mourned the death of her child ; and anxie ty had been felt fur some slight errors in her husband ;—but property could be re gained by labor, or relinquished without effort—every dream of the mother gave back to her heart her beloved child and re freshed with a spiritual intercourse, and every waking thought that turned toward the dead one, was lustrous with the sense of his heavenly intercourse, and consoling, in the promise of a future union—the er rors of a husband that do not simply dishon or, nor exhibit themselves as evidences of wanting affection, may be mended or en dured : but when the heart is suddenly overwhelmed with the evidence of shame, insult, dishonor, when all the purity of wo man!s-thoughts_is_outrageLwith_the_proofs of guilt, and all the years of her charity and enduring love are dishonored by the uner ring tokens of ingratitude and infamy, and the confiding, the consolintr.• the truthful wife becomes the witness of the destruction of her domestic peace, despair sweeps over the heart, like the blasting of-the simoon ; and then all the unmentioned sufferings of the woman, all the cherished sorrows of the daughter, all the poignant anguish of the mother are lost, in overwhelming torrents of--" The Wife's First Grief." ° - - ...."tv, 5 t. 4 1).‘,,. 0,,i-litCl c.ll)e f.cliigij ilegiMer. Circulation near '2OOO. Allentown, Pa. THURSDAY, APRIL, 10, IS4I. grin the advertisement of Mr. Aaron Guth, •n our first page, where the markBmen are in vited to be present; it rtiould read that shot will silo be tined at a distance of 30 yaid.. The Conceit The first Concert given by the Allentown Brim Band on Saturday evening last at the Oda Fellows' Hall, was attended by a crowded and fashionable house. The Band has acquitted it• self truly remarkable ; taking in 'consideration the short time they have been in exi,tenee, which is only about 4 months. Professor Min sae, their instructor, deserves much prai,e for his untiring industry and perseverance, for no ether individnal, we believe, could have been found in this country, that could have effected what he has, in so short a time. We were informed that it is highly probable that Mr. Ileinicke will remain with us another six months, and will give instructions at Liedi lehem and Easton. Canal Commissioner Among the many names we see in connec tion with the office of Canal Commis,ioner, is oleo that of Hon. G. V. Lawrence, of Wa ton county. 10r. Lawrence is a man of middle age, of a very amiable dive:Mon ; and a very popular man abhome. Fie has ably tepre,ent• ed his county in the Lower hon,e for several years, and is now returned Ili a mem- Per of the Senate. As a Western WWII we know of noun more popular. "The Rich and the Poor." With a government; lens arid laws essentially Republican, under a ilia no rank, title nor fortune can render one 111 all superior to another, we still find, every now and then, certain persons who seem to take it far granted that there are two distinct classes in our corn-- try—the rich anti the poor. They even go fur ther-than this, and attempt to tautly such a po silion, by direct appeals, derived from it, to support arguments and to establish principles. Even our courts of justice are made the the% tree for such misrepresentations of our people and institutions, and we hear lawyers gravely talking about the rightsof the licit and the poor, as if they were distinctly recognfzed.hy ail.— Worse than this, the purity of chin twor of , •the poor" is impeached by these orators, arid it is insinuated that the .ballot-box was establielicd simply to prevent the licit from influencing the Totes of the poor; as if the latter were constant. ly liable to be corrupted by the iterior for tunes of the rich. Such a course of reasoning and misrepresen• tatioa should be frod•ued upon by ever) good citizen. For our own Part ; we can recognize DO such distinction of classes. We are poor ourselves, always have been, and probably shall always remain so. But we are jo:it as proud of our position as we could be if we had the fortune of Girard or Astor, and we cannot esteem the owner of any amount of wealM, more than we do the hottest, hard-u coking la borer for his daily bread, Men of small for tunes are more generally men of pure, muti ruptible integrity titan the inillionab es, whose wealth is, nine times out of ten,. Coined- front the toils or the .lot;ses of the hottest Idbm or.