• •••.-*Z. •",,', 'l . ' 1 , It •*. , _ ,:. . N ilk - .- • 1,0e.,41,...---..fAimi.‘,.... ..-- •; 4 R . 4 , 7;&l'. ' .‘ ri e . r.e .j.rz, r- .4t.. , -. 1 a .I"r' ._ _ ;:t . • -.Al* - •:.\--., _ . r...:._ - .1... r- • „ . .1)e tel)if . ll) ilegistcr. Circulation near 2000. Allentown, Pa. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6; 1861. re. 'Messrs. Lamy and Hart, of the flouse . ot Ileme,eniatives, I:aye our thanks for valuable Lecklative documents. Exhibition 't h^ 1,3 Academy, will be held at the Odd Fellow's 11 dl. on Friday (m.morrow) evening the 7th -instant. The exercises will consist principal. - ly'ot Culloques and Singing, antLwillin some ‘n-p:•i.t.i be of a more interesting and instruc• cliaracier than heretofore. Man Buried Alive On Friday last, while a number of workmon _were_engazed in uncoVering an Iron ore bed of Mr. Nathan ff7titely, in Lower !%lacungry township, Lehigh county, one of life workmen named Tilghman Becker, who was in the act el shoveling away grourd under an . embankment of about 8 feet high, the mass above him, about four tons in weight, gave way and completely burned him. The wotkntcn prc• ventirnTriCdiately commenced taking away the ground, while others left for medical aid, and nucceeded ia rescuing the body before life had departed. One of his legs below the kneo joint is shockingly ',mind arid fractured in veveral places. Besides this he is awfully bruised about his body. Though in a horrid state when taken out thew are strong hopes of hi recovery. Modification of the Tariff. It will have been observed that the effort in the 'House of Representatives, to intioduee some modification of the existing tariff in the shape of amendments in the deficiency bill, ha-. !ailed through the decision of the chair, e'onfirmed by a _majority of -15- on an — appeal OW (louse. It would seem that the vote of Itieliguse last session, dettlaring it inexpedient to' legislate on the subject of the Tariff, still indicates the views of a majority of the mem bers. We- had hoped otherwise. Thera is surely evidence 'enough to show the urgent teed of come revision of onr impost system. h is possible, barely. that Ale Winthrop'w bill may pass, providing for the appointment of ap pt aisers at large, and also for an equalized home valuation of imported goods. This would yield some benefit ; it would Le much better that: nothing. A Glance at our Country. The New York Coulter, in the eotwe of an talkie, on the progreshof the nations, say s that in no &ninny ha. the advance been so great as iti our own. lo the year 1800. the popula tion of the: Utiited States wit, 5 300,000; it is how 23,500.000. 'lire number of States then comprting the Union %las 1G; it is now 31.-- Our t+'rti:nrt• then was 1,000,000 square miles; itt,w 3,200,000. All or our present cle- In.Wl wc.t al the ppi then belonged 1,, France NA Spain,. and was an unbroken wilderneAs. Florida was owned by Spain, and Georgia was the only State on the Gull of Mexico. Test of New York, there were no States but Kentuay and Tennessee, and thet.e had r•petit most a their feeble energies in ld.tn it b:ll[e e ith a E•drage toe. Illinois, !Judi- Oitio, Al;chigain, arid the western' half of own State, were yet but hunting grounds, %!rele imliams roamed unmolested. In a vet y branch of industry our cowry has made an advance cortespot.ding to that in its popolaticin. Agrieulturp has More than kept ;:are MWI the increased enlargement of our bounds of civilization ; and we now not only supply the wants of our own teeming millions, but have an immense surplus to ship to for eign lands. In 1800 the total value of all Lind* of miutulactures and products of indus try in the United S:alef, hardly exreedvd au hundred millions of dollars; iti 1850 the value, its to be shims by tf a Census HOW taking, will ly be full six hundred williees. In 1800 the domestic exports ;mowed to 831.8.10,000; i 1850 to &130.946,912. The exportation of cotton alone has increased front 8'5 ; 000,000 an nually to fib or 70 millions. Our inland Lake Trade has incrOaged from nn amount- too insignificant to be estimated, to the enormous value of 62004)00.000 annu ally. Our foreign marine, is now hardly infe rior in extent or value to that of Great Britain, turd wo are now gaining faster than ever on our gignntio rival. Fitly years ago, scarcely one of our present tout' thousand miles of canal rxisied, and not one of our present eight thou t,and wiles of tailload, or ono of our present six:ecn thousand miles of telegraph was either known or dreamed of. In short, under the in vigorating influence of free institutions, we have grown great and strong, with a rapidity which makes tame the ‘vildeLt hopes• of the founders of our Goveanrnont. Whig .IVtaiiinac for 1851 AV° have received from the publishers i . Creoly & IVlTlrath, a copy of this valuable Al. anemic for the present year. It is unnecessa ry to speak of i te merits to those who are ao• quainted with the important political and stat istical information combined in dm preceding numbers. In addition tc the usual intaigenco it has a tabular statement of the puliticzti divisions and local governments of tho West baclies—..ooms pricing - the name of each island, the power to which it belongs, the name and title of its Governor, Lieutenant Governor or President, and the seat of government. This table also t•ompii6es a rptetnent of the population and nuniber of square ualus of each Island. Free . Banking The Harrisburg edrrespondent of the Phila- delphia Evening Bulletin, says: The sulject of Free Banking will be freely handled this season, the Committee having al ready reported a bill establishing the system, based upon the security of State Stock. The passage of this law is loudly demanded, and its effect would certainly be highly beneficial to the interests of the State. The present debt of Pennsylvania is $40,. 728.459. The sum of 539,811,831 comprises the total amount of the funtlea debt at this time. Of this sum, $324,237 is invested io State Stocks, and held by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, under the law .of April 10, lB49,_providing_ for the gradual and cer- rain extinguishment or liquidation of the above Stale debt of 840,728,459. The balance of the $89,811,831 may he enumerated in the follow ing items: Re•ier:ne of Relief Notes F. 547,000 00 Old issue of (10 106,161 00 OuWeeding Interest certifi• cntes.aud other Domestic Creditor's Scrips 261,464_0(1 Making an aggregate of --$914,628-6l It will be seen that there is, at this timo, Z 053,104 00 of really safe paper money in eir uulation in this State, being the entire amount of the old and new relief issue. Of irrespon sible impel, issued by the Banks, there is $11• 385.779 19. if dris amount-of money is actu ,- ady necessary for the business transactions of the community, would it not be safer if issued upon the basis of State Stock, in the establish ment of the Free Banking Law ? The circu latitig medium of the Slate of New York is es teemed good, sound and safe for all the wants of trade and commerce, because every dollar of the free bank paper in circulation is based upon State Stock, purchased and paid for be, fore a single dollar could be issued. The estab. lishment of this law, besides, would swell the coders the Commonwealth. Assuming for a basis, Mal same amount of money would be employed in the purchase of State Stocks, as is now employed in the business of Bunking, namely; the sum of 815,478,382,_ and that, upon that sum, the Commonwealth would realize two and a half per cent., the annual gain to ahe-Staie F frorn-this-sdhrce alone,--would- be -8161,959 ;55. 11 tidal be urged by some that the enactment of a Free Banking Law would make paper money more plenty than at pre sent—but is not the Money market, like all other markets, regulated by the supply and de mand? This, at least, seems a law of trade which knows no variation, because it is a fix ed principle, as well as a governing one. And even if paper money did brmome more plenty in consequence of the enactment of a Free Banking Law, no possible evil could result to the community, because every dollar of that paper money would be exactly as good gold Kr A t a meeting of the President and Asso ciate J udges, of the thitd J udicial digit - let, held in Allentot% n, nu Inst. reo. gin. ben. Benjamin Fogel, wasspimittled Revenue Com missioner for ruid district. Starting in the World Many an unwire parent labors hard and lives sparingly all his life, for the purpose of leaving enough to give his children a start in the world, as it is called. Setting a young man afloat with Money left him by his relatives,' is like tying bladders under him—he loses his bladders and goes to the bottom. Teach him to swim arid he will lever need the bladder. Give your child. a sound education, and you have done enough for him. See to it that his morals are pure, his Mind cultivated, and his whole na ture made subset , . icnt to the laws which gov ern man, and you have what will be of more value than the wealth of the Indies. You then have gi% en him a start which no misfortune can deprive him of. The earlier you teach him to depend upon his own resources the better. Soldier's Bounty Land Meeting. A meeliug was held on evening of the 28th of January last, in Philadelphia, in favor of gi%ing 180 tows of land to the soldiers of the war of 1812 and the Indian wars, or their sur vivors, was a very large and enthusiastic vim. Notwithstanding that the