ebe f.ebigl) Register.
Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, JUNE ft 1551,
Circulation ncr 9000.
o:) — At a late meeting of the East Pennsyl
vania Classis of the German Reformed Church,
Messrs. Jared Fritzinger, Alfred I. Dubs and J.
Rulenick, were licensed to preach the word of
the Gospel.
The Locusts
.hia_vociferous-insect-has-not-yet-made-its
appearance in our Borough ; nor is it likely
that it will, as the period has passed. Tow
and then we hear of astray one which has come
in from the trees of the outskirts of the town.
In the woods between Nouhard's and Grim's
mills, in South Whitehall, they appear to be
pretty thick, judging• from the music they
make. Beyond Wesco's tavern in the Macun
gies, they are said to be very numerous. In
some places on the "Lehigh Mountain" they
are also very plenty, the leaves of the lower
limbs of the trees hang full and the ground is
literally covered with scales. After the insect
has unscheathed itself, it immediately makes
way for the top and the end of the branches
of the trees. Here the male fills the air with
his thrilling music, and the female with his
sting which is sharp and pointed and about a
quarter of an inch in length, with its immense
strength, makes her incisions into the smaller
branches, and there deposits her eggs or grubs.
The poisonous sting of the insect kills the
branches and they in due time fall to the
ground, which they penetrate, and there liehu
ried and concealed for a number of years, when
they are hatched into the grub, and again
make their periodical re'urn. The niirober of
y ears is reasoned at rerentccn. They are
however found iu some counties almost every
year. By a close.examination it will - be per
ceived that that part of the branch in which the
incision of the insect is made, gels black and
dies away as is already perceptible to any one
who will take the trouble to investigate the
matter.
Western Cattle
We have noticed that more Cattle have been
driven through our Borough, on their way to
the New .York market, this season than ever
before known to us. They are principally fat
tened
_in Ohio and Kentucky, and pass in droves
of seventy-five to ono hundred and twenty
head, and taking in considetatiun the great
distance they are driven hum, look remarka
bly fine. Hardly a day passed, for the last two
weeks, but what front one to hall a dozen went
through. Judging from the high price at which
Meld a very handsome profit to the drovers.
Frightful Accident
A frightful accident occurred last Friday to
Mt% Ephraim Long, of Lowhill township, in
which he came very near losing his life. Mr.
Long being engaged in carting provisions from
the Upper townships to the Coal Regions, and
had the misfortune of loosing his horse, Mr. Ow.
en Kern, of North Whitehall, who had a very val..
liable, but fractious horse, offered him to Long
to make his trip to Mauch Chunk. Ta passing
the bridge near the above place, the horse shyed
and jumped over the side wall, down a precipice
of over fifteen feet, precipitating Mr. Long and
the wagon with its contents into the Canal.—
Fortunately however Mr. Long came out mt.
hurt, but the horse drowned, and the butter and
eggs were. recovered again.
Value of Newspapers.
Tho lion. Judge Longatreth says: "Small
is the sum that is required to patronize a news
paper, and most amply remunerated is the pat
ron. I care not how humble and unpretending
the Gazette which he takes, it is nest to im
possible to fill a sheet 52 times a year, with.
out putting into it something that is worth the
subscription price. Every parent whose son is
of! from him at school, should be supplied with
a newspaper. I well remember what a differ.
ence there was between those of my school
mates who had, and those who had not access
to newspapers. Other things being equal, the
first were always decidedly superior to the-last,
in debate and composition at least. The rea
son is plain—they had coinmand of more facts.
A newspaper is a history of eui rent events, as
well as a curious and interesting miscellany,
. -
and which youth will peruse with delight when
they will read nothing else."
