liegistgr.
Circulation near 2000.
Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1860.
• , .Y. B. PALMER, Esq., N. W. corner of Third
- `,l • ' and. Chesnut streets, hiladelphia, and 169 Nas.
sau street, (Tribune Buildings,) New York, i 3
•
our authorized Agent for receiving advertise.
'meats and subscriptions to the Lehigh Regirter
And collecting and receipting for the same.
IgrWe were requested to state, that Caleb
Taylor, Esq., the Congressional nominee,
will be present at the Whig County Meeting
on-Tuesday,the - 24th - of'Septembixt, to ad
dress the citizens of Lehigh county in regard
to the leading questions of the day.
Mr U. Illacungy —Population 2,035, Dwel
lini henna "343, Families 344, Value of Real
Estate $1 : 151,000, Value of Live Stock 566,191.
The increase of population in 10 years is 266.
Marshall
_College.
annual commencement of Marshall Col•
lig - e:took- . place at Mercersburg on the 11th in•
. 1 ; stait. The honorary degree of M. A. was con.
ferred on the Rev. Christian R. Kessler of Al• .•.lentown. The Dociorate of Divinity on Rev.
WilliamM. Reynolds, of Columbus, Ohio,
- and Prof. Augustus Ebrard, of Erlangen ; Ger
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Iron Houses
iron houses ars being erected in Philadel
phia. Jasper Harding, the proprietor of the
- "ln9uirer, is building one on the old location of
'"his publishing office, with an entire front of
iron. The "Sun" office will also be removed
to an iron house. Editors are growing rich or
iron houses must be very cheap in the me
tropolis..
A new counterfeit on the Bank of Middle
town, has just appeared-ss, new plate, letter
B. The clouds behind the eagle in the centre
too dark. The double line around the two s's
imperfect, and the short perpendicular line in
the centre of each 5, wanting. The shading of
the helmet of the female face too light. The
whisker on the farmer very stiff, and the foli,
age of the tree above him, imperfect. Signa
tures good. In the engraver's name ft in nut
ty, awkward.
The California Senators
The two U. S. Senators front California hav
ing taken their seats in the U. S. Senate on
Monday, and lots being resorted to, as usual
in such cases, to determine their respective
terms, Mr. Gwirm drew the long and Mr. Fre
mont the short term. The term of the latter
consequently expires on the fourth of March
next, and that of the former on the 4th of March,
1856.
The Mails to California and Oregon.
-The importance of this mail route to the rev
enue of the Post Office Department can scarce•
ly be estimated, se great is the monthly in
crease. It is indeed becoming a matter of
great importance. In the month of A nest, the
number of letters forwarded to California, was
45,000, the number received 10,000. Taking
this as the average rate for the year, and the
result will be ono million two hundred thou
sand letters passing through the mails. Tho
rate of postage is 40 cents for a single letter,
the average is more than that of double letters,
frequently the postage is from five to ten dol
-1 ars. Taking the rate of double postage as the
average, and the result is an income to the post
office department, of eight hundred and sixteen
thousand dollars—being an excess of two hun
dred and twenty-seven thousand dollars annu
ally, over the compensation paid the two lines
of mail steamers which carry the contract mails. I
This calculation is founded on the extent of l
business at the present time. What will it be
five years hence? There can scarcely be a
doubt that within the period named, the Sur-
plus income from these mail routes will relieve
the public treasury from the entire cost of the
post office establishment, unless the postage is
materially reduced, which is not likely to bo
the case for limbo time to conic.
Bucks.—Samuel Atkinson, Thomas Brunner,
Henry Button and Joseph Young.
Lehigh —Joseph Wittman and Joseph Young,
; James S. Ree se, the other appointee being ab
sent, the Conferees of Lehigh agreed upon Reu
ben Guth, to fill the vacancy.
On motion of Mr. Young, of Lehigh, Samuel
Atkinson, Esq., of Bucks county, Was appoint
ed President, and upon motion of Mr. Young,
of Bucks, Col. Reuben Guth, of Lehigh, was ap
pointed Secretary.
