t o „„ th at t h e i nto „ay to give talus The bill to repeal certain section., of the act
passed to 1047, relative to kidnapping, &c., was
to laud was to make a tnarket on the land for ,
its prdduets. We especially desire to call their I taken up on second reading.
Mr. Porter addressed the House, in favor of
attention to the remark of this sagacious matt,
die passage of the bill, in an argument of some
so long since made, that our power to produce
length and of great power. /3efure lie had con
must inevitably greatly exeeed the power of
Et; rime to c(111:-ontt: our pi oil in is, anil to thee(. Cithivii
Mr. Molloy called the previous question, and it
feet of this diffelence in the constantin diminish
1.V.1S seconded by the requisite number of mem.
ing value of sugar, cotton, tobace . o, and other
agticultural products, as compared with the hers.
sloth mid non M And on theuestion
question,
as set forth in e third chapter he
no .
tterMined in the shall the main
allima
question
Th
of "e Harmony of Interests," published in " p ut i It was d
our January number, the necessary 'effect of a rive--yeas 58, nays 38.
de The billl ilen passed second reading—yeas 49,
rend , nro tor supplies upon people whose la- nays 41.
bur is less moldable than our own.
At ten minutes before 12 o'clock, a message
London, , 1 Otil 2.2 d, 1771. j was received from Gov. Johnson, returning with
Sir —I duly received your fat ',ills of the 4th his objections, the bill apportioning the State m
ot o,:tober and the 17th of November. It gave Ito Senatorial, and Representative Districts.
Intt plea:lOW to hear, ;lint though the merchauts His first objection is made by comparing the
had departed horn their agreement of inet•iin • i apportionment 01F/rye:lc with that of Dauphin
portat ion, the spint of industry mid frugality coanty, the latter haying but one representative
was likely; to continue among the people. 1 ant with a larger number of taxables than Fayette,
obliged to you fur your concern On my account. which has two. The second objection is that of
The letters you mention gave great offence Allegheny, with 28,547 taxables, has but five
here; but that w as not attended with the it,,. I members, while Westmoreland, with only 11 618
mediate ahem sequences to my interest that has three. The third is, that Schuylkill, with
seem to have been hoped fur by those that 12 567 taxables, has but ttvo representatives,
sent copies of them hither. while Berka, still, 16,262, has four. The fourth
II our cent u ry people, would well consider, objections is, that Berk s, with sonic 16000 tax
that all they save in refusing to purchase for- ables, has the same representatem as %Vest
eign getvgatt 5, and in making their own ap, moreland, Schuylkill, Butler, and Lurt.rne, with
panel, being applied to the improvement of some 2401:M taxables. The fifth objection is
made by comparing Crawford with Eric. The
theirplantations, would render those more pro
titabla, as yielding a greater produce, I should sixth objection is, that by the representation al
lowed to Allegheny, Butler, Lawrence, Dauphin,
hope they would persist resolutely in their pre
w-
s's-in commendable industry and frugality.—
Erie and Schuylkill, which arc altogether alloe axed in the bill.
And there is still a farther emisideration. Thed 11 members, 26,496 tastable
.
colonies that produce provisions glow vet).
rite seventh is, that the counties .of Adams, Al.
