tlegista.
COOnlation near 2000.
Allentown, Pa.
9'llOBlllY, NOI'BSIBER 11,1850.
Pir"Thiii, three cent pieces, lately authorized
by Congress to be coined, have been issued
frotit the•mint at Philadelphia.: It is a beauti
ful coin. We hope it will soon get into gene
ral circulation, and chive out the nasty cents
which are FO plentiful just-now.
The Rail Road
We republish the following extracts from a
communication to the Philadelphia North
American, a few years ago, by F.
Roberts, Engineer of Mines. It clearly shows
• the necessity of a Railroad communication both
with the cities of N. York and,Philadelphia, by
way of the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and
Susquehanna, and those:of the south by way
of the revival of a short route from Norristown,
to connect the above line at Allentown. The
Railroad from this place will run up the west
side of the river Lehigh to the village of Le
highton, where it intersects the Beaver Mead
ow road. Four' miles further up the river at
Mauch Chunk, it will connect with the Lehigh
Company mines—the Buck Mountain, Beaver
Mendow_and Ilazleton—and then by way_of
the Quaquske and Catawissa road enters the
east end of the great Mahonoy or Shamokin
Coal Fields. Independent of those Coal tribu
taries already mentioned, this road runs as it
were into the very centre of the great Schuyl.
kill Coal fields, am! will be — the means off
rying at leant one-half of the Coal now trans
ported by railroad and .canal_via Reatling_tt"
Philadelphia; over this road—which will re
duce the price of coal in the east materially, as
the route is from 50 [to 60 miles nearer, and
consequently the freight on coal comparatively
'educed. This with the many other ad vanta
-ges this road would have over any other con
structed in this State, is obvious to any one, who
will take the trouble to investigate the matter
for one moment.
Mr. Rodgers also speaks of the necessity of
a re-survey of the old route from Norristown to
Allentown. This should be - not only talked 01,
but pressed with all vigor by our Philadelphia
Merchant:friendts, if they:are anxious further
to secure to themselves the immense trade of
northerns Pennsylvania. Burin the extract::
"The major portion of the Second or Middle,
perhaps more extensively known as the Ma
honey, or :Shamokin Coal Field, is, and has
been down to the present time, (although it
has long been considered an exceedingly val.
itable coal formation,) shut out from market,
(rem the want of short distances of Railway to
connect it with the Lehigh on the East. lam
of opinion that the means now being employed
to make this very necessary connection, will
be attended with success; and that in the course
of two years, or less from the present lime, this
unparralleled Anthracite formation will be
opened to the markets of the Atlantic by direct
Railway communications to Philadelphia and
New York, via the new line of Railroad now
being constructed through -the State of New
Jersey to Easton on the Delaware, and from
thence to connect with the Quaquako and Cat.
awissa Road, which crosses and :runs along
the North Boundary of the Second Anthracite
Coal Region, and with the Beaver Meadow
and Hazleton Railroads, which rim into the two
Coal Basil's of that name, with the Black Creek
and the other small Coal Basins of the vicinity,
at the eastern end of the great filabanny Coal
Field.
In addition to these means r,f transit the
small Coal Basins above named, with the east
ern part of the Great Altillanoy, will, it is pre.
sumed before long have another Railroad, (and
a.highly important one it is) which %vitt con
nect these very valuable Coal Basins, contain
ing the most pure Anthracite in the world, with
the city of Philadelphia ; for it is under r:on
t trnplation to resurvey, and tiling into public
notice forthwith the chartered line of Railroad
to connect Norristown on the Schuylkill with
Allentown on the Lehigh, The length of line
of Road required to connect these two import
ant manufacturing towns, is about 40 miles,
' through a country abounding in minerals of
different descriptions—copper and lead, with
hnemetite and magnetic iron ores. This line
of Railroad will place the Coal formations at
the eastern end of the Mahoney Coal Region
nearer to the city of Philadelphia than many of
the white ash collieries are in the Schuylkill
Coal Region—the Coal may be mined cheaper
in the former, than it can in the latter—and it
is well known and justly appreciated as being
of a far superior quality.
