Zl)e t:c1)431) ilegLeiter. Allentown, Pa. 1 . 1 - 1 - 1311SDAY, MAY 1, IE6I. Professor lieinicke's Concert. Oar advertising curums to-dity contain the Programme of the Coucert to be, given by fessor Ifeinitke, on Saturday evening next, at the Odd Fellows HMI. As this will probably be the last Concert in which Mr. Fleinicke will appear as one•of the pet fta mers, it is but due to the great musical talent of this gentleman, that lie be greeted by a well filled hoube. To his energy we can ascribe the lout that Al lentown can now boabt of hating two of the best brass bands in the State. Although the Trombone, being Mr. Iteinieke's favorite in strument, he is nevertheless master of all Brass it struments, and during the evening will per_ form ott the E Ilat Sax hate. The Allentown llrasa Band hero kindly volunteered their us sistance on this occasion, for which they de serve the praibe of their tutor. GEIS Introduced in our Borough some weeks since our readers will rernem. ber, we mentioned that our enterprising fel- I I low townsman, Dr. TV. F. Danotorfr y was erect ing works upon his premises, for the mane fac.. ture of gas, and that ere long;we hoped to be able to announce their completion. This pleas ing intelligence it falls to on r lot, this week, to make known. We ate certain that co one would have supposed_ three months ago, that this end, so much to be desired, would have been so soon attained. The Doctor deserves to receive 'ffie thanks of cur community, for the persevering enterprise, which has crown• sUCCUSS his difficult and often discour aging hams. The expense already incur red is about .1.600, no nilling sum for a private individual of limi:ed means to expend upon such an undertaking. We do hope our Zeus will instantly adopt measures for the lay ing of pipe's, at least from Hagenbuch's lintel to the Court House; and we hope too that ere long it will be introduced into our Churches, the Court House, Odd Fellows Hall, and our principal Hotels. ‘Ve do not think it neces_ ry to say anything to our storekeepers, who we ate certain understand their own affairs full as well as others do elsewhere. lite light is clear, entirely free from smoke and smell, and when a little heavier pressure is added will be in ev ery respect equal to the best gas of our cities. late-ailing the charge for gas we believe is 00 per thousand feet, in Philadelphia:F. - 3 00. Here it will be afforded as It as Fl4,oo—perliaps at the same price ns in the city—at least Dr. D. thinks so, although we fear this is too good to he true. }Wisps however should a stiffi- cient quaniity be con6unied, it fluty be as low as $3,25. • Thus we see what they are nOw ancruptirg to do in Easton through a Mork company, iv brought to our very doors by private nmerprize. Insurance against Fire Proper attention is not given to insuring against fire. At this moment, for example, what a large amount of properly is still unin sured in this vicinity. "All men Mink all men mortal but themselves." And so ‘N Hi regard to tires. Each individual who neglects to in sure, fancies that he is sale—that his next doc.r 7 , neighbor may be routed by fire and neatly ; iced, but the destroying element will tabu par lieular pubis to avoid his establishment. "this often moves but a fancied security. The only safe plan is to go aid get it insured forthwith. We still continue to act as Agent for the Frank lin Fire Insurance Company . of Philadelphia. The Braes Bands It is with lively emotions of joy that we refer to the fact of having, music in our Dor rough. Long, too long have c e been utterly destitute of this great luxury. There is noth ing that we can conceive cv hich tends more to please the fancy of matt, than the sweet har mony of music. A community destitute ol it, is in our opinion, almost destitute of el% tion. Music softens every harsh sentiment, *hives away every uncharitable thought that seeks refuge in the human breast. It banishes ill will, lulls the sorrowing bosuat to calm re pose, and sets out the human son' in that pi im itive purity which was .conceived by God when he created it. To the energy of the two bands now under instruction, the citizens of Allen town are greatly indebted, and are almost bound to extend evely means within their power . to assist in defraying the necessary ex. penses.that are incurred. The idea that them existed no musical talent nt Allentown, which idea had spread it. our neighbot log towns, is, entirely unfounded, for we have two brass band, here, that for the exceedingly