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Allentown, Pa.
TIIURSI►AY, JUNE 19, 1861
fl'hig Convention.—James S. Reese, Esq , .16
the Delegate to represent the Whigs of Le
high county, in tt:e Contention to assetnble
at Lancaster, on Tuesday next.
Poatagz law.—The new Postage law is to go
into effect on the first day of July next, when the
aces on newspapers will be greatly reduced.
Weekly newspapers will
county where they are published; therefore, no
postage will be charged on the REMIT= sent to
the various offices _within this county.
Great Invention
_What has puzzled the mechanical genions I
of our country for tnany.years, has been brought '
to perfection by our enterprising townsman,
Dr. Jesse Samuels. It is a machine for making
bricks, different in construction and principle
from any heretofore in use. Wo have many
inventions of brick machines, but they have
as yet all been too complicated and liable to
break, if forced to a speed requisite to be of
.much advantage. Whether this machine will
answer the purpose remains to be seen. The
uuwrought clay by means of elovators is car
ried into a hopper, from whence it passes into
the moulds, six in number, contained in a cir
cular cant iron plane, about 80 inches in di
ameter, whicli moven in a rotary motion; in
passing round it receives a number of impres
sions in order to give the brick its proportion of
clay, after width it receives the impression of
a powerful lever, and Ow pressed brick cornel
ete of -the -machirdr_reatly.for. the.kihr. It is
nu doubt one of Ii r most ingenious pieces
mechanism ever come nut. We learn that
the Doctor will before 'wig, take out letters
patent, and receive the her:efiti of this mobil
invention,
Lutheran Synod
The german - evangelic Synod commenced its
sessions in our Borough. There are between
alghtyand a hundred Reverend gentlemen present,
amok whom we noticed our fellow townsman
Rev. E. W. Butler. Mr. Hatter delivered a set.-
Mon on Sunday evening, to an immense crowd
ed house. This we believe was his first ser_
mon delivered in Allentown since he is ordain.
ed as a regular preacher.
The Locusts and their Sting
The locusts are singing all around us. The
noise Is a very peculiar one, like a half-smoth
ered screech. It appears from some accounts
which we find in our exchanges, that there is
some danger from the sing, or rather the in
strument with which the female perforates the
bark of trees in which to lay her egg A cor
respondent of the Germantowa felegtaph
writes that
Elwood M. Walton, oldest son of Lewis .
Walton, of IMoorisland township, Montgomery
county, aged near five years, was stung by a
locust on the back of his right ear, on Seventh
day last. He was standing in the house, near
the door, when it flow 'in and stung him,
which alarmed his parents very much, having
previously understood, that their sting was usu
ally fatal.
However, they at once caught a chicken, cut
it in two, and applied half of it while yet
kicking, to the puncture or wound ; in half an
hour took it off and applied the other half, and
left that remain on about an hour, it giving him
relief. This was then also taken ofl, and in
'five minutes after that, the child went into
spasms, and was in such agony that it requir
ed two persons to hold him.
His ear turned to a dark color, red streaks
running down his breast and round his eye.
The half of a chicken was again put on, and
in ten minutes 'after Ito began to feel relief,
and in a short time he was perfectly calm.—
It required, however, the third chicken to re•
Move all the poison, the first coming ofl very
greon, and each succeeding half less green un
til the last which was nearly or entirely free
from any discoloration. The child is tiow,"the
second day after it was stung, playing as
usual.
Republican Aristocrats
The class of gentry known in this country
as . Aristocrats, is thus described in Hunt's
Merchants' Magazine :
Twenty years ago, this one butchered, and
that one made• catidels ; another sold cheese
and butter; a fourth carried on a distillery;
another was a contractor on canals; others
•were merchants and mechanics. They are
acquainted with both ends of society—as their
children will be alter them, though it will
not do to say so out loud—For often you will
find that these toiling worms hatch butterflies
and they live about a year.
