tact is obeyed. Talent is honored with ap probation ; tact is blessed with preferment. Place them in the Senate—talent has the ear of the house, but tact wins the heart, and gains its votes. Talent is fit for employment, 'but tact is fitted for it. It has a knack of :81IPp,ing.into place, with a sweet silence and !glibttets m . of movement, as a billiard ball in sunieOtself into the pocket. It seems to know every thing without learning anything. It has served an invisible and extemporane ous apprenticeship. It wants no drilling. It.noverx : ianks in the awkward squad. It has rtoTek hand, no deaf ear, no blind side. It_puts:xin - no looks of wondrous wisdom, it 'has'rth2tfir of profundity, but plays with the cletills of place as dexterously as a well Vaught hand flourishes over the keys of the ' - piano forte. It has all the air of common place, micl all the force and power of genius. It can change sides with a key presto move ment, and be at all points of the . compass, while talent is ponderously and learnedly changing a single point. Talent calculates clearly, reasons logically, and utters its ora cles with all the weight of justice and rea son. Tadt refutes without contradicting, puzzles the profound, without profundity, and without wit outwits the wise. Set them together' on a race for popularity, pen in hand, and tact wil ldistance talent by half the course. Talent brings to market that which is wanted ; tact produces that which is wished for. Talent instructs, tact enligh tens. Talent leads where no one follows ; tact follows where the humor leads. Talent is pleased that it ()tight to have succeeded ; tact is delighted that it has succeeded. Ta lent toils for posterity, which will never re pay it ; tact catches the i• assion of the pas sing hour, talent builds fur eternity ; tact on a short lease, and gets good interest. Ta lent is a good thing to talk about, and . Le proud of, but tact is useful, portable, always alive, always marketable. It is the talent of talents, the avrtiableness of resources, the applicability of power, the eve of discrimi nation, the right hand of intellect. The Overland Emigration of 1850. SACRAMENTO, CALMMNIA, Sept. 10 After enduring what no man should for gold alone, (not one in a thousand would do it the second time,) I ain in California. Throughout the entire route we main tained about a center position in the Emigra tion. Probably a few remarks regarding its condition would nut be uninteresting to your readers. The last SOO miles travel was attended with comparatively no sickness. I did not notice a dozen graves the entire distance ; Packers reported a terrible sickness behind, the truth of which I don't vouch for. -"File most sickly part of the route we passed over was on Sweet Water. The Emigration receives molestation from no Indians but the "Diggers" of Shoshone tribe, and I have not seen or heard of an emigrant but lost more or less stock by them. Hundreds had every hoof taken, and were obliged to foot it the balance, of the distance. I know of five or six lives being lost in skirmishing with them in endeavoring to ncover stolen stock. An extreme amount of suffering attended the latter end of the route, fur want of Pro visions, and as half are still behind, unless succor meets it, there will be great suffering. Thousands were entirely destitute and were obliged to make that distance with no other means of living but upon the roots, berries and small game they could pick up, and the charity of emigrants. . Many, hav ing no money to buy and too proud to beg, lived for a month on raspberries, &c. In fact, those who had no money and made known their situation, got along better than those possessing money, for•ihe latter were always refused, hoping they would soon find those possessing provisions to exchange for money, while no such excuses could be urged nganst the importunites of the former. • • I know of no actual case of starvation, be catse there seemed to be united feeling and interest among all Californians, that would not permit another to suffer while there wits meat to divide. On Carson River the nee dy. aet a Relief Station, established by citi zens of California. The Overland Emigration must indeed reap n golden harvest to repay it for its ne cessary sacrifices, its losses, and the hard ships and privations experienced. Permit me to