short lime they practiced, make extremely good music. To Prof. Anton Beinicke, we must ever remain greatly indebted. His great mnsical talents, the industry •manitesterl by him dining the in structions he gave. his pleasing manners and exemplary deportment, will endear him to all who Ithow him and we can assure Mtn, that long after he has left our midst, the soiled id those notes that came front his pen,' will ever bring back to our remembrance the 'name of this distinguished musician. Northampton County The Democrats of Northampton county held their regular county meeting in the Court House at Easton, on the 21st of April, for the purpose of choosing delegates to the Democratic State Conventions at Ilarrisbum and Reading.— Washington McCartney, E-q , was chosen Senatorial Delegate to the State 'Judicial Con vention at Iluirnburg, at Jurnes M. Potter and Andrew 11. Reeder, E-qs., Representative Delegates. noll. Jan!es Et.qoally and John A. j„„ es were appcicted Dele!,!utes to the Gnber nattnial Conyenlion at Reading. with ir.snuu. lions to support 11 er. Clem field conn- It, as the Demeeratic caudidate for Governor. The Importations of-Dry Goods. The importations of dry goods at the poll of New York are increasing in a remarkable de gree, as competed with the importations of the corresponding petiod of last year.` The Milan ,tations for the month (.1 Jannuty, 1851, slioWed an iretense of :F.2,088,902 over those of Janua• ty, 1850; the statistics of implied thy goods for Februaty exhibited a similar increase of $1,296,324; the mouth of March, just passed, as cum pared ith corresponding month of last year, shows an increase of $1 . 516,874. Here is an aggregate increase fur the .first quarter of the preseot year over the first quar ter of lust year, in the importations of dry goods at the port of New Yolk, of about .114,392,191. The greatest increase has been in silks. For the first quarter of 1850 the silks imported at New York amounted in value to .65,449,430 a large increase itself overt he importations of 1819. But the first quarter of 1851 shows an agtztegate of imported silks to the value of $B,- 463,615—an increase of the importation of the first (matter of 185 u of :53,013,585. We may well call this nn extraordinary ex hibit. How dues it happen that we are'int porting so largely of fabrics a hie!) minister to luxury Have we such a surplus of domestic products that after having supplied ourselves with all necessaty and useful articles, a large supetflux remains abich ae can stloid to ex change for things which please the taste mat gratify . the fat.cy Are we able to Ilse fr out L.:pis of competency, with all debts paid, it I I d to indulge it; elegant and cosily luxuries', such as may be commanded only by soperahut.dant mcansl—ll we are paving for these fine and beautiful fabrics as we receive them, and if we are pa) iog for them by a lair exchange of our own products—Men it is all very well. lm dustry meets industry'—each upon its owu ba sis of independence, and both profit by the in- tercourse. But if no are receiving the tine fabrics of France while we do • not return an equivalent in the products of our own indu,ny, there will be a balance to be made up on this side of the water ; and it appears that such a balance has grown bap against us, and that we are .paying it ofl in specie—after having exported stocks and bonds to the full saiisfaetion of the foreign market where they are held ready to be thrown back upon us for redemption at the first panic. The amount of specie shipped from New York during the last week was $1,020,155. Learn to Think The of of educatiott, says the Philadel phis Ledger, is to teach men to think tor them selves, and c:ierci-e their nail understandiegs freely on all questions. ecry loan being re epotisible for his Muughts mot acts, no other hay a right to think for him, except in a state of infancy'. A republivan especially is bound to do his own thinkieg, beeause his responsi bireies are great. Cod gave man an wider standing, that he might exercise it, and if he does not exercise ii , he rebels against the end of his creation. Where government is confid• ed to the hands of the people, every man ought to be a self•thinker. More than this, every man who thinks for himself is rendered once happy as well is nano prosperous. It I gives him the habit of s,lbteliatice. It ;lams. totes 6itu .10 mid (pee for hino•elf. It snatches him item that mental indolence a hich is as heal tothe heiddt of the mind, as physieid