ql)e rebigl) Cla•cnlnfioia near 2000. Allentown, Pa. THURSDAY, MARCH, 20, 1861, &dia.—Subscribers to the “Regitter." in town or country, who may change their residences on the let of April, are requested to give us early information, in writing if possible, of their new localities, so Quit we may moire The necessary change in the direction of their papers. We can tend the paper almost anywhere through Uncle sam's vast dominions. ' r_1rm....11.-Beward-baii-ottr-tha-nke for a copy of his admirable .speech on the man• ailment and dlep . osition of' the public domain, &Hewed to the United States Senate, February 27, 1881. 1211r1dessrs. Laury and Drown of the House of Representatives, will please accept our thanks for valuable Legislative documents. car The Teachers' an Directots' Association •rill meet in the Lecture Room of the flerman Reformed_ehurch r on Saturday the 22d itt - stst As this is the last meeting of the season, and In teresting-exercises-may-be-expected-,---01-IlieT friends of Education are earnestly invited to at, tend. We Want Money ! The-nest-of-A pril-is-cast-approachingTwhen everybody wants money to make his amnia! payments, and none more o than the friaer. The fact is, it is all the year 'round First of April whit him, for he is continually in want of funds. But, laying all jukes aside, vie hare some heavy payments to n:cot, ott or before the first, and, therefore, thought proper to give this early notice to our kind patrons, confident that they will not let us stick. The Rail Road On Thursday last, a number of workmen. commenced—the-grading - of — thellairlMßlThe• iween Easton and 111auch Chunk, a short din tamse below Allentown, on the south side of the river. The report of an eight pounder gave the Signal for the commencement of the work. In another article of imdsy; paper, it will b e Seen that arrangements lu,kvet actually been made to relay the rails of the Cainwissa Mad its whole length to the Lehigh 47 miles. This forms one of the many branches of the road through the Lehigh vatly to Easton. Them is now tin doubt but what the toad will lie in fell operation front the Susquehanna to New Yolk in tees than three years. General Jail Delivery. On Tuenday !kilt, the inmates of our C o n n . 1y Jail, took it into their heads to free them selves of their bondage. They mere FIX in number, Daniel L. Ward end Thomas Simpson, imprisoned in November lust for pasnine coun terfeit money, David Fulzinger, a lad about 111 years of age, for stealing, Henry H. Ko/b, for obtaining goods under false. pretences, John Gidding(r, for REF Ilk and battery, and frilliam Alexander alias Bill Frizza, colored, also fat :.16. *atilt end battery. It appears they made their eFettre lit real Jack She Nerd style, by the follea ing accoun t which we collected Iron: such %I ho have rea son to know, and from our own observation : The whole patty were placed in tic rooms of the second story of the Jail: In the early mitt up until 10 o'clock in the eveninif, they appeared to be exceedingly lively, mach mote so than usual, Ward and Simpson promenading op and down the entry, apparently entertaining them- selves and the rest of the party with singing some of their Choice Songs. While in the act of sing• ing, Mrs. Newhard happened to pass out of her room below, they immediately upon hearing her, stopped singing and inquired if it was objection. able to her, she replied in the negative, this hap pened at about 0 o'clock. In singing they had no doubt two objects in view; first, to draw the attention of the inmates of the house from any suspicion that might have aroused, and second, that the noise of sawing the ceiling and.flooring over head should not be heard, at which the oth• era were at the ti me engaged. They heated the poker of the stove and•burnt holes through the ceiling, then sawed out a hole sufficiently large for them to creep through to the garret. They cut their blankets in strips and tied them togeth, er, by means 'of which they let themselves down through the gable end window to the ground.