give you a single scene. The entire route presents a similar aspect, though not quite so frightful in its features. Many believe there are dead animals enough on the Desert (45 miles) between numb* Lake and Carson River, to pave a road the whole distance. We will make Cmoderate estimate, and say there is a dead animal to every five. feet left on the Desert this season, which would make about 45,000 head. This numbdr, at the low average of $5O for horses, mules and cattle, would pro duce over 2,000,000 ! I counted 153 wagons within one and a half miles. Not half those left were to be seen, being burnt to make lights in the night, &c. Before all is over, there will be ns many ns 100 %vegans to the mile, which at $lOO make $450,000. Then the Desert is strewn with all other kinds of property—tools, clothes, crockery, harness, &c., &c., and there cannot be left on this Desert this season less than $3,000,000 of property. No emigrant upon reflection will dispute this., My short-residence hero will not justify me in making anTremarks upon the coun try ; but this I know, Sir, that California of 1840 is not California of 1850. A great change has taken" place, and this year's emigration is most egregiously disappointed,. Surface mining yields nothing near the amount it did last year. Labor rates from $2 to $5 per day, and hundreds are work 7 ing for their board ; .but the latter are dsu nlly the necessitous, possessing neither mon ey, tools, nor provisions to go to work with, and consequently compelled - to accept any ail. • ' A word more and 'I am done. Let all who will . come to California come .by the Isthmus, this way ;Ileing the cheapest, most expeditious, and attended with less risk to life and fortune. Yours, 4c. L. M. W. i.rthe Ilegi9ter. _ • Circulation near 2000. Alleatown, Pa. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, MO. V. B. PALMER, Esq., N. W. cornet of Third and Chesnut streets, Philadelphia, and 169 Nas sau street, (Tribune Buildings,) New York, i 3 our Mitborized Agent for receiving advertise- - ments and subscriptions to the Lehigh Register and collecting and receipting for the same. Fire Companies' Parade The several Fire Companies of the Borough of Allentown, will have a Firemen's Mimic; on Saturday next, at 1 o'clock in the after. noon. They will be out in full uniform, their Engines appropriately -decorated, and march through the principal streets in town. At 6 o'clock they will partake of a Firemen's Repast at the house of Col. Eli :73:Mei. We have no doubt the precession wi:l make a very imposing appearance, as the cornpa• ores have labored hard for some lime in put ting their apparatus in the best and most beauti ful order. A large crowd of people from the country will no doubt be in town that day, and we dare say, that none will regret having been present on this intorcAing, occasion. Sudden Death I'Lter Iluxu•urfh, Esq., an aged and well known resident of Alonig,omery county, near Lino Lexington, died suddenly in his field, on Monday tlio UM instant, from an attack of appoplexy, while hauling corn-fodder. lie had hold of the bridle rein of one of his horses when lie fell, the wagon passing over him ; but being lightly loaded, would not have caused Iris death. Ills pulse was felt a few moment:4 after he fell, bill it had ceased to beat. Though at tho advanced age of seventy-five, he was an active and s m , eful man. Ile held th e 'cnturnission of Captain during the war tt 151'2, when he was in actual service, and has fin e d several uesponsibie °MVOS in hi native county. Ills funeral was attended by a large concourse of fiends and acquaintan. ces,l\•ho deeply sympathized with the snicker family - who were so suddenly called to mourn the loss of their beloved head. "Thou art gone to the grave! but we will not deplore thee, Fur God was thy ransom, thy guardian and guide : lie gave thee, he tank thee, ,and soon will re store thee, Where the just aro made perfect at Jesus's Fide." MUSTER ROLL Of the Northampton Blues The following is a 'Copy of the muster-roll of Captain F. fohe's company, the "North ampton • Blues," which marched from this place, for Camp Dupont, in the early part of October. 1814, and was in the service of the United States from October 7th to December sth of that yew : John F. Rohe, Captain.. Jacob humor, First Lieutenant.