Fine for Passing Small Notes
A man named Peltier was tried before the
Mayor of Allegheny on Friday last, and con
•victed, 'on the testimony of another named
Hartmeyer, of passing small notes, contrary
I. our lttw.. The circumstances were, that
Hartmeyer asked , Peilier to give him, change
lor • d :en dollar rid piece, bat the latter
siaid that lie epuld' not do it without giving
MM . small notes: Hartmeyor said that would
do, aud dgok'•them, but 'afterwards brought
suit; Maw Flemming
.li:sod the defendant
ono hundred. dollars... •
. gsl•Bills* were flout by the Gran(l..lttry of Car-
Don county, at its last session, against C. 11113 cit.
ily c John Kirscllntr arntioseph B. Vrelkr, for
passing small bill's.
'Bats! Hats another column of to.day's
paper our readers will find a Card of Mr. Lucas
IlaittrA in Easton; opposite the Old Bank. No
article in the Hat line cao• approach those he
manufactures for beauty, cheapness or excel•
knee . . His prices are so arranged as to meet'
pis means of everybody. & good hat can be
bought foi two dollars. a better one for three dol•
Jars, and the bait for four dollars ; so here is a
chance to make II bargain for those wh o vi s i t
%von. •
Mr. Forward on the Tariff.
One of Mr. Forward's Pittsburg friends, in
writing to him lately, adverted to the depres
sion prevailing in the iron and coal business in
Pennsylvania: In the reply to this letter, just
received, Mr. Forward alludes to that subject
with characteristic feeling and power, as fol
lows:
"I have heard with regret of the depression
of the iron and coal business. "It grieves me
RI think that the Worst is not yet. How de
plorable that such resources as we possess,—
resources that seem to attest the special kind
ness of Heaven, should all be paralyzed by
our own folly ! What a stupid thing suicide Is !
We wanted fiee trade—free trade with England
especially; with England that has.a manufac-
Ming skill, which is the accumulation of four
centuries—that has more than twenty fold our
- — 7lll - ai . ----- .artilitl - , — wher - 07 - 0 - ) mticl
mann. .uringcapilftlrwh - eTo7ffv - cily - atittpuir
perism crowd millitfirs -l of the population upon
her workhouses, clamorous for labor at any
price that will rescue them from starvation.- 7
Free trade with such odds against us! Think
of it !
Now, my friend, do you imagine that Cali
fornia—nay, twenty Californias, can save us
from the effects of free trade, such as this?
tell you no. Another year may show that this
flood of California wealth is destined to pass,
either directly to England, or merely to take
breath in our country on Its way thither. To
England it will go mainly; the French, Ger
man and Swiss dividing some fractions among
them. I confess it saddens me to consider the
prospect before us.
But, nevertheless, we must not pause in oar
efforts for a change, or falter in our reliance
upon the Divine Providence. Perhaps we
needed a better experience. It makes us look
back upon our folly, and see more clearly
wherein we erred,—to weigh more considera
ble the weakness, the madness, of trifling with
vital interests, in our party contests. Let us
be more wise, and do better in future. Instead
of reproaching and accusing one another, let us
in all charity, agree to differ, in minor matters,
but to stand together, shoulder to shoulder—
all men of all parties---in behalf of that Amer
ican policy that guards with unflinching resol
ution, the great American interest.
Laws of Newspapers
1. Subscribers who do not give express no
tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing
to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of
their newspapers, the publisher may continue
to send them until all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their newspapers from the offices to which
they are ditected, they use held responsibleun
til they have settled the bills and ordered them
di,zeontinned.
4. II subscriber, remove to other places
without informing the pnbliser, and the news
papers are sent to the former direction, they
, 5. The Courts . have also repeatedly decided,
that a Postmaster who neglects to perform his
duty of giving reasonable notice, as required
by the regulations of the Post Opice Depart
ment, of the neglect of a person to lake from
the office, newspapers addressed to him, ren
ders himself liable to the publisher for the sub-
Set iption price. •
Annexation on the Pacific
The San Francisco papers allude to a secret
expedition from California, under Gen. More
head, supposed to have for its object the an
nexation of Lower California, and some of th'e
neighboring States, Sonora and Cinoloa. It
seems that 500 persons have left in various
parts to assist in carrying this design into ef
fect. The New York Tribune professes to have
pdrate . and reliable information, whicly says
the object is to separate the rich State of Sono.
ra from Mexico, and that the people and ad
ministration of Sonora are said to be hi the plot,
being dissatisfied with the condition of things
in Mexico, particularly because they have re
ceived no share of the American indemnity.—
It is contemplated to declare the State hide,
pendent of Mexico, organize a provisional
Government, and (Malty get it annexed to the
United States. Sonora is on the Gulf of Cali-
Tornio, and is about half as large as Texas, and
is very rich in minerals, especially• silver.
