1 V dap febigt) Register. Circulation near 2000. Allentown, Pa. TIIURSDAY, AUGUST li, MO. V. D. PALMER, Esq., N. W. corner of Third, and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, and 169 Nas sau street, (Tribune Buildings,) New York, 13 our authorized Agent for receiving advertise- ments and subscriptions to the Lehigh Register anthcollecting_and-rcceipting-for-the-same Deoision of Charaoter Were we entrusted with the education of youth, we would early impress upon them the AMportance of Decision of Character. We would teach them, by practical lessons, its uses arid advantages. We would plan out!emergencies, in which we would call upon them to act promptly and decisively—and-Thus -we would repeat, again and again, although they should decide and act wrongly in every instance, until we had fully taught them to act with proMpt tiess and decision. Once acquired, the habit would never forsake them—and the judgment,, when matured by years, and corrected by ex perience; would lead them to exercise the hall = it rightly. A vascillating, temporising disposi tion of mind is the chase of a large proportion of the evils in life, and of the ill success in bu siness. Look at the young man, just froM the pa • rent roof, and placed in a large town Cr city, sur rounded by companions whose intercourse and example he knows must be contaminating.— If he is one of decided character, he will read ily, form the determination to shun their socie ty, and thus he escapes their fatal influence. If, unfortunately, he has not acquired the hab it of deciding for himself—if he is awed by the fear of being thought different from his fellows, bat is resolved not to commit himself in all their excesses—what does he do—how does he act and what is his fate ? Ile mingles awhile in their more innocent pleasures. Ho sips the draught which they drain to the dregs. He en ters ottly a little way into the dissipations in which they aro overwhelmed. He dreads to be thought singular, and he goes pair way with them—all the while resolved io retrace hit; steps when he can do so with honor. The time at last comes when he must recede or advance. The decisive moment is at hand. Now his fate must be determined. Pleasure beckons him on—Duty bids him go back. He hesitates which to obey—lie falters in his opinion—He doubts—He is still undecided—He is lost ! ' Honor to Gem Soott We are much pleased With the movement .That has been made in the Senate, commenc ed by Mr. Clemens, having for its object to confer a mark of respect on the gallant Gen. Scott, in consideration of his valuable services to the republic, by creating the rank of Lieut enant General for him. There is no man liv ing who deserves the gratitude of his country snore than this venerable hero does, and there would be no more appropriate, way of evincing it, than by creating a rank to bestow upon him. We perceive that the generous mover of the resolution, was opposed by the celebrated abol. itionist Senator, Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire. We are not at all surprised at this, and hope the day is not very far distant, when both branches of Congress will be relieved of the presence of such fanatics, whose very soul and existence are wrapt up in one isolated idea— abolitionism. We are happy to.say that the resolution was promptly passed. We are too much in the habit of paying honor toour great Men after they are removed from among us by death. We hope this movement to show our gratitude to those who deserve well - of their country, while living, will be followed up. Stable Burnt On Tuesday morning, tho 6th instant, be tween 2 and 3 o'clock, a Stable of Air. Joseph Wheeler, near the outlet lock above Ma Bridge, on the. Lehigh canal, burnt to the ground, to gether with a• large quantity of hay and irtraw. It is believed to havo been the work of an in cendiary. Suspicion rests upon a colorer' man„ generally known as "Bill Frtssi'l," who has been loafing about the county, fora number of years. Ho has been arrested, and is now confined in Jail, to await his trial. . - - Census of Low hill township. The census of Lowhill township, Lehigh county, just taken, is as follows: In 1840, 854 •; in 1850, 1,035. Increase in 10 years 181, or 21 per cent. A. Full Cabinet It will be observed, that President Fillmore has completed his.gabinet, by tendering the War Department, to the Hon. C. IV. Conrad, of Louisiana, and the Home Department, to Hon. T. M. 7: IllcKennan, of Pennsylvania, both of whom we believe have accepted. Mr. Conrad is asentleman highly spoken off, for his arnica. ble character and ability. As to Mr. McKennan, mann in the State occupies a• more enviable degree of popularity. SYafe.Fair.—Preparations are in progress for this great festival.of the farmers of New York, at Syracuse, this fall.. About l 0 acres are to be enclosed, and buildings•are erected to accotnino date the multitude of exhibitors who will be in attendance. Stalls for at least NO head of cat tle, and for,horses in abundance, will he provid ed, and in every department the committee de, sign to have everything in as complete order as has ever been witnessed at any State fair in the country. Xenia.