* Solomon Fatzinger, Second Lieutenant.* IVilliam Miller, First Sergeant. William Dobbins, Second. Sergeant*` John Mohr, Third Sergeant. • George Keiper, Drummer. John Klotz, Fifer.* Pal CATER. John Antler,* 23 Jacob Mickly, 2 G. Kauffman,* 21 Sam. Horn, 3 AtiJ. Gaugyvcre,* 25 Wm. Keiper, 4 Isaac Gangwere,* 26 Wm. Weaver, 5 Benjamin Raser,* 27 Charles ‘Veaver, 6 Isaac Gassier, 28 David Hack, 7 David Huber, 29 Henry Gross,* 8 John Wagner, 30 Henry Reinhard, 9 G llaberacker, 31 G. Mert7,* 10 John Good, 32 Adam Godekunst," 11 Charles A. Ptehe, 33 Andrew Klolz, 12 Henry Ebner,* 31 l'eter Eric 13 Jacob Mohr, 35 William Nciehlein, 1.1 Matthias Swenk, 36 Wm. Giukinger,* I's Daniel Keiper, 37 henry Stinkler, 16 B. Balliet, 38 John Sumner,' 17 Leonard Nagle, 39 Daniel Swander, 18 Abram. Derr,* 40 John Weil,' 19 J. Wilson, - AI Chtistian Seib, 20 .Chas. L. Huller,* 42 John Keep.' 21 Peter Biery, .13 George Spinner. 22 Jacob Hank,* 4-1 Peter Keiper, The names :narked thus (') are dead, The Daily News John P. Sanderson, Esq. has disposed o f hi s interest in the establishment of the Daily Nrws, to Joseph It. Flanigan, Esq. by whom it is no* pmbli-hed Sanderson still aids in the ed itorial department of the paper. it is a decid ed ‘Vhig paper, and worthy cil the support of the Whigs.. Illustrated Domestic Bible The 9111 number of this work has been re ceived. Its character in illustrations and the execution of the work is fully sustained. It is well calculated to obtain an extensive circula tion over the country. The work is to be com pleted in twenty-five numbers, at twenty-five cents each. Samuel flueAon, Publisher, No. 139 Nassau street, New York. %Will the Pub lisher send us No. 8 of the Illustraled.flible? Appointment Mrs. James A. Rice, tube Postmistress in the Borough of Bethlehem. Mrs. Rico is the widow orthe late Postmas ter at Bethlehem. The duties of the office, sinco,the decease of Mr. Rice, have been dis charged by Mr. J. Lerch, Jr., who, we presume will continue to act. Reading "Make it a rule to read a little every day ; even if it be but a single sentence. A short paragraph - will often afford you a profitiolle source of reflection for a whole day. For this purpose keep some valuable paper_or . book al ways within your reach, so that you may lay your hard on it at any moment when you are about the house." We feel as if there was no dangerof too fre quently or too earnestly urging our young friends every where to read more than they do. No young roan ever failed• to be greatly bene fitted by the habit of reading. No man can know much without attentive reading. It is the foundation of everything. A man or wo man who finds time to read cannot fail togrow more learned and better in every respect. It is want of the right kind of reading that makes men ignorant, perverse and tenacious in hold ing bn to old injurious habits and enfant:l 00r young men might read much more titan they do. Every mechanic has abundant time these long mornings and 'evenings for stutlions reading—our young 'women also. V...!:. does the clerk lay on his counter or de:-1: half.the titan idly: and read nnlldulf:? Why ,ri:: 'he farmer boy who can Ilse at four in the m , ;:nine in Summer, when !aka- is most severe, and work till eight in the evening. lie in bCd „hsix now, when Iti..; labor ceases too hours t :o:ier in the evening? Every such boy colt! I '.:,...0 an hour in the Mornimitor vr.u/ing, if` he wi-h-- ed. And who does not know that the ff';! 'i•rj young man makes the best mechanic,..v. l .-M• er he chooses to ;.hove the plain, wiel 1 Ins hammer or tap the Shoe ? Who dm!snot i.. .. X that they become our bast I'leache'..s, : , el, :1- teachers, Physicians, Lawyers and L.'ilor ! All ate aware of I!, then %% by the sloci,3 :to pineness that enthrawls so many? It i- •,ot 1.( because they have not the m»ottunity. ..I:i. y have access to a newspaper, qlt MC ton ildn lent to read it. They hay a quarter for t; c Circus err Theatre, `.% Julel c same monCy would purchase a book, Always keep the word rcad in your minds. Have it written in large letters over the mantle piece, that it may stare you in the face whenever 3 ollgee:; , r •!:e door. We may be enthusiastic on this p ,, i!‘t. There i: no cause to tin so. No active mind can contemplate the apathy and ignoran..:• tlast yet abounds amona us. withont 'twin:" rai.ll - ..... - ..