r a
31 . B ut
o f the
monies that take oft those legheny, Butler, Lawrence. Beaver, Dauphin,
l
provisions, some if,, not increase at all, as the Delaware, Erie, Indiana, Lebanon, Philadelphia
city,Somerset, Union, and Lancaster, with one
I European nations, and others, as the Weet In
hundred and forty•thousand two hundred and
dm, Colonies, not in tire same proportion. So
ninety two taxables, are allowed 25 members,
that though die demand at present may be suf . -
whilst the counties of Columbia, Sullivan,
fieient, it eannot long contieue so. Et ery man-
Crawford, Fayette, Monroe, Wayne, Pike, Mer
nfateurer encomiieed in our country, makes ! err, venang., %Verret); Mifflin, Montgomery,
pat tof a market fur prove-ions will " 'Susquehanna, Wyoming, 'Westmoreland, York,
ourselves, and save,. so touch money to the S usquehanna,
Elk, McKean, and Clearfield, with only
country as must otherwise be expelled to pay 105,5(10 are given the same number. -
for the manufacture , he supplies limi t in lle refers to the representative district of
England, it is well knout] and undeistood, that Cleat field Elk, and McKean, as having been
wherever a manufacture is established which erected since the adoption of• the Constitution,
ealf l ")'' a 'lumber of. lianik, it r a i.. es the vhlue and given a seperate representation, whilst they
of lands in the, neiglihoi mg country all around have a less number of taxables than the ratio
it ; partly by the greater demand near at heed fixed in the bill ; consequently it is unconstitu•
for the produce of t h e land ; and partly from tional. He denounces the formation of double
the plenty of money diawil by the manulae- , districts as calculated to prevent an eipial repre
illrt'l .10.111.1 t pall of the ceurittt . It seems, ; sentation and as an anti-republican leaturee•inch
thereb le. the itiltuest of all out Idflllelb and ' ought to be as oldrd
owner. , t 1 Cottle, to eikannagc out young man- I Ile icier., to the district compo..ed of due cemn
nes of Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson„ where
ufat illICIe• to preference to foreign ones import
ed among us from distant commie:. Clarrion has 5087 taxables, which entitled her to
• I
with a small excess. A rms. trong
I am much obliged by your Lind present of one member,
curious seeds. They were welcome gills
t, . and Jefferson have 8708 taxables, being a much
soloo„0,1 Illy friend.;. . I send you herewith larger number than is required for 2 members
some of the new barley lately introduced into , in r, Y eit ' , Westmoreland, 13erhs and Crawford.
this comitiy, and tour highly spoken of. I wish lie Iluak ' %hi ` mi g ht have been a " thie ' l as well
, it may be found of use with us.
as making a district of Cumberland, Perry and Deaths.
, I was the mete pleased to'see l
in your letter inlllata counties, and orie of Mercer, Veining°
All deaths in the Evangelical Luthelan and Warren. die improvemeut of our paper havile , ha ad .
Chinch of Si. John, Easton, will be announee d, that manufac ture pi incipalslmie in establishing acturu The message gees on to point out the different
'
in 'Mum at sunset. For a child under 14 years, stout, m any ye ats ago, -by the encou ' r . a
4 inequalities in the bill generally, and closes ,t its
ue•
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ten single strokes of the bell. For a married meati gave in. an expression of regret that the passage of the
1 bill should have been delayed multi ..o nearly the
person, ten double strokes. For a single per- If in an rifling I can serve you here, it will
be ; close ut mime se ; ,ion.
6011 over 1 I years, ten s:Hikes alternating sin. ' „ pi en , nr ,, i n
.1 Nem Bat Proposed.— lintnediately after the
gle and double. Su says the Semitic!.
Lour friend, and !nimble servant,
' reading' of the. message in the tienate, Mr. Pack
,
lb FRANKLIN". :
SO We Go. 1 , er 1.1 , e and introduced ~oaths
r Appoitionment
To MI Iluniplay Mai , liall. Wii%-t ltra• arm!, ' offl , w h ie j;„,,„ L th i on d o , i i i i
The A ineriean Mechanic, published tel Fougli
la.,.l. ,t/s the present.
( 11. 'IL I I 01111 I) .
I AM onion S , scual.—‘ll-.ll.lsting, read in pl
keept•ic, lie., justly 'mum ks .
1
The Harrisburg Democratic 'Union says:—
Two things are manifest—there is too much
legislation-, and legislation attempts too much.
Wo have no wish to complain, and we know
that it is much easier to grumble than to rectify.
Look at the accumulating mass of laws—a
rough and indigested mars—imperfect laws,
Clashing provisions, laws half repealed, unne
cessary laws and unwise laws, and eyery year
the huge and ugly pile is increasing, tilling up
and obstructitg the ways of life. This is a
great, a stupendous evil. We want few laws
of geeral application, based upon principle and
not upon the narrow foundation of a single
case. Many of the laws now in force are mis 7
erubly defective, and some of them rest upon
very doubtful policy. The solar system moves
like a splendid whale ; to regulate and control
it, re.piires the power of Omniscience.. Some
of the planets ITIOVO ut Vill•it!?, some in ellipses,
and the cornets describe eccentric orbits, and
yet each has a bearing and influence npou the
whole. The machinery of a steam engine
moves in harmony : Some of its parts move per
pendicidat ly, sortie la'erally and some ellipti
cally. The eye of imperfect wisdom and ig
nwance, looking within a limited sphere, arid
not embracing the whole universe or the entire
Machine, discerns an error in this or that seem
ingly irregular movement he change the cl•
liptic nio..etnent into a circular, and then the
parts impinge and grate harshly, or stop alto
gether. Just so it is when great principles, and
universal laws are distil:lied to remedy some
present difficulty or sonic local irregularity.—
We legislate not for Mr. Jones, or for a class,
not for small traders or large, not for the rich
Or the poor, the laborer or the capitalist, the
heir, the legatee, the illegitimate, the married,
the single, Men, we - men or children, but for the
peop/c of the commonwealth
- Sartain's Union Magazine.