For a long time past I have had a desire to
key something of ihe great value of the second
noel field, not only in consideration of the nu.
a:irons strata of minerals it containsof coal and
lion, but of the inestimable and incomparable
pure quality of die coal, and the advantageous
position of the veins for economical milling;
and likewise of the geographical situation of
the cool field for supplying, at as cheap rates
as coal cah be supplied from either of the other
iteo anthraci to regions of Pennsylvania, the ex
.:tansive iron making establishinentsand mane
,factories on the Susquehanna and on the Le
high, with the markets of Philadelphia, New
York, !Boston, and the cities of the East, and
those of Oaltimore, Washington and the cities•
tai the South, But I have been detained from
whiting thereon by the absence of sufficient
data of actual workings and exploration in the
coal veins to prove such statements as I should
have occesicut to make, in giving a description
of the geology of much an extensive coal field
Who riecond • Antbrabi to region of this . Stale,"
The Fallacy of Free Trade
We find the following article in the Wiscon
sin Commercial Advertiser:
"A Toronto (Canada) paper estimates the
oriilus wheat crop of Canada at 7 ; 000,000
bushels more than that of last year, which was
4,000.000, making 11,000,'000 bushels."
'Western farmers may well ponder upon
such.si statement as this, (true as it undoubted
ly is) and ask themselves, what they are to
gain by the free admission. of Canadian pro
ducts, to compete with those of their own
farms. Eleven millions of bushels of wheat
for export this year, from :Canada ! That is
something for the grain growers of .the UMled
States to think of.
The Free trade pre.sses gill soon begin to
'_et their eyes open. When they:succeed in
tearing down the home market, and to allow
Canadian wheat to come hi free of duly, our.
Lehigh county farmers will begin to "ponder"
antrwill see the necessity of protecting Amer
ican labor, whether it is employed in Agricul
tural. or Mai ufinturing products. The above
extract strikes particularly at the Farming in
terest. -
Election Returns
New York.--It is considered neatly certain
that the following State ticket, being the one
adopted by Anti Renters, is elected:
Governor.—Waz‘hington Hunt, w•hig.
Lieutenant Governor.—Sandford E. Church,
democrat.
Canal Commissioner. Ebenezer Blakely
whig.
State Prison Inspector.—William P. Angel,
democrat.
Clerk of Appeals.—Chailes S. Benton ; Bern.
Congress.—The Whigs have elected 17, the
Democials 15, two Districts remain in doubt.
Senate.—The higs have 17, the Demo
crats-15.
Mouse.—The Whigs have 84, the Democrats
44, and two Independents.
New Jersey.—The Democrats have elected
Foil, as Governor with over 5000 majority—
four out of the five Members of Congress.
In the State Senate the Democrats have 10,
and the Whigs 10.
In the House the Democrats have 30 and
the IVlngs 28 member.
ll'isconsin. Free Soil and one regular
Democrat are elected to Con rocs.
Child Drowned
Ou the 22d of October,a little girl, about two
years of age, the daughter of Mr. Owen Har
mony, in Nunth Whitehall township, Lehigh
County, accidentally fell into a small stream of
water, while at play, near by the house, and
drowned. The child had been missing but a
very short time, and when search was made,
it was found in its watery grave.
A New Store
➢ir. Moody's Lace Storeseems to be attract.
Mg a good deal of attention, and we think
there must be some reality in what even• one
says about his cheap goods. Ile seems to have
a handsome stock of Fancy Goods, and believe
a store of his kind might be well supported in
Allentown. Call and see his goods at any
ram, he has just received a fresh supply and
says he is determined to sell cheap. lie is to
be found one door west of the New York Store.
New York Custom House
The imports of Merchandise at this port are
about two millions larger than in October last
year, and the imports of Specie a million larg
er. Compared with October 1818, the amount
of merchandise imported is Scry largely in
creased. During the pa-4 lout months the in
crease in merchandise is $10,839,605 ; and in
specie $7,567,769. The exports of the month
of October also show a large excess over Oc
tober of last year, and are nearly as large as
those of September, 1850, when the amount
was unusually large. The large exports of
Domestic produce is an encouraging leamre,
and shoe• an inciewie of nearly three millions ;
as compared with alober 18 19, and aro near,
ly equal to the aggregate exports of October
18.18 and 18.19. The amount of receipts at
the Custom llouse in October was t'..2,119,533,
and for the ten months $•25,418 66 against
:19,502,408 same time in 1819.—Witson'sDiT.