The Conference being organized, it was on
motion,
Resavcd, That the same now proceed to the
nomination of Candidates. Whereupon,
1 • Thomas Brunner,. Ep.q., rose and nominated
The Navigation. Caleb N. Thylor, of Bucks county. No other
The water was partially lot into the Dela- ; candidate being brought before the:Conference,
ware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, on I it teas on motion of Mr. Button, of Bud:scowl.
the .10th instant, and they will, most probably, ty, seconded by Mr. Wittman, of Lehigh
be able to'passboats on. it by the close of the county. •
. •
week. The State of fi cers have been diligent Resolved, That the meeting unanimously tann
in repairing the broaches, on this line, and the I hunt) the Hoy. Caleb N. Taylor, of Bucks coun.
whokinterruption from the late flood will not • ty, as a candidate for a seat in the 32t1 Con.
exceed two weeks. The little damage done gross, of the '6ih Congressional District, of Penn
to the Lehigh-Canal between this place and ! sylvania, andihat he is hereby recommended
Allentown is in a rapid state of repair, so that . to the lice citizen's of the district, as a person,
by -next week the navigation will be open be- qualified in every respect for the Station.
iween that place and Philadelphia, ; Rel!olva, That the Conference serve as a
Between Allentown and the Gap brit a few ! Committee to inform the lion. Caleß N. Tay
due will be required to repair the game- tor, of his nomination.. • •
gee, and,thenee .to Mauch Chunk it will re- Resoked, That the ot:cding.; e signed by
quire, perhaps, a fortnight•longer to enable the the o ffi cers, and petlii p e
led in th h
e papers of Le
_Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
.to re- ! high and Bucks county,
na m e
itsn full operations.--Easton &Wine!, 12th SAMUEL AIKINSON, President.
Inst.
c• R nben Guth ; Secretary
Graham's Magazine.
This valuable periodical,. for October, is al
ready on our table. It contains five splendid
Engravings. Tde "Slave of the Pacha," and the
"Way. to Church" are beautiful and executed
with the best Artistii?skill. Graham's reading
matter is always well selected; it combines the
two most essential requisites of a Periodical—
to please and to instruct. .it is well stored with
good solid infortnation for the sober and more
practical reader, and at the same time nothing
is deficient that the most romance-loving could ,
desire.
Caution
fivin Wishington
The Washington correspondent of the Phila
delphia 'Public Ledger' says; lia strong effort is
making to amend the Tariff of 1946, making the
duties specific instead of ad valorem. The in
dications on Saturday last were that the. attempt
will probably succeed in the House; and in that
case it will probably also succeed in the Senate.
If the question could be taken out of polities,
tho country would certainly be a gainer by it:
What the man of business wants is not so
much a high or a low Tariff—a Revenue Tariff,
or a Tariff for protection, as a steady and relia
ble law which shall give him security for his
labor and investments of capital, whatever they
may be. An indifferent law, which is fixed,
is better than one which is continually in dan
ger of being upset. It is probable that every
Tariff law requires amendments every ten
• years to adapt itself to the altered condition 1f
the country; but radical reforms are always
- dangerous; - vThThlten coming ilrilie - slitrpo - o
itnprovements.'?
On Monday the oth instant, was taken in the
House of Representatives of the United States,
a vote on the following resolution 't .
Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and
Means be instructed to report a bill so modify.
ing the Tariff of 1846 as to make the thitieson
iron specifics, at the rates they would now be
if the ad valorem duty of 1846 had been made
a specific duty, equal to the ad valorem duty
levied by that act at the time it became a
law.
