Zfie Circniation near 2000. Allentown, Ea. TitunsIIAti,FEBRUARY 11, Is3l. Nothing Of interest iranspirecl in CcArt.— Proceedings ne::t wevir. The Concert at Bethlehem A concert was given at Bethlehem, on Saturday evening, by Anten Miniche, Professor of music, assisted by the uPhilharmonic Society" of that P• • lace The old Concert Hall was honored with a larger audience than has been within its walls for many years, and large numbers could not ob tain seats. Mr. Heim'9kr, performed on the 'Prom. thane, over which instrument lie has a wonderful :command. His performances astonished and delighted the audience, and ever y one wlfu beard him went home, satisTred that in his hands the Trombone, is really a great mnsical instrument. There can be but the one general opinion, that is, that Mr:H., is a master musician and has few if any equals in this country. We learn that lie performs equally well upon any other Brass in strument.' He is now residing in Allentown, engaged in teaching two Brass Bands. The Intl. sic of the Philharmonic Society, was excellent as it always Shocking Accident On Thursday last, a resident of Mahoning Val. ley, Carbon county„-eame- to his death in the fol. lowing shocking manner: lle had been in the habit of tending market at the Summit Hill mines, and after he had sold out his produce, he started for home in the evening. In coming over the mountain,.he it appears got out of hie wagon, to lock the hind wheel, by a chatn;ini which act he 'must have fallen, the hook of .the chain taking 'hold in the top of his boot, and awful to say, in this condition was dragged home in his barn. yard. 'llls entrails having been strewn along the road, his limbs torn to pieces, in which condition he watt found. Ile is reported as a so ber and industrious citizen. Whig Stat© Convention The Whig State Central Committee met in Ilarribburg, on the sth instant, and appointed Tuesday, June 29th for the meeting of the State Convention, to be held at Lancaster, for the •purpose of nominating candidates for Gover nor, Canal Commiz , sioncr and Judges of the Supremo Court. Newspaper Subscribers. inakeit a rule in all eases to tihwontitr ue a paper when requested if arrearages are paid up, but not otherwise, if the subnriber is worth the money. We have met with one per son on our list,like the man mentioned in the fol lowing paragraph, which we copy for the in formation of all such as ate not acquainted with the law on the subject. "Mr. Jasper Harding, of Philadelphia, not long since recovered a large sum, (about 5120 : we believe.) for a subsvri u , ion to the Penn sylvania Inquirer, of a man residitt2 i . 111Jly hintul. The ..übscriber !co!: the ru t e!!;. •:! time, and then sent the publisher un e c , '.. continttance, without forarding met eN payment. The publisher took no 110.1•. e (:f this, nor of several subservient tonive , of n !1.- sal to take the papers from the post.otrice.— The result was, that, untwults;andiG o the Rhode. Istandr did not receive the paper for several years, yet he was forced to pay Ilardin the whole amount op to the period claimed in the• bill. Who Can Beat It? We have a corn stalk in uur,oflicc, bent to ui by our old fi tend John Laubadt, jr., in Allen township, Northampton county, which has live ears of Coro on it. Also another ear of Corn of the stun° species, 1.1 inches long; having on it 511 full grown grains, the, cob of which is only one inch thick. Trial by Jury The privilege which American citizens turd British subjects enjoy of being tried by their peers, although it is called a "palladium," a "pillar," a "corner. store" in dig temple of lib erty, and Co forth, is liable to as many fluctu ations as "a reed shaken by dm wind." We do not say, that it is not the faireet form of Mal which human ‘visdoni can devise, but merely that the prejudices, passions, and weaknesses oPmen render its results very fallable tests of guilt. Although juries are 'sworn to render verdicts according to the law and the evidence, it cannot be doubted that the law of feeling frequently outrages the requirements of dm land. JI the leaning towards severity in this country were as strong as is the bias toward mercy, we should be called the most cruel people on the face of the earth. Probably nut one among one thousand persons condeimied to ditath for capital crimes iu the United States is intinceid .; while, on the other hand, one third of the culprits justly accused of. such crimes either escape the gallows through the soft-heartedness of juries or Mt: clemency of executives. Electionqf Amick Judges.