—The population of the beautiful town afaenia, Ohio, has nearly doubled since 1840. According to the new census, it is now 3,120. Such is the effect, on an inland town, of a rail. road passing through it. The Art of Ad.yertising The committee appointed by Mr. V. B. Pal mer, to decide the award of a Silver Cup to the writer of the best essay upon the subject of Ad- vertising, have as we see by the 'last number of the "Register," made their report. The committee consisted of Mesirs. George R. Gra ham, of "Graham's Magazine," William Pd. Swain; of the "Public Ledger," and George 11. Haft, President of the "Philadelphia and Wilkesbarro Telegraph Company," and the prize has been awarded to llurace Greeley, Esq., of the New . York Tribune. The Cup will cost $lOO, and will be covered with elegant designs, relating to commerce and trade. We make the following extract from. the Prize Essay : "The merclLintrthereforerwho-aims-to-suc-- coed in business, must aim at these two points —first, to be sure that he can satisfy a wide de mand for the articles he deals in, on the lowest practicable terms; secondly, that every body within the proper scope of his business is made aware of his ability and confident of his (lisp°- , silion to do so. These points attained, he has only to do his business properly, as it comes - in - upon .- him, an& his fortune is made. To the merchant or dealer who is sure of his ability to fill orders on the most favorable terms, the attainment of an adequate publicity isra matter of primary concern. If his circle of trade is properly the county in which he lives, then he should take effectual measures to let every family in that county know what he sells, arid on what conditions. it is idle to speak of the cost as an impediment—he might as well object to the cost of sheltering his goods from bad weather; protecting them from thieves, or dealing them out to'customers. All the other cost of his business is incurred without ade quate motive or return so long as this essential element of his business is neglected or scrimp ed. If his location and his stock only entitle him to expect the custom of his own township or neighborhood, then he should incur the ex pense of fully informing that locality. Just so with the wholesale' merchant who aspires to a custom co-extensive with his State, his sec tion, or the 'wliele Union. If he is prepared to satisfy so wide a demand on favorable terms, the expense of apprising those whom he de sires for customers of the nature of his business, the character of his stock, the range of his pri ens, and the reasons why he should be. dealt' . with, is one which he cannot refuse to incur without gross incompetency and ruinous prod igality. By thus refusing, lie increases his ex penses for rent, lights and fuel, clerk hire, &c., from a half per cent. to three, five, and in Some cases to ten per cent. on his aggregate stiles, and renders it morally impossible that he should _ ..i / sell iii. heaply as his more enterprising and ca pabil rivals. In effect, he confesses defeat and inea acity, and retreats to the tear rank of his vocation. Some men who know enough to advertise, are yet so narrow as to con fine their advertise- ments to journals of their own creed or party. If they do not choose to trade with any but men of like faith, this is wise; but if they de sire to have the .whole public for customers, it is otherwise. There is a large class who delight to thine in newspapers and placards as wits or poets, and announce their wares in secondhand jokes or in doggerel fit to set the teeth of a dull saw on •edge. I f their object is notoriety or a laugh, this is the way to attain it; but if it be busi- ness,it would seem better to use the language of business. Leave clowns' jests to-the circus, and let sober men t+peak- as they act, with direct- ness and decision. The fewest words that will convey the advertiScris ideas are the right ones A Southern Speck of Treason. The spirit of Aaron Burr, says the Philadel phia Daily Sun, seems still to be rife at the South in seeking to dissever the Union and es tablish a Southern confederacy. The Washing ton correspondent of the North American, learns Pillion the most direct and undoubted authority, that rigentleman,-represented to oc cupy a position of high influence and charac ter in the South, visited MeXico in April last, incognito, and submitted a complete plan for the organization of a Southern confederacy, of which that city was proposed as the capital, as a means 91 inducing the co-operation of Mex ico. This project was submitted to the Mexi can cabinet by Alr. Laeunza, the Minister of Foreign Alkirs, and was urged by him at a meeting ivhich immediately followed, when a discussion of great interest and excitement oc curred. The proposition_was declined, and the emissary started fin California. Mr. Doyle, thb British Minister, was cognisant of all the proceedings, and was consulted throughout." The correspondent says he is."restrained by proper and prudential considerations *affecting' others, from exposing the manner and the in fluences by which the scheme was rejected in the Alexican cabinet ; fiat if brought to light, they would reflect the highest honor on the parties concerned. The day may come when a lull publication may be attended with less danger." 