Death brings divisions of property ; and it
brings new financiers; the young.gentlernan
takes his revenues, and begins to travel—to.
wards poverty, which he reaches before death
—or his children do, if he do not. So that, in
fact though there is moneyed rank, it is not
hereditaryn—it is accessible to all; three good
seasons of cotton will send generation of men
up ; a score of_yeara will send them all down',
and send their children again to labor.
The father grubs and grows rich; his chil
dren strut and use money, their children
inherit the pride and go to shiftless poverty;
their children reinvigorated by fresh plebeian
blood, and by the smell of the clod come up
again. Thus society like a tree draws its sap
from the earth, changes it into leaves and
blossoms, spread them abroad in great glory;
sends them soff io fall back to the earth, again
to mingle with the soil, and at length to reap.
pear in new trees and fresh garniture.
When the Ass is Whipped, he BraySl
"He that has but impndence,
To all things has a fair pretence."
So nays Butler in Hudibras; and any sane
person who has perused the last number of the
"Allentown Democrat" must assuredly coin•
cide that England's satirical poet has penned
the truth.
A disposition common to mankind is a per
verse-adhesion to false opinions when once
pronounced—has long been known to the
searchers of human propensities and weaknes
ses. He, who would find it, however, most en•
tangle himself in the meshes of their deep and
damning depravity !. To know that it exists is
sufficient for our present purpose. Men will
make false asserions, obstinately adhere to
t hem-and-perversely-defend—the-course_of_the
reckless, villainous and detestable sheet bears
us out in these assertions.
In the "Democrat" or "Budget of Slander" as
we shall hereafter designate th a t polluted sheet,
we glanced over an article of near a column's
_length, which embodies a tissue of the most
abusive, infamous and libelous charges of a per•
sonel character that ever came to our knowledge.
This shameful and outrageous proceeding
originated_from an illdimed remark of our
most worthy colleague in reference to the
"Ilinggold -- Artillerists" - of - lleatling, - who - were
in attendance at the Kutztown battallion seve.
cal weeks ago, and which we copied in the Reg
later of the 29th ult. A writer in the "Reading
Gazette" took up the article and after carefully ,
analyzing it, came to the conclusion that our
gentlemanly neighbor had made a perfect
Jokry 01 himself, or in other words that he pen.
ned a very "ridiculous and malicious article,
and In hie laughable effort to appear cutting,
made a complete ass of himself." if such.
then is the opinion which men at a distance
form of the character of our esteemed friend,where
he can only become known, from the char•
- actor of-his-paper—Pray, reader ! what would
you imagine it to be, if sketched out from real
It/e, embellished and illustrated with inuendoes
and adorned in rich fancy colors—from snowy
white to ebony black. Why nothing we sup
pose, hut the very pink of a "model gentleman."
But, as our talented - colleague entertains but-a
very poor opinion of our intellectual abilities—
we must winless, that we would be guilty of
an act of cnurtesy, would we pretend to flower
it nut with that fineness and brie,htness it so
richly deserves.
After indulging in a strain of personal invec
tives, unparalleled in the history of newspa•
perdom, the fold and unprincipled scoundrel dare
yet speak of the reluctance of polluting his
columns. Yes, faith, he says, "coarse epitheta
and low personalities" are weapons which
he does not employ. Well can we exclaim
"Oh shame where is thy blush !" A biped, who
spent a life of debauchery without regard to
age or color, a life of unheard of treachery and
duplicity speak of degrading himself, wicked
wretch and consurnate libertine as he is. I-fe
has weimiled an innocent family. bet he has also
""Tagged his character with thorns, and his
limbs he has besmeared with filth."
What this biped Quadruped has Said in re.
gent to our connections with the temperance
society—to midnight tumbles in dark cisterns
—destroying the peace of families—to cheat
our brother and defraud an apprentice boy, is
but a tissue of low slander, the poison of which
he glories to pass from tongue to tongue in or
der to level his supetinr to his low and degrad
ed standard. Falsehood, calumny and slander
darken the path.way of this accursed sheet,
wherever it goes.