The May number of this most magnificent
specimen of American Literature and Art, has
come to hand. The engravings are five in num
ber, as follows: "The Return," the "Dancing
Lesson," "Washington Monument," the "Red
Sea,'' the "Dead Adonis," besides the Fashion
and Music Plates. The Literary contents are
from the pens of our best American authors.—
We learn that the Jtme number will contain
Jenny Lind's Portrait and Biography, from the
111.11 of Frederitca Bremer, the "Swedish Nov-
One Dollar remitted to the publisher, John
Sartain & free of po.stage, will inueore five
copies of the June number.
Graham's American Magazine.
The May number is the first that has vi,iied
our table, and we shall with pleasure place it
npon our exchange list. It is truly American
in character, taste, and literature, and should
be in the hands ol the ynung,dhemiddlmaged,
and the old. A new volume will ho coin ,
tummy,' in July next. For further information
,ee 1)01 zidveni,ing columns.
New York Tribune
'IIIK unrivallcd riper corium:lir:A os tenth
volume, and has been enlarger! to nearly dou
ble its Milner size, and is printed iu quarto
term. As the•terms have not been increased,
it can now be set down as the targcst and
thorpst us well as the bet daily city paper in
the world. The enormous increase or the cir
culation and advertising, warrants tho enlarge-
MEM
A Wan groats at paying a shilling for a loaf Mysterious Occurrence.
of bread, thinking he ought to get it fur el e i to W e understand . , says th e Laneaster
lieu", and the same evening takes his lamilY and T,ibline, that Mr. Thurnas of
to wiliwss the feats of a magician, fur the per- m u n e township, has been missing from his
pose of being humbugged, knowing they wilt home since the Ist inst., under circumstances
be humbugged ; and (I illili g l y pays a dollar for which are intent:nett to induce the belief that
the privilege! Another is too poor to pay for he has beet; foully dealt with. Ile left hisres
a newspaper : but can spen d a l evy or a (par- I idenc e on that day for the purpose of collecting
ter, for every poppet FIIOW or whet foolish CN, money and making settlements with SUMO Of
hibition that travels the country : and not miss hi s
ne,:moors. The I;'st person with whom he
it. Another is too poor to pay a few dollars, settled recollects seeing- a large vino of money
but can attend conceits and negro perlortnam in his possession. Ile was afterwards seen by
ces Mat come along. Another wants a mo- a ne i g hb or withi n a mile of his own dwelling,
chanie to wink ler nine and six-pence, %%hen i n whi c h direction he wturthen tiding through
he demands ten shillings, and watches hint to a h we or p „ i h , „.hi c h„.„„ onred a ri na h, nds
see that he labors faithfully, an d the next day by bars or gates. Ills horse was found in this
hires a horse and wagon, at the expense of two enclosure on the followiog morning. The whole
dollars, to travel len miles le See horse race. Ileig It boulmod has been carefully searched since,
Another "heats down" an old ( " Ina " a penny but nu traces have been discovered of the miw
en a bunch of radishes, and before getting sing man. It is feared that he has been way
home spends two or three shillings sin Iteating la id a nd murdered . by some one having a
his friends. • knowledge that holad a large sum of money
in his possession, and his body concealed in
!onto° way front discovety. Ito was a Mall of
indusuiuus and temperate habit, and his eir
emustatives Well) F nett as to leave no motive
for a voluntary absence from his family and
home. '
Cincintiati.—The products of die industry • and
enterprise of the pec pie of this city are vast,
and still increasing. It is stated that the quanti
ty of candles exported front Cincinnati .during
the six months ending on the first inst., are 38,568
Fb - olesr7During-the same period the exports of
soap, amounted to ten thousand two hundred and
eighty seven boxes.
