dam. Having gone one day to the bank, tie was accosted by a well dressed =n— one who had , been pointed out to him as one of the most opulent merchants of the city The merchant asked him* politely if he were the doctor B— of Loudon, and on his answering him in the affirmative pres- sed him to dine at his house; which the worthy doctor accepted. On arriving at the merchant's house, ho was shown into an elegant apartment, where a most charm ing woman and two lovely children wel comed him in the most friendly manner ; whiff, reception surprised him the more, coming from persons he had never be fore met. After dinner thpmerchant, having taken him into his counting-house.seized his hand, and having pressed it with friendly warmth said to him,— • - •Do you not recollect me?" "No," said the doctor. "Well, then, I remember you well; and your features will never he obliterated from my- mem. '— or - to - you - I - a e my life Do you' not remember the poor deserter.? On leaving you I went to Holland. Wri ting a good hand, and beings good account ant, I soon obtained a situation as clerk in a werchant's office. My good conduct and genl soon gained for me the confidence of my employer and the affections of his daugh ter. When he retired from business, I suc- I ceeded_him and•becameitis_son-Inrlaw_;.butl without you, without your care, without your generous-assistance, I should not have lived to enjoy so much happiness. Gener ous man ; consider henceforth-my-house my fortune, and myself as wholy yours. The kind doctor was affected even to tears;. and both these happy beings participated in the most delightful expression of li?ir feel ings, which were soon shared by the mer chant's interesting family, who came to join them. dit• • -- V wf : . . • _ f"„t . • .. Iye- cfji~~lj-Ucgi itct. Circulation near 2000. I V -- AllevairvilTra• THURSDAY, APRIL, 17, 1861. Easton Bank The bill for the re•charter of the Easton Bank came up on its final passage on Friday last, and was defeated by a vote of 47 to 36. The news is very unexpected to us, and no doubt more so to many of the citizens of Northampton, and adjoining counties. The members, E. Drown and Joyeph Drown, of Northampton, done all in their power to take up and pass the bill, but owing to the injudicious course adopted by the friendz of the Bank, the bill was defeated. The Appropriation Bill The general Appropriation hill as it passed the House has become the monster bill of the session. The appropriations run up to the en, ormus amount of $4,298,693 36, besides an other $lOO,OOO appropriated in other hills, mak ing it nearly half a million. This amount ex ceeds the income of the State over $300,000. To make up this deficiency the bill authorizes the State to make a new Loan of :two hundred andfilly thousand dollars. We should not be surprised it this fearful in crease of the State debt would not create some nlarm and apprehension with those who Lava beedhoping & lookirig for a gradual extinguish ment of the State debt so wisely commenced few years since. The bill was carried by a vote of 46 to 44, only 2 majority; we did not see the list of votes but hope our members will be found among those who voted against the bill. Manyof the appropriations are no doubt super fluous, and we trust the Senate will strike out so much as will bring the bill within the estimate of the receipts. rirThe news received last evening state that thel3enate refused to concur in the Muse bill. It being. so amended as in bring o the es• penditures within the limits of the estimated re. ceipts. Good! Law and Mechanics The Bar has long been crowded aspi rants, of every degree of calibre and qualifi cation. It is extremely pleasant to gaze MI the hill of few, and to imagine one's self stand ing on its summit, admired, and envied by the gazers below. flow few, comparatively real ize their dreams. Years pass on, without ad ding reputation or practice to one half of the Bar, who, in despite of manifest failure, from incompetency on their part, or from adverse causoi, still persist in the vain rixtte, , t. Hap pily, another and more judiciou's direction is about to be given. to the public mind on this important subject. • The New York Mirror well remarks: "The Bar is no longer the resort of, the am bitiods youths of our country. The mechanic departments are being preferred ; there are now thirty young gentlemen in this city, that have received liberal educations, who are serving their 'times,' as shipwrights, architects, carpen ters, &e. In a few years, the United States will have the most accomplished mechanics in the -world. A new class is springing up, who will put the present ra c e of mechanics in the shade. The union of a submantial education with me. chanical skill, will effect this. Indeed, already we could name some mechanic's, who are ex cellent mathematicians,acquainted with French and German, and, able to study the books in those languages connected with their