— Poor. people themselves cannot disc„ er any real superiority in their wealthy nei.,;libours, and you never find thetn.refet ring to any re cognized distinction of the kind. Indeed these remarks about "rich and porn" are always ut tered by some wealthy orator, who, in spite of bis democratic professions, cannot conceal his aristocratic leanings, and betrayri, even before a popular audience, his own feeling that he is rather superior to the mass of the people who have no great fortunes to boast of. Let us have no more of this. Above all, let us not have our legal tribunals disgraced by arguments founded upon a supposed superiority, of the rich man Over the poor.—Bulloin, The Potato Itat.—lt has been stated that Mr. John T. Snyder, of Franklin, Bergen county, New Jersey, professes to have discovered an ef. fectual remedy for the potato disease, end that he• has applied for the premium of $lO,OOO, Of. fared by the State of Massachusetts tor the dis• Covery of a remedy. His plan is to scatter a handful of ashes around each vine upon the first appearance of the disease.. Borough Election o.i Monday tile persons were elected to till the varlet]; Borough offices for tlte easunq year, to vvit-: Burgess—Major William Pry. High Constable—William Jacoby. NORTH WARD. Council—JoFepli Nutitientacher, • William Las e. aveet Commi,-itmei—llenry W. Kaipe SOLT ‘‘' Council—Jamb Jltller, , ThOlflad 11'ctzel, ThornaN Sebonl Director—Dr. C. L. /Martin. Suaar Commisiorivr—Tihrulitly Goidner The Locusts It !ta been announced Mat the locusts may be expected this yea. in West Jer,ey, and the adjacent parts of Pennsylvania. The first no tice of their appearance in those regions, 14 , ,0wn to me, dates as far back as 1715, (Bar ber & Howe's Historical Colleetions of New Jersey, p. 51.) and they seem to have appear• ed widt unvarying regularity every seventeenth year since, for it is jog seven limes seventeen years front 1715 to 'heir last aimenratwe, when the writer saw them in Philadelphia in 1834. The locusts of Last Jersey and Staten Island, though perfectly similar in the former, and ap• peering after equal intervals of time, do not appear the same year. Old almanacs which I hate, mention tu predict their appearance in 1792, ISCI, 1826, attd !hal!), hr 1813. Conse quently they cannot be looked for again till 1860 Cor cf . Ncuark Extraordinury Suicide—We announced a few days since, says, the Daily News, the sudden death of William Calendar, of Yolk, Pennsy Ivania, in the CON, on his return froth Hatrisfairg, where he had 'just taken out a pol icy of in.-mance on his life for the suns (.:1 55.000. We now learn from the York Ga. zette, that he did nut die in the carr, having gone tolharisburg and returned on horseback, being taken sick with vomiting and purging on his way back. Ile finally reached ionic at about Irl ; } o'clock at night—refused to lie down—would not permit his family to summon medical aid—and died at about 31 o'clock on Thursday morning, sitting up in It chair. His -mtnach was removed and submitted to a va riety of ehemical tests, each oils el which le suited in establishing the prescoce of sonic EEBBM An Odd Sentence.—The Chinese are certainly an odd people. Mr. Lynne' made a vommu ideation to the Asiatic Society of London, de setiptive of a mode of punishment peculiar to the criminal code of the Celestial Empire.— A Chinese merchant, accused and convicted of having killed Ilk wife, was !sentenced to die by the total deprivation of sleep. The execution took place at Amoy, in ihe month of June last. The condemned was placed in pri son tinder the sorveillance of three guardians, who relieved each other at every alternate hour, and who prevented him from sleeping night or day. Ile lived thus for nineteen days, with. not buying slept one single moment. At the commencement of the eighth ddy, his suffer ings were so cruel. it as a cleat a vor, I they should kill him by strangulation. Virrihict —*l bet e ate r•irun2 riitcsituiorsaf ns a vety excited :-,ate ut popular reelim4 in \Vest ern Virginia, in view of the belied %% halt is last naming ground, that the mixed basis will be adopted iti the hew Constitution. The Staun ton n6peetator, al \% a) s moderate and cautious in expression et opinions, and careful and oven rate in its statement of filets, refers to the deep feelings Mat ate ;noosed in the West, and mists that the iestilt may not be a division of the S ate. The vexed question will probably have to be setticd by menial coneessions arid emu. promises. The great emit lame i , es'oi Congress in favor of our minimal Union, are a patriutie example for Virginia's imineion. icvlittrul Fair.