— When dcwn they separated in all directions, in order to prevent followers from ;racing them through the snow which had falter' during the night. CS" The Sheriff has offered a reward of forty dollars for the apprehension of NVard and ann. The former is a printer by profession, has pleasing countenance and genteel appearance i end vehicles when at .lime in Dellfonte, Ct-ntre county. Soorhon is stoutly built and has a down cast look, and resides when at home in Putts. yulle,.Solinylkill county. The Deepest of the Season. On Monday evening alter dark. it vommene, ed snowing and continued daring the night and part or Tuesday morning, having fallen to the depth of about ten ituthes. The weather was mild and continued thaw•iag that nothing is lull but all awful state of the roads. The FIIOW did not even scare up the Pigeons, for which our sportsmen were on the look out I Ohio IYheitt.— Three Counties of 0hi0...- Wayne, Stark, and Ashland—raised over 4,. 000,000 bushels of wheat last year. Ohio cad raise wheat enough to feed all England. This is the.land of bread.. Oh, why is it, that in any part of the world the poor should mount. for breed when there is enough. and to spare rais ed for all 7 OrMexican Laud' VViArrator are selling at from IFl3g to Xl4O. Items of Great Interest. We glean the following inmiesting items of interest from the Mining Regi.ster, published in Pottsville, l'a. The Register, by the bye, is one of the beet conducted journalein the State ite weekly arrival with us, is anxiously look• ed for, 1311 it is freighted with all that man is capable of collecting; the editors, Alessrn. Hail and T7sit ttre deserving of the best success. The Harrisburg correspondent of tho Regis for Kip, '•I am credibl ) informed that , fie CallaWit , f a Railroad Company, tr hope road Iron] the Le• high to the Smquehamia, 47 miles in length, which WEIS graded 1611 years f•Mee, have ac tually purchased the hot' to lay the track this coming Ecopli" The Catawi:4ll road conrects with the Bea. vcr Meadow road at the r!louth of Black Creek. Tho tatter forms a connection with the Dela -awever-kettglY7SF icy t any .ttsque is nna road, either at Lehighton or at Perryville. At Easton it connection is again formed with the Sommerville road direct, or with the Trenton and Belvidere road via. the Raritan Canal to New York. The editors of the Register express a very nattering opinion of the benefits that Schuyl• kill county will derive from the incorporation of the till creating the "Mount Eagle and Tre• -alum = Rsil - Road - Cornpany" — Th - e - roadifs - ir passed the Senate, is to run from a point on the _lVliite-Ilill-or-Swatara TA Road, near Trenton t, in Sehnylkill county, to a point near Mount Eagle. in Dauphin connty. This road will form u continuous route to the central Rail read, thereby- opening nun ket_ni conFider- i able tusgnilude not 11011' available. So if will iir. Register 111 In regnid to Five Ranks, the Register says : ""The Central Banking Law, based on tetate stocks, has been warmly discussed, for some days past, in the State :Sennte. Both sides of the question have able supporters. The doubts cf suite of the C(9151013tIMIC:Ily of the proposition, licep them from giving it a support, while others _oppose-it - becatt , e — tiwy - Believe it injudicious to increase the banking capital of the Biale. We do not hesitate to give it as our opinion that the c_tiscrtnent_obgetirral-laws-will-do-trwarwith-the necessity of the olog•rolling" curse of special le. gislation, and remove the obstructions to free and independent action upon the affairs of State. General laws, piopeily formed, so as to guard the rights t f and yet so devoid of unnecessary stringebcy, as to induce practical organization under them, must exalt the coadi• ' tion of our people, and prevent the blighting ins crease of moneyed monopoly. We are not then compelled to dance attendance upon a partial_) legislature, end ply the syc.hophant for the 'pm% pose of obtaining permission to exercise. a right." Mr. Hunter's Bill. The new:Taper, ale cli,eussing the merits of Mr. liunter'e Bill. The importers says that the Bill— 'tally establishes the practice 'under the tar• ifr of 1816 in teopeet ui the'valuation of mer chandize at and to the place of exportation, making that /ate