Our esteemed friend takes particular delight
in charging us with incompetency. True, we
confess that our vanity does not allow us to
branch out in as able, flowery and dignified
language asdoes our brother of the "Budget
of Slander." We do hold however, that our
feeble' abilities will be amply sufficient to de
fend ourselves from (he foul aspersions. of an
unprincipled libertine. Being then, as we are,
dragged into a combat, unpleasant as it is to
us and to our many readers, who wo hope will
bear with us, we must, as a matter of course, re
sort to the same weapons, as are used to•
wards us.
The allusion to the "hired scribbler - ,com'es
indeed with a very bad grace, when it is a
notorious fat, and known to every one in las
office, that 1113 local, if any, as well as his
slimy blackguard articles are written to order ;
so that we seriously doubt, whether the "mud
dle-headed" genitals, who has set himself up
as a censor is at all able to decide upon our in.
tellectual abilities.
The motive our neighbor denotes as that of
"Envy and Jealousy" is indeed ridiculous.—
Why should we have feelings of enmity. The
"Budget of Slander" is not in our way, and is,
to make the best of it, but a little contemptible
sheet, without character or circulation, atid is
merely taken out of piny sake by a few citizens I
of Allentown. The number sent into the corm
try cannot exceed seven's/ fine all told, besides
a hundred that are mailed for Monroe county,
in all near 300. He is a pensioner upon his party
and they would be heartily glad to get rid of
him, as he is a complete bore upon them.
We will close this article for the present as
we have bat little desire to bring lanes, by
ways or hack-shops into requisition, as they
would unfold' tales—could they speak—that
would indeed crimson With shame the face of
many of his devotees, who are ignorant of his
midnight debaucheries—neither have we a de
sire totting hen-coops into conaideration,or agi
tate the subject of amc!garactioa—this we wish
particularly understood, has no reference to a
person ycleped B—b T—l, whose some
what dark notoriety is attributed to a certain
"knight of the fazor."
We refrain from being too explicit for the
present, and at the same time have.compas
sion for the insolent booby; but will intimate
that this is only an inceptive of what is "in
atom." More anon.
Democratic
Judioial State Convention
HARRIiBURO, June 11, 1851
The Democratic State Convention, to nomi•
nate candidates for Judges of the Supreme
Court, met this morning, at 10 o'clock, in the
Hall of the House of Representatives.
The Convention was called to order by the
Hon. John Cessna, of Bedford, who nominated
the Hon. James M. Porter, of Northampton,
ss temporary Chairman. The motion was
agreed to ; and Messrs. B. E. Chain, of Mont
gomery, S. L. Young, of Berke, R. B. Rubefts,
of Allegheny, and B. A Lamberton, of York,
temporary Secretaries.
The Convention being thus temporarily or
ganized, on motion of Morrow B. Lowry, the
names of the undisputed delegates Were called,
and—those_answ_etitt: ,ok their seats in the
convention.
The matter of the contested seats of dele
gates was then taken up, and a variety of mo•
lions made in reference to theirdisposal, when-,
finally the contested seats of the delegates from '
Philadelphia county, was brought before the
Convention.
Mr. Latnbertan moved that the delegates in
structed to vote for the Hou. James Campbell,
MID
Err
The contesting parties were then heard, each
' - party - by - oncrof - their - ntimber.
Col. ‘Villiarn F. Small addressed the Conven
tion at considerable length, in favor of the ad
mission of the delegation of which he was u
member.
Mr. 13rightly answered the argument of Col.
Small in detail, when
Gen. Cameron moved to refer the subject to
a committee to examine the documents, which
were voluminous, and report which, if either
set of delegates is entitled to seats.
Messrs. Strong and Hirst earnestly opposed
this proposition.
Mr. John Hickman wanted all the disputed
seats referred to -a. committee.