—Tite citizeni of the city and county of Lanca•tter, recently held a inent . r;: for the purpo,e of hiking nietenn to ~ectire the !wittily! of the Penns) .State A;zrictittucal Fair at that place. i i Oototter next. IZ2 , :tt.olutintiFt %vete adopted Lluttratiteettig the ne cew,ary ntenn, required by the Sttctety, to de• hay expethic•;. John Porter. EEq., Late of the Borot2ll of Not tlltunberia NI, who recently died at St Johns, W: 1., whither he had gone to recruit his health, made the following charitable bequests: To the Fir-t Presbyterian Mitch of N.•rthuniberlatid, for the mimic,: t of its Pastor, Tu the Sunday Szhool attached In said Church, 1,000 00 To the American Board of Foreign To Philadelphia Home 3lts MIMI To the Education Board of ME Total, Mr. Putter built that beautiful Church in Northumberland, hnown as the First Pre.:,byte rian, and during his life contributed ; , ,0110 00 an nually towards the support of its Pastor. lle al-0 built a neat Church some three miles above Northumberland, on the North Branch.—Sunbury Arnerietm. Judge...—lsaac' C. %%. ylcuir has been confirmed by the Senate as one of the Associate Judges of Northampton county. Judge Wykoff takes the place of lion. Jacob ‘Veygandt, who was elected Justice of the Pence, and resigned. The new Judge will fill the stntion to which he has been called on the Be nch w iih dignity. Tide if Emigration.—The number ofemigrants arrived at the port of New York during the month of March reached 17,059, of which 14,154 came from England. Free Banking . Law The Fier Banking, Law is still pending be fore the Legislature. The Commercial List says, there are several points in favor of this measure that corntuend themselves to the con sideration of practical business men. 1. The example of New York. The entire legislation of that great State Is in consonance widi free competition in all blanches of busi• ness. Special corporations have been aban• doned.- General, has been substituted for spe. cial legislation. The State no longer under takes to determine where new batiks are want• ed, when new insurance companies shall be organized, and to what points new railroads shall be constructed. Enterprise and business sagacity ate left to settle these questions, and then the o State issues her lettets patent under such general provisions as guard the groat pub lic against the frauds, abuses and exactions of the respective systems. Two classes of the comer:unity patticipate in the working of these laws. The first. and lamer is the invnluntary clan, who ate protected State or Federal etedit in circulating the notes of the Free Batiks, who are shielded against fraudulent Insurance Companies by the most stringent periodical re, ports, and who are gnarded against excessive tolls and fares on railroads by general provi• :dons or regulations, subject at all times to amendment, reduction and abet anion. The second or voluntary class who associate for banking ; insurance and road building, and who discount and deposit.%% ith the banks are, as far as practicable, provided for in Me -e general laWs, but mach of conr-o, is left to individual prudence null judgement, which are invariably and largely consulted ; (er ought to be) before associatiug, investing or depositing in such in , seutimis. The snows of the free system, in New York especially, in regard to banking, is no looter questionable. Thete is no safer principle known to the experience rift coon , try than the pledge of the loans ofsilie Federal and State Governments fur the red.onption of the currency of New York. The example may, theiefore, be quoted with all confidence as to ')llml:fess, while its policy is alike bee at.d conservativll. 2. The effect on Pennsylvania credit. This would undoubtedly be to tilevate the loans• of the Commonwealth, now rating 10a12 percent. beloW those of Nev York. Such a change surely desirable from all the considerations of State pride and the commercial and manufac• taring position of our people. It is called for and deserved independent of Free Banking.