Which the Supreme Cour: re• coolly decided was not law, viz : the addition to the invoice of the trade end shipping charg es to the place of export, and fixing the time of valuation at the date of exportation instead di the time of purebriw. This confirms Mr. Walker's view of the hm of '46 and the prae• lice tinder that law, moil altered by the recent decision of the Supreme Court, fixing the val ue on which duties were to be assessed, at ac tual cost In the purchaser, itrespective of the time of shipment. It is thelefere 'error ihat under Mr. flotom•s rah b e co ll ecte d en the height to this cottony as %%AI as upon the valne at the time of shipment. It is an open question, and capable et two comtrue lions, and %%ill nu doubt givc. rise , ' immtneta blo lawsuits, as every nopotter will claim that the practice under it shall he the same as un der the law ot '46. which Tre.4libed the same rondo of appraisement, and if !Lim he not done, duties %Ain be paid under protest, and suit in stituted In recover Chit excesa of duty paid." 0 hers gite a iiillment construction to the law. The Hartford Times, a Melt metesses to have i!a information Irian very good authority, ea) this rea• law gives the irm makers a protective duty 0145 per eem.i .plead of 30 per cent. afforded by tho twill of 1846, because the average price of pig iron in the principal h tei4o market, Gla , gow, i, about 12 dollan3 per too, the avemPct freight id 1, l charges front that port to this crmetty about ;.0 por ton, or one half the tame of the iron More. The duty, therelmo, it' now (qua! to 45 per cent., and the rota:ion Irmo the freight and charges ig exaedy ö per cent. rnore, making in ell 50 per cont. 01 protee:inn under this new In•.v upon this prime neecsrary of .every branch of iatiortrv. Upon cottons and woolens we are 'blamed by p.,nral authority that this law, Ly levying the duty upon freight and ehargeS, trill affOol an additional amount of pitoctlion, varying from 5 to 10 per cent. aecnoting to the coarseness and bulkiness of the imported article. Thu well informed tuannt . acturers also estimate that the appointment of appraiseers at hirge affords then a further protection of about 10 per cent. as compared with the o d law, by preventing fraudulent invoices, and securing a uniform valuation. 011 the whole, the high tariff men have managed their card with consideraLle adroitness. If they have not obtained all they desired or exorbitantly demanded, they, have at all crams got more than they had reason to . expect. They are pretty well Fativfied with the result, and we knew they would be eo when we observed the complacency with which 1 . 4 r. Winthrop accepted Hunter's bill as a substitute for his own. Lucky.—A woman, 68 years old, who is deaf rfiltl_dunth, wog married-for-the - fourth - time - at - Jog dustow (Thumb, England, on the 21st uli., her bridegroom being a young man of 21. VEWPU CENSUS teon County—Official. gis an official statement-of the orthampton county, as shown by sus, taken in 1850. Northamp The followin population of N the seventh Cen § f ! DISTItICTS Lehigh Wert,. Bushkin Wnrd 3008 ti 62 778 8342 871 631 Pop. of Eadon, Souili Easton, . Williams, . I 7250 1288 1409 1611 223 270 2634 444 463 2821 301 418 2905 499 530 708 97. 103 1297 222 242 409 61 83; 2104 371 405! 428 81 . 82 ; 1475 257 27_31 LEM Sa Henn Up. Nazareth.. Low. Nazareth, Nazareth, town Bethlehem tsp. Hanover.. . . . East Allen, 51 190 204 2343 400 427 1518; 219 329 1889; 330 371 1753, 304 319, 20151- 497 505 1 2855! 490 5201 3117 : 531 573; Lehiel•. Bethlehem Bor. Bushkin.. . . . Plainfield, . . . Moore, . . . ". L'p. Mt. Bethel, Low.Mt.Bethel, 40235.6836 7532' FEE Boa d of Revenue The-13 EMIE — Revenue Commissioners are at Harrisburg, having assein- now in Session bled on the 136.11 ult. This Board was estub, by the Act of 1844 laying a three mill tax on real estate, and taxing money and oth er property for paying the interest on the State debt, --with a view of equalizing throughout the Common wealkand is corn pos. ed °Elmo member from each pi.livia4 Dbitriet. The Let requites the Comity Cornmis!..ioners of the several counties to furnish the Boar!, under