night was rainy, a large concourse of persons interested in the matter attended, among the lest a number of women, widows of the soldiers in whose be• half the meeting was held. The resolutions set forth the justice of this grant ; and show that 160 acres are no more than the soldiers or their wives ought to receive for their services. The meeting proposes several changes in the pre sent law, which will make the bounty intend• ed, more valuable to the recipients. They semm to think that the soldie . rs of former wars, limey of whom were under fire, have as good a claim to their country's bounty as those in the War of illexico who never left the lhai• ted States, and there is much show of reason in their rog.ument. They also think that the Government should be just before it is getter pus, and that a soldier who has served his country has a better claim to its bounty than those who have not, and they object to the granting . away the public lands without eost'to actual settlers. The grant of free farms to ae• teal settlers in the new States would not only be partial not uttjust—purtial because it would .only benefit residents in certain portions of the Union, and unjust because it would give the public lands to new settlers, while old settlers residing in thS immediate neighborhood, have Inn sham paid the Co /maim for the land they 0000py.—Ledger. Homy .oinvsagas.-ssTbe father of a young man wito died from injuries received by the upset. ting of n stage coach in McLean county, Ohio, last summer, Has. recovered $15,000 damages from Messrs. Prink. & Co. of Chicago, 111., the proprietors of the mech. American Railroad Iron The Brady's Bend Iron Company, says the Pittsburg. Gazette, "are now rolling rails for the':Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad. Their works are situated on the Allegheny river, about sixty-five miles above Pittsburg, and ' they have a contract to supply three thousand tons of rails, weighing sixty pounds per yard, ler our Western Railroad. Several hundred tons of rails have already been rolled, and the mill is now turning out about forty tons per day. A new rolling-mill haft been erected for the express purpose of rolling these rails.— Each bar is twenty feet long, and weighs four hundred pounds. We are informed by a gen tleman who has recently visited the works. and who is familiar with the manufacture ol railroad iron, that the rails are exceedingly well made, and highly creditable to the man ufacturers. The delivery of the rails will be commenced in a few days, so that there will be no delay in laying, the track from this city to New Blightun for the want of iron.. It is pleasant to have at least a part of our road laid with American Iron, and we are gratified to undetstund that it is extremely probable that the contracts will be made with the sante company for the maul - acme of the rails for the extension. of-the-road-west-of-Al assillon." Counterfeit Gold Dollars There aro at present eauolerleit gold dollars in circulation well calculated to deceive the unwary. On examination, however, it neither looks nor feels. Hite the genuine, and the let ters and devices want the sharp, well defined character of the true coin. It is made of pew ter or some other base metal, plated over with gold. A little caution-will prevent the circula tiefof these little deceivers. Important Decision In a case brought before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, from Delaware county, it was decided last week, that in a public sale, Where a person is employed to "run up" the property, and make the purchaser pay more than if none but bona Arc bidders bid for it, the sale is fraud ulent and void, so tar that the purchaser is not obliged to take the property struck off to him. As the practice 01 bidding up property -is not uncommon in this region, the decision of the Supreme_Court may_be_of some-little import• mice. What Manufactories Da It requires 3.500 sheep to be kepi a whole year tc4sopport the Lawrence, Mass. mills wish wool for one single day. They produce 1 500 shawls per day, and consume Cochineal to the value 0f.560.000 per annum,. Threetear- since there were not 500 inhabi!ents in Law rence, and now there are 10,000. Population of Illinois.—The Chicago Tribune says that the returns of the census have been received sufficient to indicate a population 61 800.000 in Illinois. This is not quite as large as was anticipated. Iti 1840 Illinoiscontained 481 000. homestead Exemption—The Senate of Indi ana has passed a homestead bill, exempting 51000 of real estate from seizure and sale un der execution. It is uncertain what will be done with this bill in the House ; but it is understood that the majority arc in favor of some sort of exemption law. Horrible Accident.