For the Supreme Bench
The "Lancaster Intelligencer,': (Democrat)
names Strong, of Betts, Bell ; of Chetmer, Wood
ward and Conyugham, of IA zerne, Black, of
Somerset, Champnoys and Lewis : of Lances.
ter, Thompson, of Erie, Hepburn, of Comber.
land, and Findley and Parsons, of Bhila . dolphia,
in connection with the eleittion ut Judges of the
Supreme Court.
New Diving Bell
A newly iuvented Steam Diving Dell float is
perforating tvonders on the western waters in
. rescuing properly from Etuiken vessels. It has
been at work ut the wreck of the steamer
Charles Carroll, and in ' about three or tour
weeks the entire cargo in the hull, consisting
of some 4500 barrels pink rind lard, was taken
out, and finally the hull itself was raised and
removed from the channel of the river, to
which it had formed a very serious obstruction.
This extensive job completed, the boat pia•
ceeded to the Ohio, where the machinery and
boilers of a sunken boat were taken out. -
Thence she was directed to the spot, a short
distance below Cairo, where the steamer Nep
tune sunk, thirty years ago, and with a dive
of fifty-five feet, a number of articles were
rescued, which were considered hopelessly lost.
The iron chest of the bout, containing sundry
articles and a docket book filled with what
were once bank notes, were among the contents
of the chest, but they disappeared us soon us
brought in contact with the air, and nothing re
mained but the tall - skin in which they were
enveloped: About five hundred pigs of lead,
in a good slate of preservation, Were also taken
from the deep, and a jar,of , butter,' the oldest
now extant--Pvbiie Lcdger. '
Election of Judges
The amendment of the Constitution han
been adopted by a vote approaching to unam
imity. It is a very important alte ration. And
like all changes in a fundamental law, to main?
it work well will reqUire the utmost care and
circumspection of the whole people, in starting
it into practical operation.
At the nest general election all the Judges ol
the State have to be elected ; and every branch
of the Judiciary, thus chosen supersedes the
old one in December, 185 t.
Every man iti the State entitled to vote ought
to think of it anxiously; and commence at
once the scrutiny for fit candidates. For he
will perceive, that on him rests 'the duty of
casitog his ballot, in October next, for five
proper persons to compose the Suprema Court,
as well as for President Judge and Associ
ates for his own county and disuiet.
To enable the voter to enquire as to suit
able men, and select tmdtcrstandingly, he ought
to adopt certain principlel to Wilde him' in .
his choice. To form a correct judgement ol
who would snit, the Standard requisites _Ol
judicial character must be fixed in the milld
with which to compare men as they are thought
of or are brought into view as proper candidates.
And now as to those qualifications fitting
a man for a Judge :—The essential requisites
are—first of all—honesty, undoubted integrity.
Second, moral courage, firmness of mind and
purpose ; the capacity to draw just conch:.
sions uninfluenced by temporary clamor, or
thought of self; the mental power to follow
truth lead where it !nay. Third, strong com
mon sense, that tact of judgement by which a
man 01 well cOustituted mind, guides judi•
ciously his own conduct. %Vid - int this fluent
ty no man is fit fur a great public agent, and
least cif all a Judge. The visionary, teamed or
unlearned, SO far horn capacity to guide oth
:
ers, almost needs a guardian to keep himself
from straying.
These three, theo,—lionestyi - courafze, - eonr- -
mon sense—are essentials. Destitute or defi
cient in any one of these, no man is qualified
to be a judge over the tights, liberties and prop.
erly of his fellow men.
The next thought subordinate are requisites
to make a perfect Judge; and are three in
number also. First, thorough legal training.
Second, great industry. Third entire sobriety.