vocations. Heretofore, fond fathers were wont to educate their sons as doctors or lawyers, to insure :heir Jespectability and success. . That day is passed. Mechanics will now take the lead, and in a few years will supply the large portion of the State and Federal Government." riaTtie body of John Monett, was found in dm aortal neor Columbia, Pal, last week. • *.VP • Integrity . of Character ;A writer justly observes that a man may be unfortunate, he may be poor aid penniless, but if he is kepwn'to possess unbending integ rity, an unwavering purpose to do what is hon est and just, he will have friends and patrons Whatever may be the embarrassments and.ex igencies into which he is thrown. The poor man may thus possess a capital of which none of the misfortunes and calamities of life can deprive him. We have known men who have suddenly been reduced from affluency to pen. ury by some dispensation of Providence which could neither foresee nor prevent. A lire has swept away the accumulation of years; or mis placed confidence, or a flood, or some of the thousand casualities to which we are exposed, has stripped them of their possessions. To-day, they are prosperous; to-morrow, every earthly prospect is blighted, and everything in its as pect is dark and dismal. Their business is gone, their property is gone, and they feel that .But-they-have'-a-rich-ireasm , which the fire cannot consume, which the floods cannot carry away. They have integri ty of character, and this gives them influence raises up friends and furnishes them with pe cuniary aid. Young men, especially, should be deeply impressed with the vast importance of cherish ing those principles, and of cultivating those habits inlielt will secure for Ihem the confi dence and the esteem of the wise and the good. Let it be borne lit mind, that no brilliancy of - genius, - no - tact - or - talern - itc - businessTand - Mr amount of success will compensate for dupli city; shuffling and trickery. There may be ap parent advantage' in the art of dissimulation, and in violating those great principles which at the foundation of truth and duty. But it will at length be seen, that a pound was lost where a penhy was gained; that present successes-are outweighed, a thousand fold, by the pains and penalties which result from loss of confidence and loss of character.—Mining Register. Newspaper Subscribers r . In the Court of Common Pleas, yesterday, says,the Philadelphia Daily Is , feWs The 10th inst., Judge Kelley on the Bench, the case of Philip R. Freas vs. Jacob Haas, was tried, which was an action to recover the subscription price of the Germantown Telegraph for 12 years.— The paper Was left at a public house in the vi cinity of the defendant's stall, in Callownill street, (the defendant being a butcher at the iime.s at the express ditection of Air. Haas, where it continued to be left for the space of time stated. The defence- was two-lold—lst t the statute of limitations; and 2nd, that the pa per should have been left at the -residence of the defendant, as it was known to the plaintiff Wnt. S. Price, fur plaintiff, F. C. Brightly, for defendant. Judge Kelley charged the jury, that where a person subscribes for a paper, and gives direc tions where it shall be left, he is bound to pay for it, unless he prescribes the- time for which it shall be left. If a subscriber wishes to dis continue his paper, it is his duty to square his accounts, and then give notice for a discontin uance. If a paper is sent to a person through the Post Office, and he takes it out, he is bound to pay for it. If a subscriber changes his residence, it does not follow that the carri es must take notice of it, and a delivery of the paper at the place where he was first directed to leave it, is a delivery to the subscriber, un less the publisher received notice to discontin ue or send it to another place. The statute n 1 limitations did not eflecrthe case, as the de fendant had paid somethicv, on account in June, 1344. A verdict 41.'22 50 was rendered fur A Word for Apprentices. Apprenticeship is the moat important stage of life through which a mechanic is called to pass; it is emphatically the spring season of Ids days—the time when he is sowing the seed, the fruits of which he is to reap in after years. If he spare no Wb6r in its proper culture, he is sure of obtaining 'an abundant harvest ; but if, in the culture of the mental soil, he follows e the example.of many in tilling thmearth, and carelessly atld negligently does his work, like them, ho will find the seeding time past, and his ground only bringing loith weeds and bri• ars. Let the young apprentice bear in rhind, ' when lie commences learning any business i 'that all hopes of success in the future are doom ed to lade away like the morning mist, unless he improve the golden season. Let !din bear in mind that he can become master of his busi ness only through the closest application and the most persevering industry"; and that unless he does master it, he may bid farewell to all the.visions of future prospects arid success.