—The Bucks Coun ty intelligencer suggests in reference to the du ty of electing two straciatajudgeiin each count ty, that no fairer or better plan could be adopted than the system now practised in the selection of inspectors of elections—vote for ont and have two elected. It would insure a fair representa tion of parties, and would divest the .elections in a great measure of party interest. The legisla ture have the power to provide for such a course, if it shall be deemed e.xpedient. Advertising.—"•lt has enlarged many a small business; has revived many a 'dull business; has recovered many a lost brisines's ; has pre. served many a large business; and has created many a new business." Free Banking The principle of Free Banking is bound to to gain favor and will ultimately be adopted in good old Pennsylvania, notwithstanding the present strenuous efforts of Bank officers, Di- rectors and hireling editors.. Tho system only wants to be properly discussed in a:clear and satisfactory manner, in order to comprehend its advantages. A united and vigorous effort . a pait :he people, i 3 all thavi , necessa ry Ri u,I;10 We see in the 13erks county papers a call, 11;; - a public meeting, to assemble in the C House, fur the purpose of adopting mea s ures to secure the passage of the Free Banking bill, now before the L'egiblature. The Reading' -Journabsuy "Thu system of Free Banking, ill the States where it has been tested, continues to 'meet the most sanguine anticipations of its friends. In New Yolk, as we• have heretofore had oc casion to observe, it is attended by the happi est results. By the recent report of the Comp• troller of that State, the whole tiumber of Bank• ing associations add individual Bankers organ ized and doing business tinder “The Genctul Banking Law" is one hundred and thirty-six, viz: banking ass'ociations, seventy-one; indi• vidual bankers, sixty-five. The whole =cant of Circulating notes issued to said associations .and individual bankers, outstanding on the first of December, 1850, was $14.203.115 Fur the redemp,L?p of this amount securitie-, ate deposited and hell in ti,:fl by the Comptroller, aumunting in the aggregate to the s;:7 1 of $14,, 823,085. The bulk of these securities consb. , an of bonds and mortgages, New York State stoek.., l and stocks of the United States. It will thus be perceived that the notes of the institutions doing business under the law are secured be yond the possibility of loss, and in a much lei- 1 ter_way_ilt anicataic_actLunidislitL4Ltiy_ind i_vidH nal liability pi itreipl-:-. But its safety is nut itsi best {cilium. It places the business of batik- Mg upon a legitimate - basis, and throws it open to all, without the necessity of special grants or EIEZ exclusive privileges." :Since the above was in type we see that a writer in the Pennsylvanian, a radical Demo cratic newspaper, takes bold and solid ground in favor of the Free Banking Law, and declares it to be eminently demoriktie in its principles. lie avers that t h e lack of enterprise vii bong complained of in Philadelphia, is to be ascrib ed to a want of Banking capital. lie shows that while the city of New York has 527,200,- 000, and Boston 521,716,000, Philadelphia has only Sto,slB,ooo;.and that while the whole State of New Yolk has a banking capital of $48 ; 250.000, and Massachusetts 538,150,000, Pennsylvania has but $13.528 000. • Whether this be Democratic principle or IN'hig principle ; is not for us to say—we are satisfied however, that it is true Republican principle, based upon equal rights and equal justice—granting to the many powers that are now grasped by Ilse fete. It is undeniably the safer system for the peo ple, inasmuch as no bank will'be permitted to issm. a .to.e until ample security is pledged to the State for its ted.qoption. The must radical vould not a,.h lor more. and the mo,l W ; io comervwirt- multi not) icld les= ~,•.,,.•! I,v n. , !c,11 till • g 11.1 It 1., ;.e• !,•:•iled re 11.. c.% pa:N 011, n The Exhibitioi r. i•aminal plipilSOl the lie Ayttclemy. al th , . U ! Fliddy evm.ing. Fehroul3 ": a , crowd ed to excetzs. .The pupils have give.] ample ptoole , elmiacter and ..f their in btruetor. 