Mr. John S. Rhoy opposed all the motions,
and desired to . have the whole matter decided
directly by the convention.
A long discussion ensued, and the motion to
commit, was finally agreed to.
The fel of - delegates -was then
mined by a decided majority.
On motion of the Hon. John — Cessnai - the - 1
disputed seats from Lancaster county, were
next taken up.
Hon. David Wilmot moved that the deto
nates known as the "Frazer Delegates" be ad
mitted.
Mr. Cessna moved to amend by striking
out of Mr. Wilmot's motion, and amending the
same so as to admit the Buchanan set of dole-
gates.
James L. Reynolds addressed the Conven
tion in lavor of the right of the Buchanan del
egates to seats in the Convention.
Jacob B. Amwake replied at length, and
had not concluded when at 1 o'clock the
Convention adjourned to meet again at 3 0'•
clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The Convention re-assembled at 3 o'clock,
when Mr. Amwake resumed his remarks urg
ing the claims of himself and colleagues to
seats in the Convention•
Mr. , Reyuulds replied at considerable lehgth
to Mr. Am wake's argument.
Hon. David %Vlltnot then addressed the
Convention against the admission of the Ford
ney or Buchanan delegates. He entered into
a lengthy detail of the difficulties of the par
ty, and attributed the whole of the existing Ill
feeling impliedly to the Hon. James Buchan
an and those who are urging his claims to the
Presidency.
Mr. Malian then followed on the other
side.
Col. S. W. Black then took the floor, and
made an eloquent, able, good-humored and
rather witty speech, in reply to Mr. ‘Wilmot,
going into his difficulties rather minutely, and
with a slight tincture of personality.
Mr. Wilmot then again spoke at considera
ble length. In the course of his reniarks he
declared his determination to support the
Reading nominations for Governor and Canal
Commissioner, although he said he could not
give in his adhesion to all the resolutions pas
sed by that Convention. Resolutions adopt
ed in l'enusylvalika Democratic Conventions,
new-a•days, were treated with but little res
pect, either at home or abroad. He hoped for
better things hereafter.
The vote on the contested seats from Lan.
caster was ,then taken, and the Fordney, or
Auti•Frazer, delegates, were admitted by a
vote of 85 to 30.
• The Convention on motion adjourned. •
EVENING S►.6BION
The Convention, upon reassembling at 8
o'clock, resumed the conbideration of cOntest
ed seats. The contested seats from Bucks
county before the Convention, Mr. Wright
advocated at some length the claims of the
Vansant set, and Mr. Fox was heard on the
other side.
Alter much discussion, Messrs. Charles E.
Duboii., Charles W. Everhart, Edward J. Fox,
and Wni. Kinsey were admitted by a vote of
63' to 53
One or two other contested seats of little
importance were disposed of, and the Conven.
lion, at a low minutes past 10 o'clook, ad
journed until tomorrow.
There is a strong feeling in the Convention
in favor of the Hon. James Campbell. Many
of the country delegates, however, will cast
their votes for the Hon. Joel Jones and the
Hon. Edward King, in preference to Mr.
Campbell.
Second Day's Proceedings
The early part of the day was consumed in
further arguments upon the matter of the con
tested seats, and among others, the Hon. John
B. Sterigere was admitted as a delegate from
Montgomery county.
Mr. Hirst, from the committee appointed to
nominate officers for the permanent organization
of the Convention, reported the following:
President—Hon. William Wilkins, of Alle.
gheny.
Vice Presidents—Han. Simon Cameron, Hon
James M. Porter, and thirty others, with a num
ber of Secretaries.
The Hon. James M. Porter, on resigning the
Chair to Mr. Wilkins, made the following appro
priate and laconic address:
°Sir—This is not the first time I have resigned
authority into your hands, and I never resigned
it into abler or better."