oath with a detailed statement of the retintis . by the asSeoFort4 of all the property taxable for Mate purposes. The Coin inisririnere and all other County and township officers are requir ed to 1111Mff under oath such questi CDS in re. gaud to the colicethera of their at,t , eetttiteoth ar way be put to then]. nit. Dist! iet- it= reprettented, itt the I out , enetal 'ode of Lehigh county, who we host a iii Fed that no injustice i 8 done to ihe tax•payere of Old Nonhatnpton, -who have always been prompt in the paytueut of their quota uf State tax, We see by the proceedings of the Board, non• in session, that Air. Foglo presented the fol. Imiving statement as the valuation of Lehigh MEM proper:y sajert If: 3 mill tax, " . 1 per vt. tHN, 2 " TUX on vra:elies, $92 75. IVhich was agreed to—yeas twenly, t:ayr three. And the above %Tam determined a' the dale. alien of the county of Lehigh for the next three BEE :Ur. Foe also proposed the ((Cutting as the valuation of Nurthadiptod county Properly Ell bjeCt to 3 will tax, 1 per et. tax, Tax on watches : *lOB 50. was agreed to—yeas twenty'•three, nays none And the above was determined upon an the valnatio'l of the county of Northampton for the next threu vears The Appraisement Bill There is moult doubt tte to the any, upnn iron and coal, likely to be by the apprai-metit b:II pa.,:ed at re.f,rion. The N. Yolk ExpresN srlys it is mere ly intended to legalize the circulate it . &ited by Secretary Walker, open the rules of which the bluff of 18IG had been adminiAcred, and which the :Supreme Court had annulled as not us accordance with the meaning of the larill act. 0 hers av,.:r that it inclea,..es the duty on holt about SI,DO per ton. J tie (Inc:aloft 'tait-ed ir'wl.•ether duties under the bill are to be chug f•it 111 , 0 height. The act to our mind is clear. ck•arly includes co,•te and charges." It will remain for the Secretary of the Tieasury to give the act the proper construction. Nullification Nullified the 15W ult., the Senate of Alissouti in,.anitnonsly directed the Governor of the .:ate to return the resole:ions of ele late •:atshvillo Convention t.t its Seere:ary or Pres. "withunt moo or comment," and re solved that, as legislators or individnak, they would ''etiMrtain no communication from per• sons who •can so tar forget the interests of the people as to claim the right in a State to se cede from the Union, believing that such Fen n:news only emanate from deluded fanatics, or trorn alto traitors of our c•ounuy" ‘vbi gt , , Ltentoniice:, and awl-Bei:tonnes all joined 'to roll this heavy store against the sepulchre of a dead and rotten hooding. Missoini has no sympathy for traitors or tree smilers , North or South.- Price of Women —A correspondent at San Francisco gives the following account of the value of women ill that city: ' "Women sell hem for from five hundred - to as high as ten thousand dollars u piece. 11 a good looking young lady was to come to this country, f have no doubt but that she might get as high as twenty or thirty thousand dollars for herself. There was a ship that canto front 'Chili day before yesterday ; and let go her an- chor within sneaking distance of us, and she had ninety-three women on hoard of her. To day at twelve o'clock there was but cue lleft, mid she was about seventy ye.arsold. IgrA man named Hudson has been sentenc ed in Tennessee, to five year... imprisonment for marrying hin nicer Safety Fand and Free Hanka. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, of March 14th Pap% "Pray, Aleesrs. Editors, explain how a 'Safe ty Fund Bank' can become 'a bad concerti.' Your paper of this morning says the brokers oldie City of New York will not buy the notes of the Lewis County Bank ; now I have been under the impression that the notes of the Safe ty Fund Banks were always made safe by the Register of the State issuing countersigned notes, equal only to an amount of State Stocks which have been deposited with:him as collat. g . 