— The apprenticeship is the foundation of the great mechanical edifice; and surely if the foundation of a structure be not firm, the struc ture itself crumbles and falls to the earth. Then young friends, persevere; be studious and at tentive; study well all the branches of your bu siness, both practical and theoretical—and you will not WI, when the time shall come, to take an active part in life, to be of use, not only in your own particular business, but in so ciety. Farming in California Many persons have left the mines of Califor nia to follow agricultural pursuits. A large number of farms, from 10 to 150 acres, have been put under. cultivation.. Barley, onions and potatoes aro the staple productions, while the raising of poultry is beginning to attract the attention of those who lake pride in seeing and tasting the wing of n duck or chicken.' This is the true mode of establishing the permanent prosperity of the country, and introducing or der, peace, and the domestic virtues. A.pop. ulation living upon the soil and deriving their subsistence from it, will team the necessity of practicing,, for their own comfort and protec tion, those social virtues which cannot be ex pected to be found in the mere adventurer. MindindOne's Own EllEdlleSEi. Some years ago somebody,offered a reward for tin:individual who ih%;Syrre`Mlritted , his own hUslness. Whether the reward Was ever olnim etl • or not,_is a matter of but little consequence at present,•the offer itself was a 'Very - gapd'hit at a very general,. propensity ori:..the . part'ef large•portion of mankind,to meddle' with that which does not concern them,.of as.iik:gene=, rally expressed-- - .L . mindlog everybody's . Ousi nese but their own. There is rro practice so annoying, nor one which is more insulting, whether in the form of gratuitous advice mint pertinent inquisitiveness. In the grok place no sensible man ever accepts of gratuitous servi ce§ of any kind in his business front any but from his most intimate friendepand rarely-from those: In the next place, when he desires ad vice or assistance of others, he always knows where to apply to get the proper kind of aid or counsel he may need. Every man is presum ed to be the best judge of his -own business, nd-he-certainly - inrs - the - strongest - motives - lor making himself thoroughly acquainted with it. Interest is on one side to prompt his intelli- and pecuniary risks in his undertakings; on the other -to make, him circtirnspect and cautions; P and to arouse his judgement. To of ficiously interfere .wir It his business is therefore an impudent assumption of better knowledge, which is seldom' warranted by the facts, and generally prompted by inordinate self-Cenceit and assurance. As rude and as impertinent as is this conduct there - are - still - a - grearmany - who - practiseritTand set themselves up as censors when their en• tleavors should be to receive instruction. Such people know all about everything of which dry are the most completely ignorant. They can judge of a man's motives, foresee his aims, estimate his means, count his gains, calculate his losses, decide upon his enterprises, and, in- deed, pass what they consider an infallible judgement upon his whole conduct and course, without having a single reliable fact to base their judgement upon or warrant the conclu sions at which they arrive. This proclivity to meddlesomeness, it it does not produce mis• chief, is at least a misapplication of time, and attention misdirected, which properly bestow ed, might be productive of some good. There -are-thousand-secreis-in'nature-yet-to-be-explor ed, many important facts in science and philos ophy which are yet to be investigated, a knowl edge of which would enhance the reputation of the discovererzs much as it would benefit mankind. This is a wide and profitable field open to all for the exercise of any superabund ant time and talent, without being considered intrusive, and without fear of improcterly med dling with other people'slisiness. Let those, therefore, who have more leisure time than they know what to do with, unless they mcd. die with their neighbor's business, enter at once into this unexplored region, and produce something which will repay them for their pains and be of real service to mankind.