The President, on taking the Chair, addressed
the Convention in a speech of about half an
hour in length, which was characterized with
great power and eloquence. In the course of his
remarks he said:
.4 may be .ermitted to say a word as to the
importance and solemnity of this occasion. I
confess that when I approach the duty devolving
upon us, I am frightened and awed at its momen•
sous importance. We are called upon, in ac.
cordance with the provisions of an amendment
to the Constitution, to designate the individuals,
-for-I-firmly-believe-they-whom-we-designate_will_
be elected, who shall 'occupy the Supreme Bench
of the State of Pennsylvania. And here it be
comes us to reflect upon the nature of this high.,
- est department. It may be styled an oligarchy
-an aristocracy—so illimitable is its power.—
. They can, by their dectsionsullify the com
bined action of the Legislative and the Execu
tive power, and upon them devolves the con
struction of our Constitution.
••If evil disposed or incompetent men were se.
lected, no one conld foretel the ruinous and dis•
estrous consequences. The new court might'
indeed, change all the rules rating even to real
estate. It might, by its acts carry ruin and de.
vastation_ to the fireside of every citizen, and
there would be no remedy—no power to correct
its mistakes or abuses. The Supreme Court of
the United States had but a limited jurisdiction
over the authority of the higher State Courts, and
rarely disturbed. their decisions.
'.And here, disclaiming all presumption, and
throwing all assurance behind me, permit me to
say the word—bewart—take care that we make
such selections as will meet the approval of the
people, and secure the same unanimity out of
doors-that-we have among ourselves.. Let us
do nothing to diminish the enthusiasm and .ap.
probation-which-has-come-up-from-all -portions
of the State to endorse the nominees of the Read.
ing nomination.
~.
I may say that it has been a matter of regret
and surprise to me, that those who had the pre.
partition and maturing of the amendment to the
Constitution which provides for the election of
Judges by the people, should have left the selec•
lion of the Chief Justice to a lottery instead of
the people.
"It should have been for them to designate
who the Chief Justice should be, and not left to
the toss of a copper. Let us, however, strive to
send out such a ticket as will secure the admit•
ation of the entire community, and the appro
bation and support of the whole Democratic
party. I repeat my sincere acknowledgements
to you, gentlemen, for the honor done me, and
beg of you to overlook my blunders."
The address was received with enthusiastic
arplause by the Convention and auditory.
Mr. Leet then moved that the Convention
proceed to the nomination of candidates for the
Supreme Bench, which was agreed to.
Hon. James M. Porter offered a resolution pro.
I viding for the balloting for the five candidates
for the Supreme Bench at once.
Mr. Reeder moved to amend by providing that
I The voting shall be for one candidate at a time,
and he having a majority of all the votes cast,
67, to be declared duly nominated.
The resolution was finally postponed.
The following gentlemen were then placed in
nomination before the Convention, as candi-
I dates for the Supreme Bench:
James Campbell, Ellis Lewis,
Luther Kidder, John L. Maynard,
John Bannister Gibson, James Thompson,
Richard Coulter, Thomas S. Bell,
Jeremiah S. Black, Walter 11. Lowrie,'
John M. Conyngham, Joel Jones,
Geo. W. Woodward, Abraham 8. Wilson,
H. M. McAlister, David Krause,
Molton C. Rogers, • John C. Knox, •
Samuel Hepburn, George M. Dallas.
Robt. P. Flenniken,
A positive declination was received from
Judge Conyngham, as Was also from Judge
Woodward, both of whom declared themselves
in favor of the nomination of the Hon: Luther
Kidder.
A rambling discussion then took place on the
qualifications of the different candidates.
The Convention then resumed the considers.
tion of Mr. Reeder's amendment to Mr. Porter's
resolution relative to the mode in which candi
dates should be voted for.
The subject was discussed at great length by
Messrs. Porter, Reeder, Wilmot and Hirst, and
was then negatived by a vote of 30 yeas and 101
nays.