These reports seem not improbable. The
expedition is one which would jitst suit the
adventurous spirit of many who have gone to
California, and would not probably find disfa
vor with wealthy Mexicans on the Pacific, who
see the imbecility of their owtr government,
and would naturally expect to reap- some of
tho bane advantages from a change which
have given such sudden prosperity to Upper
California. In regard to annexing any addi.
tional Mexican territory to the United States,
the treaty between this country and Alexice in
terposes a barrier; but from the facility the
MexiCans have shown in accommodating them
selves to losses of territory, this does not ap
pear to be an impassable impediment. This
design, like that of seizing upon Cuba, has
nothing to recommend' it but its audacity, and
we have not yet reached that perfection in
morals which would extenuate crime because
insolently bold. Good faith with other nations
rermires that a stop should. he piit to all ma.
rending excursions from the United States, or
our country will become noted as a nursery of
pirates, and he as hated Ihr its aggressions
as it now is respected for its justice and
faiihful pet romance of its obligations.
IVhal .quilnuuti Do.—Seven let go buildings
are to accommodate the Erie road at Dunkirk,
viz: a passenger house no feet lung by 85
feet wide, with a wing for passenger rooms, two
stories high, 98 by 30 feet, An engine house,
300 feet by 02; machine shop, 300 by NO;
blacksmith shop 100 by 82; carpenter shop 100
by 30; an engine room 40 by 100. The receipts
of the company in May exceed $290,000. This is
at tlie rate.of three and a half millions a year.
Democratic State Convention.
READING, Pa., Thursday, June 4
The Democratic State Convention to nomi
nate candidates for Governor and Canal Com
missioner, assembled this afternoon at two
o'clock, and organized temporarily by selecting
Charles Kugler, Esq., of Mdntgomery, as Chair
man, and appointing Col. John W. Forney, of
Philadelphia, and Morrow B. Lowrey, of Craw
ford Secretaries,
The matter of contested seals of delegates
a•as then taken up, and the entire afternoon
consumed in the discussion of questions aril,
big thereon. • The delegates from the county
of Philadelphia, elected by the regular conven
tion, wore admittted unanimously. Patterson,
of Cambria, was admitted as a Senatorial del
egate, and O'Neil as a Representative dele•
gate.
Iftk'iosi
1 - Ed — sYdli3 — f(
te - St_ .rirni - Laintagter - connty-1
were then taken up, and elicited a violent and
protracted discussion, in which Col. Frazer and
others took port. The speech of Col. Frazer
was characterized with great vehemence Of ex
pression and violence of denunciation in refer
ence to Illr. Buchanan, and his friends.
The question had not been disposed of. at 6
o'clock, when a motion to adjourn prevailed,
and the Convention took a recess until "r'i o'-
clock. In the evening The question was re•
slimed, and an angry and excited discussion
ensued.
The question ivas finally settled by exclud
log the Frazer delegates, and the Convention•.
adjourned until to morrow, pending a motion
for the appointment of a committee to select
officers for the permanent organization.
The Convection permanently organized this
morning, by The election of Mr. Gillis, of El
County, as President, who returned thanks in
a neat and appropriate speech.
The Convention then proceeded to nomi
nate a candidate for Governor.
Col. Black of Allegheny county declined, by
letter.
Alr. Bigler was then nominated unanimous
ly for Governor, rtitl a.cammitteo appointed to
inform him of. his nomination.
Fonr ballots were then had for Canal Corn.
missioner. 'lle following is the result of the
MIMI
Clover • 38Bratton 2
I
Searight 36 Scattering 3 i
Campbell 25
Mr. Bigler arrived in town during the day
and was received with very great enthusi-
The Committee appointed to wait on Mr.