—Oo Wednesday evening one of the cars of the express train for New York, on the Erie railroad. was thrown off the track and precipitated down a bank, some 430 feet, into the Delaware river. Twenty perilous were in it, several of whom were injured. It is feared that some may have fallen into the river and been swept oil by the current, but it is not known that such was the ease. Most of the passengers lost their hats, carpet bags and loose articles of baggage. The accident was canted by one of the rails breaking, ow ing to intensity of the cold and ueiAtit oft he train. Take Care—A lady front Union county. at the late tern' of thi; Court in Mani county, Pa., obtained a verdict against a Mr. Martin, of $1,72 . 5 dollars, for a breach of proniii.e. Death of Jo6s J. Audubon.—John James Audu bon, the ornithologist, died at his residence, on the banks of the Hudson, on the 27th of January. This celebrated man was the son of an Admiral in the French navy, who took him to France, where he received a varied and accomplished education. He returned to Louisiana, his birth place, at-the age of 17 years, and entered upon his paternal estates. He early manifested his fondness fur natural history, which he pursued through lile with unabated enthusia...m, and with a success that has made him a world-wide rep. utation. - The life like fidelity and beauty of deliniation of the Birds of America,.placed him in the first rank as an artist, whilst his minute accuracy in describing their habits, proves him to have been the closet observer. He was as stauneh a man as he was renown. ed as a naturalist. The childlike simplicity of his manners and cheerfulness of temper were worthy of all imitation, and made him beloved all who Itnew him. Rhode Island.—The Legislature of this State, on Thursday morning last, elected Charles T. James, Democrat, to the U. 6. Senate on the Bih Banhing.—We do hope the resent Legisla ture will nut commit the gross Juju t of chart tering any more new banks, or renewing the charters of those expiring. The present system is a perfect monopoly, and ought nut to be tended. Give as a general law wmeehat siwi lar to the one in operation In New York, which secures the note holder front any possible loss, and gives . as safe a banking system 'us Can he well supplied, But there should be no hasty or illruleised action oh. so irapitrtani a !abject as a change in the system• of bard:intik to' tee ness wor?d....feffenver Pennsylvania Legislature. HARIIIBBURD, January 24, 1850 SENATE Mr. Shimer on the 29th of January presented nine petitions from Northampton county, pray. ing for the incorporation of a Bank at Easton. One from Lehigh county, praying for the in. corporation of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Allentown. One from Lowhill township, Lehigh county, praying for a change in the place of holding elec tions in said township. • One from the Citizen volunteer corps of North amnion county, praying to be exempted from certain parades and drilling. On the same day, Messrs. Stine, Shimer, Mey• ers and Franey, presented petitions praying for_ t . lle passage of a free banking law. Mr. Walker on the same day, reported with amendments, the bill to provide for a general system of banking. • Mr. litigu.s on the 30th ofJanuary submitted the following: RaoMed, That the Committee on the Militia System be instructed to report a bill to revive the militia traintngs of this Commonwealth, on the principles of the act of 1822, each company to-be allowed-one - fife and dramoo — le - paid — by the Commonwealth. — On the question, §enate proceed to the second reading and consideration of the res, ointion 1 A vote being taken, niiieb resulted as follows Yeas 13,:_---,Nars 20.- 110t'SE Mr. Laury, on the 27th of January presented three petitions fora Bank to be located ut Allen town, to be called the Fatiners' and Mechanics' Bank. One for a change in the place of holding elections in Lowhill township, Lehigh county. Mr. Leet, on the same day, presented a mem• (mai of the bar of Washington county, asking that $2OO may be added to the pay of associate Judges who reside at the county seat, or within one mile thereof. Mr. Haldeman, on the same day, read in his place and presented to the chair, a bill to incor porate the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society. Mr. Laury presented a bill on the 2 0 9 th of Jan uary to chango the time of holding courts in Le. high county. . • On the 30th, Messrs. Bigham, Robertson, Walker, Lauglilin,CooperiShaeffer, -- Killinger, Laury, Moms, Hart, Dobbins, and Freeman, each one, Messrs. Rhey and Benedict, each two, and Mr. McCune three petitions, in favor of the passage of a system of free banking based upon State stocks, with the authority to issue small notes. On the same day, Mr. Morris presented three remonstrances against. chartering new banks or rechartering old ones, and asking fur a free bank ing law. Mr. Killinger on the same day, with a nega, tire recommendation, presented a bill to,incor porate the Kutztown and Reading railroad com pany. Population of the United States. The official oau, from the several States and Terri, ottes have so far come in that we are enabled to make the following proximate statement of the popula tion of the different States and Territories of the Union, compared with the census of 1840 : New Englund Mites. 