Every member of the Pennsylvania delega•.
lion present at the time, save Alessrs. Dim
mirk nod Ross, voted in favor of the resole-
lion
Mr. Vinton moved an amendment, striking
out nll Dfier the word resolved, and inserting a
' resolution instructing the committee to report
a bill in the following words:
Be it enacted, 1;4. , That the proviso of the sec
ond section of the civil and diplomatic appro
priation bill. approied 10th August, 1816, shall
be construed to require the appraisers in ap
praising all goods, wares and merchandize
ported af.er thirty dayS from the passage of
this act, into any port of the United States, to
adopt the average market valne of similar ar
ticles in the principal ports of the United
States during the year ending the 30th .of June,
1846, under such general regulations to be pre
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury_ as
shall prevent ft'auds and under valuations, and
secure a miiform valuation throughout the Uni
ted States. Provided, however, that in no case
shall duties be assessed on a valuation less
than the market value of the article in the prin
cipal ports of the United States 'at the time of
entry.
The proviso proposed to be construed by this
amendment is as follows:
"fn appraising all goods at any port of the
United States, hetetolure subjected Jo specific
duties, but upon which ad valorem duties are
imposed by the act of 30i11 July last, entitled
"all act reducing the duty on imports and for
other purposes, reference shall be had to orders
and invoices of similar goods imported during
the last fiscal year, under such general and
uniform regulations for the prevention of fraud
or under valuation asshall be pre,cribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury."
The amendment of Mr. Virton, however, was
rejected by a vote of yeas 93, nays 96. The
resohniun of the Committee was then also re
jected by a vote of yeas 91, to nays 93. This
vas the test vote.
Among the lit of members who voted
against the judgement or report of the Com
mittee of ways and means, "that it is inexpe
dient at this time to legislate upon the subject
of ihe Tariff,' we find the vote of the whole
delegation of Pennsylvania, with the exception
of Messrs. Ross, NPLanahan and Mann. Messrs.
Dimmick and Wilmot not present.
Conferee Meeting.
At a meeting of the Conferees of the Gill
Congressional District, composed of the coun,
ties of Lehigh and Bucks, held .at the Public
House of Jacob Kern, in Quakertown, Becks
county, on Saturday the 14th instant, for the
purpose of bringing a candidate in nomination,
to be voted for•by the free citizens at the ensu
ing full election, to represent the district in
the Congress of the United States.
The following Conferees were present, to
wit :
Educational Meetitig
According,- to-previous announcement, the
Teachers' Association met at the Court Hciuse.
The Preskdent being absent, the . meeting was
Balled to order by the Vice President, Jonathan
'Reichard, and U. E. Brunner was appointed
Secretary pro-tem.
The minutes of the last meeting were read,
but not adopted.
On motion a committee for revising the min-
utes of the last meeting were chosen ; consist,
ing of Rev. S. K. Brobst, J. Slemmer and E.
Moss.
The committee appointed to ascertain the
condition of the schools in Lehigh county, ask
ed, :and obtained leave In be continued, and
report at the meeting in December next.
On motion, Rev. C. R. Kessler and J. Stem
mer were appointed to fill the vacancies in the
committee on Phonotypy and Phonography,
and the committee to report at the next annual
EU=
On motion, E. Aloss was duly elected Secre
tary of the Association, in place of Air. Foote
rerignekl
c o motion, an opportunity was given _for
those to join who wished to become members
of the Association, when the following gentle.
men gave their names: F, J. Mohr, %V
'Wolf and J. Richards.
On in , lie Se
otion, the Secretary was requested to
procure a blank book in which the proceedings
of this Association shall he recorded.
ht compliance with a call of the Association,
Mr. Kessler gave a summary, though very in
teresting account of the proceedings of the
American Education Society, which met at
Philadelphia on the 28th of August.
On motion, a committee was, appointed con
sisting of R. C. Chandler, C. R. Kessler and J.
Richards; whose duty it shall be to bring be
fore the association subjects for discussion, and
appoint persons to discuss them ; also to pro
cure persons to deliver lectures on the subject ;
of education.
On motion, the following gentle Men were
appointed the above committee: S. K. Brobst,
T. Sterner, and 11. Rhoads, (the Chairman of
said committee having power to appoint oth
ers) whose duty it shall be to solicit ladies
and gentlemen to become members of this As
sociation.
On motion it was decided that the next
meeting be held at the Court !louse, in Allen
town.
On motion, adjourned to meet again on Sat
urday, October 26th, 1850.