• led to renewed exertion to pu4l en the ca. at pr 0. 0,, The Propagandist, A Serial every other Wednesday, voted to Piaetiral IZ2lorm, E.:Teel:illy in tors of s 1 , 11-edneation, inn chiefly to the and spellin 7 reformation, is publi,lied 'oy Jol.n F. Trow, 19 and 51 Ann street, rs:cw Vork - Stephen P. Andrews, editor. Terms, St per An urn. This sheet promises to he ably con ducted, and will no doubt prove iotoreFtircg .0 teachers and other. Treatment of Scarlet Fever An eminent physician of Washington Citv, Harvey Linth!y, ha• tert..hin-,;;I:1..: .hr• ing treatment for scarlet fever. praed4ed by Dr. Schneemann, Physician to the King of Hanover, ac contained in a recent comber of the London Lancet: "From the first day of the illness, and soon as we are certain of its nature, the patient must be rubbed morning , and evening over the whole body with a piece of bacon, in such a tnanner that, with the exception of the head, a covering of fat is every where applied. In or der to make this rubbing in somewhat easier, it is best to take a piece of bacon the size of the hand, choosing a part still armed with the ibid. that we may have a firm grasp. On the soft side of this piece slits are to be made, in order to allow the oozing out of the fat. The rubbing must be thoroughly performed, and not ton rtiAly, in order that the skin may be regularly saturated with the fat. The benefi cial results adds application are soon obvious, with a rapidity bordering on magic, all, even the most pntal symptoms of the disease, are allayed; quiet, sleep, good humor, appetite re turn, and there remains only the impatience to quit the sick•roorn. . . Railroad to the Pacific The surveys of the routes for a railrend from the Alississippi valley to the Pacific are pro gressing under the orders of the topographical bureau.. Some months since Iwo lines were ( - mimed to be snrveyed from the valley of the Mississippi to Red river, via one from St. Lou is, Alo., Mid another from lake Providence, La., just above Vicksburg, both converging to about Fulton, on the Red river: from this point westward to the Paso de Norte, throng!, the in- dian country, a mere reconnoisance was deem ed sufficient; and' from El Paso to the Pacific, the organization of the MeXican boundary stir- Vey is such as to Pfloot the object. From Lake Providence to Felton, allistauce of 210 miles, a regular survey was made, and the field work finished, nnder the charge of Mr—Side'', the accomplished engineer, who executed thesttr veyss of e Panama railroad. From St. Louis to Fulton a similar survey is still iii progress, and from this point to El Paso a reemmoisance has been made by the officers of the topograpin ical corps. 'IIIC surveys on the southern line demonstrated flaw a wink Was entirely practi cable at moderate cost, whether a railroad or commen road, to both of which the instructions of the Government directed the'uttuntion of en gineers. Between the Mississippi and %Vash. itaw rivers, about seventy. five miles, 1110 Coun try is all alluvial, and from thirty to thirty-five of this the regular Mis-:issippi swamp. Be yond the Washitaw, the country is moderately hilly, with rock in the hills, and this continues, to the Red river. All the stream., however, have alluvial bottoms. ft is n cations fact, that from the eastern bank of this river, the land continues to' rise as the Mississippi is ap proached, until its very banks are reached.— Daily Nam. J. G. Bennet's Opinion of the next Presidints Election. The President making season' comes round once in four years. It opens It year or two Le fore the election. It is now opening. It opens among the newspapeFs, and in all sorts of col ors, shapes and forms, according to the cliques, parties, or motives of the various organs. It was mixed up to some extent in the late elec. lion; but at the next session of Congress it will boil and ferment, and hiss and bubble like a beer barrel. We shall have the season fairly opened with all the gas, clap-trap, and Bun combe of the old stagers ; and all the reports, and speeches, and debates, and resolutions will be offered with an eye to the White House, in 1852. President making is a good business. The cotton• mills and the wool wea vers may sailer from the ad valorems ; the iron business in Pennsylvania may be turned over to the sheriff; tint the Presidential