—Pub. Ledger. Will It Pay ?. The New York Tribune has a very sensible article, ns to whether gcod farming will poy ; advocating high in prelerence to low farming, and wisely distinguishes between expending capital on mere fancy work, to an extent that will render a farm unproductive, and the rule that anything can be profitably well done that can be done at all.. Very erroneous opinions have prevailed among many farmers in this respect. We have seen many larms run to waste and their owners reduced to compara tive poverty, by a feeble process of cultivating and manuring the soil, but we have never seen one thrive and secure to himself independence by this course. A thorouip tillage more than remunerates the additional expense, by the in creased value of the crops, anti the land by this mode becomes every year more valuable ; whereas by a contrary process the land is be coming yearly diminishing in valve to the owner • Plant Tree© , A little attention, a little more thought of the morrow, a little more faith in what a day or a year may Ming, forth, would SWlOlllld ev ery house in the country with shady groves and frititful yards. Plant a vine here, and a tree there—send or go to your neighbor's orch ard and clip a bud or a shoot, and insert one in'every stock that does not already produce fruit. Plant trees by the fence sides; the roots will penetrate beneath them and draw suste nance from ground you cannot cultivate. Set a stout thrifty grape root, directly where the soap suds from the kitchen will be daily thrown, and in three years' time, you will have a fruit bearing screen to hide the view of, some un sightly place. I give you this timely notice, that you may not let this spring pass by with out making the attempt, at least, to follow my good ad v ice. Pennsylvania Volunteers By a recent act of the Legislature of this State, the volunteers who served in the two Pennsylvania regiments in Mexico, will be entitled to compensation for clothing andtrav elling expenses to the place of rendezvous, guaranteed to all vulunieers.called into service by the act of 1522. What amount the several ranks will be entitled to under this law is not yet known, but as the subj.t has already at tracted the attention of a great number.of the eiainnanis, who appear anxious to realize-its benefits without delay, it is to be hoped .that the proper officers at Harrisburg will adopt some plan of ascertaining the "amount doe, to each, and fix a mode of payment us early -as possible. It is highly probable tho captains or commanding officers of Companieß will be cal led upon' to furnish their rolls m this A uditoi General, and some officer be designated to make payments thereon to those interested.— Claimants should not dispose of their demands, until these mutters are settled. ilihe New.sank The.following gentlemen are appointed the commissioners' by 'the' act incorporating "The Forriiers! and 'Ai evhanies' Bank of Easton," to . openithe.booka and receive s ubscriptions for stock :-=-Daiiid COnnor, Edmund B. Mizell, Pe; ter S . ; Michler, George A. Hire, Russell S. Chid- Sey, Christripher Nicholas, John Stil well, Pei rick Hulick; Theodore R. SitgreaveS, Peter Pomp, Robert. S. Brown, George H. Gnundie, Peter Uhler, B. D. Barnes, Peter Gross, John De Young, Cr.•C. C. Field; Samuel K. Hoag !midi John H. Keller, George W. Yates, Joseph Unangst, Christian F. Lange, Joseph Hillman, Aaron W. Hadley and Chitties F. Humphrey. The capital is *300;000, to be divided into tiix thousand - shares - of - *5O each, with-power to increase to $400,000. Advertising of Letters The circular instructions which have just been issued by the Postmaster General, explan. atory of the filth section of the new Postage Law, relative to advertising the — list of uncalled - for letters, direct that when the gross receipts of the Post Office do not reach more than $5OO per quarter, the postmaster is to advertise the uncal.' led-for list once in six weeks only. The adver. tisement is to be Inserted in one newspaper on ly, and that the paper having the largest single circulation within the rahge of the delivery of,the Post Office where it is printed. The price of advertising is fixed at one cent for each letter for one insertion._ Refused letters, box-letters, free letters, and letters which are expected to be aalletrfor soon, are not to be advertised:-When there is a dispute as to the circulation of news. I papers claiming the advertising, the postmaster is to receive evidence and decide upon the fact, his decision is to remain go9d for one year. Defining his Position Mr. James, the new Senator from Rhode Is, land, seems to find it very difficult to define his position. He has assayed to do so by the pro. duction of another letter, published in the Provi. de.nce Post, the gist of which is contained in the following extract. Ist, That I have never on any occasion, nor to any person, said that I was a Whig. 21. On the contrary !I have always belonged to the old Dem. ocratic party. 3d. lam in favor of a judicioUs tariff; such a one as will effectually protect the labor - of - the - country, by-taxing lightly_the_necm caries of life, and heavily the luxuries. HYthere be one measare of government more Democrat. ic than another, I consider that which, by such means, compels the rich to give employment and support to the pooroo be such. 4th. lam in fa vor of internal improvements by the general ktovernment, especially on our Southern and Western waters, so far as the same can be car. vied out consistently with the Constitution—and which the true interests of our country demand. These two measures I consider as the only 'lead ing Whig measures' of the present day. To these my assent and support are given, not be cause of any pledge to that effect, but because adopted by me many years since on principle.