Military Meeting
At a special meeting of the Lehigh Fend.
blew, held at the Flonse of Major Steckel on the
evening of Um 9th instant, the follmring pre
amble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted :
Whereas, in Ilis supreme Wisdom it has
pleased a benign Providence, to remove from
our midst our beloved friend, companion and
fellow•sohlier, Thomas A. Martin; and where
as it is with an indescribabla agony of feeling.,
we hear that the angel of death has laid his icy
fit,ger on his brow, and can scarcely realize the
loot, ahltough we have gazed upon the cold
and inanimate of him who but a few days ag ,
marched in our midst with all the buoyancy
of spirit %%filch health and youth can give to
man, therefore;
Relayed. That by the death of Thomas A.
Martin, society has been deprived of a useful
member, and our corps has sustained an irre
parable los:3 7 —that we bitted} , mourn the de
cease of one so young and promising, and that
his vacant place in our ranks will ever remind
us of the warning received from on high,
"That death spares not the young or old."
Resolved, That whilst we bitterly deplore the
decease of one so beloved by us all, we deeply
sympathise with his afflicted relatives in their
sad bereavment, and with their permission we
will perform the last sad duties of sorrowing,
to the friend and soldier at his grave.
Resolved, That as a mark of our respect and
esteem, the members of the Company will
wear crape upon their left arm for thirty days.
Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions
he handed to the family of deceased, and that
theylta published in the different papers of the
Borough. E. W. ECKERT, Secretary
Allentown, Sept. 9th : 1850
The , Prize Sony.
The ftillowing is a copy of the song for which
Bayard Taylor has received the two hundred
dollars as a price from the Barnum Committee:
GREETING. TO AMERICA.
worms DT DAYARD TATLOII:-MuMIC, J. BENEDICT
I greet, With a full heart, the land of the West,
Whose Danner of Stars o'er a world is unrol•
led;
Whose empire. o'ershadows Atlantic's wide
breast,
And apes to the sunset its gateway of gold !
The land of-the mountain, the land of the lake,
And rivers that roll in magnificent tide—
Where the souls of the mighty from Slumber
awake
And hallow the soil for whose freedom they
died!
Thou Oracle of Empire! though wide be -the
foam • 7 '
That severs the land of my fathers and thee,
I hear, from thy bosom, the welcome of hotrie,
For Song has a
.hyme in the hearts of the Free !
And long as thy4aters shall gleam in the sun,
And long as thy heroes remember their scars,
Be the hands of thy children united as one,
And Peace shed her light en the Banner of
Stars! •
•
Awful Death.
Wo learn with regret, that on Sunday after-
noon, Mr. Christian Hummel,of Lower N'ava
ieth township, Northampton county, a highly
respected homer, was gnted lo death by a bull.
Mr. Hummel, it seems, was about visiting his
daughter, when he went through a field in
which the bull was kept, and there met his
death.. When found, life was extinct-!:. .fries.
Steatn between Philudelphia mu! Lirerpoul.—
The project of establishing a monthly Steam
packet line between Philadelphia and Liverpool
is likely to be realized, through the enterprise
and liberality of Richardson, Watson & Comp.
They have headed a list of subscrtpiions to this
undertaking with the sum of $100,900, one.third
of the amount required to build two propeller
steamships of 2,000 tons burthen, to run, once
a month, to and from the places.na med, the pas ,
sage to be made in 12 days; the number of sten
mers to be increased to four if found necessary.
The merchants of this city have long been talk,
ing of such a project, but this seems to be the
first efficient step towards the enterprise. Its sun.
cess will induce others to follow, and Philadel
phia, through the agency of steam, may be again
distinguished for her commercial prosperity.—
Ledger. -
E. MOSS ; Secretary-
Claim Ar Properly taken during the ,Mexican
War.—A case is on trial in the United States
Circuit Court in the city of New York, involving
a claim of $lOO,OOO, It seems that when ('ol.