'rite audience appedtml to be highly delighted wok the mode of cNelcir:es• • ' The 'Election of Judges The people t ill be called open to perform a must important duty at the coming general election, and we believe, says the Ilarrisinirg Democratic Union, that they are fully awake to it. We have the most unbounded confidence in the jodgetnent and sober thought of the peo ple. They desire to do right; and inmost cag e, succeed. The selection of judges touches everybody's interest in the State --.111i111 ) wo man, and child. The judges skoold be men of entne finless, for buck we have. Gentlemen, scholars, lawyers—pute, upright, unprejniiced men--such we wain; not men of meagre at tainments and small touls. Tu'iltis point, to : the selection of good ineti, the people have directed their energies, and it behooves those . to whom the trust is c'orn mined of nominating candidates, to consult the foregone conclusions of their conslituents. Party organization is ulfective, it is true ; but if incompetent men are iniminated, that will not save us from defeat. We should not hug any delusion to our breasts. Mere ministerial offices require ordinary tal ents, but a judicial office requires inure. Party fidelity alone should form no claim for a nom ination. The convention is not to manefircture judges; if so, they will place before the pet). plc an article similar to wooden nutmegs and Yankee clucks. Arid the people will not vote for thorn. 'Politicians, mere politicians, may manufacture candidates, but the people will discard them as being made as Masts Prim rose's razors, for sale and not for use. We use the term politician in no offensive sense. Our remarks are directed to the vacillating, intrign lug man, who is steadfast in his chicanery, Who goes to bed with one set of opinions and rises with another. • In malting these observations, we have no other end then the welfare of the party and the welfare of the people. .It is *better to be warned in time, than to lament hereafter.— We muit nominate pure men, learned tnen, unexceptionable men. The . jndioiary of the Union has a high character, here and abro a d. It is less liable to reproach in any of its mom. hers than any other department of Government Let us preserve its isputation. • . The State Cenoua. . The census of York county has been reeeiv ed• The population is 57,596; an increase, in ten years, of 10,286. This gives us the follow• ing result in the State : 'Population of 58 counties heart . ' free) 2,119,734 Counties to hear from, estimated:: Chester, Cumberland, Erie, Luzern,, P, vet, thir estimatel arc made al a malleivtat lawer ratio of increase than .hus taken place in are ad_ joining counties. We have indeed sech it slat : eil"tharthepopuliilion of2nizerne mt. At all events, the population of the whole :1 nat.• will cxeccd the expectations of the mosl I sanguine. It is high time, however, that the Marshal should be ready with his official slate. meat. The Fora Groat States The complete census ieinins of 0:,io her a population ol only 1,983,140—a lud dreo4 thousand less thaa was expected. 'lids qualms her'inereasf3.in ten years 4'63,673; while 'Pennsylvania has increased, during the same period, about 600 000. We have yet to hear from six of our counties—all of them among the must thriving in the Sato ; but there is no doolit that our population will amount to folly =.3:5.000. We are now emililed 10 ! m i ke a coMpamiive statement of the impala iu. , and m ere:lse of the four greatest States 01 the Union, Vork, Pentic.ylvania ; Ohio, and Virginia : 1810. 1850 Increase, New Volk 2,428 021 3. 099219 6711 328 Penne,ylvania 1.724 533 2 325 . 6w' '.'6 7 Ohio 1 519.467 1.983 140 i 7 VirgLiia 3,239 ; 717 1,423,863 189.063 I — `llrlT74laiw - s — arrirrerea - se — pc eirt7o New Yink ;in Pennsylvania 34/ in Ohio 30 , 3; iu Virginia 151. Ilene we have the Old Keystone even ahead of 011io, and showbiz a per coinage of increase which way wake her neighbots, North, South and West, stand aside. It will be interesting to look a little further back—say as far as 1820 when Virginia was the second State of the Uni on, and compare the growth al these four S aies from that period in 30 years. New Yolk 1.372,842 3,099 249 1,726,437 Pennsylvania 1.049,458 2,325.000 1,275 512 Ohio 581,431 1,983.140 1,401.706 Virginia 1.065.379 1,428 863 363.48 L Nittisylvania, from having been the third State in the tjt,j(iii, is now the second, and lots gained on New York inn the last tent years.