— The next effect would be to render a last amount el private wealth, now locked up, iu State Fives, both active and effective as bask of trade and commerce; not halibuts or un -sound, but as teliable as the public faith itself. It is not to be denied that there are litany large holders of these loans in our midst who would promptly participate. in Free Banking; thus making their wealth, which has already con niitmed to the Public Woiks, subservient to private and commercial enterprise. 3. The banking wanis of the Commonwealth. These may be illustrated by the position of this City and County. Philadelphia has .i.t.:10,000,- 000 link Capital. Ilex 1 , 11-OHL`Fi-i demands at least ;25 000,000 to say :1.30 . .000.000 dis count„. Iler private wealth could and won't' readily all tot banking facilities to I...inievoriii. but for the present system of close or special corporatitais. But its legislation is now dilect ed, the amount of capitol actually Mr ested it, Bank Stock, is out of all proportion to the amount of prira:e wealth used by the favored banks, flee of interest.. These institutions pay dividends mt 510,000,000. They cnj ty interest on a di: Toiler; line of x`22.000;000. 4. These facts brim.; us to the last point—the profits of the existing Banks. They,are unrea sonable. No considerable' branch ot ttade or industry pays the same nett profit. This aris es hem their limited 111110.er and capital, the large anomnt of individual treasure committed to their keeping, and the position of the City to the I\•estern trade, which causes a huge art. cumulation of balances in favor of the Southern and Western Banks. The ag2regate of distant Bank balance; about t.i5,000 000 addidonal.— These means enable a tnaj uity of our Hanks to di•connt two to: t a ha:t or thtee 1 , 0,1 their tesimetive capitals. In severdl prominent in• stances the depo,itg double the capital. Hence the dividend, of 10 or 12 per cent. %%ill) a rs• served Int:tl of half as touch more, after the pay meat of ull and very liberal contingent ex• pen=es. lleneo, tro, the enormous premiums paid tot the Stock Exchange tor local Hank shares, whielt llk(' a more re . A‘onable compe tition, ouL:ht not and would not rate above any other sound 0 per cent. security. A Cargo of Elephants 110,000 00 We are p,:ad to Yearn that Mr. 8. 13. June, whom we e formerly announced as having Caine to Gallc is a vessel from Arteries, fur a cargo of elephants, has succeeded in obtaining 111.., object of Ilk search. On his arrival is Col,:inho he was informed that the government had elephants for sale; but we happened to meet him one day in search of what was here called -government." With his Yankee go-ahead business notions, he supposed that, if a patty had anything for sale, that party ought to know what price to ask for it. Government has elephants for sale, said ev ery person; but nobody, individual or collective, could be found lo fix a price at Which they Wou:d be soul ; sir that he declared there was no govern ' ment to .et ylon. Failing in the diriction, Mr. June, a perfect stranger to the country, and as• sured by many residents that he could not , in any reasonable time, obtain the number of ele phants he required, went into the interior, and notwithstanding the unusual wetness of the season, succeeded in picking up between 20 and SO elephants, which are now on their way to Galle, In be shipped on board the Americah barque Regatta, now lying there in waiting fur him. We wish Mr. June and his "boys and girls." as he calls them, a , quick and safe pus. sage to the Yankee land.—Catlombe (Ceylon) Obaerrer. 8,000 00 3,000 00 $,OOO 00 r 20,000 00 Hon Daniel Webster at Harrisburg • Harrisburg, April 1, 1853. At 3 o'clock this afternoon, the Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, arrived. He was met by a large delegation of our most distin, guished citizens, and escorted to Heres A large number of persons crowded the Hotel to catch a glimpse and get a shake of the hand of the distinguished statesman. The excitement rapidly spread, and even penetrated the Halls of the Legislature. At no early hour in the evening the Hall of the House of Representatives was crowded to ex cess. The Indies, who made n most brilliant and fashionable display, took possession of the seats of the members, and mode themselves quite at home. They were the. subjects of many good. natured witticism. A friend at my elbow