110 has "lelt it duo to the country that this infamous purpose should. be under stood, in order that• the designs of reckless demagogues, who are now prCaching disunion, should be properly appreciated, and visited with that storm of execration which such trea son deserves."' lie has some reason to believe that the late President of the United States was apprised of this movement, and had exercised his usual sagacity in counteracting any unfor tunate consequences! The , reflections which. such a disclosure must naturally excite, aro too gloomyand saddening to be treated with any oth er but the most serious consideration. They are not so much calculated to inspire alarm at any threatened danger, as to'induce a painful con templation of our future destiny as a nation, when treason thus stalks abroad in a season of profound peace and prosperity, and when the eyes of the civilized world are turned towards us, with mingled emotions of envy and admiration For the Lehigh Reg liter. Our Soho6l System: Mr. Editor:— Permit me 'to communicate to the public, through the columns of your, val uable paper, a few remarks upon a 'commu nication signed Ihp:is, treating upon the sub ject of our neglected school system), occupy a column in the last number of the "Regis ter." By the perusal of his communication, it must become obvious to every clear and reflecting mind, that 110 has hit the nail right on the head. It is the desire of each and every parent, whether he is in favor of ed ucation, or opposed to it, that hi 4 children may become useful members iu the world, Tiffirhold a respectable rank in society. Not- ! withstanding this desire of parents, we have but very few young men and women living among us, who uro really useful to them selves, to the world, and to society. If there were no means necessary to prepare the young to enter all the various walks of private and public life, parents could sit' harmlessly with theie_hands_foltied,-and—all - neeessary conse quences would follow: But, their children 'must be accomplished; their minds must be developed and cultivated, and to attain which, education is the, only means. Now there is an obstacle in the way to the attain mem' of this, which Brecis has justly and fairly describ ed to the satisfaction of every ordivary mind. j But, believing that courage and persevereuce joined with prudence, are sufficient to surmount the most powerful obstacle, I would litnej present a plait for the consideration of, all friendly to the cause of education, hat ing for its object the remedy oldie evil which seems prevalent. his not my intention to substitute a . new plan in the place of that proposed by Brcri:, which is good and sufficient, and would certainly accomplish its object, if it were corn plied with, but I have every reason to believe, that it is but indifferently received by those whom it should concern. It is a truth self-ev ident, I am sorry to say, that in this age of civ ilization, there are yet people living among us, who regard education as useless anff unneces sary, acid impudently declare it a "humbug." Taking this into consideration, we must con clude that appealing to them for a change in our corrupted school system, (as it may justly be called) will be of no avail, for the well known fact, that reason and good judgment does not agree with ignorance, and aro even not allowed to come in contact with it. Agreeing with my friend Breris, that making teaching an honorable business; rewarding lib eral compensation, would place our schools on a respectable footing, I would merely propose the means to carry his plan into execution,— In our neighborhood, where the common schools are adopted as the system of education, : upon which the future welfare and prosperity of our country must depend, it is customary by the people, to go to the polls to elect Directors, who are entrusted with the care of the schools. But unfortunately it often happens, that these directors are even themselves opposed to edu cation ; and alas, the sad result is but too often experienced ! Then, for the sake of our chit. dren, our country, and ourselves, let us, I en treat you, entrust the care of our schools wider the guidance of none except men of pure mor• al and intellectual qualifieations.. To constitute a board of Directors—friends of education—for no others do 1 address—let us select the best ma most qualified to dis charge the duties of that important and respon. Bible office, and our schools will be safe in their hands. After we have accomplished this, we have taken an important step in the reformation of our schools. But let our