— lrotti having heel' the SCUOIIti Slate (inn 1810, site was the first.) has now beennie the fourth, and by ISGO, Inmt present appear ances, situ will be line sixth, 08 -Indian:nand 11. linois are rapidly overtaking tier. The Next Apportionment The Apportionment of the •Cnogressional representation of the L'lllied States, under the Census of 1850, will not be made until alter the elemions tor the thirty : Mitt' ('onmet , B, vhit•ll ntems in I)evember. 1853 rhe t‘tw re vines Me Some , :..• the %%lode number t .ol !lit io Latium., I, !i I li, l die he !motto' t„• „ .0 tot, itlekt ::'33, t., -1 • ;liven is to tie the ra- tio of D,viding the population of cia•li ts,ate On- la M. it ;II give the num ber of reptc•.emative s to ‘‘liteit each t. entitled. Any loss in the number of representatives oc casioned by the supeilluous fractions in the States, is to be made up by gi‘ing an addition. al tuctulier to such Slates as have the largest fractions. The apportionment thus made is to continue n o t less than ten years. According to returns and estimates, the pop Illation of the United States will be about 24,- n 00,009 ; and taking from this three-fifty of the slaves, the representative pornia , ita. trill be about 22,400,000. This tttrio,t. 233 trill give 95,000 as the number entitled to a r, pre seulative. This will give Pennsylvania her present number of representatives. 21, while New lurk will have but 32 members, losing two from het' present number. Virginia will lose 3, Rhode Island ‘‘ill probably gain a member, and Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jet: ey will hold their own ; but most of die other Ekt,terti ;States will h,-e 0.. e. The tree ;Stales will have even a heavier piepon, derance in Congress than they now have. The North Western States, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri, vt ill each gain one or more members. South clunk a will probably lose two members. and the • _ l•;t., S., e have, in the aggregate, •ix , f', • they cow have. Ahhoaeh lb. • ;11 Mani does not affect Conine-- n• II 1853 - 01 it will fix the numbers of the electoral College of 185'), and in that view is of immediate int - penance. A Handsome Present The friends of Mr. Webster, in New York, de sign presenting him with a carriage and span of horses, harness, &c., the' whole to cost $:.,509. The New York Express says : ..The carriage is the most beautiful thing of the kind it has ever seen. It is built after the. English style; what is . called a close quarter coach, having a hammer cloth seat exquisitely fringed, and resting 'on cliptical springs. The color of the body is a dark green, anvl finely varnished. The. hands are pure silver. The crest of Mr. Webster, a horse's head, appears on the door, with the mot• to vera pro gratis.. The lamps are heavy silver . plate; also, the hub plate, which contains the names of the builders. It is lined with cherry colored brae telle, trimmed with silk lace of the same color, manufactured by the firm expressly for their own use. "The EstabliAhment is probably the most mug niticent ever made in America, and will doubt, less contribute its quota to the cholfdrt of there• eelver." 70,000 ,g7;oao 40,000 57,000 5,000 '2.329.734 1820. 1850. Increase =MI Graham's Magazine This periodical,. for March, is entitled, in the publisher's notice accompanying it, "a surprise number," and'it well deserves the name. It makes its appearance in an equally novel garb and attractive character—without "pic tures," (unless we should characterize as such a few very finely executed wootleut illnstra tions,—(without even a fashion plate; these customary ornaments being for once, substilu- Ted by literary matter—original, American, eititbfet literary matter (it cost, we learn, •!1500) 144 pages of it, too—just as many as narper's New Monthly and the international Magazines devote to selected matter, nor paid for, 'froYn tire 1 2 .rifish periodicals. • The linen . _Lion,. ofithe—publisher_is-olivious-antl-praise-- worthy , --the restilt singular and suetressfill.