Doniphan was near Chihuahua, on the day pre
: vimis to the battle, he took possession of a train
of mules, wagons, and dry goods, on suspicion
that the owner, Manuel P. Harmony, was trading
with the enemy. It is said the 'train consisted
of fifty mules, ten wagons, drivers, and muleteers
which were taken, it is alleged, f.,r the use of
the army. It is said, that subsequent to the bat
tle, the mules, wagons, goods, &c., were tendered
to Mr. Harmony, but were refused. He is a na
tive of Old Spain, and a Santa Fe trader. We
are not yet advised of the result of the trial. It
is evident that in case the plaintiff succeeds in
obtaining a verdict, the United States Govern.
ment must foot the bill, as Col. Doniphan seized
the property while in the exercise of his duties
as an officer of the army.
Phoenixville.—This borough contains a popu
lation, 2,667. In 1948, the population was 3333
—which shows a decrease. in two years of 666.
There are 116 vacant dwelling houses. The de
cline of population and excess of dwellings is
owing entirely to the disastrous effects of the
Tariff. Phoenixville is a manufacturing town,
and it. prosperity depends upon the amount of
imporiations in iron and cotton. The quantity
and value of the iron now made at this place, is
50 per cent. less than it was two years ago.—
consequently hundreds of pet's,:'!?x have been
obliged to fly from Phoenixville, and to seek
employmeni elsewhere or In some other busi
ness.
Bridge Destroyed by Fire.—On Tuesday even
ing the 10th Instant, Clark's Ferry Bridge, cross
ing the Susquehanna river at the junction 'of the
Juniata river, and about,oventeen miles above
Ifarrisburgpwas totally destroyed•by fire. The
bridge was a very fine one, half a mile long,
containing the tow-path for the main line of the
State Canal, and cost $120,000. Transportation,
however,`'will not be affected by this catastrophe,
as a steam tow-boat will be substituted. The
fire was supposed to be the work of an incen
diary.
Ohio in Africa. --The proposition suggested in
the Cincinnati papers in 1848 to purchase terri
tory on the coast of Africa, and the settlement
thereon of a colony. of colored people from Ohio,
we understand is about ready to be carried out
A purchase of territory has been made, and ar
rangements are in progress to settle it, as far as
Fruticable,with emigrants from Ohio. We have
a copy of the circular of the agent of the Colo.
nization, and shall notice the matter more at
length on some future occasion.—Cineinnali Ca-
The•Greatebi Aas.in Venice..-7 1 wo young prin
ces, the sons of Archduke Charles, of Austria,
had a warm debate in the presence of no less' a
person than the Emperor himself. Greatly exci
ted, one said to the cither t "Yon are the great
est ass in Venice!" Highly offended at a quar
rel in his presence, the Emperor interrupted
them, saying with indignation—NC:me, come,
young gentlemen, yon forget that I am present." I
Ades or
CITY
.
Commerce par
North Arnerica par
Pennsylvania • par
Penn Township par
United States 12
Commercial' par
Farmers & Meehan. par
Girard pat
COUNTI:
Chambersburg a
.Chester county pal
Danville pat
Delaware county par
Germantown 1)111
Gettysburg d
Lewistown
Middletown 3
Montgomery Co. par
Northumberland par
Pittsburgh al
Carlisle • al
Columbia Bridge.„_parl
Aliooldfiy co. Scrip li:
Doylestown part
Easton par
Erie li!
Exchange Pittsburg a I
Exchange Branch, al
Farmers of Bucks par
Farmers, Lancaster par t
From Washington
- ASFItNt/TON,
The Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, from western Vir,
ginia, was nominated to-day, to the Secretary
ship of the Interior. He is a young man, was
a member of the Twentyscventh dongress, a
good speaker, and a noted friend of a protective
tariff.
A Whig caucus of some twenty or thirty mem.
bers of Congress was held last night upon the
tariff. It resolved to move the home valuation
or specific duty clause as an amendment to the
general appropriation bill, when it. comes from
the Senate.