inaction is to the body. It gives him pre.ver and energy, and imploves his ability to be nsetol. Thei neces sity of education is imperious. The :Mild must be trained to habits of thought, and when the habit is mice acquired, the only diflieulty be to discipline and restrain it ; and then it becomes as easy to think while the hand is at labor, as when it is at rest. Bunts wrote many of his , Ilhest poems on the cattlitib or tote plough tieing's. The velocity of thought transcends that of the magnetic telegraph, mid w bile it is the most mysteiious part of our uatere when active, it becomes the must luiuuus and perni cions when idle, for the passions then usurp its place. We Moat diffuse the adValltaaes oI common schools over the whole land, and bring thought iuto action that it may vanquish the passiooa by-reason, instead of ruling by fear. CivtGtatimt can nn longer advance by pitting one pas.:iun against another. Education must pour its beams cm all, till every hand that wicks can take pride in a heal that think., arid a heart that obeys the diLUates of 1 - 0:1,011 and virtue as the only road to happines. , . flew (ea rly States yet ti ant the Cumince School Sys: gem Califinnia has it. thus Delaware, Ma. rylatid, and other States? Lot every' Sate (hi is duty io educating the pwq,le, mitt the out ay of hundreds hill save millions. Now Jersey Banking One of the first acts passed at the late ses sion of the Democratic Legislature of New Jerr ey Legislature, repeals so much of the free anking law of the previous session, as requires persons associating together tar the purpose of banking 'to be residents of the State, and pre, vides that any ussnefation of persons lormed may deposit, in addition to the stock mention• cal in the original act, the stocks of the states of New York, Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylva nia, as security for their circulation. It is pro• vided also, that the bills issued shall be stamp ed "secured by public stocks in the Stale Trea• silly," or "secured by public stocks and bonds and mortgages in the State Treasury," as the case may be. A majority of the directors must be residents of the State. The act goes into effect itnmediately. Eutztown licilalion.—The annual Parade of the Kutztown Volunteer Battalion will lake place on Saturday, the 17th of May. A number of COM. parties from ditTerent parts of the county, will be present, together with one or more front Reading. The proverbial liuspitality of the Kutztown folks always insures a large attendance upon such occasiiMi as these. Church Strunk by Lighthing. • The new Methodist Church in Danville, was struck by lightnit.g on Sunday afternoon, about three o'clock, while the congregation wee at prayer. and immediately preceding tiro a dmi n . haration of the communion. The electrie tluhl passed down the stzeple. through• the fool, and down the lamp rods, to near the venue of the Church, and in the midst of the nssembly, and from thence shooting r•ff in c-very diretislon.— .Irs George Penns} I. . a highly respectable Indy was struck and instantly killed, and eight or nine others injmed very seriolndV. The occurrence caused Ilse greatest excite meut and . alarm, and interrupted the services I for the day. The shock was very seven?, and many of the females %vete carried out of the Church fainting. The steeple was completely shuttered, and will have to he removed. Seve• ral pews %%ere torn lon , the floor boatds torn up, aill_the doors shimmed. The ii.jury to the building is considerable. It was a very hand some edifice, and had been but recently com pleted. A second telegraphic dispa.ch states that fifteen persons were badly hurl, but were doing well. At Milton a house was also struck by liehming on the SMI.P day, but no matetial damage was done.—Doi/2/ News. Freeßanks. Too unities of the 10epetIttetit Bahio4, char t r tered be the Legi-lattne ol Virginia, are as MI- Inws:—l\ letehauts Bank of I.) imithurg ; Cen tral Bahl,: id Virginia, ift :Stautoon ; Bank of the Ott Dominion, at Alexamltia ; Alechaniez,' and 1 'frailer,' Babk of Norfolk; Batik of Commerce ; 1 at Frvilericksburg ; Fairmount Bank; Mann fae• toter,' unit Farmer,' Batik, 'l , t 1\ heeliwz; Man ufacturers' Batik, at Wheeling; Nlautilactuter.s l Bank of Kanawah, a; Chmktom or die Saline-, Farmers Bank of Butetourt. at Finch-cle; In dependent Bard( of l'ortr-int•atk. Weights Measures and Coins. We have received from Peter A. Browne, E.q. a pamphlet containing a proposal to t . stalthsh one unicorn) system