1850. 1840. 1. Maine, 583,026 500,438 2. New Hatnpshirc, 317,997. 284.036 3. Vermont, 314,332 291,218 4. Massachusetts, 985.000 720,030 5. Rhode Island, 147,503 105.587 6. Connecticut, 371,982 301,856 Total New England, 2,719,840 2,294,821 Other Slates. 7. New York, 3,099.249 2,428.821 8. New Jersey, 480,381 373,306 9. Pennsylvania, 2,250,000 1,724,033 10. De'await, 90,407 78.085 11. Maryland, 575,150 ' 470,019 12. Virginia. 1,458,863 1,249,704 13. North Carolina, 870,509 753,417 14. South Carolina, 639,099 504,398 15. Georgia, .950,000 691,392 16. Florida, 85,000 54,477 17. Alabama, 800 . 000 590,755 18. Mississippi, 580,000 375,654 19. Louisiana, 525,000 352,411 20. Arkansas, 197,776 97,574 21. Texas, 175,000 --- 22. Tennessee, 1,050.000 829,210 23. Kentucky, 1187,950 779,828 24. Ohio, 2,150,000 1,419,407 25. Indiana, 1,259,000 085,866 26. Illinois, 850,000 476,183 27. Missouri, 681.647 383,702 28. Michigan, 397.576 212,257 29. Wisconsin, 305,121 30,915 80. lowa, 175.000 43,112 31. California, 165,000 Total, 31 States, 23,479,408 17,029,630. Tcrrilories, 4c. District of Columbia, 54,000 83,745 Minesota, 6,139 New Oregon, 10,000 New Utah, - 20,000 New New Mexico, 75,000 Tu'l. states and Tern's. '23,644,607 18,069,375 Texas, California, Utah, and New Mexico, having been annexed to the United Siates since 1840, no estimate is made of their population in that year. Tho population of Minnesota and Oregon in 1840, is of course unknown. To take Warta.—Serape the top of the wart with a knife till the blood twgins to appear:then t eke a piece of pureb acitl quicksilver caustic. wet it and apply it to the wart for one minute. Re peat it twice, at intervals of about two days,whed lite wait will disappear. Persons trying the ex. periment should ba careful that the caustic touch es no place but the wart, as it blackens every thing with which it comes in contact. Bl ac k Bl ue Begers—There is a negro living n -sr Palestine, Illinois, who is this &thee of ehildeen, has - lititied ameba Wives, and now, at the sigh' of more than 90 yearg is coati log for the eighth time. Congressional Proceedings. VVioffilicaToN, January 29, 1851 SENATE. The bill from the House, to reduce and modi• fy the rates of postage, was reported to the Ben. ate by the Post Office Committee wiihiamend, ments. The committee_have stricken out from the House hill, the section taking away the right of 'exchange from those papers refusing to'publish the list of letters, and the section making news papers free from postage within thirty, miles of their place of publication, and niaking a deducV Ikon of fifty per cent. on magazinea when pre paid. 110IISE ._.___The_llouse_resolved_itsellinto_a.comrajltee_of the Whole on the State of the Union, (Mr. Meade in the Chair,) and resumed the consid eration of the bill to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service - of - the - fiscal year I ending June 50, 1851. Mr. Strong yesterday offered the following ad ditionalP sections to the bill. That, on and after the first day of April next, the duties _required by law to_be le_vied,_collect• ed, and paid on goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States, shall be assess. ed on the market value thereoforith the addition of such charges as are now imposed by law, at the time and place of export, provided that upon all descriptions of iron, upon machinery made, wholly or in part of iron, and upon anchors, chain-cables ; and-anvils; the duties shall be as sessed upon the average prices, with charges added, which like descriptions of.iron bore in the principal ports of the country whence re, ported, during ten fiscal yearS immediately pre. ceiling the year of importation, such values and charges to be ascertained and declared by the Secretary of the Treasury as the basis of each succeeding fiscal year. That, on and after the first day of April next, the duties uponwindow glass and linseed oil shall be thirty per cent. and on all descriptions of iron, upon machinery made wholly or in part of iron, and upon chain cables,,anchots,-an-an yds, the duty shall be forty per