Ohio Election.—The Colutibus State Journal
of the Bth inst., furnishes complete returns of the
recent election throughout that State for delegates
to the Convention to amend the Constitution ;
according to which 58 Democratic members arc
chosen to 43 Whigs and 7 Free Sellers. The
Journal remarks that the Convention contains
many men' of ability limn both the great parties.
place
~nidte lint) Senalorial and
luxe of the bills pre-
a bill to apportion the S..
lioprescniative Di,triets.
seated have Lien acted upon.
Audubon California Pan/N—Letters front
California state, that the party n•hich crossed
the continent under the charge ofJ. %V. Audubon,
Bsq., has finally broken up, alter trying their
luck at the Stanislaus and Tuolumne diggings.
While so employed, the proceeds did not aver•
age more than one dollar per day for each mar..
Individuals of the party are nog• engaged at nth•
er occupations, at salaries varying front $l5OO to
$ . 3000 per annum.
The United Stales Bank Tru.q.--A memorial
to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, is in circu
lation, asking that legislation may be efli2cted to
close up an early day the affairs and business of
the first Bank of the United' States, noW in the
hands of two surviving Trustees.
The Washington Monantent—The work on the
national monument to the memory of Washing.
ton, was conimenced on Monday last fur the sea
son, and will be continued till the season again
closes. It is now 52 feet high, and gives ail idea
of what it is intended to be when completed. A
block of stone has been presented to form a part
of this great monument by every State of the
Union, with two exceptions.
STA mm "In.—Dr. Turner, of New York, says,
that stammering is caused by attempts to speak
with empty lungs. hi singing the lungs are
kept well . intlated, and there is no stuttering. 7—
The method of cure is, to require the patient to
keep his lungs well filled—to draw frequent long
breaths, to speak loud, and to pause on the in
stant of finding embarrassment in his speech,
taking a long inspiration before going on again.
Contribution from Califivnia.—The Legislature
of California has passed a resolution directing
that a block of marble, quartz or granite be pre.
pared, with the word , qaliiiirilia"chiselleil upon
it, and sent topic National Monument at Wash
ington. It ought to be a "gold rock."
Congressional Proceedingti.
Gleanings.
WAsuisorox, April 15, 1850. l a *Citiite a sensation has been produced in
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Bartholomew,'la., in consequence of sundry ape.
I`
BOUNTY LAND. cimcns of ore being found containing small par-
Mr. Cobb,of Alabama, from the Committee on tides of gold.
Public Lands, reported a bill for tin act provide tV'Tight sleeves are again in fashion. Be
ing for the soldiers of the war of 1812,1813.1814, tween the shoulders and elbow there is worn a
and 1815; the Indian wars of 1811; the Florida double row of bullion fringe.
Seminole war; and the war knoWn as General °Marge quantities of coal are shipping from
Wayne's war, of 1792 to 1795, bounty land to New Castle, England, to California.
those who have not been heretofore provided for; •Veln Lowell, Mass., last week, a Mr. If unt,
whiCh bill was read a first and second time by his wife and only child, died within afree days.
its tide, when ITV'A Cincinnati baker is busily engagerflin
Mr. C. moved that it be referred to the Corn• putting up bread for California. It is put up in
mittee of the Whole on ihe state of the Union tin boxes which are hermetrically sealed.
and made the special order of the day fur the L7' Wives should always set up for their hos
first Monday in June. bands, instead of getting their servants to do
Mr. Vinton expressed the hope that there would so. It makes two hours difference in their ar
be no special order. lie objected to that part of, rival.
the motion. IL.V'Mothers•in-laty and daughters-in•law
al-
The bill was then „referred to the Committee of ways agree well, provided they are never near
the Whole on the state or the Union. one another. Husbands should recollect this,
On motion of Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, the COM• and keep them as near apart as possible.
minee en Public Lands was discharged from the reOur mint is now coining at the rate of
further consideration of the bill granting bounty Italia million a week.. This looks as-if—money
in land-to- the officers and soldiers *lto served ought to be plentiful after a while.
their country in the last war with Great Britain ; ' rerhe Day Book is the sauciest paper in
and the bill to provide bounty land fur all Amer- . New York. It makes one laugh to read it.
ican soldiers not heretofore provided for; they Gli"The present population of Galena, 111. , is
were ordered .to lie on the table. estimated at 7,000.