orweightst, meastu es and coins, among all civil ized and commercial nit- thins. It is a very esting publication, ealii• biting a vast amount of facts going to show the discrepancies in the various denominations of weights, measures and coins, as used by ditTe. rent people, and the variations ip their relative values. re It is curious to trace the slow progress towards perfection_in a matter which so much anvils ia• tercourse between nations. For a period of 1000 vents in the earliest records o f hi.,l,,ry the value f the metallic medium of exclianv,e was ascer rained by the slow process of weighing at'every tran•actititi. There i, nu certain :nn• co:ttet! tniitiey till the time or years belore Christ. The Jews coined money fer the first time about 150 years before Chris! The first Roman coins of silver were made about 266 years before Christ, and a gold one a few }•ears later. The temple of Juno Moneta was the Roman mint—whence our word money comps. The want of uniformity in weights com• ruenced at a very early period of the world The present weights us,d throughout the nom. mercial world have been founded upon the Cre• cian and Homan weights, but with an astonish ing variations in their relative values. The apothecaries' drachm of England and the uniied Sian, is 60 grains, and in Twenty-three countries there are differ enc es in the weight, ranging from 67 grains .o 13. One hundred pounds avoirdup• English weight, varies in filly two f"reb_m places, showing a dtlTn•erce of l'roin 139 to 80. In thirty eight foreign paces there are as many il.traretices in the foot 'treasure, so that a pe rson ord. ring one rota of an article front each place would find no two agreed in length. To learn the names of the various coins current in the 1 world is an onerous tax upon the memory and 1 since the rapid nude of travelling by railroads 1 has been introduced, wayfarers are obliged to change their moniy with the pri , gre,,s of il.tys and even of hour, or they are unable to keep pace kith the currency. The English stand. ard, vaid kept in the Exi-hequer is deserihed as a curious instrument. A collusion kitchen po• ker filed at the ends in the rudest m timer would make as good a staialard, It has Leen broken in two pieces and the parts dovetailed together but in so bad a nattier •that tic j,,iht is as loose a:, that of a pair of tongs. Copies of the measure have been cireulateir over rope and Ametwa ns the English 'standard. 'f he evil at ising fi us these diserepancici ; has been aelinowledged so great and ha; so much retarded ceuunercial intercourse fotd iroff.c by creating confusion and encoordzing fraud and impos lure, that various attempts have been made at different times t effect the adoption of a un iform standard, but as yet no standout, unitiirns throughout the world; has been esodish,,i, Mr.Lirowa proposed that the government of every nation represented al the World's Fair should be requested to appoint a competent agent. These agents to meet at some convenient and central place, then and there to fix ti;),in one certin standard measure of length to he used by all countries, anl to - be the cruet ion ni the extent of all capacities and the index or the eat, tie of coins. The idea is a good uhe and we see no sound reasm why the tinoroveno.nt of science and art may not be applied to a staject of so much moment. In Ike language of the author Of the pamphlet. In this age of light and know.ledge, when re. ; ligion, charity'and tolerance are every where encouraged—When the benign principles of liti• erty and equality of rights are flowing over the four quarters of the globe—when commerce reg . ulated by the sound maxims of hcmcsly is ex• tending from pole-to pole—when social inter• course between man mid man, and between na. lion and nation, is gradually taking' place of wnr, invasion and conquest—when by the ma. gin power of steam. time and distance ate an• Militated, And, people pf unknown tongues are suddenly and unexpectedly broughrface to face —when the inhabitants of remote places are Whispering their thoughts to each other with the speed of lightning—the improvements here suggested, and they alone, seem wanting to unite all mankind in one nation—one people— one.haprty Another Cuban Invasion RuMors, says the Philadelphia Vvening 130- letin, have been in circulation, fur sum9,.time respecting another projecgod, Cuban InVasion , and yesterday all New York was thrown into a veluor by intelligence that an expedition was actually sailing front that