— This is all I consider to be embraced in my note to the Hon. Vt7illiam Sprague, and it was so re garded at the time it was written. These mea sures are, in my estimation, not only Whig, but Democratic—lying at the very foundation of our national prosperity and greatness; especially that of protection to our industry. He further says, that in the Senate it is his fixed determination, witgout deference to party dictation, 'to pursue such a line of conduct as in my judgement may best comport with the true interests of our common country.' From this confession of faith, it would ap. pear that Mr. James desires to be regarded as a member of the Democratic party, entertaining Whig principles—a hind of middle-man, anx , ions to aid the Union in "keeping both parties alive!! The approach of a general election in Rhode Island, affords ON clue to the publication of this manifesto. It is hard to say, however, which side the b'enator desires to aid—that Co which he claims to belong, or that which he concurs in principle 1 The Locusts Mr. Gideon Smith sends the following commu nication to the Baltimore Patriot, in reference to the Locusts:. The chambers of these interesting insects may now be opened by shaving off an inch or two of the surface soil, with a spade, in any place about Baltimore where trees or shrubbery grew in 1831. The chambers were generally completed on Silt. urday last; the unusual mildness and forward. ness of the season having hastened the operation about one week. Should the season continue fa vorable, the exit of the insect from the ground will probably also be expediated, anti will take place from the 10th to the 13th of May, instead of the 20th. In correction of a statement, by a writer in Pennsylvania, that if the tree on which the eggs were deposited in 1834 were subse• quently cut down, the insects in the ground would perish, I can state that in 1835 I cut down the old trees in my garden, and paved the ground with brick.' The next morning I took up the pavement and found the locusts as abundant there as anywhere else—their chtimbers all com pleted up to the bottom of the bricks, and the in• sects excavating horizontally to find an outlet.—, I also found their chambers and the insects un der the. surface of the ground floor of a large conservatory built some ten or twelve years ago pcecisely in the same condition as ip the open ground. To show that the operation of making the chambers took place last week and were fin. ished on Saturday I made careful examination on Tuesday last. The inst.cts were then in their usual places, about 18 inches under ground. On Thursday I found them.working towards the surface. On Saturday afternoon I found them with Cher chambers complete, the top being within a half an inch to an inch of the surface. Newspapers of the World.—There are 10 news papers published in Austria, 14 in Africa, 14 in Spain, 20 in Portugal, 90 in Asia, 65 in Belgium, 85 in Denmark, 00 in Russia and Poland, 800 in Prussia, and 820 in other Germanic States, 600 in Great Britain and. Ireland, and 1800 in the United States. ' - Pennsylvania Legis liiiiiisnonu, April 14, 1851 SEN ATE. On the Sih, Messra. Forsythe and Walker moved a reconsiderattnn of the vote - on the bill retannexing the equal of Montour to the county of Columbia. - • The Senate agreed to re. consider the . vote, and the bill was then laid aside. [Tt is propfir to stale that the object in moving a reconsideration of the above bill, 18 to allow the Senator from Columbia to strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert an entirely new bill, supplementary to the act erecting the coun ty of Montour. The project of re-organization is abandoned.] On the 12th, the bill to incorporate the Anthra cite Bank of Tamnuqua, came up in order on third reading and was passed finally—yeas 16, nays 12. On motion of Mr. Duckalew, the Senate resum• ek the conlideration of the bill to re•annex the county of Montour to the county of Columbia, t to question pen mg-being a motiritcurstrikr-out all after the enacting clause, and insert's provi• sion re.annexing several townships now within the limits of the new county, to' the county of Columbia.— _ . Mr. Buckalew modified his proposition by ad. ding a new section, authorizing the citizens of the said townships after their re annexation to COumbia, to determine by a vote of the people, whether they would remain in • the county of Columbia, or return to Montour county.— Agreed to. On - motion-of-Mr.