— Titer...! aren't') less ellen fifty different original papees t`he rAtrrilter, presenting a great dis play of mulles of popular A nretican writers, end . as peat a variety of subjects handled. It Is; in consequence, a most attraciiVe strut ex cellent number, snperior in inivrest and gene 'Pal merit to•ils loreign rivals'oT this month,and deserving tire nitprobMion Which should' mai to national spirit and 'liberal expenditure. We are t , tire that•the popular verdicbwill be in its favor; as we are equally cure that tri A 'Tier ican nullgaq irre, conauctvit 'on such a plan, is, in its beneficial influence on American litera lure, of more worth than all the reprints, of of ; i from British periodicals, in the WOOL!. 4, Mr. Graham has, we are pleased to learn, been eminently successful in his Magazine since he resumed its management; and, cer tainly if extraordinary aptitude io accomnio wning the public taste—if liberal dispensation of means to accomplish well-considered eructs ;he employment of die best talent, upon •• only - ire method, that of the best payment —i t e a ti n foil eratehfulness to avail himself of aacever is new or e: - - TM - a - wore.. re:mlute determination not to be outdone, irr any way by anybody, entide him to suceet4s, Ito eminently desmres it. 'Ube April number, will, ti.e learn, present if? former decorated appearance : and be expert sive4y and splendidly illustrated. The_Last Half Century There ties been DO period since the com mencement of the world in which so many nom - want discoveries, tendering to the benefit l of mankind, were made as in tile last half century. Some of the most wonderful results of huoran intellect have been what:4 . sec' in the 11;14 filly years. Some of the grandest concep tions of genius have been perfected, it is re ' markable how the mind of the world has run into scientific investigation, and what achieve ments it has cllected in Mat short period. Be fire the year 1800 them was not a single steam boat in exi.tence, and the application of steam trr machinery was unknown. Elinorr launched the first steamboat in 1807. Now there are three thousand stcainboa's traversing the wa ters of America, and the time saved in travel is equal to severity per cent. The rivers df ev ery (-merry in the world, needy, are traversed by wearnboa!s. In 1800 them was not a sin gle railroad in the world. In the United Slates alone, there are now 8,707 miles of railroad, coshing 5280.000,000 to build, and about 22,. 000 miles of railroad in England and Anierica. The locomotive will now travel in as many hours, a distance which in 1800 required as many days to accomplish. ht 1800 it took weeks to convey intelligence between Phila . - delphia and New Orleans; now it can be rte. comphshed in minutes through the electric tel egraph, which only had its beginning. in 1843. Volluism was discovered in March, 1800. The electro magnet in 1821. Electrotyping was discovered only a lew years ago. floe's print, Mg press, capable of printing 10,000 copies an hour, is a rely recent discovery, but of a most important character. Gas light was unknown in 1800; now every city and Irmo of any pre tence are lighted with it, arid we have the an nouncement -of a still greater discovery by which light, heat, and motive power may be all produced from water, with scarcely any cost. Counkrfeit.—A vast number of ten cent coun terfeit coins have, we are told, been issued from a secret mint in Connecticut. They bear the dales, respectively, of 1847 and 1848, and well executed, and are passed without any difficulty. The principal feature. proving their spurious character is the absence of the circle of stars around the figure of Liberty, which the genuine ten cent pieces have. These bogus coins have been tested, and found to be a mixture of metals easily fusible, with a plating of silver. Something Strange.—A rich miser, in Auburn, N. Y., is to be buried in Oswego Lake, a beauti ful sheet of water near that town. He has a stone coffin made, which takes twelve yoke . of oxen to draw it. He gives a man a nice faun for burying him. He is to Take him into the middle of the lake and sink him. Fearful Dealh.—lierri?yninger, the rope walk er, who used to draw crowds during the last summer to witness his wireiwalking across the Schuylkill and in other places in the vicinity of Philadelphia, was killed some time since in at. tempting to walk a wire from the tower of the capitol at Baton Rouge, La. Sunbury and Erie Sullroad.