responsibility not end here. Let us employ competent teachers, let us support our schools, let us send our children regularly to' school, and let us make them fond of study,, and we will be their blessing, and they in consequence will thank, respect and reverence us. The ques• tion is often asked, where will our children learn to work, if we send them constantly to school? Let us reply to such a question, That children are naturally not capable of labor, and that, if we send them constantly to school, until they are ca• pable of doing that, which some parents drudge upon their children almost from infancy, they will then have made great advancements in many of the useful studies, and will be able to complete their education before arriving at the age of man hood. When they leave school, they will be good workmen (if they are intended to be such) and have fair prospects of becoming useful and res pectable Citizens. On the other hand, what will become of those children, that are kept at home when they ought to be at school ? In what else are their minds engaged, except in the common household drudgery affairs ? Where have they an opportunity of collecting bright ideas ? Per mit the to say, that the natural consequence of such a course, is the ruin of the body and the corruption of the mind. But to return. What can our school Direc• tors do in the reformation of our schools, favora big 'to the cause of education 1 They have eve• ry thing in their power to promote the great cause, to make teaching an honorable business, to make the teacher's wages in proportion to that of other profeisio., of less responsibility. in a word, they have the power to place our schools on a respectable footing, and why should they not make use of it. To prove the truth of this assertion, let us quote a few passages of our school laws. Ist. "They shall establish a sufficient number of common schools." 2d. "They shall cause suitable buildings, to be erected, purchased, or rented; fur school houses, and shull supply them with the proper conveui• ences, fue1,41.c." 3J. "They shall have the appointment of all the teachers in the school disiticts ; fix the amount of teacher's salaries, and have power to dismiss them at any time, forincompetency, cruelly, neg ligence - or immorality."' As the above quotations• include some of the powers, as well as the duties of &hoof Directors I would recommend them to their candid consig eration.. Why, should directors not establish a sufficient number of schools, and award liberal compensations, so that good teachers would be at their service? But they will not do It, because, they believe such a course would render them unpopular, and would be,disapproxed by the peo ple, because it would iniVease their school tax. If such ideas prevent 'het; from doing their du ties, let us for conscience sake advice them to resign their offices. But I hope we have no such School Directors at present. As to the.increase of our school•tax, it may easily be paid, by mere ly taking ‘ , lO per cent (as Brevis says) from what is lavished upon luxuries, and worse than useless apparel, and applying it upon our schools." And again it may be asked,' Why are so ma. ny schools supplied with incompetent leachers, ::;chtiol Directors have the means and power to employ none but those that arc competent?— The reason is obvious. It is true, our Directors, in almost all - the School districts, hold annual meet!ngs for the purpose 'of examining teachers; but, for well known reasons, not many apply for schools, and I our Directors, with but little choice, are often - obliged - toentploy indompetent as well as compe tent teachers, in order to supply all the schools, and dins nothing is created by such proceedings but prejudice and indifference on the part of the teacher. Now in conclusion let me say, that the excel lent plan of 13revis, to make teaching an honor able bii,iness, is to reward liberal compensations, and to place the art of teaching on a respectable footing. I Let us then, as directors, teachers, and others favorable to the cause of education, go hand in hand, in the reformation of our school system, and whenever obstacles are presented in our way ; let us exclaim with the brave Capt. Lawrence, Dlen:tug:l.:tat:le the e r B sc h l i t p L rooms convenient and healthy. • Let us keep our schools open a suiTi cient number of months in a year, so that our teachers will be able to make a regular employ went of their profession. Let us employ compe tent teachers; men who arc qualified to impart instruction in all ihe useful and necessary branches of education, men of good moral char acter, which may be regarded as perfect pictures as can be procured for, the instruction of the "youth." Let us live conscious of doing our du ties, and our names, instead of going down to posterity stained with disgrace and infamy, will be cherished and will live in the memory of fu. tare generations. Our children will reap the ben efit of such proceedings, and we will soon see the time approaching, when all will be in fat-or of education, and when all will be union, peace, and harmony. • HOPE. Tho Texas Boundary Bill: Tis bill, ono of the great bones of conten, lion in Congress, passed the Senate on Friday the 9th instant. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin says, it will be found, with all its amendments and provisos, on our first page.— It passed in spite of the opposition of the ultra pro.slavery and the ultra anti-slavery men, combined with the impracticables among both parties, that refuse to aid in any mode of ad justment. Thus the Senate has disposed of Utah and Texas, and we have little doubt that he !louse will sanction all measures. Cali fornia and New Mexico remain, but we have strong hopes that the wise councils that seem. to have gained the ascendant in tire Senate, will continue until every possible difficulty is removed, and every obstinate question is settled. It now appears as if all the various divi sions of the Compromise Bill ure to be pass ed. The Utah bill, with slavery in it, o which we have already spoken, and the Tex as boundary bill, have both passed separately, although both failed when united. Thu secret of the opposition to the Compromise is now coming out. On the part of some it was jeal ousy and hatred of Mr. Clay, who had throWn . his whole soul into it; on the part of Benton and some others, it was jealousy and hatred of Mr. Cass, who was also most zealous in its support. The opposition to these two men de feated their favorite measure, while its various provisions all seem likely at last to be adopted in other shapes. The Texan Boundary Question. Our readers will rind among the proceedings of the Senate, in another column, an extract of the special message of President Fillmore with regard to the attitude which Texas has assum ed in relation to the boundary dispute between that State and New Mexico. It is a, very im. portant document, and will he read with inter est. It is forcible, perspicuous, and extremely well written. Mr. Fillmore:treats the subject in a masterly manner. lie takes the proper ground; and is determined that, as far as in him . lies, Texas shall not yiolently seize the dispu ' t6tl territory—that he will execute the laws of the United States. If Mr. Pearce's bill, for the settlement of the controversy, should pass, of which there appears to be every probability, there will, of course, be an end to this unpleas. ant business; but should it not pass, a collie. ion between the United States and that State is inevitable, unless . Texas should recede from the position which she has so daringly taken in the matter. The . President recommends this business to the notice of the Senate, as demanding immediate consideration.— N. Y Herald. Laborer., Wanted.—The Chief Engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, offers immediate employment to two thousand laborers. This number of workmen wiU be employed for several months to come. The country in which this labor. is required is represented to be extremely healthy. Sheep Killed b i Lighlning.=The Pittsburg, American states thnt Mr. Set*, of Pine town ship, Allegheny county, had •thirty.-twosheep, kit led on Thursday evening before last, by light.. ning. They were coming up the lane; and stop? ped tinder a large chestnut tree which was strucl4 and but two out of the flock were saved•from the violence °Rife electric shock. Congressional Proceedings. WAsnitrrox, Aug., 13, 1850. SENATE. . Mr. Clemen's resolution, instructing the Com mittee on Military Affairs to inquire into the ei,„ pediency of conferring the Brevet rank of Lieu tenant General upon Major General Winfield Scott, in consideration of his eminent services in Mexico, was taken up. Mr. Hale opposed the resolution. • Mr. Mangum followed in favor of the resolu, tion, which was finally adopted. Mr. Pearce then moved to take up his bill in relation to the settlement of the boundary of Tex as, which motion was carried. Mr. Foote moved to postpone the consideration of the bill until half•past eleven o'clock to.mor. roF, and then to make it the special order. Af ter some debate the motion spas carried, The bill for the admission of California was then taken rip. Mr, Yulee asked that his amendment be printed. Mr. Douglass had no objection to the printing, but he Would not consent to postpone the consid eration.of the bill until the printing of the amend- ment is done. • Mr. Atchison made sonic Ternaries agreeing with Mr. Douglass, Mr. 