Fips and Levies
%Viten are we to be relieved from these a polo.
gies hr money When is Congress going to
take sotne action that will throw them out of cir
culation or make them pass fur what they are
worth in ail cases? It is rather uncivilized like
to receive these articles at one value and part
with hem at another. It has too much of the
barbarian stamp, to have money without a fixed
value. Let us have a real American decimal
system - of coinage, with slight variations . if
agreeable to the community, and , not a heteroge
neous compound of tips, levies, and half pence.
Let each nation have a fixed currency, if all do
not unite .tu establish a universal rate. What
suits the mode of computation in one country
may not in another, and it is the province of le
gislative bodies to remedy - these defects by a
proper attention to a matter which demands their
action.
Prof. Webster
The Boston papers state that lirof. Webster
has selected the Rev. Dr. Putnam, the distinguish
ed Unitarian clergyman of Roxbury, as his spir
itual adviser. A few days ago he sent fur the
Ri2V. Dr. Alhro to visit him, but upon the Dr.
presenthig himself, admittance was refused him
by the jailor, the sheriff having decided that bnt
one spiritual adviser shall be !termitic(' to visit
him. This determination has caused the pri
soner much concern, as he had expressed a wish
to see several on the subject of religious prepa
ration for another life. lit has no fixed religious
views, and never made personal religion a duty.
lie says he has faith in the Bible, and has read it
thiough during his imprisonment. Ile is anx•
ions on the question of the atonement, and says
he needs much instruction, hot even this the au
thorities would deny him, as if, were it possible,
they would shut out even hi, repentant soul from
[leaven
Waft can bc !Amt.—There is a factory in Cin
cinnati which takes logs in one door—the pro
ceSs of making staves, drying, finiShing, and put
ing np commences—and kegs, neatly finished,
pop out of a dooi opposite. It is a speedy and
constant process, and very ingenious. The
work of making these kegs is all done by ma
chinery.
• Killed at resurius.—Charles C. Ilayard, a ?did
shipinan in the C. 8. Navy, aged died at Na•
' on the 2'.2d of Pehrury, of a wound received
from a stone Thrown front the crater of Vesuvius - ,
: whilst he was standing with other officers on the
side of the mountain. The eruption was one of
the most brilliant anduremendous that %as been
witnessed for many ye ar.:. It war, moreover,
remaricahly sudden, as none of the signs had
preceded it. A letter states that the mountain
literally roared with the efforts it made to dis•
gorge itself. The noise was like the tiring of
cannon at sea, and at every discharge there was
thrown up a mass of lava and tucks, which at
night looked like balls of fire. -
'lexay.—lt 3peaks well for the people of Texas,.
ihat already thirty-one newspapers have been es
tablished there, two of which are religious. This
is precisely the number of papers ptiblished in
New Hampshire, which has been Ruled above
two hundred years.
Pru•.paper Low.—A publisher out %rest stop•
peel sending his newspaper to a 'subscriber who
had never paid the first cent for his subscription.
The wife of the delinquent met the publish . er and
threatened hint with the terrors of the law, inas'
much as he was bound to send the paper till all
atrearages were paid.
Postal Enterprise.—The Detroit
,Daily Adrer•
User says it has private and reliable information
from Washington, that a proposition will soon
be laid before Congress, for running a line of
post coaches from Independence, (Mo.) to Cali
' !lonia, regularly in 24 days, and by express in
12 days only• The etintracturs ask a strip of
land, 100 feet wide, the whole distance between
the Iwo places; with the privilege of purchaaing
a quarter section of land every len miles, for use
as stations. They ask the privilege of this road
for fifteen years, and agree to make the franchise
and grants of land contingent on having the road
in operation within three months. If this is grant
ed they will put three thousand laborers upon it
at once.
Underground Life.—The Courier hag the fol
loa•irtg table of Statistic:: in relation to Cellar
; Occupation in New Yoi It compiled from re•
turns lately made by the Chief of Police. It up.
pears that over eighteen thousand people ace
crowded together in underground basements—.
number of such basements occupied by them
. being 3,742—0 f which one half have but one
room, and the number of occupants averaging
something over five to . a basement.• Nearly one
third of these are classified us dirty in person,
and asoccupying basements of the same descrip•
Lion.