The Collector of San Francisco is certain to
be superceded, but not by General Wilson. The
cause is frequent difficulties with foreign pow.
ers, a great number of reclamations from the
French and English t overnments on Collier's
documents.—Spirit of the Timm
fimo=t:
=CI
Kensington par
Manufacturers & Me-
ohanics par
Mechanics par
Moyamensing par
Philadelphia par
Southwark par
Traclesmins . par
Western par
BANKS.
°Below Bruni is a real Upas tree, it is spoken
of in Keppel's work.
.1 send you a twig. It is a
magnificent tree, about two feet or more in diam•
ater, and rising sixty feet without a branch ;
there it spreads with a dense green foliage. The
trunk is, smooth and of a dirty silvery color.—
Upon wounding it, a milky secretion exudes ra.
Willy. I collected some for our cabinet. This
is mixed with other juices, and used is a poison
for arrows. Except when taken internally, or
thrown into the circulation of the blood through
a wound, I believe it is perfectly harmless. If
it were not so, I should suffer, for you know how
susceptible lam to vegetate poisons. I tried to
get enough for a cane. for you, hut could not.—
The only way we obtained the leaves was by
shooting our guns into the lofty branches.-
-Thedeaves. - however, are some curiosity, for I
greatly doubt if there are any others in the Uni
ted States:
Farmers, Reading par
Farmers, Schuylkill par
Farmers and Drovers,
Waynesboro
Franklin, Washing. I
Harrisburg
Honesdale
Lancaster par
Lancaster county par
,Lebanon par
Merchants & Mann lac
' liners ti
ers,_l!ot tsv
Monongahela I
Puitsburg City Scrip 5
Delaware Bridge Co. 15
West Briinch par
Wyomirs . par
York ii
Relief Notes •1
Bank Failures in lingland.—lt is stated in
"Brand's Encyclopedia," that no fewer than two
hundred and forty of the country banks failed in
England and Wales during the years of 1814,
1918 and 1810, occasioning nearly as much dis"
tress, 'loss, hankrUptcy,_apil suffering, as the
great Mississippi scheme of France in 1810.—
During the years 1816 and 1817, a great number
of banks failed in the United States ; many fail.
ed in 1825 also; and the failures in the United
States during the revuliion from 1937 10 . 1842,
amounted to over one hundred and sixty, with
a nominal and pretended capital clover 132,000,-
000 dollars, and circulation of over 42,000,000
dollars.
2, 1950
The "Small 11.11 Lutv."—At the Court of Com
mon Pleas, now in Session at Honesdale, the
brand Jury of Wayne county brought in a Bill
of indictment against the small bill law of this
Slate, as a nuisance, notwithstanding, the charge
of Judge Eldred in favor of the law.
Large Wheat Crop.—lt is believed that this
year stands unrivalled for the average quantity
of wheat raised to the acre; and this supera
bundant growth is not confined to any particu
lar locality or State. -Papers in different States
me noticing unusual crops in their several lo
calities. The Detroit Tribune says the Ohioans
are boasting of a farmer •in Beaver county, that
raised 55 bushels of wheat to an acre, and at
_Fayette 50 bushels. That may be a great yield
for the Buckeyes, but mere past time with a
Wolvereen. The town of Armada, Macomb
county, has turned out her 125 bushels on two
acres. The same paper speaks of a farmer in
Flint, Michigan, who raised this year one hun
dred and seventy-two bushels of wheat on less
than four acres of land. What say our Penn-
sylvania farmers to this? Can they reach that
mark?
The Brazilian Coffee Trade.—Forty- h en years
ago the coffee trade of Brazil did not exceed thir
ty-thousand bags; and even in 1820 it only
reached 100,000 hags. About that time the high
price of coffee in England, superadded to the di
minished production in Cuba, stimulated the
Brazilian planter.: to extend its cultivation ; and
in 1830 they sent to market four hundred thou
sand bags, or sixty-four million pounds; and in
1947 the enormous quantity of nearly three hun
dred millions of pounds.