The lira three are essentials, wanting which
no man need be thought of, except to dismiss
him from thought, as one of the number from,
whom choices are to be made.
The last three are requisites, though not ab
solutely essential. A man pos , essed of the
first thiee, might be a tolerable judge, without
thorough knowledge of the fall'. lle would,
if industrious, improve and become in a shrill
tittle compe:ent; in a few years well vets
ed in legal lore. Vet it is a qualification to
be sedulous sought for, and obtained if possi b le.
So too : a man without very great Indust')
may get along. But he cant scarcely do hi
duty as a judge. And it betokens a careless
ness of consequences :liking therefrom, al'.
proaelting to dishot.esty, to lark the toinisi.e
industry in a jodicial station.
Thy negative qualitieations ofrobriety need
but be mentioned. Its orpo,ite is a species
of insanity, sell•imposed. A man somctimes
intemperate, may possibly be a good judge.—
But it is a growing. unseemly vice ally where ;
unpardonable on the bench, and tending to de
grade the body and deprave the mind. A Call-
Lions people would avoid such - a choice.—L«n
ca,ster Examiner.
Judge Berrien's Speech
We learn hem the "Charlec.ten Sun" that
Judge Berrien made a speech at Macon on the
16t instant, in which he declared that he could
not desire that the Georgia V(3116,111 which
will be kioon held, should propose on•iiiter
course, as that would be an unePuitc.;iknial
act, nor an import tax on goods of No:themi
manufactures comin' info the State, as that'
would be equally so. Ile thought that the best
course the Convention could adept, would be
to recommend, for the ratification of the pen.
ple,, a law by which Notthem goods ; after they '
hail arrived itt Georgia, and had been deliver
ed into the hands of the tr.erchants, should Le
charged with a high and di , ctitninative tax.—
The Judge thought that, by this measure, the
importation of Northetn Goods would be great•
ly abridged, Georgia manufacturers would be
e:wouraged, and the Northern producer 6 vould
be awakened to a sense of 'the po‘‘er of the
South to protect their own interests.
The views are nut at al! tell:lied by the
Snn. It says :
"The Judge, in his extreme desire to avoid
the contemplation of f•ccestivn, has pe:mitted
himself to efitenain propositions and theories'
%%hose klly and fallacy would eke have been
tippet ent to his vigorous and healthy unitid.—
But at last lie Will have to look at this severe,
we admit, but only certain remedy, with un
lahei ing countenance, and nauseous as he may
now choose to think it, he ‘s ill be compelled
to bwallow the dose it he would save the body
politic."
XL:mdh.—We a re . mlot med, says the Easton
Argus, that the Nazareth Moravian Society, has,
in effect, abolished the ancient practice of con.
fining the owner Ship of Lands in that village and
neighborhood to members of the Society. A
similar step was taken by the Bethlehem Socie•
ty mime time • ago, and it had the effect of
proving that borough at a rapid rate. We have
no doubt it will give such an impetus to the
growth of Nazareth, as to gratify even those u ho
were prejudiced against the change.
Gen. Scott.—Thc , •fleading Journal" says there
are hundreds of papers that will be ready, when
the proper time arrives, to run up the name of
the distinguished hero of two wars; and
dreds of thousands of people, from Maine to Tex
as and California, who will respond to his nom
ination with a shout of approval and an eager,
steadfast determination - to do all in their rower
to.promote his
.T.nterestineßpminisoene:
The Albany livening Journal of Salimlay, No
rember Ist, has the following intetesting remit-
MEM
Twenty.five years ago this day the Erie Ca.
nal was announced as navigable from Lake Erie
.to the Hudson River. On the 26th of October,
1825, eight years and four months from the time
the work,commenced, the Erie Canal was com
pleted, and on that day the "Seneca Chief," with
De Witt Clinton, , , then Governor of this State,
Lieutenant, Governor Talltnadge.and7varions
Committees on' board, left Buffalo fttr the flub
son River. Along the entire line of the Canal,
within hearing distance of each other, heavy ar
tillery were placed, and the starting of the "Sen
eca Chief" from Buffalo was carried to the City
of New York as fast as sound could travel...and
by the same means it was announced in Buffalo
that this great event was knowto in New York.
