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."
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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. ;