Pending the discussion upon the mode of bal.
loting for candidates, Mr. Brewer, of Franklin,
made an assault upon the political faith of the
Bun. David Wilmot, which was rebuked by the
Convention, amid a storm of hisses and cries of
"shame."
Mr. Wilmot rose, oh leave given, and made a
dignified and effective explanation of his course
of conduct in the-Congress of 1848.
The Convention then adjourned..
The Convention, upon reassembling, resumed
the consideration of the original proposition rel.
ative to the manner of voting for candidates,
when finally. after considerable discussion, it
was agreed that in selecting candidates for
Judgerof the Supreme Court, each delegate shall
vote for Ave persons, and those persons who
shall receive the highest number of votes shall
be deemed duly nominated; provided, no per•.
son shall be deemed nominated unless he shall
have received at least a majority of all the votes
given, and should not all be nominated on the
first ballot, then the same course to be pursued
until a full ticket shallle chosen.
June 12
Al7Ell=o* SMISION
en bad, and resulted as
The first ballot was t
follows
Black 981 Thompson 30
Campbell 87 Maynard 33
Lewis 78 Woodward • 29
Gibson 69 1 Coulter 23
Lowrie 68 Wilsonp 21
Kidder 60 Rogers 15
Bell 5.5 I Jones ' 6
Sixty-seven votes being necessary to a choice,
and five candidates having received a higher
number, viz: Jeremiah S. Black, of Somerset ;
James Campbell, of Philadelphia; Ellis Lewis,
of Lancaster; John B. Gibson, of Cumberland,
and Walter 11. Lowrie, of Allegheny, they were
declared duly nominated as the Democratic can
didates for Judges of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Maynard then moved the unanimous con
firmation of the foregoing nominations. '
Mr. Gnernsey, of Tioga.ohjected to the mo•
-tionr-41e-could-not-vote-for-iti-because - he - would
not vote for Judge Gibson, until he [Judge Gib•
son] changed his political faith.
The motion, after further debate, was agreed
to, and the nominations-were-accordingly-con
firmed.
A resolution complimentary to the Hun. Geo.
W. Woodward, was discussed at great length,
and finally withdrawn.
A resolution was adopted complimenting the
Democracy of the State on the nominations
made by the Reading Convention.
The President and Vice Presidents of the
Convention were then authorized by resolution
to frame an address to the citizens of the Com
tnonwealth, recommending the judicial ticket
just nominated, &c.
The Convention then, on motion, adjourned
eine die
An Aot
Supplementary to the various Sets relut
ing to Tavern Licences.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the. Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That.the certificate required by the iburth_sec,
Lion of the act, entitled "An Act relating to inns
and taverns, and retailers of vinous and spiritu-
ous liquors," 'passed the eleventh of March, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, shall, in
addition to being signed by twelve reputable cit.
. izens, be accompanied with their affidavit made
by oath or affirmation, before a justice of the
-peace-or-alderman-of-the- city,_burough-or-t;wn-,
where such 'tavern or inn is proposed to he kept,
that the statements made by them in said certifi
cate are just and true ; and the said justice of
the peace or alderman, before whom said affida
vit shall be made, shall certify that he is person.
ally acquainted with each of the affirmants, and
that they are reputable citizens and residents of
the ward, borough or township in which such
tavern or inn is proposed to be kept, and that
they are of good repute for truth and varacity.
Section 2. That the provisions of the first
section of the act entitled ~ An Act supplements.
ry to the various acts relating to tavern licen"
ces," passed March twenty-nine, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-one. be and the same are
hereby extended to all the cities and counties of
this Commonwealth ; and in addition to the pro
visions of said first section of said act the pub.
lication shall embrace the affidavit and certifi_
cate required by the first - section of this act.
Section 3. That, if any tavern.keeper, re
tailer or vender of vinous or spirituus, ferment
ed or malt liquors, shall sell or vend the same
in any quantity, on the Sabbath or Lord's day,
their license shall thereby become absolutely
void; and the said tavern•keepers, retailer or
vender of vinous or spirituous, fermented or
malt liquors, shall therefore be subject to the
prosecutions and penalties provided against the
keeping of tippling houses, the same as though
no license had been granted them.