—Tha newspapers along the surveyed route of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad arc endeavoring to awalten the public tniud—especially the mind of the Phila- delphia capitalists—to a sense of vast importi twee. The Erie Gazette says, a Company will probably be organized during the present winter for the purpose of renewing operations on this road. The McDonough Belalc.—The second and third municipalities of New Orleans .have passed a resolution offering Daniel Webster $2,500 as a retaining fee to defend the interests of the city in the McDonotigli•estate. The Picayune says the first municipality. Will no dbulit'also agree to the resolution.. • For the Lehigh Register. Teaching the Alphabet. .1n Essay read before (he Lehigh County Teachers' association. 1=11! Why is it that man so soon forgets his duty; No sooner is he raised to a position 'he should occupy : than he aspires for still higher stations; seldom Inching beneath him to the station from which he has lately been raised, not thinking that those yet °wading in the mud," require the same aid from him which was afforded him by his predecessors or superiors. It is only by 'careful insordetirM of 'lre yanng that anytihitig great (MI be.eximeted from Ihe ris ing_getreration. What good will it ito mankind that 'these MT. sent great exertions, 1y good and betrevolent fflt . ll and associations, are made in bringing to still greater perfection what have already ass'omed a dignified positioti: or why spend so moth labor and time to gain what could, with apparent less trouble and gtecater success, be attained by a more easy, simple, and less expensive Mode or procedure 't I mean, why strive to reform -a vi ctors generation—talking to them, sho'tvibg the danger consequent to vicious life—warning them 'to fief: from wrivli to come? When these ends can be more readily eflected by teaching tern to investigate' facts for themselves, aud especial. ly by bringing up the young in possession of this power. At present mankind theorizes on plans for proving the arts and more fully investigating floe sciences am} almost totally neglect what is ap parently of lower order. What of the Coral, supposing the yonng to come to existence. with. out the instinct of constructing I The old ones having died, the wondrous formation of those Irtt• ly wonderou3 insects, instead of still-accumnlat- ing would actually be diminished by the con. stant lashing of the waves and would perhaps iii 1- time - he - untracabir --- Sultis - with - manki hold the rising and downfall of nations and the causes thereof I had a nation fostered those vir tues which were instrumental In their greatness, they would undoubtedly have kept their exalted position; but they built ton high on a sandy-lil,•e foundation, hence their fall, To rise to true greatness a rocky foundation must be laid, tvhiCh is education—education forms the g,tound-work to happiness, and now what is the beginning of education. It must be that by which all things that have transpired and have been discovered are preserved, namely written and printed lan, guage. Then in order to gain edueation, we must have an acquaintance with reading ; and as the alphabet or letters must be known before we can learn to read, it is impottant that we should adopt the most efficient plans in teaching them. No oilier study in school is so much neglect ed co- , that of teaching the alphabet. The most tlfectual method of teaching the al. phabet in my opiaion is to have tablets made of, ra m e t, oBr ,t o r of wood; take one of these tablets, say A, present it to the learner or class of learn ers as the case may be, explain its shape also the position of the organs of sound or speech in, its formation, requesting them to explain the me in return, Ibis, tbpugli readily complied with may not be done so well, a few trials, how ever, will enable them to du it better. Then tell its name: this being thoroughly learned in tho. same manner take up another, suppose B, then take the two tablets (A and 13) form them into syllables, the learners always to do the same in return. These two being thoroughly known, take up another and proceed in like manner, and so oor till the whole alphabet is. perfectly known. Thus the alphabet is not only very soon learn ed, but the sounds or names of the