remark ed that he never saw Pennsylvania better repre• sentrd, and that he would like to live untkgr such a government At half. past seven o'clock. Hon. Daniel WO. ster entered the hall. He was greeted with the most wild enthusiasm. The ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and the gentlemen waved their hats. The distingui. hed visitor was accompan ied by Governor Johnston, the Heads of Depart. meats, and the Committee of Reception—consist ing of Messrs. Brooke, Packer, and ftriaurtrie, of the Senate, and Messrs. Kunkel, Brown, Brum dle and Packer of the house. After the euthusins m bad subsided Gov. W. F. .it.llllStoll introduced the Hon. Daniel Webster as follows: Mr. Wt bster : In behalf of the Constituted au. thorities of the State, and at their request, and in the name of the citizens of }'ennsylvania,here present, I most cheerfully perform the duty of tendering you a cordial welcome to the Capitol of the Commonwealth. It has been a distinguish. ing and lively trait in the character of the Amer ican people, to venerate talent, and to render to. the long public services of individuals the hom age of their respectful approbation. In this most excellent and beautiful province of our national character, it has been the constant effort of the citizens of Pennsylvania to be conspicuously pre, eminent. Under no circumstances, and at no time have her people failed to appreciate arid reward the patriotic labors of strangers to her soil—or to render the just tribute of praise and admiration to men of transcendant mental :Atli, tics, without regard. to sectional location or the held of their operations, whether the same may have been in the discharge of religions or mili tary ditties. In the fair fame of the usefulness and worth of the 'itrite men of the Union, our commonwealth has felt the same pride which the mother enjoys in the well doings of a beloved son, we•may differ in political partialities, but it is confidently hoped never to such extents as to forget or sully the ancient and honorable reputa lion which we have justly earned, of awarding to all men the respect and regard due to their merits and services. If not the self-styled moth. er of great Mtn, Pennsylvania has endeavored to cherish, prote'ct, sustain and honor, the great and good of other lands. It would afford me great pleasure to extend these remarks by a re, Terence to stone of the important acts of your rota public service—about the patriotism and propriety of which no diversity of opinion exists —if rdid not feel that in so doing, I was detain• ing, this vast assemblage of fair ladies and wor thy citizens from an intellectual feast, which from its promised richness, they may be well im• patient to enjoy. Permit me, then, fellow eiti zees, to introduce to your kind attention and re spectful regard, the distinguished Secretary of State of the National Government, the Hun—Dan. iel Webster. Mr. Webster rose and said : Gentlemen, Senators, and members of the House of Representatives, and fellow citizens of Pennsylvania, here assembled : I should be in sensible indeed, to the highest rewards of public service, if I did not appreciate the terms of cam mendation in which it has pleased the Governor to distinguish me,and the warm and cordial man ner in which, in your kindness you have receiv. ed me, on the passing visit which I happen to have it in my power to pay. Let Inc say that nothing, would be more just than what His Ex cellency, the Governor, has said respecting the the general, national, large and comprehensive political character of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Site has been called, not without strong claims to the title—write Keystone of the Arch of tier Linton:' She is vast in extent— abundant in wealth and resources—and rtmark able for tare industry of her Citizens. Iler rivers on the cast connect with the Mantic—her cis ers on the west. connect her with the Mississip pi, rind the Gulf of Mexico. Above all—or equal to all—she has resources in mineral riches, be• Beath her soil, that entitle her to a position be• yend Mat of any other of her sister states. She has improved her advantages with diligent indusuy, while seeking virtue, and to render her self respectable in the eyes of the nation, and to fulfil her part in the country. It is true that she has been governed by local prejudices—local at tachments—by narrow feelings, as little as any State in the Union. Site is central in position— she is on the line which:divides the two portions of the country, and separated by local intereNs from one another, and she is disposed always to do her dilly. I admire Pennsylvania for the moderation and firumess—the good sense anti patriotism which have animated her in the discharge of her obli gations, in view of the question so well calcula, tcd to •disturb the general political hal tam.