Bigler then returned, and reported that he was
now present. lie was introduced to the Con•
vention and Ahsembly by President
amid shouts and acclamations that made the
house
Ile i!elivcied a very happy mid eloquent
speech, accepting die nomination, arid coin.
rninino In ?Ito vrniVaka
lie said be should battle perronally for the
prize offered hilt!.
He goes the whole length of the Compro
mise measures of the last Congress, and says
that he wil! maintain himself to the tumast of
his abilities.
After he had retired the Convention again
proceeded to ballot for Canal Commissioner
with the following resnit :
Clover
Searight
38 Bratton
37 James
Campbell 21 Scattering
On motion a recess was then taken till two
o'clock
Upon reassembling two more unsuccessful
balloting,' were had. Upon the 8111 ballot
Clover received 6(3, Searight 45, and Brat-
ton 22
Bratton was then withdrawn; and upon the
9th ballot Clover had 95 and &aright 38. Mr.
Clover, of Clarion, was therefore declared duly
nominated.
The main business of the Convention being
then disposed of, a Committee . of one from
each Congressional District was appointed to
report resolutions. The Committee soon after
reported unanimously, a series of resolutions
thoronghly national in their character, which
were adopted by the Convention by acclama
tion. The following are two of them :
Resolved, That the Gth Section of the Act of
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed on the
3rd March, 1849, denying under a severe pen
alty, the use of our State jails for the detention
of fugitive slaves while waiting their trials,
ought to be expunged from our Statute Books,
both because it interposes obstacles by means
of State legislation to the execution of the pro
visinns of the Constitution of the United States,
and because a virtual disregard of the princi . -
pies of the compromise, and is calculated se
riously to endangerthe existence of the Union.
Resolved, That the Democratic party of the
State of Pennsylvania are true to the Union,
to the Constitution and the Laws, and will
faithfully observe and execute, so far as 'in
them lies, all the measures of the Compromise
adopted by the late Congress for the purpose
of settling the question arising out of Domestic
Slavery, and this not only from a sense of duty
as good citizens of the Republic, but also from
the kindest fraternal feelings, which they en
tertain toward their brethren 01 th e eleve.hehi.
log Sia
A fteN the passage of the resolutions, the dis
posal of Some incidental concluding business,
and' it good speech from the President, Judge
convention adjourned sine die.
Oranges.—The disease, or pestilence, as it is
sometimes called, which has for some years past
affected the orange trees in Florida, seems to be
passing away. In view of this fact, so far as it
applies to Florida, the Jacknonville news of the
17th inst. says , that attention is being once mole
directed to this profitable culture. Many per
sons are seeking locations for "groves," and
there is no doubt, from present indications, that
best fall and winter Will exhibit quite "a stir" in
the Orange business in Florida.
The Union movement in the South is full of
interest. Foote in Mississippi, Cobb in Geor
gia, Shields in Alabama, and a few kindred
spirits in South Carolina'are doing battle in be
half of our glorious Constitution, beneath
whose fostering protection we have made ra
pid stridlT jzi civilization and•wealth. Against
these devoted patriots are directed the efforts
of all those who are dissatisfied with our pre
sent form. of government, and claim the right .
to break up a system which gives protection and
prosperity. to twenty millions of freemen. The
question will be argued fully before the people
of the South. Tho secessionists feel that this
is indeed a test straggle. if they fail, as we
hope they will, signally, the Union will' hate
asserted its supremacy not by force of arms,
but by that power which is :nose formidable
- and - lasting,lie : affentions-of an-intelfigent-and
free people. ff our advices are correct, the
Union cause is gaining accessions daily. Even
in the Palmetto State, Jhe strong held of politi
cal transcendentalism, the seesible part of the
community are awakening to the peril into
which they have been dragged. The 7 are
now considering the condition to which they
will be reduced in the event of separate se
cession. Charleston already begins to com
plain of the burdens of taxation which the pre
partitions for secession hate imposed. All.
classes feel the depressing effects upon trade.