This was before the present mode of communi,
eating information by telegraph had been
known ; but the plan was so well executed that
in one hour and thirty minutes from the firing of
the first gun . at Buffalo, the echo was heard in
New . :York — and - returned - to - Bufialo. It fta - s o
day of great rejoicing throughout the State; and
the arrival of the "Chiet'"at the various places
along the line•was signalized with great pomp
and splendor. Every city and village had pre
pared its festival, and throughout the whole line,
Iran the Lake to the Ocean, it was a voyage of
triumph. On the second :of November the
"Seneca Chief" reached this city, eight days front
Buffalo, and on the fonrth site arrived in the
city of New York. When' the fleet which was
composed of the "Seneca Chief" anti several
steam and other craft from Albany, New York,
anti other places on the river, reached Sandy
Hook. Governor De:Witt Clinton proceeded to
perform the ceremony of commingling the %ra
ters of the hake with the Ocean, by pouring n
keg of Lake Erie water into the Atlantic, when
he delivered the following address:—"This sol
etnnity.at this place, on the first arrival of veso
sels.froon Lake-Erie, is-intended-lo-indicate and
commemorate the navigable communication
which has been accomplished between our Med.
iterranean Seas and the Atlantic Ocean in about
eight years, and to the extent of more than four
hundred and twenty-five miles, by the wisdom,
public spirit, and energy of the people of the
State of New York; and may
- the God of the
Heavens and the Earth smile most propitiously
on this work, and render it subservient to the •
best interests of the human race."
Individual• Exertion
It has occurred to us more tharLonce that the•
reasons why so many individuals fail in life, and
are always complaining of their ill luck. or at
tribming their adversities to °something, wrong"
i❑ the organization of society, is because they
depend too little upon themselves and are 'con
; stantly looking to others. Nothing can be done
n•iw without a combination ; whereas, all that is
groper anti feasible, can be accomplished by
individual talent, industry and exertion. The
great argument against charters is, that they
confer special privileges upon one class to the
injury of individuals; and yet combinations, as
suming to themselves special privileges, to
which they force the rest of the community to
submit, are common, and nut only tolerated, but
advised and supported. A 'Serious objection to
these latter combinations is that they destroy
individual character, independence and enter
prise. The members of these combinations lose
their self.reliance, and gradually learn to lean
entirely upon the society to which they belong.
Besides they are taught to look upon society as
an at iiticial scheme to oppress them, against
which they unite and are continually to go arm,
cd in order to enforce their natural rii:lo,; :
Whereas, society is but an imperfect state of be
ing, wheresonly little rest and peace can be ex.
pecttil, except they arc derived from constant
employment, undeviating virtue, and a self will
ed contentment of mind. The idle and the wick•
ed cannot be happy, whereas the industrious and
virtuous will tit ver be called to beg their bread
sod can stand upright before kings. Honest hide.
pendence is preferable ton dishonorable depend
ence upon the pension of any association.—.D.m.
Astounding Freak of Nature
• On Friday last, rut old -lady, aged 8l years,
died at Lawrenceville, of a disea;..c of the bowels.
A few days prior to her (loath, it was discoverq
that a runtor existed in her abdomen, and on be•
ing asked whether she was willing to have her
holy opened after death, fir the purpose of as
certaining the nature of that tumor, she assented.
Accordingly, immediately 'alter her death, a
post mortem examination was held, and a bony
substance of an oval shape was removed. Upon
sawing through this it was discovered that the
ossified covering was but thin, and that witho; it
was contained a fully developed filiode child !
So pet featly formed was the child in all its part:;,
that no dillictitty, whatever, was found in decid
ing a r ms its sex at once, and froth facts after
wards learned, the woman must have carried that
infant for furl} year.sl.