12. ,Tr 63 I 61 31 4 64 84 4; 106 12 8, 9 29 107; 11 28 162 j 17 22 1811 41 SO, 135 26 30 78 0 - -1 - 29 159' 18 5 421 2 oral security." To %illicit the New York Tribune, of March 15:h, replies as follows: '•ln corn M Wiling upon this communication the learned financial Editor of the Ledger pro• Leeds to show Mat •Safety Fund' Banks may ale_bad=fitilurety—because-1 he—recuri 6 82 14 18 149 29 31 -; 35 20 120, 16 16 140: 12 26 207: 11 20 196; 32 32 259, 26 ; pledged to secure the noteholders fluctuate in value, and may riot sell for sufficient to pay the notes, &c., &to. The correspondent seems to have some lingering doubts of the correct ness of his impressions, but the Bensby of the Ledger mites with all the dignity. of an oracle, and as if he really understood the subject upon which lie is writing. The amtipathy of the Ledger to all Banks leads it easily into error ; upon the sot jmt of Baßking,_and-it-becomes ; our duty to dispel its ignorance in this case.- - The J2 Salely - Funtl" - system - irthe - Old systemof Banking of this State, and the Fund con sisied of per cent. yearly contributions from all Banks in the State. This fund was pledged _for the_redempflon of the notes of broken Batiks, and was long ago exhausted by the de mends upon it. The amount which is yet due up to the expiration of the !eel Safety Fund charter, is pledged he. the redemption of the scrip issued by the Bank Department in pay ment of the notea of exploded Backs. The Lewis County is S a fel y Fund' Bank, and has nut a dollar of securities, pledged for the 436 2102 426 irl redemption of its holes. The 'Free Banking Systetn l- 13 - 11re new Banking Srtern of the State, and tinder it all the times u! the Banks Are amply secured by securities deposited with the - Gourptroller-Bann afterthe ofif ie Law there ;vete some swindling Banks organ, zed under it, and brought the system into porno di,credir by exploding. Stringent a mendtnenta Illive since been passed, and the systern now !affords perfect security to note holders. So ample is, this _security, and such is the entire confidence of the public in it, that when the failure of three of these free lbo.ks was an- 1 0,1.111 nounced in the journals a few days since, and for a day or two generally believed, their cir- £8.396.418 91.061 1,600 collating notes passed from hand to hand with the same freedom as before, and the brokers bought them at the Same discount as other uncurrent money. As far as the noteholders are concerned, there is no safer banking sys• 8,489,1E6 tent in the World than the inei.ent law of this Sate." Great Fire in Carlisle. Carlisle, March 12, 1951 The most extensive and destructive tire which has ever occurred in our borough, took place this morning, between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, It originated in the stable attached to Scoo'n llo tel, and notwithstanding, the utmost exei lions of the citizens, it spread with frightful and terrible rapidity; the wind blowing fresh from the north west. Sl3 533 361 '151,250 OE *13,708,659 soun spread to the adjacent buildings, and in the course of a few hours, no less than four, teen dwelling houses, twenty two stables and warehouses, and one church (the Lutheran) were entirely consumed. Several horses and cows perished in the flames. The loss is estimated at ;50,000; only about 48,000 being covered by insurance: The fire was got under at d'oclock this morning. No lives were lost, but several persons were seriously in jured. It is supposed to have been the work of ellevi, if • 1)10{114.0 ihu revent timetidiary. The Lutheran church was a substantial brick siructure March 18.—From thirty to forty buildings, of different description were destroyed in the con. ffagraiion this morning. The fire broke - out on the west sole of the alley in the rear. of North Hanover street, where it commenced. The sta. bles of I'dr. Arnold and Monyer, the stables and carriage house of Miss Startn and Mr. Scott, thy wart house and stable of Mr. Letter, and the sta bles of George Keller and John Humes were en. tirtly consumed, together with most of their con• tent, On the opinisite of the alley a large brick house known as the ...Arcade," among the cslorrd pop. ulatino, the stable of Mr. Todd, and several (MI er buildings owned by 11. Sharpless and occu pied by colored persons, were also burnt :o the ground. From