— Your Governor has done me more than justice in what he has said of my public services. It is a long time since I entered public life—quite too long, if myself and perhaps my family had their own way. But I assert for myself, one merit only, and of that I may be proud, as it at. inches me to the great Slate of Pennsylvania, mai it is the merit of embracing the country, the whole country, in what I have said or dune in one public station or another, in my several political 'careers in the disposition of Providence. Pennsylvania, indeed, could not have been an' Insignificant State, under any circumstances, if she had remained great in her resources, in her soil, and'in her people, and everybody would have looked upon her with respect. Whatiafter all, could Pennsylvania have been, if detached isolated from other States of the Union, compar ed with your Pennsylvania as you now behold her I [Applause.] What would she have been, with her mineral treasures, with no power to de. vclope them?—Without any general proteciion from the national flag that carries them in pride and triumph to the ends of the earth [Ap. pl,•ulse.] It was that comprehensive course which rejects* local ideas, and the narrow views of pm litical principles, which has enabled this whole people to speak of the country as their country, and has made the State of Pennsylvania what she noa is—and what I hope she may long con. tinue to be—as I before said, "The Keystone of the Arch of the Union." If I had happened to have been before this assemblage in this place, one year ago today, on the first of April, I should have met you with a far less gladsome heart than I now do, for it is not to be denied that cc. currences of great import; have taken place with. in the last year—that measures have been adopt ed by the genet al concurrence of men of all par- ties calculated to adjust local differences, and settle the agitating questions of the country. It is time that we should feel kindly towards one another, to feel that we are one people—have one interest—one character—one liberty—and one destiny. I bore an Limiest but a humble part In the provisement of that adjustment established by the last Conress. If not everything that all could a kh. it is as any one would rationally hope. I trust to your perception to , see the great degree of cheerfulness prevailing in society around you, and the general interests under the industi . y of your people, and I ask you, whether I did not meet you under better auspices (or you and for me—for Vaned Liberty—for established fraternization among governments of the name republican faith than I would hope a year since. It is nut my purpose, and I do not Wish to weary you by di,,cussing any political question. This is an age of discussion, and we are a pro. ple of discussion—but all I know has been said so often ; that I am afraid to -repeat it. But I have come bete, first to present in person—to repeat u hat I have endeavored to do by letter, my profound - acknowledgements to the Legisla ture, for the kind .manner in which you were pleased to take notice of a recent act of my offi cial life. It is a great complement, the rement, brance of which I shall carry with me to the Mail , • It has appeared, and does appear, that the time has come in the progress of affairs, in the growth of the'country, its vastly inereased pop ulation, and highly elevated improvements, when we, the descendants of those who achieved the independence, and established the Constitution of this country, speak out to the whole world of mankind, and bear testim' ny to the cause of popular republican government. [Tremenclous . applause.] Let other governments do as they will, it is not our duty to traverse the earth and make pro• selytes. Our business is to proselyte by our ex ample—to convert man to republicanism by showing what republicanism can do, in prompt ing the true ends of government. [Applause.] By this we can do more than a thousand etnis s tries—more than ten thousand. Peter, the Her mit, we will place in the political firmament.