The cireumAances irlticlt sustain this slippy,
sition arc ti4se:—ller neice, with whom she
lived n'p to the time of her death, distinctly recol•
lects that at one time, her aunt supposed herself
to be enriinte, and went so far as to make all the
preliminary preparations foi the expected little
stiauger; but to the a . .dunishment of all, the in•
tint was never born. About this time her has-
band died, and from that period Atiitil her death,
her general health was good, and she experienc
ed no inconvenience from die presence of the
supposed tumor. The above statement is one of
simple facts. 'I he roost astonishing part of the
whole story is, that a highly respectable physi•
ciao, assures us that the child bore signs of, at
least, a probable recent tiring existence. We
shall not comment on this matter, as we under-
stand a full statement of the circumstances will
soon be publishitl.=/..Pillebure; Jonntal,lof
vein ber 4th.
the bidiana constitutioritil Con.
vention, the Committee on nights and,rrivileg
ges of Inhabitantthave reported an ariicle pm.
Whiting the immigration cif,..negrOes info: the
Stile, and, also their right to hold Tealestate.
Drilling in-Wheat
The West Chester Record says that the Farm
.ers of Chester and I:tificaster counties are begin•
ning to use the drill quite extensively in putting
in wheat. In the finest agricultural sections of
Berks, where the land is even and well tilled,
the new method is also becoming quite popular.
The fields which have been drilled look very
pretty, and those who have tried the old and new
methods, generally give a decided preference to
the latter. The New York State Agricultural
Society claims a superiority fur the drill culture,
as follows the first place,s pecks drilled is
considered by it equal to two bushels sown
broad, cast. 2nd. That it saves labor, as one
man can put in from 10 to 15 acres in a day.-
od. That wheat thus put in is not so liable to be
winter killed, nor subject to the rust, becau‘e
light and heat are adinitted betwern the runes,
which operatc;s as a prevention—that a more
vigorous. growth is attained, and consequently a ;
greater yield in the'crop.
From these recommendations we would con
shier the matter eminently worthy the consider-
ation of our liirmers.
- -The -Michigan - Farmer - testifies - mhat w 0
lions of a wheat field were sewn at the same
time, one with a drill, the other bread cai.t ; the
drilicd portion presented afar more vigorous
and luxuriant appearance, and although the
wheat had not been cut, the difference was esti:
mated at one third increase. The broad cast
portion con,umed a bushel and a half per acre ;
the drilled, but half a bushel."—Rend kT Jute/b
Mahonoy Coal
Several hom•loads of this Coal mined by the
Mahonoy and Shomokin Improvement Compa
ny have been sent to Sunbury for shipment to
New York. It is taken from two veins near
Tievorton. The ,American says, "The speci•
mens now lying upon the wharf are beautiful.—
That brought from one vein is of the rich pea•
- cock - variety. It is much softer than the Schnyl•
kill coal, but partaking more of the bituminous
quality, possesses more inflamability, which pe
culiarly fits it for consumption in steam engines
and forges. It ignites with the ease and burns
with the bright name of the bituminous coal,
while its firmness is sufficient to prevent too rap
id combustion. That from the other vein is .
more compact, contains scarcely any bitumin
and closely resembles the Shamokin coal. The
railroad to connect this coal basin with the Sus
quehanna is not yet completed, mid the coal is
now transported to dhis place in wagons. A sin
gle lump was brought which weighed upwards
dila ton.
Procluniutton hil (lie President. —President Fill
more, under the act of Congress, has isAtted his
proclamation declaring that as the Chilian Gov
ernment has removi.d the discriminating duties
of timnagu and imports levie'd in the ports of that
country, on vessels from the United States, so
much of the several acts imposing discrimina
ting ditties of tonnage and impost within the
United Stares atic, arid shall be, suspended and
discontinued, so far as respects the vessel:: of
Chili, and the produce, manufactures and tiler.
chandise importe,d rate the United :States in the
same,. from Chili and front any other foreign
country aeltaicrer.