letters and their uses are inseparably associated, at least So touch so, as their arbitrary uses, in combi• nations and words, enable us to attach such values to them, while at the same time the in. tereaf of the learners is kept up, their minds are all the time kept in activity and where they can have a free access to the tablets will while many an hour away, in making words and con• structing sentences, thus proving a profit anti pleasure to themselves and a spur ti their teacher. There are doubtless other good methods Made use of in teaching the alphabet and its use. For instance, some teachers teach the principal val. ties or powers of the letters (when in combl. nation with • other letters and not their names.) True the values attached to the roman letters in representing English are very incons'istent, yet with much pains and a great deal of trouble it may undoubtedly prove a very good method ; but in a school where scholars of all ages add all sta ges of progress are jumbled together in a small school•roorn,is is thecase in most district se.hools, it is evident that no extra time_can be allotted to the abecedarians, and as the latter method. takes up considerable time, it cannot be advan tageously used, while on the other hand, the for. mer, in consequence of the little time necessary and of the great advantages it affords, both to the learners and the teacher; should be made use of in the common schools. As but very little time can be devoted to the teaching of this primary study, it is certainly not necessary that it should be slighted as it is at present, but on the contra ry the very best plaits should in consequence be made use of. I hope the time may not be far distant, when the school-tetocher, as well as the clergy, the lawyer and , the statesman, will be aware of his true position in the human family, and act in ac cordance ; then, and not until then, do I bespeak the youths the ttgood time coming." ballotings were had in the Ohio Legislature on the 30th ult., for U. B._Senator, but without success. The last ballot was as fol. laws: Griswold 42; Payne 39; Giddinga 18.. As was predicted, both branches of the Octave!). tion have adjourned sine die without being able to elect a United States Senator. ' Ottio.—The population of Ohio, as ascertained' by the census of 1850, is 1,983,140; being an in crease of 463,670 since 1840, er thirty and' a hale per cent. 12trAzplendid and costly nuniumentlo'Gen• Harrikori, liar recently been sent Co Stittlt fiend. Ilia faintly do not know froth whotri it cane. • Pennyitabla Legis Jatnre. IlAnnissuan, February 10, 1850. SENATE. On motion of Mr. Frailey, the bill to authorize the laying out of a State road from Seiberlingst vine, Lehigh county,. to Palo Alto, Schuylkill nountY, was taken up and passed through com mittee ofthewhole. On the 3d, on motion of Mr. f 4 railey, the Lill to lay out a, State road from Seiberlingsville,l.e. high county, lh Palo` Alto, Schuylkill county; was taken up on second reading and pased ft; nally. 1101:SE On the 6th, Mr. Laury presented a petition roe a railroad from Norristown to Shimersvilia on the Lehigh rifler. M a i& same day., 'on motion of Mr. Mowry, (of Somerset,) the Committee on the Judiciary were directed to e nqu'i're ink) The 'eliprdi'etrcy of Vepoit ing a bill to .emrrotee'i• Vire tottis of quarter sect• 'ston :to make 'n'ety rowilsillips, election distriets; and fix the places for holding elections wheher: rr petitioned ; and also to appoint persons to con duet said elections; when near districts are' formed. • Mr. noweh on the 7th inthallifeeil a bill to es tablish a hoard of licenstrs in the several coon ties of ibis t.)orrlthotittleallll. M. Mowry, of Wyoming, on the same day, Lill to extend the powers and duties of justices of peace in criminal cases, prom . The following Bills have becti reported in the State Legislature: Relative to the election of Cashiers and other Bank officers, Pearl in place, January 9, by Mr. Savety-=k.l'hat from and after the passage of this net thr cashiers and solicitors of the several Banks of this Commonwealth shall be elected annually by the directors of said Banks, at did" same time and in the same manlier that the pre= silents thereof are now elected, and no erson shall be eligible as solicitor of any Dank of . Which he may be at the time a director; nor