business, based upon the profits of the cnstom house, never fails. It stands upon the same sure ['wa in,: as the cotton trade of the South, or the gold washing's and the dry diggings of Cali fornia. Look at the profi!s. lig.tireA can't ex cept in 11'all.street speculivions upon election returns, or mice of stocks. We have a roofed (-.racy of thirty-one Stme-- . stretelling front the l'.o ilia to the Atlantic, horn the icebergs to the ~ n ar plantations—and are po,hing hard upon twenty-live millions of people, soon to he thir ty, :old forty, and fifty, if we keep the peace in the family. The revenues of the Federal disbur, , e,hio the spoil...of (Alice, and in the leal,inas, and pickings, mad 61eal- M• 4 ,, will amount hereafter to at least tifty year, scattered all over the country, from the !'resident down to the jastiee of the peare, who gets hi. fi.v.p or ten dollars fee won a runaway Me„ - gcr. Fifty millions a yea' I . Equal for two dollars all round, to every mall, vtmmati, and child in the Union. rut the par. ty getting the Piesident take; the pile. A botched and fifty thousand Mike holders collie in for share'', big mol little and the prize mon ey thus divided, includim4 the women m i d chihlten, tapports nt lea,t half a million of people, exclusive of the Fretmli larc c mac,e.mo. pianos, pet pont:lo: - , and icy :tvr t:oppers. In tier ymtr:, the profit; of tho , run no to too hundred What a hatih! The campaign for 1552, with these 000,000 at stake, opens fit,t with the newspa pers, then is Congrei , s, then all over the coun try. Isn't it rich ? Now what.are the elements al work ? Who are to be the candidates? And first, who is larenitEA among the doinocrary? General C:ISS is undoubtedly ahead, Mr. Buchanan is close after him, and the Cuba speculators are push ing General Ilouston into notice. But appear ances lead to the suspicion that General Cass may be stealthily cast overboard, as Van Bu ren was in '-11, and that all the standing dish es will be ruled out, and a net.v man, that no body ran ;those, because nobody will know an:ol6l.g about him, may Le taken no, just as Colonel. Polk was nominated and elected. The Whigs have three prominent men in the field—Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and General Scott, to say nothing of Mr. Fillmore, who pro fesses to have none of the lofty aspirations,ol John Tyler in tlns same position. Gen. Seou would be their most popular man for New Yolk or New Jersey., by all odds; but the whig patty in the North is so cut up with Sewardism, land reform, woman's rights, and the Stratford mysteries, that it is extremely doubtf u l wheth er they will be able to get any r•undida!e who will cotton to the whigs of the South. If they cant, they will be without ally regular candi• dale at all. Scrubs, then, will be their only chance. But that will only make the matter worse. A scrub race. throwing 'the election in the [louse, will kill the whig.v stone dead— neither of .the old parties will kick after it.— The only chance for either is in a strong na tional candidate upon national principles; but that is a difficulty of the worst kind, and God only knows how they are to gel over it. in deed, both parties are FO cut up by sectional cliques and squabbles, that even in the House of lleprc;sentatives there is no telling the exact result. There we shall have tiro revel- MGM NVe ale just in the opening of the President making season. Everything is in conflision and chaos. There is a deep movement on foot for General Scott, but, if he is wise, he will have nothing to do with it. hle has glory enough, and honor enough, to satisfy the high , est . ambition. While the hesidency could add nothing toil, the fate o 1 Harrison and Taylor shoold be considered as prophetic. Let the agitators, the politicians, and the demagogues, the insiders and outsiders, have the squabble to ihethselves for a while. Both parties will have trouble enough—the whigs with the northern nullifiers, and the democrats with the Southern seceders. The Southern ultras may possibly refuse to mix in the contest. at all, or they may have a candidate of their own ; and then, they ninny dictate • the candidate of the llonse ; and the chances are that the Nashville Convention movement will catty the day. The whole bu siness, front beginning to end, nullifiers, sece ders, land