these the are extended along Loathes t ree , and destroyed the dwelling occupied by Mrs. Rhinehart and Mr. Fridley, Mrs. I. Todd, the family of the ex•sheriff Hoffer. In most all of these houses more or less furniture was =- sinned. The next building destroyed was a capacious church edifice of the Lutheran congregation, on Dedlord street. A large frame dwelling house immediately opposite, owned by Mr. Zolinifier, was also consumed... From thence the fire extended to the extensive stabling of the public house kept by Mr: user, and speedily enveloped it and his hotel, fronting on high street. The building was soon a total ruin. Here the. fire was fi nally subdued, after four hours untiring exertions by the firemen and citizens. On Dickinson's alley the iron warehouse of Mr. Saxton, the stables of Judge Hepburn, and Hainan's public house, together with other aim• ilar buildings, were all consumed. Large Ba!loom—John' Wise, Esq., of Lan. carder, Pn., is engaged in constructing another monster balloon, to be about three times as large as the "Hercules," used last. summer, with which he intends to prove the certainty of his ability to'crossdhe Atlantic and cirourn riavipte the globe. EMI= Pennsylvania Legislature. Ihnniaautia, March 17, 1851 On.the 7th on motion of Mr. Shimerohe bill to incorporate theboard'of elders of the North. ern diocese of the church of the United Brethren, was taken up, discussed, and passed a sec. and and final reading. On the 14th, Mr. Sanderson, of the Committee of Estates and Escheats) reported, with amend• mints, the bill to authorize the German emigre. cation of More township, Northampton county, to sell certain real estate. Mr. Shimer presented a bill to incorporate the Allentown iron company. On the lbth, on motion of Mr. Walker the Sen. ate resumed the consideration of the hill to es. tablish a system of General Banking, based on State stocks, the question pending being upon "Falun of the_Luteaty...fasl _ bill. After some debate the bill passed through The title was agreed to, and on the question, "Shall the bill be transcribed fora third reading !" it was agreed to by the following vote : 77 Yeas 10 —Nays 14. On the Bth, Mr. A. E. Brown moved that the House do now proceed to consider the bill to in. corporate the E l kirmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Easton. When the ordrrs of the day were Mr. Niret_trer_mo.v.ed_to_suspend-the-orders.—, Which was agreed to; yens 52, nays 19. The bil: was then talcen up, (Mr. Scouller iu the chair,) read, and the bill then came up on second reading. After a few remarks from Mr. I A. E. Brown in its lavor, and Mr. 13rindle in op. I position to an increase of the banking capital of the State. • Mr. 'they replied to Mr. Brindle, and staled his position in reference to bauk.s. The bill was further discussed by Messrs. 01 wine, Brindle, and Jackson. Mr. Dealers moved to postpone the bill for the present Mr. A. E. Brown opposed the motion, 25 did W. - Brower, who declared himself to lie ariiiTti7 bank Whig. • The motinn to postpone was not agreed to; eas-20 F The question recurring upon like passage of the bill on second reading, and it passed ;yeas .17, nays 38. Nine Laury on the same day, introduced a bill to repeal the second . section of an act passed April 19,18.18, relative to actions against county commissioners. Oa the 1 th a large number of bilk, to whie% there was no objection, and which are of a pri• vale nature, were severally read and prepared for final passage.• The two following are includ ed : A bill to incorporate Mr Macungie Horse com pany, for the detection of hone thieves in the county of Lehigh. A bill io authorize the German congregation of Moore township,Norihampton county, to make sale of fourteen acres and WIC hundred and forty perches of land. On the 14:h, Mr. Penniman of the Committee on Inland Navigation, reported with amend ments, a supplement to an act incorporating Mt Hamburg and Allentown railroad company. Mr. Liury, a bill to provide 1 . .. r the appoint. mem of a hriLmtle inspector in Lehigh county; and a bi.l to incorporate the :Allentown iron com pany: file bill to incorporate the new bank at