Section 4. That it shall be the duty of the
Treasurers of the several counties of this Com
monwealth, to insert, conspicuously, in every
tavern or retailer's license for the sale of vinous
and spirituus liquors, within their several coun
ties, or for the sale of fermented liquors, a no-
Lice that the sale of the same on the Sabbath or
Lord's day shall work a forfeiture of said li
cense, and therefore the same will be void.
Section 5. That any laws inconsistent with
the first, second, third, fourth and fifth sections
of the act entitled ..An Act relating to inns, tav;
erns, and retailers of vinous and spirituous li
quors," passed March eleventh, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-four, be and are hereby
repealed. _ .
ozy-The foregoing act, remarks the Wayne
County Herald, places innkeepers under re
strictions which, heretofore, have not been
known in this State. It repuires every appli
cant for license to obtain a sworn statement from
twelve of his neighbors, setting forth that he is
a person of good repute for honesty and temper
ance, that such inn or tavern is necessary to ac
commodate the public and entertain strangers
and travellers, and that he is well provided with
house-room and other conveniences. After
which, a justice of the peace or alderman must
certify that the twelve affirmants arc neighbors,
and of gond repute for truth and veracity. This be.
ipg done, the whole proceedings must be pub
lished three times at least ten days before the
first day of the term of the court to which ap.
plieation for the license shall be made.
The price or appraiaement of the license is
the same as heretofore. This late act appears
very strict in reference to the sale of liquors on
the Sabbath. The sale of any kind of spirituous
or malt liquors, in any quantity of Sdnday by a
tavern-keeper or vender, works a forfeiture of
his license, and any sale thereafter, even up.
on a weekday, subjects him to , the the same
penalties as it would had he never obtained a
cense at all. However strong this law may be
condemned, it is plain and distinct, and whoso.
ever violates it, does it boldly at his peril.
Advantages of Advertising.—A man in Say
brook, Canada, recently had a farm for sale, and
was advised to advertise it; he said he icouldn't
afford it.' The farm was sold for $1500; the
purchaser bought .on speculation,' paid $ for
advertising, and shortly afterwards sold the
place for upwards of $2OOOl Continent is un_
necessary.
GLEANINGS
rirT he editor of the Princeton Whig has
been presented with a strawberry 5 inches in
circumference.
Wit. is said the Erie Canal has paid into the
treasury of New York, the enormous sum of
$41,000,000.
igr Gen. William 0. Butler, of Kentucky, wee
nominated at a large meeting of persona from
six counties in Ohio, lately, for the next Presi.
dency
I. Locusts greatly threaten vegetation
in Ohio
gar The editor of an Ohio,paper says that any
man who is able to take a newspaper, and don't
do it, deserves to have a "three cent piece" pas
sed on him for half a dime. We concur, uncut-
irnouity I
EAn editor out in lowa, says they don't
bra: of the size of their babies, but that they are
a must uncommon sure crop
Wk . is said the Erie Canal has paid into the
treasury of New York, the enormous aunt of MA,
000,000.
Kir 'Three large failures among the cotton
manufacturers at Providence have occurred
within the last week.
Serious Accident
We learn that John Fatzinger, Esq., of
Mauch Chunk, met with a serious and almost
fatal accident, on Thursday last, by falling in
to the hold of a vessel, at some point-between
Montreal and New York. Fortunately his
arm caught at some part of the 'vessel which
arrested the fall, thus saving him, in all proba
bility, from instant death. The arm was
broken in two places arid otherwise injured.
Dr. S. Al Znhuh, who was on board with
him, gave him every attention, and left him
at New York on Saturday last, doing well.—
Easton Set.tinel.