Sufficient intimations have been thrown out as
to the policy likely to be pursued by the Uni
ted States, but by closing the ports and by in
voking the civil power to arrest, try and pun
ish the most prominent offenders.
A New . Way to Speoulato.
MI
June 5
Several failures among speculators who have
gone too fast, says Thompson's New York
Bank Note Reporter, have come to light, among
others, one who has exercised great influence
upon the State finances. This person owes
Carpenters and Masons considerable sums
which they ofler to settle at 50 cents on the
dollar. Thus it is that labor must pay the pi-
per for great financiers.
The offer of Hollister to his creditors made
the ',disinterested public laugh, and variously
affected the interested parties. Thus he holds
four mills, supposed to be vVorth $750,000, be
sides other property. He proposes that this
property shall be valued and then paid at this
valuation to the creditors at the rate of $1,25
for each dollar, but the creditors must pay hint
$.31,25 in money on every $lOO. Thus, sup
pose all the property should be valued $l,-
000,000, awl that he owes $BOO,OOO, then the
creditors are to lake the whole property and
pay him $250,000 in cash. This is certainly
a very pleasant way of failing. A man makes
a bad speculation and cannot pay his debts;
tie then proposes the creditors to take the bad
bargain off his hands and give him a splendid
fortune in cash !
pers iii the linked States, already advocate Gen.
Scott's election. New England especially ap
pears to be preparing to give him a very
heavy vote; and they even promise, under
banner, to carry New Hampshire and Maine.
Bounty Land Warrants.
The Commissioner of Pensions at Washing,
ton, informs applicalits for the re-issue of boun
ty land warrants, that, in lieu of the originals
lost or destroyed, they should forthwith enter a
• caveat at the General Land Office, to prevent
the issuing of a patent to fraudulent claimants,
and give public notice of the facts in the case at
least once a week, for six weeks, in some news
paper of general circulation, nearest the place
where the warrant was directed or the loss oc_
curred. The intention should also be express_
ed of applying for a duplicate of such warrant,
minutely describing it, to guard against improp
er use of the one first issued. The identity of
the application must be established, and the facts
upon which the application for a re-issue is bas
ed, clearly set forth under oath- . .-the warrantee
stating in his affidavit, that lie never himself 10.
cated, nor empowered any person to locate the
warrant in question.
New York and Erie Railroad
The Dunkirk people are filled with immense
excitement and enthusiasm at the prospect of
their little village, containing from 1,500 to 2,000
inhabitants, taking away the palm from Buffalo
in this State, and Erie, Pennsylvania, and be
coming the New York of the lakes. They have
already baptised it .the young giant of the west.'
Their elation is just in proportion to their form.
cr depression. A few years no, when the Erie-
Railroad was on foot before, there' was a wontfer
ful stimulus given to the village, and' the prices
of lots and house property ran high: When the
road' was abancfoned, the rising energies of the
little village were crushed, and real estate sunk
one-fourth, or even one-third, of what it brought
a short time before. Every one connected with'
it was ruined * and the village was deserted.—
Now again the value of property is enhanced ,
and speculators from New York and elsewhere
are purchasing lots and buildings, and arc' re_
juicing in the immense gain which they calculate
to make in two or three years, while others are
planning schemes for realising rapid fortunes in
business. Besides being the nearest point to
New York, Dunkirk is the only spot on the
shores of the lakes that possesses any natural
advantages for a harbor. The entrance is forty
feet wider than that at Buffalo, anti' there are
eighty acres of stiff blue clay anchorage. First
class steamers fit for the ocean, drawing from
nine to ten feet water, can be accommodated
with safety and convenience. The war steamer
Michigan steamed all over the harbor the•daythe
President left for Buffalo.—New York Dispatch.
Jenny Lind.—!t would seem that neither ab
sence nor fainillarity can impair the Nighten:
gale's popularity in New York. The Courier &
Enquirer of Monday says :—"Tripler Hall, with
its four thousand five hundred seats, is too small
to hold all who wish to hear Jetiny Lind, and
Castle Garden is to be this evening again the
scene of her triumphs."