reformers, abolitionists, whigs, and democrats, are now in a state of ferment : and the gas mint be let oil at the coming ses sion before anything definite can. be under stood. . Our duty and our policy aro plain and sim , pie. We shall stand guard—we shall watch— we shall praywe shall superintend the pro ceedings.. We shall not enter a candidate this time. It don't pay—it is a losing business to a man whose time is better employed in watch ing thu-tricks of the game. We prefer the hum- WE; post of a man-midwife ; when the republic is in labor; and while we shall assist in the accouchment, we shall not be responsible for what the struggle may bring irr the world, whether it pay be Another Old Hickory, or any other victim for the political hacks at Washing ton. The season opens in a thick mist; but the.political equinoctial has yet to come. The theme is rich—very rich—rich as cream. We see an opening in the fog. We are entering a new political cycle. Old things are dying out. The Union will stand, hut whigs and demo crats will go down among the ruins of 1852. The breakers are ahead. It looks like a scrub race—and that the Nashville Convention ultras will yet put in their own man ler next Presi dent in 1852 Awful Murder. An awful murder was committed this morning under the following circumstances. • A German, an acquaintance of one of his countrymen who kept a beer house at 51 Dcv street, was given lodgings for Thursday night, and at 2 o'clock o. Friday morning got op and stabbed the keepe and two sons in bed, killing the father instantly, and wounding one of the suns so badly that his life is despaired of.' The other son may recov. er. The bodies were all taken to the Third Ward Police Station. The murlerer knew that the keeper had some three hundred dollars in his house, which is supposed to account fur the act. Furl4er Parrodanq.—Never perhaps, has a more diabolical, wilful and deliberate minder been perpetrated" than the one we are about to record, which [lectured this morning at two o'clock, at the house No, 51 Dry street, occupied by a Belgian named Charles Maria Rousseau and his family, who have lived there hnt-mshort time. During their sojourn at that place, they have occasionally been visited by one of their countrymen. named Henry Carnal, who of late had ascertained that his ft lends had neatly 5250 in ready - money laid away for (tome ttse, which it seems he had determined to, use desperate means if necessary to obtain. I. evening, shortly before o'clock, Carnal arrived from Newark, N. J., and being mior and having in view the money in question, he applied to hi; benefactors for slipper and a night's lodg. ing. The elder Rousseau objected to his staying all night, but his two antis Louis and Charles consented, and said :hat Carnal might sleep in the room With them, and for that purpose hid a mattress on the floor on he was to sleep. All thin zs being ready, the two brothers above mentioned and the mord:Ter altered ai about o'elool;, ail „f whom my qui e tly mud :1 o'clock !hi: morning, when (' c arnal eamiously arose, I took front a private pocket a ',love dirk knir: awl ,mt4,ll,,mis in the addiimen inflicted an awful wound through which the cntraih: protruded in an instant. The cr:e3 of the wounded man aroused his broihor Chaties, who vas struck in the neck and side with the weapon, through which wounds the blood furred ill tot rents. The father and a young er son, who were sleeping in another room, heard cries f r assistance, when the former jumped out of bed, seized a burollelof knives and spoons,. which were tied 'together, and went to the rims• of his sons, immediately on entering which he came in contact with the fiend Carnal, who stabbed him hi the neck, severing the jugu lar vein. The three wounded persons then fled to tile street and gate the alarm, after which the old gentleman fainted from loss of blood, sunk on the pavement, where, in a few moments, he was fount by officer McCullough, perfectly dead, his head supported in the lap of one of his sons, while over his dead -body stood the other son whose affection fur their murdered parent, not withstanding their own awful condition ; con strained them to not leave him alone. . Dr. Munson Jones, residing at No. HS Charm hers street, was at once called, and came prompt ly to the dreadful scene. He dtessed the wounds of the IWO yoring men, and remlet : ed every assist ance in his power to alleviate their sufrerings.