Conerni:on.—There is a proposition
before the Indiana Constitutional Convention,
by Mr. Petit, for the abolition of the Grand
Jury. It has elicited very grave attention both
in :mil out Of the Convention, The last intclli•
genee'stated that Mr. Petit had so modified his
proposition as to authorize the Legislature at its
diserction, in five years, to re-establish the Grand
Jury. We tare seen no indication as to the
ptob;ible fate of the movement in the Convention.
v , . Lditor.of the-Frontier
Guardian" says he has a dechh d objection !vibe
nameitem the t that it is derived from
a I ry toil diminutive tribe of Indians who
habit ',titre valley and the surrounding val
leys. Ile hopes that a petition will be sent to
Ceneress to have the name changed, and that
hody will give the citizens of Salt Lake the one
they (Al, use for themselves, ••llr:scttcr," the sig•
nification of virtue and industry.
linv Puy/ gel Narritil in Henry
Wheeler, of GI (Toe county, and Minerva Steely,
of Mareriss in county, wanted to get married, but
their friends didn't want them w. They drove
forty•live miles to Alton in order to escape this
diniculiv, but when they got there found that the
law sternly required a license, which could "nly
be hail from the County Clerk, who resided in
another town. Not discouraged, t'i.ey engaged
a parson and jumped into a skin; and were rowed
over to a small bar in the titer, directly opposite
to Alton, where shortly after sunrise, in the State
of Mo.; surrounded by water, entirely isolated
from the woi Id and the "rest of mankind," but in
,c: l 4 of the whole city, 'they solemnly plighted
thi,fr Both. They returned in a few minutes to
the shore, whet'e the; were welcomed with cheers
by the assembled peop:c.
Cries if &cranirnia:'—The last ~c ry" that C'e
have heard of was invented here in Sacramento
City by a boy, who one evening last week found
he had a quantity of ice cream on hand, which
during the day he had been unable to dispose of.
A rival vender was within a few feet of.him,
tolling his own ice cream to the skies, and, De
mosthenes like, drawing quite a crowd around
his tub. Whereupon, to divert the custom to a
channel more favorable to himself, the boy set
up the cry, °Here's your strawberry ice cream
only 25 cents a glass; that other man's is made
cut o' milk. Here's your ice cream—cure for
coughs, colds, rheumatism and colic."—Saem
nunitu Transcript, Sepl. 90.
Norember.—This was anciently the ninth
month of the year, whence its name, fioin the
Latin ;twin J but when Numa added January
and February, the Mumma had it for the elev.
enth, ca it is now. Tiberius refused to alluw the
isepaio ID call this month alter Isis name.
G'orgia.—lion. Philip Clayton, Second Audi.
tor of the Treasury Department, has received
letters from Mr. Stephens, the member of thins
gross, and others, assuring that the Union
party.will carry every 'country in.lhe:iState of
Georgia' • *. r
GLEANINGS;
LV'Thirty thousand dollars, nearly, have been
collected for the Washington National Mottu-
ment this year.
Fe - Governor Shannon, now in California,
writes to his friends in Ohio, that San Francisco
will contain a population of 80,000 by the next
•.
1111 Ell
far Gen. Winfield. Scott is the choice of ilia
Whigs of Michigan, as candidate for the Presi
dency- in 1832.
I William Curtis, a plasterer at Cincinnati,
has fallen heir to $7,000,00U in England, so
said, but seven millions is a large amount of'
money
'CarCongress meets again in three weeks fr'om
Monday last.
crA lady 'rattled Sowers, recently died at
Columbus, Ohio, aged 116 years.
rP"lttonrne county, Pa., has a population of
13,268. In 1810 it was 6,879. -
When you are beginning to excuse your
faults, you are then beginning to respect them.
Cli7 Pike county', Pa., has a population at pre
sent of 5316. The population in 1810 was 3832.
Inerea - se - 2074.
rt7'Every one's faults are not writtenin their
forehea,k
E 7 xeThe whole number of voters in Kentucky,
as returned by the commissioners of taxes of the
Stale. fur 1350, is 153,099.
1-727'A splendid coach has been built in the
city of New York, and is to be presented to Pre
sident Filhnore by some of his personal and po
litical friends.
Virginia, it k said,•will have but (Me dele
gate to the Nashville Convention—Gen. Gordon,
of Albemarle. •
%✓ New Orleans k estimated to have a pop.
elation Of about 145,000. In 1840 the population
was 102,193.