Union or Secession
Methodist Ohuroh Oase.
The long pending controversy about the dispo
sition to be made out of the Methodist Church
pruperty, consequent of the division of the Church
has been on trial for the last two weeks in the
United Slates District Court New York, before
Judges Nelson and Deus. The following, we
believe, is an accurate, though brief statement of
the case:
The Rev. Francis Harding, a slavehtilder - of the
State of Virginia, was suspended by the Haiti.
more Conference, which was held about a year
previous to the General Conference of 1844. for
hi
.connection with slavery. The action of this
body was afterwards confirmed by the General
Conference, which also suspended Bishop An-
drew from the performance of his official duties,
because of his holding slaves whom he had ob
tained possession of by marriage, and of his re
fusal to liberate them.
-- If-7f - 11 i - F— iken b,
in consequence of .ie course taken by the
General Conference, the Southern delegates de.
dared that a continued agitation of this subject
Would compel them either to abandon the slave
States or separate from the North,
The Southern delegates afterwards agreed
upon what was called a plan of separation, and
a southern comvention held on their return home,
resolved to establish a separate organization ;
but the northern conference, which had possses
sion of the funds refused to give any share of them
to that division of the church, whieb now became
known as the South Methodist Church.
After this refusal, southern commissioners,
were appointed by the General Conference
(South) to institute this suit for the recovery of
between seven and eight hundred thousand dol
lars, the amount claimed by them as part owner
of the general fund previous fn' the separation,
and which is at present invested in the Metho
dist book establishment of Ohio,New York, and
the charitable fund of Philadelphia.
The counsel employe don th'e part of the plain•
tiffs are Mr. D. Lord and Reverdy Johnson, and
for the defendants Messrs. George Wood and
Hurls Choate. Mr. Thomas Ewing has also
been retained as counsel for the plaintiffs.
To. show the extent of this Clitirch in the
United States, it appears by a statement made at
the opening of the - trial - now proceeding .in New
York, that it is a voluntary institution, and unin
corporated; that it consists of 7 bishops, 4,828
preachers—and in bishops, ministers and mem
bers under the organization in the United States
I, 190.960. or these about 630,000 belong to
the North and 465,000 to the Church South.
The trial is concluded, but the Court has not
yet given an opinion—except to advise the par
ties to an amicable settlement of the dispute.
RotaUon of the Earth
The experiment for demonstrating the rota.
tion of the earth, is further described in one of
the English papers in the . annexed words
Fixed to the floor is a circular table, divided
into 360 degrees, and of 16 feet diameter north
and south, suppose to rotate with the earth ;-
while a ball 28 lbs. weight, depending from. an
iron girdir by a wire 45 feet long, vibrates over
its surface. The plaine of vibration apparently
never changes; but the rotation of the table is
visible by the alteration of the degrees, and the
removal of small portions of a sand-bank in the
center of the table by the point of the ball in its
transit. The experiment is now giving rise to
much controversy, and it is hard to conceive
that there is not some fallacy lurking at the bot
tom of it. Many letters have been written on
the subject: but the proposition assumed in the
experiment is, that a pendulum properly suspen
ded and put in motion will vibrate always in the
same absolute plaine, notwithstanding the shift
ing of the point of•snspension ; whence it fol.
lows, that at the poles a complete revolution•
will be male in 24 hours, and that at the equa..
for the plaine of vibration will never alter at all
With respect to the meridian.'
The Time
WIIEN TIIE COUNTIES OP PENNSYLVANIA WERE
ESTAHLISIIEII.—The following periods are those
in which the several counties of the State were
established.