cent., provided that any excess of duties imposed by this act . on any railroad iron imported for the use of any railroad,and actually and permanently laid down for the use Of-such railroad, within one year al ter the passage of this act, shall be remitted by the - Secretary - of the Treasury, or. satisfactory proof being furnished that such iron was so ported and laid down.. That, on and after the first day of April next, the duties upon all cordage and yarns compos ed wholly or in part of hemp or grass, upon all manufactures composed wholly or in part of sheep's wool, and upon all refined sugars, shall be respectively ten per centavo ad valorem, over and above the rate of duty now assessed by law on hemp and sheep's wool, manufactured and raw sugar. That, on and after the first day of April next, raw silk. iadigo, and all articles which on the twentyminth day of July, 1846, were exempt from duty, shall be admitted free of Thal f ts , ••••••••• • - "‘'`" diu "" u " s, and to insure uniformity in appraisements, there shall be appointed, as now provided for local appraisers, three appraisers at large, who shall prepare rules for the government of the local ap• praisers, visit the several ports of the United States, and perform- such other duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may approve and di rect ; each of which appraisers shall receive an nual compensation of two thousand dollars, with his necessary travelling expenses, to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury. That the periGds during which, by existing laws, imports deposited in the public warehous es may be withdrawn fur immediate exportation or consumption, he and the same are hereby ex tended to three years. The Chair decided the amendment to be out of order. Mr. Strong appealed from the decision of the The question was then taken. and . the Com mittee sustained the Chair. Yeas 102. Nays 80. Various other unsuccessful efforts were made to amend the Tariff in the shape of. amend- ments. The Committee rose, and the question being talien the Deficiency Dill passed. Lead in lowa. A discovery of a valuable lead mine has just been made near Dubuque,lowa, which is describ• ed in a letter, as follows: "The shaft enters a large cave, from 12 to 15 feet high, and almost completely covered with mineral. There is one piece, lying along the north wall, 48 feet long, and, without exaggera- tion, 1 would say that it is three feet square. On the north side, at the top, there is one of the fin. est sights I ever saw. There is an immense body in square blocks, eight or nine-inches square.— This cave is eighteen hundred feet lung, but-the mineral does not show in the entire length.... There is one more place which I must speak of. There arc two sheets hanging dolvn from the cap, about 6 feet 10 or 12 inches thick, and 60 feet lung. They are as white as snow. The cave is about 15 feet ;Vide, and in most places is Com pletely covered, bottom and top, with the precious stuff. I think he can take out one thousand dollars wortit a day for twenty days in succes. sion. L•'.ekat of nzaa.—Those who have been U) d;esatisfied about the size of California, should, for the sake of appearances, say aornethiog about the proportions of Texas. The area of Texas Is about five times the size of New York. It is about four hundred miles from San Adm. nici to the nearest point of New Mexico. From the mouth of the Rio Grande to El Paso, it is about eight hundred and thirty miles straight line, and twice that distance by the riv.. et. From the northeast corner of the State to El Paso, Is about eight hundred arld'siirty Miles, and about the same from. the month of the Rio Grande to the northern o r k wa , Cr.ee tartilince 18114 there havie been at least Wry' millions of. Bibles printed by the several Bible Societies throughout the world. •' • GLEANINGS Eir The Cincinnatians are talking of erecting a statue to Hon. Thomas Corwin, the "Wagon Boy" of Ohio some 8 years ago: ('The farmers of Ohio have entered quite extensively into the cultivai ion of Madder, some of them realizing over two hua k dred dollars per acre. 0 1- Horace Greely, E,q., of the New York Tribune contemplates a visit to the World's Fair. EIT The official returntr, which are now com plete make the population of the State of Michi gan 397,675. Thadeus Steven:, is now WI a visit to Lancaster. arGen. Joseph Lane, late Governor of Ore. gon, is warmly pressed fOr the Deinocratic stoill • inatiou to the hen Presidency in 1852, by a portion of his fellow partizans in the State of Indiana. I.V"The richest man in Virginia i 3 said to be a planter, residing in Pittsylvanla count;. He owns from 1500 to 2,000 slaves, and plantations almost without number. 