— Ile thinks their recovery next to impossibility. After everything possible was done for the suf ferers, they, with their lamented parent, were conveyed to the 3d Ward Station House, where Capt. I h made evrry exertion to aid the sufferers. The awful wretch who perpetrated the crime was not discovered until daylight, when he was found and arrested by the above named officer, in the rear. yard of Mr. Andrews, No. 47 Dey street. Coroner Geer was called to hold an ingtiest on the body of the deceased, who is Gn years of sac. The testimony in the main is as above stated.— Verdict not yet rendered.—Ntw Yurle. EaTrcss, Norett:ber 15. Nusic in Man.—The universal disposition of human beings, from the cradle to the d'e'ath bed, to express their feelings in measured Cadences of.sotind and action, proves that our bodies are constructed on musical principles, and that the harmonions working of their machinery depends on the movements of the several parts being timed to each other, and that the destruction of health, as regards both body and mind, may be well described as being out of tune. Our intel lectual and moral vigor would be better sustain ed if we more practically studied the propriety of keeping the sou: in harmony, by regulating the movements of the body; for we should thus see and feel that every affection which is now con nected with social enjoyment, is also destructive of individual Comforts, and that whatever tends to harmonize, also tends to promote happiness and health. Who is to be our next Gurernor.—By the Con stitution of Massachusetts it will devolve on the House of Representatives, on the failure of a choice of Governor by the people to select two of the candidates from the four who may receive the greatest number of the votes of the people. Three of these candidates will of course be Gov. Briggs, and Messrs. Boutwell and Philips, and it is not improbable that Mr. John P. Bigelom: will be the fourth. In this event the anti-`,Tnig House will have it in their Power to send to the anti. Whig Senate, the ',lame of Air. Bigelow; in which event.':ne letter gentleman would stand an exec.lieni chance of being elected. Stranger things have happened. Mr. Bigelow would be a highly popular and acceptable chief magistrate. Mr. Bigelow's chance is certainly much better, than it was the morning after the Paneuil Hall meeting, by Which he was nominated.—Buston Transcript . A Thrilling Scene. The thrilling Tiger scene described below oc• culled at Toronto, (Canada) some time ago: „ An affair occurred at our exhibition on Tues. day last, of the most intensely exciting and ter , rific description, and which, but for the intrepid ity, daring and presence of Van Amhurg, would _ certainly have resulted in the horrible 'death of our old friend, Mons.. Hidralgo. The circum stances were as follows: At about nine o'clock in the evening, Ilidralgo went into a cage in which bad been placed our largest Panther, the Bengal Tiger, the African Lioness, the Spotted Leopard, a Cougar, and the Hyena. The exhi.. bition proceeded, and Ilidralgo seemed to have the animals completely under his control, and the audience seemed to be both delighted and in , terested at the daring of the ...lamer.” The per formance had progressed very nearly to its close, op , when. from ,some unaccountabl e cau e, the Ti, ger became sulky, and refused to leap He struck him with a whip, which so enrage the furious beast, that breaking through all discipline, and with one bound and a yell of fury that terrified the audience, he rushed upon Hidralgo, and brought him to the flow' of the cage. He could do nothing—he had lost all control over the brute. Every thing was in confusion, women fainted, others , screamed in terror, children cried, nod the men seemed paralyzed. It would have been all up with poor Hidralgo had not Van Am burg, who was on the other side of the arena, rushed to the spot ; in an instant he was in the cage, and in less time than it takes me to write - -itihe-had-the-enraged animal under his feet in perfect subjection, and released'his friend from his perilous situation, fortunately more frighten rd than hurt. Van Amburg's presence..pl,min,d,_ his courage and intrepidity are deserving of all , praise, which he received