Philadelphia, Buclts, Chester, 1682; Lancaster
May 10, 1729; York, August 19, 1749 ; Cum•
berland, January 27, 1750; Barks, March 11,
1752; Bedford, March 11, 1771 ; Northumber
land, March 21, 1772; Westmorland, February
26; 1773; Washington, March 28, 1781 ; Fayette,
September 26, 1783; Franklin, Sept- 9, 1784;
Montgomery, September 10, 1784 ; Dauphin,
March 4, 1785; LuZerne, September 25, 1786;
Huntingdon, Seprr 2U, f 787; Allegheny, Sep
tember 24, 1788; Mifflin, September 1789; Del
aware, September 26, 1789 o.ycoming, April 13.
1795; Somerset April 17, 1795.;. Green, Februa.
ry 9, 1796; Wayne, March 21, 1798; Adams,
January 22, 1800; Centre, February 13, 1800;
Beaver, March 12, 1800; Butler, March 12, 1800;
Mercer, March 12, 1800; Crawford, March 12,
1800 ; Erie, March 12. 1800 ; Warren Maich 12,
1'800; Venango, March 12, 1800; Armstrong,
March 12, 1800; Indiana, March 30, 1803 ;•J'ef.
Person, March 26, 1 804 ; M'Kean, do do; Clear.
field,do.do. ;•Potter, do. do.; Tioga, do. do.; Cam
bria, do. do; Bradford, February 21, 1810, by the
name of Ontario,. but afterwards changed to
Bradford;• Susquehanna, February 21, 1810 ;•
Schuykill, Match I, 1811 ; Lehigh, March 6,1812;
Columbia, March 22, 1813; Lebanon, February
16, 1813; Union, February 22, 1813;. Pike,
March 20, 1814; Perry, March 22, 1820; Juniata
March 2, 1821; Monroe, April 1, ma ;. Clarion, ,
March 11, 1839; Clinton June 21, 1839; Wyo.
ming, April 144 1842 Carbon, March 13, 1843;
Elk, April 18, 1 842 Blair, February 26, 1846;
Sullivan, March 1.5, 1847 ; Forest, April 11,1848
Lawrence, March 20, 1849; Fulton, April ID,
1850 ; Montour, May 3, 1850.
Important Declaim—lt has just been decided ,
in Pittsburg that .a Sheriff has no legal right to
hire men to aid him in preserving the peace.—.
At the late riots in Pittsburg in the iron works,
the Sheriff employed certain military companies
to defend the• mills-. He may command citizens
and soldiers to aid' him id keeping order and'
quelling riot, and it is the public duty of every
man to obey him, but he has no authority to hire.
By this decission the Sheriff will have to pay
$ :MOO of his own money.
Dlsoovery fri Surgery.
Among the scientific critics in Berlin, accords
ing to the correspondent of the Philadelphia Dui
letin, there has been some interest lately in a
newly claimed discovery of the application of
chlorine to cure causes of pain. The difficulty
in the use of chloroform, thus far—and a diffi
culty far more felt in Europe than America--
has been the danger of suffocation, or of other.
wise injuring the body by such a total stoppage
of some of its functions. This new application
claims the merit of escaping the danger. An
cording to this account, the fluid, (some 10 or 20
drops,) is dropued on the part affected', or on a
lint bandage slightly moistened with water, arid
then applied, and all bound up in oil silk, and a
linen band. After from two to ten minutes the
part becomes insensible, and the pain is no
longer felt, whether it be from rheumatic, nerve
oils, or other disorders. After a time it returns—
again but usually weaker, and with several ap
plications it is often entirely relieved. The dis
coverer's name is Aran, and he has already pre.
sented a memorial on the subject to the Acade•
my of Paris.
jaokson on Secession
President Jackson, in his proclamation of the
10th of December, 1882, the ablest and most
statesmanlike document ever issued under his
name, used the following language:
"Because the Union was formed by a com
pact, it is said the parties to that compact may,
when they feel themselves aggrieved, depart
from it ; but it is precisely- because it is a com•
1
pact that they canna! A compact is an agree
ment or binding obligations.