EkS. ton, Northampton county, to be called -The Far. I mers' and Mechanics' Bank of Easton," came &PH in order, and passed final reading—yeas 45, nays 40. as follows : Yeas Messrs. Armstrong, Baldwin, Bent, Blaine, Bowen, Broomall, A. E. Brown, Joseph Brown, Cooper, Cowden, Downer, Ely. Evans, (Indiana) Fiffe,, Freeman, Gossler, deman, Hamilton, Hart, Hunsecker, Kunkel, Laury, Leech, Lest, Lilly, Maclay, M'Cluskey, M'Cune, M'Kee, M'Reynolds, Mowry, (Somerset) Missley, O'Neill, Patten, Reid, Rhey, Riddle , Rob. ertson, Slifer, Smith, Thomas, 'Prone, Van Hurtle, and Walker, 45. Nays—Messrs. Benedict, Bigelow,, Blair, Bon haM, Brindle, Brower, Cassiday, Demers, Dunn, Evans, (Berks) Feather, Fegely, Fretz, Gabe, Goodwin, Hague, Henry, Huplet, Jackson, Laughlin, M'Kean, Monroe,. Morris, Mowry, (Wyoming) Olwine, Packer, Penniman, Reck how, Reifsnyder, Rhoads, Ross, Scofield, Scout, . 1 ler, Shugert, Shull, Simpson, Skinner, Sunder, Steward and Cessna, Speaker-40.. On the 17th inst., the Committee on Corpora. tions reported with amendments the bill incor porating the Allentown Iron Company. On the 17th the bill was passed, extending the time for commencing and completing the Ham burg and Allentown Railroad. U. S. Senator for Ohio. Columbus, Alarch Seven baflotings were had for United States Senator this afternoon. The first ballot result ed as follows:—Corwin, 3U; Payne, Democrat, 36; Sutlifl, Free Soil, U; Foatter in,g, 6. The Whip withdrew 'name of Corwin, and nornlnaled Mr. Wade. Here are the fig. urea for the fifth ballot :—Benj. Wade, Whig, 30; H. B. Payne, Dent., 31; Sutliff, Free Soil, 7; Scattering, 12. The %‘'ltius again changed their tactics. by nominating S. J. Andrews, and on the seventh. ballot, the vote stood thus :—S. J. Andrews, Whig, 32; H. B. Payne, Dem., 33; Sohn, Free Soil : 7; Scattering, 10. As there was no union between either of the three parties, and no prospect of an election to- day, an adjournment was agreed upon. March 15.—Judge Benjamin F. Wade, Whig, of Ashtabula county, bas just been elected to the United States Senate for six years. The vote stood :—B. F. Wade, Whig, 44; Henry B. Payne, Dern., 34 ; blank 7. Judge Wado was ono of the earliest slip. porters of General Taylor in the Western Re• =I John Woods, %'hig, was re•elooted State Au ditor on the fifth ballot. The Whigs also sue ceededed in i•leetiog two minor officers. SENATE 1101 SI: Large Family.—The Rev. Valentine Balsbagh, a preacher of the German Baptist denomination, 1 and who resides in South Hanover township. Dauphin county, Pa., was born on the - 14th of February, 1753, and ..75s 01 years old in MN.' ary last, is now in the enjoyment of good health and a sound mind. He has had eleven children, seventy-nme grand-children, and one hundred and nine great.grand children—one hundred and eighty six "altogether—twenty, three of whom are dead. lie has officiated as minister of the gos: pel (or the last 9Q years. He has a sister now living who is in her ninety-third year. Liberal Donations.—Thc IJoston correspontien t of the Newburyport Herald says : • !.The sum of twenty thousand dollars has been subscribed and paid, within the past few days. by thi thiitarians in this city, in aid of the The °logical School in Meadville, near Lake Erie, in Pennsylvania. One of the western friends of this institution, IL .1. Huidekoper, Esq., offered to make a donation of ten thousand dollars, on con , dition that the further sum of forty thousand dol lars was obtained. Twenty.six thousand dollars of this amount was obtained in NeVr England !'" New License Law.—The people of Chester ter county have ,succeeded in obtaining a special act from the Legislature relative to the selling of spirituous liquors in that county. This new law transfers all the power now possessed by-thet.. Court of Qurter Sessions in the granting of lip r censes, to a Board of License, to consist of three • persons, to be chosen annually In each borough' and township, who shall' have the power - of grant ing or withholding licenses lair the sale of spirit nuna GLEANINGS rir Buffalo city last year paid a tat of over s4oo,ooo—being about ten dollars for every per- son in the city. LV"By the law of France no priest, doctor or attorney is allowed to accept a deathbed legacy. tar During 1850, there were 15,036 deaths in the city of Mexico, of which 9610 were from cholera alone. The number of births was 8929, and the marriages only 1210. 