port. The authority tin which the assertion has been made that an invasion is really contemplated, is so good that It is almost ridiculous to question its correctness; and yet we can scarcely understand how men. can be so crazy as to engage in an undertaking like this. the fate of the Lopez expedition, we . should think, would effectually preclude a see mid attempt. There is nothing to be gained by an invasion of Cuba, but a halter if the assail ants are brave and remain to light, or ridicule. if they are cowards and flee, for success is in . possible. The island is garrisoned by twenty. five thousand troops, who will be quite enough for any possible force that can be lauded; while what little assistance may be received from the disaffected creoles, will be more than counter, balanced by the aid given by native Spanish set tiers to the constituted authorities. If Cuba is destined, as many believe, to become eventually independent, the time.. for her disentliralment most assuredly has not yet conic. To use Na poleon's expressive phrase,"the pear is nut ripe Ito pluck." . We did not like the organization of the last Cuban expedition, and we approve of this as lit oe, passing by the important fact that the Uni red States is at Peace with Spain, and that there fore any such expedition on the part of our cih izens is illegal, we come to the vital question, which lies at the bottom attic whole !natter, are • the Cubans desirous of a change of government? ; If they are not, the injustice of the expedition is apparent. Ivery country has a right to choose its own rulers, and if it prefers a despotismoth- ers must not interfere. This is the republican docti tile. We Americans have no business to he thrusting our inslittitions down throats to which they are distasteful. Now the Cubans have never exhibited any disposition to be free.l A few adventurous spirits, it is`Lrue, have ex.! piessail their desire to see Cuba independent; I but the great body of the people are either indif ferent on the subject, or tot cowardly ro strike for liberty. In the first case it is an outrage for strangers to attempt compelling them to become republicans. • In the second place we Americans, or any other brave people, would be fools to fight the battles of men who were too much of pul- I.truons to tight for themselves. A craven heart is always a treacherous one, and if the Cubans are afraid to fight alone, they would betray their friends, should events go badly after a land• The volunteers in any such expedition would consequently be as mad as the leaders would be piratical. The folly of the one would only he (quailed by the criminality of the other. Defeat would be certain; nor, after defeat, would there be that sympathy fur the prisoners which was witnessed on the failure of the last invasion.— The excuse then was that the men were deceiv rd. But no such apology could be offered no w.l The newspapers of the United States have dis cussed the subject so fully, and have so clearly explained the reasons why success is inacosSi• ble, that no man likely to•enlist in such an en, terprise can remain unacquainted with the risk , he would run, or the piratical character of the I undertaking. Every volunteer must know that he would sail with a halter around his neck...— ! The government of the United S:ates, tnoreover, has declarcd that it will protect the rights ut Spain. With two great powers on the alert,one t to prevent, the oilier to crush the invasion, vio -1 tory would be almost as probable as the capture oldie moon by an army of aeronauts. If auy such expedition is on foot, we trust that its projectors will pause before it is ton late. De. peed upon it, even if Cuba id to be free, ••the peat is not yet ripe." The Susquehanna Rail Road Bill Passed the Legislature the day before its ad. j.iurnineiffi The American, at Sunbury, under. stands that a sum nearly sufficient to build the road, from that place to Harrisburg, is ready for the work. Baltemoreans are aware of the great importance of the trade of the Susquehanna val. I. y, and will liberally alit in its construction.