"So obvious are the reasons which forbid this
secession, that it is necessary only to allude to
them. The Union was (firmed for the benefit of
all. It was produced by mutual sacrifices he
recalled Uan the Stales who magnanimously
surrendered their titles to the territories of the
West recall the grant? Will the inhabitants of
the inland States be willing to pay the duties im
posed without their ascent by those on the Atlan
tic- or the Gulf for their own benefit? Shall
there be a free port in one state and enormous
duties in another? No man believes that any
right exists in a single State to involve - the oth•
ers in these and countless other evils, contrary
to the engagements solemnly made. Every one
must see that the other states must oppose it all
hazards."
To illake liens Lay Perpetually.—Hens will
lay eggs perpetually, if treated in the following
mariner: Keep no roosters; give the hens fresh
meal, chopped up like sausage meat, once a day
to each lien, during the winter, or front the time
insects disappear in the fall till they appear
again in the spring. Never allow any eggs to
remain in the nest for what is called nest eggs.
When the roosters do not run with the hens and
no nest eggs are left in the nest, the hens will
not cease laying after the production of a dozen
or fifteen eggs, as they always do when' roosters
and nest eggs are allowed ; but cor•.tintie laying
perpetually. My hens lay all winter, and each
from seventy_five to one hundred eggs in suc
cession. If this plan were generally followed,
eggs would be just as plenty in winter as in sum
mer. The only reason why hens db' not lay in
winter as freely as in sumtner, is the want of
animal food, which they get in summer, in abuh•
dance, in the form' of insects. I have for seve.
ral winters reduced my theory to practice, and
it proved its entire correctness.—Lx. paper.
Cldorqform and Rascality:—A few nights since
some daring villian entered the cabin of the
packet schooner T. P. .rohnsen, lying St Pier
No. 20 North Itiver, where the mate, William
E. Quinn, was lying asleep, and applied a vial
of chloroform to his nostrils, rendering him
senseless. He then rifled his pockets nf a $2O .
bank note ; stole six shirts with the initials of
Mr. Q. upon them, and then broke open and ri
fled the desks, besides which he carried' off a
trunk, the contents of which are valued at sl7o'.
Oh the following morning Mr. Quinn returned
to his senses with an intense pain in his head,
and with his eyes so much swollen that he could
scarcely see. It is supposed that the scoundrel
was after a' large ambuht of money which was
in the cabin's few days previbus, but which' had'
fortunately been removed:
Slung By A Locust—We learn that a young
man at Hamorton, a few miles South of We s t
Chester, was stung by a tocust, one day last
week. He was climbing over a fence, and placed•
his hands unintentionally on a young locust, and•
the sting entered his' hand between "the thumb
and fore-finger. Very soon the arm became
much swollen up - to the shoulderand was attend=
ed with considerable pain. The locust was quite
young. It has been doubted by many that the
locust had a sting. The female, however, is .
with a weapon of this discription, of a
Spiral or anger form: Some deaths have been.
ascribed, to wounds• inflicted by it. Village
&earn':
Pro flaNle Railroad Slock.—The Utica and•
Schenectady Railroad Company have probably
done the moat profitable business of any railroad'
corpbration in the world. This road, seventy:
eight miles in length, was constructed and put'
in operation for a million and a half of dollars:.
The total receipts in about fourteen years have
been $6',856,046. Expenditures for the same pb.
rind, $2,637,845. Excess of earnings- over curt ,
rent expenses during that time, $4,218',204 . ---re:.
imbursing the whole cost of the road; and yield:
ing a clear net profit of $2,718,204,•0r over eigh•
teen and a half per cent. per annum besides.—
Detroit pritune.
, A Curiosity.—bast week the Workmen at
Powers' Summit, on the Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Rail Road, found a petrified snake, the size of
which would seem' to indicate !fiat in this• region .
at least, that species of reptile has greatly degen.
eraterr.—liis snakeskin was found imbedded in'
the solid limestone rock, some sixty feet below
the earth's surface. Its size is enormous—six:
teen feet in length, and in the middle at leasr
four inches in diameter. Mthouh its substance
is completely assimilated to the . trick; in which'
it was imbedded, it looks surpriseingly natural.
—indeed almost as perfect in .. formrind.fiatore'
as when alive.-Biartr(Pa)Stor. •