Affray at Harrisburg —We learn by a letter
from Harrisburg, says the Evening Bulletin, the
particulars of a recent affray near that place, he.
tweed the son of cs• Governor Porter, and a son
of Jacob Seiler, Esq., and Dr. Christian Seiler,
Jr. It scents that the two former were driving
out a few miles from Harrisburg, in a vehicle to
which was attached a horse belonging to Ja-
cob Seiler, and were met by the Doctor, who
seized the horse and ordered them to get aut.—
A scuffle then ensued, in which both young men
were knocked down. Young Porter, on being
struck, inflicted a wound in the Doctor's.abilom
en with a pen knife. The wounds of the par.
ties, are, so far, not considered dangerous.
Twelfth Congressional Dialrirt .—There bids
fair to be a triangular fight in this district.—
Bradford voted for David Wilmot—Susquehan
na for James Lowrey. Tioga county bad
two sets of delegates at the Convention which
met at Towanda, on the 4th, so that both candi.
dales were nominated. •
Extraordinary Reifer.Liir. James Le Compt,
of St. George's, Delaware, has a heifer one year
old laSt spring, which has given four quarts of
nj ;;',; fla ly ever since the first of June last, and
what seems the most surprising, has never had
a calf.
Something in a Thus
.—A Mr. Thiey, a Demo-
crat, was elected to the Arkansas LegislatUre,
many Whigs voting fur him under the belief
that they were voting for a very popular Whig
of the same name. He was the only Demo.
cratic candidate elected in the county.
Minesda.—Hon. Henry H. Sibley has been re
elected delegate to Congress from Minesota Ter
ritory by a large majority. His only opponent
was Col. A. M. Mitchell. The election took place
on Monday of last week, and was on the neutral
platform. .
fortiori of Me Cal.—lt is stated that during the
severity of the cholera at Harper's Ferry, the
cats in large numbers migrated. The night
watch on the railroad bridge saw as high as five
or six cross the bridge of a night. They became
very scarce, and if one was observed at the place,
it would be found on a hill with an air of great
alarm.
Califunda Gold.---the gold shipped from Col.
ifttrnia, since the discovery of the mines, is esti
mated at about 50,000,000 ; mote than one half
of which haS come to the United States. The
last sews report that there is a good deal more of
~ .the same ion."
Gen. Houelon.—Gen. Somme! 41onston, of Tex.
as, was taken seriously 111 on the 14th
with Cholera Morbut. There is but a slight
change in his symr(Gns, and his friends arc ye.
ry anxious about him.
• '- — The Urfa
An East India correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, writing from Sabuan, Sorneo,
says: .•
•
- mal4moms.
re-The reault of the election of 'delegates to
the Constitution al Convention inMaryland is
that 56 Whigs and 49 Democrats have
.been
chosen. .
cKincinnati, it is,thotght, contains 150,000
inhabitants.
la Look out for Counterfeit two dollar notes,
State issues, of the Farmers' Dank of Lancaster.
They are in circulatiOn.
C'Governor Johnston has offered a reward
of one thousand dollars for the apprehension and
conviction of the murderer or murders of Charles
Burd.
M - From the partial returns of the Marshals..
it is estimated that the present population on
Broolclyn is about 100,00, having doubled in fire-
EIMEI
I" . "*The census of the city of Utica IS comple—
ted. The population is 17,544, being an increase:.
of 5,354 since 1845.
EFThe number or cigars consumed in Aus-•
Iris, in 1841, was 9,700,000; and in 1849, no less:
than 59,100,000.
' .. .Sixty-three thousand baskets of ;,.aches sr--
rived in New York on Friday of last week, ands
on the day following, fifty-one thousand. Not ,
less than eight hundred thousand baskets were-
sold in New York during the season.-
10" The population_of_ Harrisburg is about`
8,000.
Igr The Detroit Free Press states' that Mrs.
Miller is now with her mother in Harroramch,
having returned last Sabbath a week. with a.
warm friend of her father, who sought and.
brought her back.
lgrAir. %V. 1. Cutler, late of W ittenburz Sem.
i nary, ghio, has been appointed by the Executive
Committee of the Luthereati Foreign Missionary
to India. .