— New York already has northern Pennsylvania as a customer, amid is extending branches in ev, eiy direction to draw trade to her capitol. The thinks tffis should ari,use Philadel• iii do something to serum the !tilde in that direction. •A- s:ien as the Williamsport and r•ad shall he finished, ever the couniies as far East as Clinton and. Lycoming will turn iliv;r trade in he direction of New York,dur. tug the winter, if the su, q ,u,liant:3 rood is net soon commenced. • amtmodure B iram B irroti, the e ldest captain in the U. S. Service, died at Norfolk, on Miinday last, in his 83d year, aft, r a long illness. His List 'mimesis were soothed by the presence of his family, all the members of which had been summimed to attend him in anticipation of the sail event; lle Let in the possession of his fa calm's, and with perfect resignation. Ile enter ed the s, ice 9:h 1798, and his corm bear. date Mity 11,•:., 1799. Ile was 'a man of eon s'lde rahle' scientific iiitainments, and but for .an event in his public life, which after. wards led to an unfortunate duel, in which De catur fell, his talents would have placed him high in his_ country's favor. By his death Commodore Stewart is now the beniur captain of the navy. of the Cifies.—A Boston paper very complacently strings together the following state- MS= According to the United States census, Bos ton is worth nearly $80,000,000 wore than Phil. adelphia. Boston property is returned at ; 4 214,- 000,000, while Philadelphia tales $137,000,000, and New York F-280,000,000. The population of Boston is Short of 140,000; Philadelphia 410,- 000; New York 515,000. It will be . seen that, dividing the property by the population, Boston is by vast odds the richest city this side of the Atlantic, and probably in the world. Thus di. v Wing the property, each Bostonian is worth over $1,500; each New Yorker only $556; and each Philadelphian • $333. Great Conflagration. HIINTODALE, April 26 We Were visited last night by a most destruc live and calamitous conflagration, by which at ledst $150,000 worth of property, in the most ac- I I live business quarter of the town has been de. strayed. The fire broke out about t I o'clock, in the store of Edward Murray, situated nest the lateral basin of the Canal en Main street, and' spread with such rapidity and violence, that by two o'clock this morning, when its progress was . ' at length checked, tiro blocks and a half in the .centre of the town had beeii reduced to ashes.— I The following are the buildings d• strayed and the names of di'e principal sufferers: Edwattl Murray, two stores ; Dr. Strong, two stores; the Delaware and Hudson Canal Ware . House, a very large and valuable building; bur & Palmers's store house and also two stores under the same roof; Mrs. Murray's large board. ing house, 8. Throop's dwelling house and law office,a blacksmith's :hop, 'l:l"e:fling saloon and grocery store, Richard Henwood's large meat market, Mr. Delegenne's two stores, any. der & Bower's two stores, dry goods and tin shop, the fittest establishment in the town, Hex • ton & Hornbeck's two stores, P. Miller's two stores, J. J. McLaughlin's dwelling ritse, Isaah Sttyder's flour and feed store house, Mr. Heap's two dwellings, Mrs. Harrison's millinery estab lishment, T. W. Stockbower's eating saloon, MN. Powell's dwelling, and some twelve or fifteen other buildings. -The Beaver Hall. comprising the clothing store of F'. Franklin & Co., and M. Cumming's watchmaker's she p, and also- Mr;. Skinner's dwelling and millinery shop were c o mpletely de• strayed. The fire has probably consumed more than one half of the teal value of the mercantile buildings and property in the town. The Canal Bridge on Main street was completely destroyed scarcely a foot of its tun has remaincd: The loss by the conflagration at rough calculation is estimated at 00,000 dollars. The insurance is considerable, but its precise amount has not yet been ascertained. A very large amount was in• sured in the Lycoming Mutual Insurance Com pany. Banking Capital of Pennsylvania• The annexed statement, made out by the Audi tor of the State, exhibits the amount of banking capital employed in the Common wealth of Penn. sylvanim, and the amount of tax on dividends and on corporation stocks derivable therefrom, for the several es therein designated: • • Ban It mg Cap- Tax on di v - Tax on corpo- ital. hletols._ ration stock* 1811 $25 291,456,00 $96.921,61 $20,617,15 1842 19,127.677,00 44,950,50 21.184,45 1843 16.808,555,15 25.529.76 12,902,18 1841 15,577,459,50 46,705,55 31,111,59 1845 ` 15,151,600,62 86 679 : 88 57,416,62 1816 20.091,724,76 15,381.82 63,153.88 1817 21,5135.160,39 128.307,13 69,139.28 1848 21.402,870,01 118.013,55 '60,899,11 1819 18,478,083,3 9 161,833,70 9:3.040,31. 