— The'Sun, high, glowing, cheering—the warming intluence of which alt will feel Irti,l know, our destiny is great, and any matt raiim g short of its full compensation, is not tit to conduct the affairs of this government. Our situation is peculiar, we are remo:e from our adversaries, and if we were not, we have power, thank God, to defend ourselves. lAp• plause.) And while enjoying the benefits, and seeing and knowing the glorious results of our political system, are we afraid to compare it with any in the world?—afraid to compare the secur ity of prosperity, life, industry and reputation, as witnessed in the United States, and the several States, with their preservation under any other government of the earth'? Revolutions cannot shock us. We have no dynasties to overturn, and we have none to erect in their stead, but the great, broad, general beneficient current of use. fulness—virtue Closed by us hke your noble streams until it mingles with the mighty ocean. I look no farther,l do not contemplate what might happen to Pennsylvania when separated from her neighbors—she may stand alone—nor will it be forced upon me, except by the reality of facts I look forward to a long existence of general prosperity and of republican purity.. For myself, I believe that ages and ages hence, these United States will be free and republican still, making constant progress in general confidence and prosperity. It will be to me the greatest solace awl: life, to be able to say, when my career on earth may end, that I have done something, though little, towards preserving the glorious Constitution of my country. Mr. Webster resumed his seat amid tremend ous applause. The audience being electrified by his eloquent address. After spending some lime in exchanging con, grantiations with the members of the Legislature, and the ladies who had listened to him, Mr. Web ster retired.- He'pnrtook of a supper at ten o'clock, given to hint by the citizens of Harrisburg,. SedurCon.—A case has been tried before arbi, trators in 'Norristown—Abraham Getman vs. Charles Schwenk, parties—of a very aggravated kind. Schwenk is a widower—has been mar ried twiee—woued and won Miss Getman, a girl of respectable family—under promise of mar riage he abused the confidence reposed in him, and in a 'most heartless manner deserted his victim. The arbitrators awarded $2300 daina.. : ges— but it seems Schwenk, who owned some property, confessed judgment to his fathir for $3OOO, a few hours before the termination of the case, and had it entered in the office. It is a pity the otrence is not a penitentiary one, rather than of mere dollars, out of which a victim can be ,, gerged" in this manuer. A count for breach of promise is yet to be tried. Pollen. Ledgir. The Attu Bank al Alexandria, Virginia.—The Alexandria Gazette stales that immediate steps are to be taken to organize the Bank of the Old Dominion at Alexandria• on the Free Banking principle, a charter for which has been granted by the Legislature of Virginia. GLEANINGS tar A letter is advertised in Buf1:11o, directed to Dr...Tanderlturbugerduntertromp." far 4tWaiter." “Sir!" "Mackerel salad."— •"Anything else, sir? "Yes, broiled cocktail in tfie shell." Exit waiter, finning himself. VEr The proceeds of the second concert of the oliightingale," in St. Louis, amounted to nearly teo thousand dollars. K' - The A rtesian well at Charleston has reach ed a depth of 1020 feet; it is slowly penetrating a mass of rock, beyond which there is a hope that a supply of pure water can be obtained. rirSeveral communications have been sent to the Massachusetts Legislature proposing rem edies for the potato rot, in competition for the prize of ten thousand dollars offered for that pur pose. LV"Samuel Dell, Esq., of Reading, has been moninated to the Senate by Gov. Johnston, as an' Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Berks county. rlir"Poor rule that won't work both ways," as the boy said when he threw the rule back at the master. G$ Eliza Cook says truly in her Journal; that . "those who are honest because it is the best pol icy, are half way to being rogues." larThe Cherokee Indian bill passed Congress, nut of which lion. Waddy Thompson, of South' Carolina gets a fee of $40,000 as attorney for the claimants. LV"Dtvid Metzger, E.g., has been appointed Post Master at Weisenburg, Lehigh county, vice J. S. Eisenhart, reiigne.i. Pennsylvania Legislature.