137^Senny Lind's seven concertsin New On. leans, for which the' tickets sold at a preminnt of from three to twenty dollars, realized from $140,090 to 51 60.000. rirThr Ncw York Anti• Renters haVe called a State .Convention to Fecure a re organisation, &c., strengthen their pohuical power. preacher lately attempted to smother his wife at Keokuk, lowa. He acted under the influence of a woman. t.-ts es tom ca . < tre - mmnprt- T ,f- 7 ,1, shipped from California, since the first discovery, is about $68,5u0,000. rirlt is estimated that the property belonging to.the city of New York, laid out in public walks; squares and parks, amounts to $8,996,0110...: 1.3.r0ne of Aaron Burr's love victim's nnvV . resides in Illeecker street, New York. tier nee: tile affords .her the necessaries of life. rrOn Friday evening last, John MilleKaged 15 years, a son of Mr. Joseph Miller, who resides , near Hamburg, in Berks county, Pa., was -di7Fid-inliiTfaihWTbarn. 3'Tu drink cold wafer or other fluids after fatigue and abstinence in a heat above 55 de greess, is almost &lain death. I-7"Np less than $3.594,000 bonds of this rail road were sold in the Exchange of New York on Thursday of last week, in the short space of 37 ME= lir The Sr ermary of the Treasury hai; retun ed to pay Senators constructive mileage, because .Congress has made no appropriation for that pur pose. reThere is a strong probability of a fiercer Indian war in California. The frontier tribes muster 7000 warriors 117 - I'he Free Bank bill has passed the Senate of Ohio by a vote of fifteen to twelve. It will, without doubt, become a law -- tat Never buy what you tecause it is cheap ; it will be a dear article to yon in the end fl' Among Barnum's curiosities added to his i; a musqulm's bladder', containing the souls 0124 misers, and the the fortunes of 17 prinirrs—nearly half full. (7g* Ask of strangers charity, of arquaintances advice, of relations nothing, and you will always have a full supply. Changing Names We notice that a bill has been introduced into the Legislature, empowering the Court of Com ! inon Pleas of any county of the State, to make a decree changing the name of any person resid ing in any county. st any time, three months aft ter being petitioned Io do the same by suclrper son ; provided that no:ice of the application, as well as the decree after the same, shall be pub lished in one or indite newspapers, to be desig nated by the Cowl. It provides, further, that any person whose name is thus changed shall pay, before the entering of the decree, to the Pro thonotary of said Court, ten doliars,of which two dollars shall be retained by the Prothonotary, and the remainder shall go to the use of the State as a tax upon the decree.—Daily News. Historical Item We learn from a comannnication in the Wilks barre Advocate in relation to the formation of Montour county the following in relation to Ches ter and Delaware counties: Half a century ago, a similar contest arose in Chester county. The seat of justice was re. moved front old Chester, on the Delaware, to West Chester. Indignant to the real or fancied wrong, all the lower part of the county was up in arms. Troops actually marched up to West Chester, armed to the teeth, and a cannon was brought to bear with a view of levelling the new Court House then being built, but wiser counsels prevailed. Sober second thought suggested that the county :Mould be divided, and the county of Delaware was established, the division line run between two and three miles of West Ches- IE3 ter. There were not so many inhabitants in the new county of Delaware as there arc now in Montour. In 1810 Delaware contained only 14,- 734 inhabitants. In 1820 the number had in. creased less than an hundred. Yet no war was made upon Delaware, but she was permitted to retain her limits and her organization. a not want, sim
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