1850 18,675,461,11 152,777,14 70,001486 9.911,239 61 50,718 4G It appears by this that the banking capital of Pennsylvania has been considerably reduced since IS•ll. Free Banking in Ohio The act to atithorizc free banking in Ohio, which passed the Legislature at its late ,ession, authorizes the formation o: companies or not less than three persons to transact the business of banking; provides for the issue of notes of de• nominations froM one to one hundred dollars, and for their being secured by deposits of Ohio State and United States stocks, at more than their par market value. Associations under the act may continue in existence as bodies corpo rate until 1872, and thereafter until the repeal of the law, hut the right is reset red to the Lrgisla• tore to prohibit the cirtplation of notes smaller than five dollars, aft;r the year 1881 1 . The stockholders are made personally liable to the amount of their stuck, and in some insvinces to a larger extent. Diva:Ely nj Wood.—The piles under the Loc ! don Bridge' have been driven 500 years, and upon examining • ihem in 1946 they were found to be little decayed. They are principally elm. Old Savoy Place in the city of London, was built 950 years ago, and the wooden piles consisting of oak, elm, beech, and chestnut were found.upon recent examination to be perfectly sound. Of the durability of timber in a wet slate, the piles of the Lridges built by Emperor Trajan, over the Danube, :iffolit a strihitw, example. One of these piles was Wien up, and found to' be pett ifled to the depth of of an inch ; tut the rest of the wood was not different NIP its former htate, theuGh it had been driven 1600. DNA ,f a,r Milian Chief—Da o.nedio.ga : weh, a chief of the Senacas, died at Tonawanda, New York, on Friday last. This chief was generally known among the whites by the name of John illachsinith. lie was a most- &mined and fear. less defender cif the rights of his brethren against the encroachments of the "pale faces," and his naine may be found 40 several impot !ant treat. ies at Washington. He was always a zealous opponent of the Land Speculators, and was re• garded by the six nations as their greatest chief since'the death of lied Jacket. llis place will be filled next fall, when the Onondagas are. entitled to (dictate at the ceremony of.crowning the new chief. Cowls Statistics.—The Philadelphia Bulletin learns from the Census returns that there are 114} miles of Railroad, and 155 miles of Tele graph wire in the city and county of Philadel phia. There are also twenty Fire and Marine Insurance Companies, and ten Life and Health Insurance, Annuity and Trust Companies, , whose aggregate capital, cash and asserts, amounts to York County Defiskation.— The York Republi• can publishes a statement relative to the recent defalcation of Peter Ahl. jr., late treasurer of the county, and states that on an examination of the accounts, his total•delatcation to the county turns out to be $4OOO, besides $2OOO to the Ethate, fiiiitt ing $6OOO in all, in little more than one year''s service. His sureties were to pay up the whole amount last week. GLEANINGS re Lewisburg University, at . Lewisburg, Pt, has two hundred ,and fortyeeveo studems, in. chiding female and primary departments. Or If the ladies had votes how long would it be before a bill would be enacted compelling men to home to their wives every night before 10 o'clock ! Pir The Odd Fellows of New York are about establishing a Savings Bank. • L-V — fhc total number of emigrants that arriv. ed at New York, during the last week, was 17.'29(1. CP - John Forsyth, E , q., editor of the Colum. bits (Georgia) Times, is now suggested as the Southern Rights 4. , :anclidafe for Govershof of Georgia 12/7Prom - all parts of Pennsylvania, there are flattering accounts of the wheat crop. ' L.V . " The Et ie Railrnd has cyst ovcr 17A,000," 000. A Bold Offer. Darius Davison offers, throut,h the New Yorfiti Tribune, to enter into contract with responsible* parties in the United States or England, to buiildi a vessel, at the expense of himself and assock ates, within the period of eighteen months, which• for strength, available capacity of burden and . passengers, safety, durability, economy of con : strnetion, propulsion, &c., shall he unequalled by any vessel now afloat, or that is now being built in this country or Europe to he run on the ocean ; and, in point of speed, shall be run at least one hundred miles further in 24 hours than any other vessel now afloat, or now being bui' t in this country or Europe. lie also offers to build another, at their own expense, within the period of one year, to run between Now York and Albany, which shall Make the passage be. tween the two 660' ( trio miles) in five hours.