in three hearty cheers horn-the audience. For the time it lasted, some two or three minutes, the most intense excite ment prevailed." Results of Intermarriage [The human ttee requires constant and varied grafting, with stock of opposite habits and quail tics, to keep vigorous, or to improve. Those who want the best children, should marry their oppoites, in all physical qualities. The, fol lowing shows the result of the contrary sys I r m :-j "111r.8. B. Knox arrived at the Tremont House yestei day, with two Kamm children, a boy and a gid, of an almost extinct race of Central Ameri ca. They are the most mitre looking objects • ever brought to this country; but they are mate rat humans,' notwithstanding that their appear ance at the first glance is rather against Merit.— The boy is thirty.two inches in height, and weighs sixteen pounds. and, in the opinion Of Dr. Gilman Watts; of Neg. York, is about ten years of age. The girl is twenty•eight inches.in height, weighs fourteen poundi, and is about eight years of age. "Their heads are not larger than a new, horn infant's, and they may be almost said to be desti tute of foreheads, while their noses are finely de veloped, straight, and long, and project at a well degned angel. Their eyes are full, dark and lus trous. Their heads are covered with strong, dark hair, which descends forward nearly to the eyebrows. The face is vet?) , sharp, the upper lip projecting, and the chin receding in a corres ponding degree. Notwithstanding the almost en. tire absence of forehead, there is not in the pro. file view the least resemblance to the Simmii tribe. "They are said to belong to the surviving rem nant of an ancient order of priesthood., called Kaanas, which, by constant intermarriage with in their own caste, has dwindled down to a few individuids, diminutive in statute, and imbecile in intellect. Their heads and faces resemble exactly the figures on the bas•reliefs on the temple ruins described in Mr. Steven's Central America. “They are orphans, and, at the close of a war between two of the Aztec tribes, fell into the hands of a traveller named HaMmond. They are lively, playful and affectionate, but all at• tempts to teach them a word of English have thus far proved unsuccessful; but they occasion ally utter a few gibberish sounds."—Budon rod. Excitement in MississippL—The reception ,of Gen. Foote, in Mississippi, is marked by strong vicissitudes. At Columbus his "brilliant" speech was well received, and at Jackson he was wel.. corned with a salute of artillery. At Jackson and in Madison, if we are to believe his former admirers and now prejudiced opponents, he met with “perfect discomfiture." At the latter place, we learn from the same authority, Con. Foote was; in the discussion, denounced by Hon Franklin Smith as "a traitor, and as desecrating his seat in the United States' Senate," and the "people became so exasperated, in the course of the evening, that Mr. Foote was hung in effigy." These statements we receive with many grains of allowance. The "Mississippian," however, says: "There is a majority of at least 40,000 in Mississippi in favor of prompt and effective re sistance. Causes nf Failures in lin.riness.—An excellent writer in "Hunt's Magazine" enumerates the following causes of failure among business men: I. The leading one is an ambition to be rich—. by grasping too much, it defeats itself. 2. L a . other cause is aversion to labor. The th . s ad cau4 is an impatient desire to enjoy the luxuries of life before the P. Ol has been acquired 46.-gl:t".10 to b th t er cause arises from the want .of some deeper principle for the distin• guishing tetween right and wrong, than refer ence nierely to what is established as honorable in the society which one happens to be sit. tinted, New York Elections.—fhe official return of the New Yolk election shows that in the. Senate the Whigs have 17, and the Democrats . ls members. In the House the Whigs have 'B2, the Democrats 44, and the Independents 2. On joint ballot the Whigs have 99 ; opposition 61. Life Insurance.—The Administrator of the ts. tate of Henry Metzger, late of Lancaster city, de- ceased, has drawn one thousand dollars from the' Trenton Mutual Life Insurance Company, for - a life policy, which thedeceased held in said corn• pony..
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