E.,V*No less than ;:26,000,000 are paid in duty
eve,y year, in Britain and Ireland, for hooter:lade
whiskey; the wholesale cost is $40,000,000. For
beer, rum, wine and whiskey, more money is
spent every year than the whole income of the:
v,nvernment—that which keeps up the immense
fleet and army of the land.
ctr Several .)1* the aristocratic churches inNew
York, which have been closed during the sum
mer in consequence of the upper ten being ab
sent at the watering plates, were _ reopened on
Sunday last. The newspaper announces the
fact and shoW bills after the in:lnner of theatres.
proclaimed it to the public. Great country this.
is getting to be.
or"' an; going to draw this beau into a knot,'
as the young lady said when she stood at the
hymenial altar.
la 6- Sotne of the growers of strawberries for
the London market have as many as twenty.
five acres of the land planted with this delicious
fruit.
Centre, Ohio, n hay was stung in the
mouth by "yellow jacket," and died in twenty
minutes, his windpipe being closed by the swel•
ling.
EV'Two free negroes (blight a duel in New
Orleans on the 27th tilt., with deadly weapons.
Both parties were cowhided and cast in the cala
boose.
reTwn gallons of fine charcoal will purify a
doien hogshentls of water, when the water ha.i
hi, unplensani smeil
(ILower Nazareth, Northampton county, po
pulation, 1297, Upper Nazareth, 1116.
Valuable Lump if Gold.—Nfessrs. Willis & Co.
of Boston. the Post of that city says, have receiv
ed by the Cherokee, from their California house,
a large box of specimens of gold ore and cinna
bar ; also, a single lump of •gold quartz," weigh
ing twenty 7 four pounds, worth about five thou
sand dollars. This extraordinary lump has been
purchased by a returned Californian, who in
tends to exhibit in this country. It is said to he
the richest mass of its size that has yet been dis
covered.
Projected Railroad in e have receiv
ed a report of the proceedings of a public meet.
ing held at Davenport, lowa, for the purpose of
taking measures rot-the establishment of a rail
road in the town which is situated on the west
ern bank of the Mississippi river, to lowa city.
It is designed to be an.extension westerly to the
Mississippi of the line of-railroad two thousand
miles in length, which is expected at no remote
period .to reach that point, beginning at Portland,.
in Maine, and passing through all the inter.
mediate States between it and the Mississippi
river.
A Girl In Boy's Dress.
A gentleman doing business in this city.
in returning to his home in Charlestown,
yesterday, fell in with a fair.looking boy on
the bridge, whom he suspected might not
he what his dress i:::!!`"!!ted. The seeming
boy was accosted to know if be wished em
ployment ; he replied that he did, ar.d ac
companied the gentleman home at his re.
quest. Communicating his suspicions to
his wife, the lady succeeded in getting the
confession that the apparent boy was really
a girl in boy's clothes. The story she gavo
fa her appearance was nearly to this effect..
Her name she gave as Josephine Caroline.
Bryant, 15 years of age, from Bangor, Me..
Iler parents died by cholera lest year, nmb
having no relatives alive except a brother
residing in France, she resolved to obtain.
means to reach him. She came.to this city
about three weeks ago, and subsequently
went to LoWell, where she remained two.
Weeks at different places. Having received
a letter from her brother, she came ,from,
Lowell yesterday, exchanged three Calico
dresses, and one light silk dress, an open
work.straw bonnet and under clothes, for-a
suit of boy's clothes, of little value, at a shop
in Blackstone street, and determined to work
her passage to France. In this dress she
was habited when the gentlemen in 'guns.
tion accosted her. Her brother, She said,
wrote her to meet him at the ~E astern depot.
in France." She was placi , d• in the 'hands of
Constable Greenleaf of Charlestown, and
was provided for at the , Almsqouse. 'Her
appearance is described as being of small
stature, good looking, full face, scar on caeN
cheek, dark auburn hair. She is supposed
to have run away front her horne, and in- •
vented the above story to avoid being
known.--nos/on Pravdter. _
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