-Mohlenberg,-the-hiirto-pro. vide for a regibuation of births, marriages, and deaths, was taken up, read a second and third time and pas,,ed, by a vote of yeas twenty,one, nays eight. HOUSE- On the 7th, the bill w incorporate the Allen town iron company was passed finally. On the Bth, a bill was passed to authorize the Governor to incorporate the West Port bridge company, in the counties of Lehigh and North• amnion. On the 12th, Mr. Brindle asked and obtained the unanimous consent of the House to move to take up the-resolutions relative to the death of Gen. Zachary Taylor. He made the motion . .— It was agreed to, and the House went into Com, mittee of the Whole, Mr. Brower in the Chair. The resolutions passeit_Committee of the Whole, and second and linarreading. Agricultural Societies The farmers all around the country are meet. ing, and establishing Agricultural Societies.— Is it not high time: for-Lehig,h - calmly to mike up, and do likewise, if she does not want t be . left far in the rear of all agricultural districts n( the 42date. The proper cultivation of the soil Is one of the most important sciences which can be taught, yel too little attention is paid to it. It is proved that a few acres, by diligent and scien tific culture, are worth more to the farmer than twice the number of acres slovenly and irregu larly cultivated. Science also teaches the ne cessity of economizing all the rough materials of a farm, for in them are to be found the elements which fertilize the soil and increase so larr,ely its productiveness. The establishment of Soci etie.s devoted to the farming interest will spread Useful knowledge among its members.which will increase their standing and influence in society, and make their labor be more profitably re. warded. Newspaper Advertising.—Thoughtless stupid persons are often astonished by the extraordina• ry fortunes realized by persons who in the first place became possessed of some articles of but little intrinsic fialue—a vegetable or a sugar coated pill—a lozenge or a panacea. Nothing but a liberal, sagacious, extended system of advertising has occasioned this extraordinary rise to affluence. This fact has Jong been wide ly known, and our only astonishment is, that the benefit of a thorough advertising system should have been heretofore almost exclusively appre ciated by a class whose occupations are desig: nated above. Lottery in Kentucky.—Gov. Helm, of Ken. lucky, has vetoed the bill passed by the Legisla ture conferring upon the corporate authorities of Bacon College the privilege of raising fifty thousand dollars by a lottery sclienie. In his tries. sage, the Governor acknowledges that previous ly as a member of the Legislature, he had voted for a lottery bill, and as Governor had apstroved one. He is now, however, convinced that the system is contrary to morality and the public good, and he is not only in favor of withholding such grants for the future, but even of tepealing those now in existence. Connecticut Election. New Ikven, April 9 The returns from al: the towns in the State are now in, and show that the Whigs have car ried both branches of the Legislature. They have very unexpectedly gained a State Senator in .the 9th District, and another in the 13th, which makes the Senate stand 12 Whigs to 9 Democrats; the House stands 112 Democrats, 113 Whigs, giving a majority of .4 on joint bal. lot, and securing to the Whigs a U. S. Senator and all the State officers. " The counties of Hartford, New Haven, Litch field and New London, have elected Whig Sher iff's, and Fpirficld, Middlesex, Windham and Tot land, Democratic Sheriffs. The Congressional delegation is probably equally divided. Charles Chapman (Whig) is elected in the First District, and most probably Thomas B. Butler reelected in the Fourth. In the Second District, Colin M. IngerzoLl, (Dem.) has about two hundred and eighty major ity. In the Third, C. F. Cleveland, (Dam.) is elected. Churches and Lolteries.—We see by the Dela ware papers that at the late session of their Leg. islature, a bill was passed giving $1,500 of the Sussex county lottery money to the Presbyterian Church at Milford. I Frenchmen in California,—lt is estimated that there are about 20, 000 Frenchmen in Cal• Theyhavetaken with ;hem many of he habits and tastes of Paris. ""•-• . Berk; cgtinty will be one .hundred years' old next Ilth March. rirlle.wo has •not bread to spare - , ahould not keep a dog.. • car Ue ailent" when a fool prates—he will cease tit l e atonal ; you cannot gain by converse. Cif The 'proprietors of one of the Gift per. formances at Balkh), N. Y., have drawn a tine of $lOOO in Court. ", b' Gen. Houston is about to retire permanent. ly to private life. LirThe Virginia Convention now allows its reporter 5 dollars per column, for debates, &c. ,11? - A new omnibus has appeared in England, in,which each traveller has a separate seat, so arranged al to be as private as a box at the opera. - t. la" Dr. Hawes, 'Worcester, Mass., has invent. ed a machine, which' turns off in ,perfect state, 85,000 envelopes a day. re We learn that the travel on the Reading Railroad. has greatly increased since the reduc. tiQrL.QI nirThe three cent pieces nre in circulaniiii. The piece has the whiteness of silver, and is not milled on the edge. EirJohn Tucker, Esq., President of the Phil adelphia - and Reading R ailroad-Company,. him subscribed one thousand dollars towards the erection of the:new Court House in the botough• of Pottsville. LI eundny fast was the_anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. OrThree ships arrived at - savannah on Thursday and Wednesday last with 12,000•' bars railroad iron. • rir Within the pnst four months, Burlington county, N.J., has sent 600, 000 lbs of poultry to, New York and Philadelphia. 