Discortry rf a great Lake.—A great Lake has
been discovered in the interior of South Africa,
during a journey of exploration 'by two gentle.
men, named Murray and Oswalt. It is situated
in longitude 24 deg, east, and latitude 19 deg.
south, and its limits appear to have been undis
cernable. According to the native..., however, it
takes twenty. five days to travel round it. The
vegetation on its hanks is tropical, and palms arc
abundant; but it contains no crocodiles, alliga
tors, hippOpotamis. It is by a river,
j which, for some distance, is of small size, and
which, as it :approaches the lake, becomes as
large as the Cloyde. The lake itself has but few
islands in it, but it is said these are densely pop
ulated by a race entirely different from those
near the borders of the lake. Pelicans arc nu
merous, as also fish; some of which resemble
perch and carp, and weigh between forty. and
fifty pounds. There arc likewise a great num
ber of elephants, although of a much smaller de
scription than those near the colony. The na
tives, whose language was unlike any kmiwn
dialect spoken by the other tribes in South Afri
ca, appeared to be of an inferior nature, and to
be much afflicted with pulmonary disease.
Ilurr
Bu4iness is hurried through•—•f'he last
day of a Legislative Session is generally remark
able for the manner in which almost the entire
business of the session is transacted in its
limi
tell space. The most striking, instance of this
kind occurred recently in the Louisiana Legisla
ture, and is thus stated by the' New Orleans
ISul
: •
During its recent session, the Legislature pas
; s e d 355 hills, of which upwaids of 200 were pas
sed during the last week, and of these latter the
largest number of them on the 'last day. From
a gentleman who was. present in the House on
the last day of the session, we learn, "to use his
Own wook," that it was "a perfect sight" to see
the mode of doing business. The poor S. er
had really a hard time of it, cud (lid not ever.
have time to sit down between the passage of
one bill and that of another, such under a high
pressure principle were the "ground out," on the
vote fur the final passage and the decisive word
"passed"—"passed.r uttered in a clear, distinct
voice, was heard in rapid succession. Front lot)
to I i 9 bilk were thus acted upon, on the last day
and still there was a great deal of unfinished bu
siness, as is'always the case, which was left un
touched.
Largc Company fir Califbrnin.—We are in
: formed, says the Rochester Advertiser„by a gem
delimit from Burlington, lowa, that on the lEtih
of March, a large company of California Emi
grants passed through that city, consisting of
about 1.1000 men, front nearly all of the Western
states. 200 men—mostly citizens of Burlington
—joined the company at that place. They go
•the overland route through Oregon, and expect to
reach, the "diggings" in about three months.—
The teams that belonged to the parry, numbered
1000. The men arc mostly middle aged men,
and many of them have families.
Ali Out a year since, quite a company of men
left Burlington, and vicinity, and went to Califor
nia in search of the 'dust,' and this spring all re
turned in excellent health, richly renumerated
for their advantageous enterprise. Their good
fortune created among their neighbors and friend.:
quite a 'gold fever,' which is only to be abated
by a visit to the 'promised land,' after a tedious
voyage of i or 4 months over the Rocky 14min
tains.
Gcorgia.--The lam . election for delegates to
the Nas h v Ole eon ventiotdhas shown conclusively
that the people are against any such mischiev
ous gaillering. In till county only 76 votes
were polled for delegates, one twentieth of the
comity vote. In the town of Crilfen, were about
500 votes are usually cast, 36 were given, of
which 7 were fin• no convention. In Lagrange,
Troup county, the vote was, no convention 58,,
convention 44. In no other precinct, the poll was •
opened in the county, In Cobb county 126 votes
were polled; in Cass about 100; in Floyd
A number of no convention tickets were polled.
in these counties, and there was only 20 majori-•
ty fur delegates. In Rome 66 votes•were pulled;
of which 14 were for no convention. No other
polls, was opened, the officers refused to• serve:
for any such purposes as electing.delegates to a,
disunion. In Clark county 27 votes. were polled ,
out of 100. In Cassville 27, were. cast against ,
the convention to 60 for. it. lb Atalanta, and I
throughout De Kalb county, no polls were open-•
ed, atid! so through the rest of the State., The af—
fair was a complete failure, as may be seen from'
thesa specimens.'
'Me Culifornia Rush.—Threc steamboats
rived et St. Louth's 011. Saturday. week, from, the.
Ohio river, having on board over sire htuadtedi
etnigrantb fur. Calitbrnia... Tile, overland; route.
appearb to be grotvang . :indavo . ri &Wee2ooole,
cinnatiank left that Uithou. Thaistlity, also for.