'Forney offered an amendment to divide California by the line of 30 deg. 30 min., and to remand the State Constitution back to Califor nia ; meanwhile to allow her one delegate in Congress, but no Senators. A message was then received from the Pres ident of the United States in relation to the boundary difficulty between Texas and New Mexico. The President alludes to Governor Bell's let ter to the Texan members of Congress, publish ed in the papers of Friday, anti says that that portion of territory east•of the Rio Grande, has been regarded as belonging to New Mexico. He thinks the exigency that has arisen in the aflbirs of Texas and New Mexico, may require an ex• tra session of Congress. He alludes to his offi cial position, and his duty as President to enforce the laws of the United States. He says he will enforce those laws, and thinks this is a case in which he is authorized to call the militia into service, as well as to employ the forces of the regular army and navy. Texas,as a State, can employ military force to suppress her own internal insurrections; but her pow er is local and she has no authority which can conflict with the laws on the rights of the United States. In this case, Texas.is an intruder, and she will be treated as such.. The President, in his mes• sage, takes decided ground that the territory in dispute, east of the Rio Grande, belongs to New Mexico, and for that reason he must protect it from the intruiiun of Texas or any °tiler State. lle believes the treaty with Mexico, extends the laws of the United States over the territory east of the Itio Grande. The treaty does not deter, mine explicitly what is the boundary of Tex. as, but that is his opinion, after careful hives. titation. He will continue to regard said territory as part of N. Mexico, until Congress settles the ques tion to the contrary. He depreciates no collision between the par ties themselves or with the United States, hut he must do his duty, and hopes for an immediate settlement. A ,No government can be provided fot New Mex. ico until that dispute be settled. He doubts the expediency of appointing Commissioners to run the line. All the facts are before Congress and nothing new could be elicited by such Commis. sippers. HC regrets the prolongation of the contest in Congress to the exclusion of other business, and trusts it will be disposed of before Congress ad.- Signed, IBEMEI MILLAIW FILMORE. The accompanying . documents were then read. Mr. Fil!more's letter to Gov. Bell says the gen eral government had authorized Col. Munroe to comply with the wishes of the people of New Mexico and to issue a proclamation for a State government by the order of the Secretary of War, dated the 19th of last November, but to take no part in the proceedings except in accordance with the desire of the people of New Mexico. Cul. Munroe acted in his civil capacity as or dered above. That proclamation the Executive approves. It provides nothing bttt what the Constitntion .and laws of the United States au thorise. The President approves the course of President Polk and General Kearney. He thinks the treaty bore them out in their proceedings, and they will be followed by the presentadministration. • • President Taylor thought the people ought to form a state government ; and be admitted ;hence the order of the 19th of November, upon which Cul. Munroe's proclamation was based. He thought Cul. Munroe's proclamation could effect neither the title of the United States nor that of Texas. The action of. the toeople there' or the officers of the Government, could not im pair the original question of boundary. This was a questitm to be determined in Con gress. The drsign of President Taylor was to 'secure the peace.of the country, and so likewise is that of the present Executive. The further reading of the documents was, on .motion dispensed with, and the Senate resumed the consideration of the California Bill. • Imi!diem rf Gold.—M. Deitiner has published in the llanoverian Magazine, the fol lo wing deg scription of a compound metal, invented by Prof. llarmstadt: "Take . of pure platina 1G parts, copper 7, and zinc 1; put them in &Crucible, and. cover them with powdered,charcoal, and keep over the tire until they are entirely melted into one mass.— This compound is stated to be not only the same color as gold, but likewise equal to it in density (sp. gr.) and also in ductility. Reading. Lutheran• Church:—The Rev. G. F. Miller, who •was recently•clecfcd • pastor of the i liutheran congregation 'of Reading, having de. thi Rev. Edwin W. Mater, has been in• viled to deliver a trial sermon before the congre gation. GLEANINGS. Eir lion:Jahn 1: Crittenden, the new Attorney . Genetali Is afteettti to afrii , e'itiVashingtonl' to take his place fir die new Cabinet, on the 19th instdni (0.1-leney NenrinYee, 44 21 years,:liai ac: citrentally &alined In Cooper fovea, Sodth . Car , ollna; dh Ilia Ind instant. tit'Thtle *ere WIMP members said to the . *..Suns of TerffileranCe" . in the gtate of Hlinols during the past year.' She whole ntilliber in the' State Is How 10,080 i cash on hand; in various divisions, $31,60940. • o"Thu postmaster at St. Joseph, Itio:,ad i rteeti-* 'tines 5,505 letters, remaining in that office uii the flrat of July, 1850. This place is the great depot of the overland Llalifbrnians. • Fillmore is the first rresident of the — United States born in the nineteenth' century. CZ"Vhere have been no- less than 360 lives lost this season, by the various disapers on thtt great lakes. Probable War with Portugal. The steamship Cambria arrived at flalilat' on Tuesday, the 9th instant, and the news she• brings is tety interesting and important. it seems that Portugal has peremptorily refuse& to pay the claim which Was presented for the destritetion of the privateer funeral Armstrong,- in the pott of Fayal, daring the last war with' Great Britain, en account of which was pub lished in the Register on the Ist instant, line COIISCII:r1 to pay the other demander that we' have made upon her. The result is, Had Mr.