17" In England ever, fine who is found walking on a railway track In-this-country-the-penalty:exacted is death— -- IX" Young man, save your money. There is a mimstrous difference between receiving and' paying interest. I.The exports of lead from Galena, I.linois, for the year 1850, mete 39,781,000 pounds, val ued at $1,570,899. rarThe Harrisburg State Journal says, that G.,vernor Johnston has consented to be a candit date for reelection, should he be unanimously nominated by his political friends. iF'An elk, weighing Goo pounds, and with antlers that measured over four feet, was killed in Potter county. ('Sweetness of temper in a woman id more valuable titan gold, and more to be prized titan • beauty. UP - Nothing can be more foolish than an idea which parents have that it is, not rebpeciable to set their children to work. Cl7*The Hon. D. S. Kauffman, a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, from Texas, died' in %Va,ibington, on Friday evening, of appoplexy .I.lassarhusells.—:Robert F. Rantoul, Democrat was on Thursday morning last, elected United States Senator for the short term, by the House. The vote stood—Rantoul 187; Winthrop 174; balance scattering Frozen Limbs.—To cure Frozen Limbs take some copperas and dissolve it in cold water, there soak the affected part in it for about half an hour. The result will be an effective cure if cot too long delayed. Locust Year. The seventeen year Locusts will appear this year in all those pares of • Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Delaware, em braced in the following boundaries~ ClI 1 tIl• •.5 T. Ri.:ii'de" .. s - onthwesterly to the Blue Ridge of the A Ileghany mountains. along the east side of the Ridge to Loudoini and Fauquier counties. Va.; thence easterly through a portion of Fairfax, across the Po tomac, above Georgetown, through Mont gomery and upper portion of Anne Arundel counties, Md., to the Patapsco ; along the northeast side of the Patapsco to-the Chesu peake bay, thence to Ulavre-de Grace, through Cecil country, and Delaware, to the. Delaware river; up the west side of that,. river to the beginning. These boundaries:. are nearly correct, as they appeared in 1834 5 . though they may now vary. The Loousty will certainly appear on the sonth, side of the Patapsco, at least in small numbers, as,. during the breeding season in. 1834 great numbers were blown over the river, by le high wind that prevailed in the heightof.thrts season. In Fauquier county, Va., also, , this• district laps over another district forseveral. miles, and though the Locusts will appear' this year on the strip of territory thus dou: , • bly occupied, - yet they aqpeared on the same place in 1843, and will!appear.there again. in 1860, thus appearing alternate in B.and• 9 years. Over the whole of the large tract , of country embraced! imthe above boUnda ries, the Locusts will appear in myriads. They will begin .to leave the ground about. the 20th of May, a few dayaeatlier or later, according to the weather. Pieta the ISt to: the 10th of Apri*, their chambers may be' uncovered by &Amply shaving off an inch' or two of the surface soil ti/ith a spade, in' any place where trees or shrubbery stoOd'in' 1831. They will resemble small augur holes, 2.t0 4 inches apart t• and the grub or' !arm may now be found' by 'digging a font. or two deep in the same situations. , Those . who have valuable shrubbery, well` to protect it by covering it with cheap gauze from the Ist to the 20th of June. They da , no other harm thah that of causing the death' of the snail) twigs, by their perforationa foe depositing their eggs:. &Weil Sinfthen. Pohn' ddamsL . In die 36th year of his age, John Adams made the following entry in his Diary. Ho was then practicing law in Boston ; though living in 13ritito.n..e "P. hes been my fate to be'acquainted its the way of business with a 'number of very ' rich inep—Gardiner, Bowdoin,,Pitts,.Han cock, Rowe, Lee and Doane. have ail ae• quired their wealth by their own industry ; Bowdoin and Hancock received' theft's by succession, descent or de vist j 7 Pitts by nrlttry ridge. Rat there is novoms dull these who .derives more pleasure fitm• his property than } dod 4 Oml inlhe t , my little farm and stock. and' &wit aflbnl me us much initialise. , duo as all' their immeribe tracts, extensive . _ navigation', suinpfunus buildings, their vast: sums at interest and stocks in trade yield to. them. The pleasures of property arises from acquisition more than possession : • for whitt is to coma, rather than what is. Thu rich are seldom remarkable for perkily. in• genuity or humanity. Their wealth .hoe rather a tendency, to make them pettgrious and sehitli." . =MEI man is sub
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