shall any person be eligible as director of any Bank who shalt not have been a stockholder thereof at least three calendar months before the time of his election." ' supplementary to the act exempting property of the value of $3OO from leyy and sale on exe. entio:t and distress fur tent i That so much 'of' the fifth section of the above act as repeals the 20th section of the act entitled ..an act relating ' to executions," passed June lo, 1836,.be and the' same is hereby repealed i that property exempt• from sale, in piirsdance of the provision of the' 28th section of the act entitled ..an act relating' to Executions'' passed Jdne 16, 18:16, shall con finite exempt from' levy and sale execution— . Provided said exemption apply only to debts con tracted prior to the fourth day of July, 1850 ; that it shall be lawful for any person having a family' to waive the right of exemption to property provided for by the act to which this is a supple• mem. Authorizing the Banks of this Commonwealth,- to issue notes of the denomination of one, two.• and three dollars.--.. That so much of any act or acts of Assembly now in force as prohibits the bn nks of this Commonwealth from making atoll issuing notes, payable on demand, of the denom- - inations of one, two and three dollars, be and the" same is hereby repealed; and it shall be lawful° for any of the said banks to make and issue notes • of the said denominations, to an amount not ex-• ceding twenty.five per cent., upon their capital' actually paid in, redeemable in gold or silver,• when presented at. the counter of the bank issu.' ing the same. in amounts of five dollars or up. wards, subject to the same penalties as are or may' hereafter be provided by law in relation to the re- - demption of the larger denominations of circu lating notes issued bi• said banks, and any per- - son or persons body poliiic ntcdrporate marre.• ceive and circulate said notes- . Yankee Otocke We are not aware of any branch of the mar!.." ufactures of this country more curious and more• flourishing, than that of Yankee clocks, carried' on so extensively in the State of Connecticut.— These are now a very different article from the old wooden clock, so long a standing jest against "the land of steady habits." Thee are things connected with the clock manufacture that are astonishing—the number sold, and the cheapness of them—of those that are good time keepers.— (lite person alone, Mr. Jerome, of Connecticut, manufacturei more than one huCdred and fiftp thousand annually, and there are manufacturedt annually in the state from three to four hundred( thousand. There .nre several qualities—some? first rate time-keepers, fur five or six dollars,- made of brass, and they go more than eight.days. It Is rather a pilule how such a clock, which is - really neat and well finished, can be afforded at. such a price I and the only solution of the mat-' to is, that the works are all made by machinery,• which cuts them very rapid!y, and with teethe-. matical. ptecisiou. Aud hence their cheapness,. as well as their correctness, Haw to Measure an Acre of Land.-301 squaitt' yards• make a square rod; 4 square rods make: I acre; 040 acres make.! square ; 4819 sq:- yards or 169 rods make 1 acre. In - measuring; an acre by yard, the usual practice is 'to trace' 0E79 yards in length and 79 yards width ;.thiaiti , a rough way, may be conaidered near.. ettl for practical purposes, but as 79 yard wayv made 4990 square yards, it exceedi•on'eaere hyv 69 square yards. To determine, an accurate' . acre, it should be meaaured' tryards in leugd' by 66 1-7 yards In breadth. The same rook may be arrived at by measuring feet' ill' length and 19ttleet ih width, or by uleasurioir 731 yards IR length. by 66' yards id bfeadill•— American Parmer.. Gcorgia.—A Mr. Biyail'aV Siiuth 4;arblitta;itt. a panwhlet, styled The Meiji& Remedy. men. . lions die ctitions fact; probably oro9o trltist'or our readera, that Geotia Was Oe't4ediatV ycqit• not only a fried bdt te white colppy.•• 4:tibtlt:tug , year I'M the trustees. for establislililitht.oo* any prohibited' slhVery, under W 6101 1 104 it litifibished'until 111;2; when they' rhligned.theie charterio the.itibg.• Iu thirty rrod dot iorl'oFslaVe labor, there were 80,00gslireiib id' the provlbet i • • '
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