° Ilinnisurari, April 6,1851 sENATE. On the 29'h, after a debate or some length, on motion of Mr. Muhlenbetg, the bill construing en act imposing a tax on bank dividends was re. committed to the committee on Judiciary. Oa the 2nd, on motion of Mr. Frailey, the bill to.incorporate the Anthracite Bank of :plump qua, was taken up, amended in committee of the whole, and on the question, 'Shall the bill be prepared for third reading?" it was disagreed to —yeas 14, nays 14. So the bill fell. Mr. Cunningham moved that the Senate re consider the vote taken on the bill to incorporate the Anthracite Bank of Tatnauqua. Mr. Fraitey to oved to postpone the motion I,ir the present ; which was agreed to. On the 3,1, the committee on the militia report. ed a bill relating to the nouniformed militia the Commonwealth and the collection of militia fines. Mr. Frailey then moved that the Senate pro ceed to the consideration of hi , motion to recon sider the rote upon the bill incorporating the. Anthracite Bank of Tamauqua, which was agreed w. The motion' to reconsider was then agreed In; Yeas 15, Nays 12, and the further consideration of the bill was postponed fur the present. The bill re-annexing the new county of Mon- tour to the county of C.dumbia,catne up in order on its final pasiage, and was rejected, Yeas It. Nays 16. On motion of Mr. Shimer, the bill to incor porate the Allentown SavineA InNtitution, waa taken up and paced to a third reading. Oo Motion of Mr. Carothers, the bill to in corporate the Mtichanics'. Bank of Pittsburg, was taken up, and passed to a third reading by a vote of—yeas 11, nays It. Oa the 7th, the bill to incorporate the Allen town Savinto Listitution past•ed final reading; Yeas 12, Nays 10. The bill to increase the capital stock of the Southwark Bank from $250,000 in $lOO,OOO, was then considered on its final passage, anti after an animated debate passed—yeas 17, nays 14 HOUSE On the 91 st, -qtr . Lilly read in his place a bill to appoint commissioners to examine the trans. actions and conduct of the Northampton Bank of Lehigh county. On the ad, it was moved that the House pro ceed to the consideration of the bill to re.charter the Eaaton Bank. The motion was strenuously opposed, but tt nally agreed to—Yeas 51, Nays 36. On the 7th, after the reading of the j o urnal, Mr. A. E. Brown, of Nortl.ampti n, arose to make a personal explanation, denying the statements v; hick had been made, that while he was openly favoring the bill to teeharier the Easton Bank, he 'was secretly opposing it. PAtter.-13y the census returns of five coun ties adjoining it appears. that they producrd, in 1850, 11,383,162 pounds of but ter. The average price of butter in the Phila. delphia market which the4e counties supply is about 20 cents per pound. The money value therefore of this single product Is over two millions and a quarter of dollars, 02,270.636) A good dairy, well and economically managed, cannot but be profitable in the neighborhood of the city, at the prices which butter cheese and.. milk always command in our markets. • Lead and Site& Ore.—We notice by an edito rial in the Armstrong Democrat, that a very fair specimen of ore, being an admixture of silver. and lead, has been discovered on or near the: farm of William Boney, a short distance north. west of Kiunnning. The two metals are repre. sented as being very pure. If this be the case, says the editor, who knows bin a California mil. lennium may be about breaking upon us, and that in a short time the peaceful waters of the Allegheny may be distuibed by the rude hands of the' diggers in search of the precious metal.--,a Ttuly we live in a eilvery age. Cheap.—Mr. Chauncey Jerome, of New na-• ven,Conn.,has actually made a timeliest', which he will warrant to keep good reckoning, and• which he sells for silty cents at wholesale, ands one dollar at retail. The wbrks are all made' of brass. He makes. upwards uf 800 a day of these articles. Iron nade.—lt has been estimated that the iron required in England for railroads, &., the current year, Will exceed 1,200,000 tons, and probably tnure than the country can produce. ;
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