— In either case he will forfeit $260,0e0 if he fails, but is to receive that sum in both instances if he succeeds. The offer is a bold one, but there is no saying what mechanical invention and im_ provetnent may not effect. If Mr. D. can show he is able to effect what he claims, he will have no trouble at all in securing the half million of dollars. Great Fire We regret to learn that on Friday, the 4th in stant, the village of Dunmore, 'in this county, was visited with a destructive fire, which de stroyed a large amount of property before it could be stopped. The fire was first discovered in a Cabinet shop, while some of the workmen were melting glue, first catching in the shaving.' from the stove. The following-is-the-less so far as aseerta'ned: Thomas Collins, house and Store—s2,soo part ly insured. Joseph Snyder. house and grocery— sl,soo, no insurance, C. 11. Derby, tin shop— Sl.OOO, Wrri. Coolbaugh, cabinet shop—sl,soo, nu insurance, Henry Somers, house and groce. ry, nearly all insured, Atwar.& S• - arz, store house, much injured, Swariz, Bloom & Co., stole goods, much injured, Moses E Cool baugh, fur. niture, &c., in cabinet shop, $BOO. Much oilier damage was duce to - the buildings, goods, &c.— Carbondale C.t...ten. ilfassuchustits.--The Legislature of Massa chusetts have elected Charles Sumner, the Free Soil eandurate. The Boston Transcript, ilioup„11 opposed to Mr. Sutnner's slavery views, says:— •lie is a forcible am! eloquent speaker, an apt scholar, a man of superior abilities, of polished address, and extensive acquaintance with the men and events of his times, and he may be. come a statesman of mark to the political arena. Ile will probably act and work with the Whig party on all questions but one—a vital and mo. inerdous one, it is true, as he will find when he gets to Washington, that Massachusetts and even New England, is but a fraction of the United States; that there are interests besides hers lobe looked after; that under his oath of office he is bound to legislate for -the whole country, not a sectional part;' that the constitutional rights of others must be .reapected ; and all this his good sense will soon teach him, if he needs to be taught. Poiling• Shad.—As the season is now at its he ight for this delicious fish, Delaware shad, the Philadelphia Inquirer offers the f 'flowing recipe for potting shad:—First, after scaling, cut his head, draw the entrails, and cut the shad in four p:eces, crosswise. second, place it in a stone jar, in the bottom of which place an onion, fine ly cut, with allspice and cloves ; then a layer of fish, then cloves and spices, with plenty of ground Cayenne and black pepper, and in • the centre another onion, finely sliced; put spices to top layer; Men pout in plenty of strung vinegar, tie the top of the jar with four or five thicknesses of newspaper, and send to the bake - house to be baked ten or twelve hours over a sloW fire, which consumes all the bones. This makes one of the tnost delicious relishes fur the tea-table one would wish for. The roe place on the top, and also use plenty of salt. illonlour.—The citizens of Montour county at o procuring subscriptions to purch2se a handsome' watch and chain, as an appropriate present to the lion. Charles Frailey, for his able defence of . their rights in the Re, annexation Bill, lately de. feated in our State. Senate. No person is allow ed to contribute inure than Mt cents. , Shocking Tragedy.—Mrs. Progress, a womunt Of 9.5 years, who madeher living by washing av Dayton, Ohio, was found in her own •litiuse on. Saturday night, 12th instant, almost'entirely con sumed by fire—nothing remained of theliody bun a portion of the skull,.and ti few charred bones.. The circumstances attendingther death.are veil ed'in•mysterycbut as her skull was- badly frac tured in several places, there can berm douhnof . her haVing been murdered and then Wilt. Mysterious .Ditappearunee.— The . Hamburg Setuaelipost dates That on the night ortHe sth inst., Daniel !Yenisei; of Upper Bern township, disap peared from his home, and since that time, no. thing has been heard of him. He was last seen in Hamburg l etween 10 and 11 o'clock the same night. lie is about aq years Uhl, of middle size, and when last seen, had on a white jacket, gray cassimere pantaloons, and cassluttt vest. Any infurmation in - regard to him, will be joyfully re ceived by his afflicted farni".
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