6...7The citizens of tieOrgia have, at different times, sent. through the American Colonization Society, 551 colored people to Liberia. Illississippi.—Hon. Jacob Thompson, M. C 4. peremptorily declines are election. lie belongs to the ' , Southern Rig,his" school - of politicians,. but is of the more moderate class of its adhe rents. He rejects the idea of State Secession: unless the surrounding Slave States will unite• in it, but recommends Home Production or a di vcrsificatiOn of Southeui Industry, as a prepara-. :ion for the times which may come and as a pun ishment for Northern` fanaticism. We rejoice to. see-the daily and-rapid diffusion-of-such-qiume: Labor" sentiments at the South, and trust that the present pro-slavery ferment in that quarter will thus be productive of great ultimate good. : Neim.Counlerfeil.—A counterfeit 510 note ota the York Bank, was presented at the counter of the Bank, on Monday last. The counter feit was of the last plate; dat3d Feb. 1, 1847,let 'wt.' A:, No. 1426, parable to J. Hahn. The med allion heads on the ends are coarsely done ; the whole appearance of the note is had—blurred and black; the paper is darker than that of the genuine bills—and the signatures are poor imi tations. This is the first counterfeit $lO dollar bill of the York Bank ever heard of. New Mr:rim—New Mexico, by the recent cen sus, contains 61,574 persons, and the number or farms in the territory is 6,715. The number or deaths during the,past year was 1157. Since the American troops first entered New Mexico, some twenty manufacturing establishments, of various. descriptions have been started. and are now in• successful operation. In Rio Ariba county the• census taker registered the names of a father and mother with a family of twenty-four chil dren, all of whom were, living in the same house. We suppose that there were not many of the. same sort. Union Meeling.—The Columbus (Mississippi) Democrat contains the proceedings of a large and enthusiastic Union meeting held in.that cily• on the 18th ult. It was composed of Democrats and Whigs who rally under the stars and stripes. Great enthusiasm prevailed, excellent speeches were made, and a set of resolutions,.admirable • in style and temper, as well as orthodox in prin— ciple,' were adopted by the meeting. The meet. ing adjourned to meet again on the twenty-sec. and inst. The Conestoga Bridge.—This structure recent ly destroyed by fire—was eighteen hundred feet long, and cost upwards of 160,000. A new bridge will be made passible in 9 weeks. Georgia.—The are, it is said,. thirty.six cotton mills in Georgia; thirty.four propelled.bY water, two by steam. The total capital invested is $l,- 611,000 ; cosi of raw material annually, $BO5, 548; annual product, $1,626,484, bales of cotton consumed consumed each year, 28,244. The Doctors are Coming.—At the commence mcnt of the Medical Schools in Philadelphia, this Spring, Diplomas were awarded to 508 students. M. D's. will presently be as plenty as Lawyers— and both will shortly outnumber the blackber ries in June! Large Egg.:---The Sussex Ifegister notices a_ hen's egg measuring six inches in eircumfer.- ence, and eight from butt to point, and weighing cunces: It was produced by'a hen. of a coal- • mon breed not before remarkable fur very lavge. eggs. Bribery at Eleetions.---In Washington county (Md.) Court,Heury Einstein, for attempting , to bribe John Hanson, at the Governor's election, was found guilty, and fined fifty dolla rs and costs For attempting to bribe Michael Brown he was fined fifteen dollars and costs. New Couiity.—The Commissioners of the new county of Fulton, in Pennsylvania, formed out of portions of Bedford and Franklin counties, have fixed upon McConnelsburg as lhercounty• seat, and have already made contracts for pub lic buildings. Two printing offices havealready been started, in the place.. Pareheme of the Slave ultinuos.-The'lloatnn ' Transcript says Mr. Fetridge has purchased from k the agent of the Southern master, the slave Sims. • for the Sum of MO.—the slavelo be sent'back , to that city • in Aix weeks .from • thic:teme,' after having gone through:the necessarrforms of de• livety id Chorale. .4
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