EirSalt Lake Valley is Said to have a popula
tion of from 23,000 to 23,000, principally Mor.
EMT=
Be rlcs county has a population of nearly
60,000:
12r The population of liartibrd, Connecticut,
is 17,851. In 1840, the population was 12,893.
This' shows an increase of 4958, or about 50 per
IBM
tra - The Indiana Convention have rejected the
proposition to allow negroes the elective Fran.
chile, by a vote of•eyes 1, noes 124.
Cir The census of Wilmington, Delaware,
has been completed, and shows a population of
13,931.
IV The Buchannan anti Bigle r wing of the
democracy seem to he uniting in favor ofJudge .
Black. of Somerset, as their choice rut U. States
Senator.
I.7e*The Payette Whig has the names of pen.
NViofield Scoil and (ov. Wm. F. Johnsion at itv
editorial head fur President and Vice President
in 1852
WaHier !colinty, Texas, has a white pop
laiion of 2605 ; slaves, 12.10; I female slave 110
years odd.
ri?"rhe Whigs of Michigan, at their recent
Si tie Convention, adopted resolutions in favor
of General Winfield Scott for President.
rtirTo stub your toe and fall into the lap of a
good !oohing girl, is quite a pleasant trip.
(.7" It is said that, the foreign population or
Cincinnati exceed that of the native horn.
r_V'The New York Tribune thinks that Hunt
is elected by about 1000 majority,
Convenlitin.—The Virginia' Convert-.
lion have been engaged upon a proposition to,
adjourn over its proceeding until the Ist of Jan.
nary, upon the ground that they could not pros
ecute their labors successfully in the adjustment•
of the basis of representation and the ratio of
taxation, until they had before them the, man-.
tics of die First Auditor on the taxable property
uf.. the State, and the census of the United States.
of the population of each section of Virginia.—
The question was finally disposed of on Saturn
day, when, by a vote of ayes 66, noes 62, it was
agreed to adjourn until the first Monday in,Jart.•
nary next. •
I=l
Arre,x/ed.—OiTicer Fullerton, of Kensington,
says the Philadelphia Daily Times, arrested, its
that district, last week, a man named Joseph Ar-,
nols, who stands charged with stealing a value.,
ble horse from the stable of William Yohn, lit
Reading, Derks county, on the night of the 25th ,
of June last. Arnols was arraigned before Al
derman Mazer, on Tueiday, and committed to ,
answer the then.
South Carolina. Statistics
founded on the tax returns received at the otlice .
of the Comptroller General of South Carolina,
gives the white population at-280,385, and slave
at 058,714.
Foote and Qailman.—Senalar Foote addressed'
a note on the 16th ultimo, to Governor Quitman, , .
challenging him to a public discussion of his
course on the subject of slavery. Quilman•
agreed to the proposition, pot upon Foote's: -
course in the Senate, but in reference to the•
Comprothise bills, and designated the following
Saturday for such discuss.ion, but when that
ctinle it "as convenient for him to•be too unwell
to make good his prvinise, and the tilt was in cone
sequence postponed indefinitely.
Supremacy of the Law.—The Washington Re
public expresses the belief that at the South as
well ns at the North, all the laws will he execu
ted; rind adds the declaration;we know that if
they are subverted or successfully resisted in any
quarter, it will not be flout' any hesitation on the
part of the President to emplotall the powers
with which he is Invested to maintain the Con
stitution and to preserve the Union. •
The Seminole Indians.—lloolah Toochee, one
of the Seminole delegation from Arkansas, who
was 'deputed to persuade the remaining Indianti
to emigrate, not succeeding satisfactorily, has
stolen away the wives of Sam Jones, the Semi- ••
nole chief. and nine children, (his whole family/'
and they will be sent to; Arkansas. • This aingit-:
lar movement, which none but en Indian wo.tild
have thought of; may likely subdue all furiher
oppoaltion, 'on the: part of Sam4opes taut hia •
friends, to.eatigrition, which thiy . l4visiklotie
resisted: Houlati Teiciebe topic brOdeofp4iitY
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