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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 • • '