• Clay, the representative aC the United Stater demanded his passports, arid advertised his furniture for sale, proiratory to embarking 9111 board one of our nation hips in the Tagus: Thu whole subject will, Mirefar e, be laid before , Congress, at an early day, for their action.— Having gone so far, it would scarcely be con sistent with the dignity of the United States to• recede from the position which we have taken. in this matter, and war between the two coon-- tiles is, therefore, not i•nprobable. Sturgeon Caught Sturgeon measuring six feet six inches !Ong and weighing one hundred and fifty pounds, was , caught in the eel-ware of Mr. Daniel Quick, in the - Delaware River, near Quicktown, (about three miles north.east from this Village,) on -Monday' evening last. This is guile an unusual visitor to be found so far from the ocean. The extreme heat of the weather and the opportunity .olTered by the late Hovels have probably induced the Gentleman to seek enjoyinetil in the cooling waters of our noble stream. In ISt a smaller Simeon wan taken opposite: this village; since that that there Ittive not been• any seen,•nntil this one was Agartwer on liir• return to•town: We understand' lust Wednesday' another was seen (probably the captive's matey) at the Eddy near Mr. Samuel D. Van Eiten's. We• are u f the opinion he will have a hard' job• to clear the host of eel-wares that obstructed the giver.--.- Milibrd Democrat. Assn.&linra.—This article is obtained tram if large umbellifferous plant growing in Persia.— The root resembles a large parsnip externally,. of a black color; on cutting it traversely, the as, sauctida exudes in form of a white thick juice, like cream, which, from exposure to the air, be. comes yellower and yellower, and at last of dark brown color. It is very apt loran into putrifac..- lion ; and hence those who collect it carefully defend it from the sun. The fresh joke has are excessively strong smell, which. grows weaker upon keeping; a single dram of the fresh amid smells more than a hundred pounds of the dry assafuttida brought to us. The Persians arc, commonly obliged to hire ships on purpose for its carriage, as scarcely any one will receive it along with other commodittcs, 113 stench infect• ing every thing that comes near it. San Prancima.—The resident population of the City of San Francisco is about 22,000. Includt big those on shipboard, it is fully 24,000. By winter it will float up to 50,000. The populationi of Sacramento city, Stockton, Marysville, San' Jose, and many other places springing up is rapidly augmenting. Indeed, it is hardly possible to keep tally with the progress of pope ulation, business, and immense improvements,. on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.— How all these towns, now springing into being will hold on, is another question. Opulency of Cen. Taylor.—Gen. Taylor's For tune, in bank stocks and other property, is stated by his pecuniary agents in New Orleans to be 200,000 dollars. They say that he never gave a note in his life; and died without owing. one , dollar. ne Seale of , Superior.—A resolution has been' submitted• in the Michigan Constitutional Con. vention, to Inquire into die expediency. of the , formation of a territorial government for the trio per Peninsula, (on Baku Sirperioro and its ulti-• mate admission in the Union as-a-State of fdicht igan and of Congress. • neat Jersey Peach Crop.—lL has been said the the peach crop was greatly injured by the storms of the 18th of July. but we are glad to learn that* such is not the fact. A fair average crop mays' be expected, and of!ixbetter quality than if the! wind tad nut reduced the number on the trees: As an evidence of the abundance of the fruit, it. may be added that a gentleman in Burlington. counqy on Tuesday, bought eight hundred has= kens of peaches on the trees, at ten cents a bas ket. Each basket holds about three pecks.-- Please to act your hearts at rest, and look out for fine peaches, and plenty of them. Large Salaries.—The newly organized ciwpoo ration of the city of San Franoisco'has fixed thr salaries of its officers thus t• • , , • Mayor, Recorder, City Attornty, and , ,City• Marshal, $lO,OOO per anuum' each ;• Controller; • (besides the perquisitei;) 06,000 ;BtreetCommis sioner, $7,000; Alderman, $6,000 ; and others in. proportion, payable monthly: It will be recol-• tested that the salary of the ilovernorof mia is hot $lO,OOO, so that the functionacierabovcr: 'named, are quiet as great dignitaries as le Int point of compensation. •
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