A California Incident.—James W CoWroth,
Esq.. formerly one of the editors of the Spirit or
the Times, now in California, in a letter to his•
cousin, Col. A. H. Co!froth, of Somerset, thus
sketches the history of a lad well known about
these diggins
Last night I stepped into one of the hells on
Portlismnuth Square, San Francisco, to - wach
the practical working of the leeches. A few
minutes after my entrance, there came in a boy.
apparently fifteen or sixteen. He watched the
game of Pharu" for a few minutes, then pull
ed out a handkerchief containing geld bust, and
threw the whole amount upon one card. The
card won l and upon counting the amount, It was
discovered that he had bet $4.000 ! Coolly pock
eting the $B,OOO, he turned upon his heel to go
out, when he noticed me look at him. In a mo
ment he came up, and addressed me by name.
Of course, I told hint I did not know him.—
"What!" said he, you don't know little Blanket
that used to sell the Spirits and Ledgers about
Third and Chesnut streets in old Philtil" A
second look convinced me that it was indeed
little Blinkey," who used to scream his paper.
wares louder than all the other little rascals.
His history was soon told. lie had procured a
situation as cabin boy, sailed 19,000 miles, gone
to the mines in company with others, was sue•
cessful, and now the possessor of--$12.000 !
I assure you I was glad to see ..Blinkey,"for he
seemed like a sunbeam from home.
No More Corns.—Chamber's Journal discloses
a secret which it avers will relieve humanity
from a load of misery not the less difficult to
bear than it is unpitied or ridiculed. It says:
..The cause - of corns, and likewise of theme_
tore they occasion, is simple friction; and to
lessen friction you have only to use your toe as
you do in like circumstances a coach wheel—
lubricate it with some oily substance. The best
and the cleanest thing to use is a little sweet
oil, rubbed upon the affected part (after the corn
is carefully pared) with the finger, which should'
be done on getting up in the morning, mad. jpos ,
before stepping into bed in the evening. In a
few days the pain will diminish, and in a few
days more it will cease, when the nightly apglii.•
cation may be discontinued.
Sealy Company.—A rattle snake was caught
on the mountains, a few miles from town, says
the Pottsville Miners' Journal, some days ago,
and brought in part of the distance alive. The
person who caught him, held him fast by the
head, and suffered him to wind his body around
his arm. lie was carried a considerable distance
in this Manner, but finally, growing tired of his
position, his snakeship let go of the man's arm.
and alTectionately coiled himself around his
neck. The man, thinking this rather close quay.
tors, with a creature not bearing the best reputa.
tisn, concluded to dispense with his embraces—
so he choked the uhaste." He measured 3 feet..
and had 17 rattles.
Chief Justice Gibson.—was appointed Presi.
bent Judge of the 11th Judicial District in 1812.
When Jtidge Brackoobridge died, in 1816, he
was appointed as his successor on the !Supreme
Bench ; and in 1829, on the death of Chief Jus.
lice Tilghman, he was appointed Chief Justice..
which commission he resigned in" 1838, after the
adoption of the amended Constitution, to accept
another for the same post for the term of • fifteen•
years. He has therefore been acting as Judge
from 1812 to 1851, a period of 39 years, and an
he is now upwards of 7f years of age, it might
be fairly presumed, he would be glad to. retire.
Some Whittling to be Done.-1 1 n , Me advertise •
meet of the Clerk of the Federal House of Rep
resentatives of the next Congress, there is set
down, among the things needed 250 dozen pro.
knives—about a dozen for each member—of
which 100 dozen are required' to be .ifout , bladed.
pearl. handled, and of the highest finish and best
quality, and 100 dozen of two blades, pearl han
dle, and of the highest finish and best quality."
mach member must have a very large family of
boys.
Gen. quifinun.—Gen. Quitman has renounce()
positively tile Bomb Carolina platform, and de..
nied that he had ever advocated separate access
sion, or thought it advisable "under existing cir
cumstances."
The Um'. has made a fool of krimselt,andinSt
no* begins to see U.