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VOLUME V
THE LEHIGH REGISTER,
published in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa.,every Thursday
fly AUGUSTUS L. RULIE,
At $t 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
$2OO if not paid until the end of the year. No
paper discontinued, until all arrearages are paid
except at the option of the proprietor.
ADTERTISNMENTS, making not more than one
square, will be inserted three times for one dollar
and for every subsequent insettion t ventyfive
news. Larger advertisements chargd in the,
tame proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines
Will be charged seventy-five cents, and those
waking six lines or less; three insertions Tor 50
eats.
EitrA liberal deduction will be made to those
who advertise by the year.
Ur Office in Hamilton St., one door East
o/ the German Reformed church, nearly
opposite the "Friedensbothe Office."•
Clocks and Watches.
. .
Charles S. Massey
. .1
RESPECTFULLY informs his -friends
that he has recieved at his establishment;
nearly opposite the German Reformed
church in Allentown, a large assortment of
.4, JEWELRY, CLOCKS,
1...7. WATCHER,
" ';'l , 1110 , consisting of GOLD and
a w! 3 c, SILVER Patent Levers,
4it,- ' ' Quartier and plain En g-
4 - • - 7 ''' • • g
C
--.Z. , _, - lish and French, Watch
es sold by him are warranted, and as low as
the same quality can be purchased at other
establishments in town or elsewhere.
His assortment of Clocks consist of Brass
eight day, thirty hours, and alarm, from 3
to 12 dollars.
His selection of Jewelry consists in part
of Gold rings, Bracelets, Breastpins, Broach
es Gold and Silver Pencils, Watch-chains,
Keys, Gold Pens, of a superior quality, kVc.
Ile has also en hand n variety of
' F. 4 NC .1' ARTICLES,
Such as steel.beads for purses and work bags,
Silver tea and table spoons, Gold and Silvt r
Spectacles, to suit all ages, Spectacle glasses,
Silver thimbles.
Every article sold by him, is warranted
to be such as represented, and should they
prove otherwise can be returned, and the
money will be refunded.
His stock has been purchased with a view
to supply the citizens of this county with
good and genuine articles in his branch, and
• which have been selected from the best and
most extensive houses in New-York and
Philadelphia. Ile hopes by due attention to
' his business, and liberal prices, to have a
share of patronage.
•: • MrClocks, \Vetches and Jewelry, repair.
ed in the best manner and at the shortest
notice. Old Gold and Silver taken in ex
change for Goods. Call and see, then judalr
for yourselves.
May 1,1 851,
TJ ILu UUU?'D WDi d L
In Allentown.
R. MOYER,
RESPECTFULLY informs his
RESPECTFULLY
and the public in general, that
he hastaken the well known l'averu [louse
of the
Bull's Head,
.- at the corner of Allen
• • ' • and Andrew st., where
• he will be happy to
accommodate his old
".. " customers and friends.
Flis ,best aims will be directed to. his tn.-
' tile, , so that it be furnished with the most
seasonable the market affords, his bar filled
with the .choicest• wines and liquors, his
beds clean, and his yard large and stable
commodious, with an attentive hostler al r
ways at hand.
He trusts that by punctual. attendance to
business, he will be' able to secure a liberal
share of public . patronage, for which lie will
ever feel thankful. '
April 24
13t. 3. V. Ilavaes,
DEMTIEST.
Adopts this method to inform his'
at0a,, — .7.. friends and the public in general,
that he has made Allentown his permanent
residence. He has opened an office at his
dwelling, opposite Kolb's American Hotel,
a fej doors east of Pretz, Guth & Co's.
SUM; where - lid - will be happy 'to offer his
professional services in.tbe science of Den
tistry.. - He will call at private residences,
if. requested. •
ltd" His terms are reasonable, and having
bad much .experienc6 in the professions,
feels satisfied that be can give general satis
faction.
Allentown; April 24, 18511,,, 11-1 y:
• ENoLisicIND GERNAN
„JOB PRINTING
9
Of every desciption neatly executed at the
‘'Register” office.
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
Every Day Brings Something New
Ours A Great Country!
Newly Established
Cash Boot it,' .Shoe Store.
RESPEGYTULL Y inform their many
friends and the public in general, that
they have lately established themselves in
the fashionable •
Boot & Shoe
ad oid BUSINESS ,
. r .o4hor east of
Gatigewer's Hat
Store, and nearly opposite the "Register"
Printing Office. They have just received
from Philadelphia, one of the largest and
best selected assortment of STOCK ever
brought to Allentown. They have pur
chased for cash, and are determined to do
business upon no other but the
Cash Pi•inciple.
They would here beg leave to state, that
customers shall save themselves the trouble
of asking a credit, as they will . positively re-
fuse it. To such, however, who will deal
with them upon the Cash principle, will
find a difference in the price of Boots and
shoes equal to 23 per cent, less than they
pay upon a Credit.
They will always be prepared to do cus
tom work at the shortest notice, and will do
up Ladies and Gentleman's work in the
latest and most fashionable styles. Ladies',
Misses and Childrens' fancy dress shoes,
and Gentlemen's and Boys fine and coarse
Boots, always kept on hand.
They hope by practical attendance to bus
! siness and I. itch reduced prices, to be able
to merit a share of public patronage.
March 1:3 111-01 n.
NEW
Znitoring (E9tabliel)ment.
George A.
deck,
ADOPTS this method
inform the citizens of Al
'town, and the public in
meral, that he has taken
house formerly occupied
Henry F. Nagle, on the
nth side of Hamilton street,
!or the Court House, in the
irough of Allentown where
_., opt new and fashionable
TAILORING ELTABLISHMENT,
to which he invites the fashionable public
for an early call.
lie will attend promptly and faithfully to
all business entrusted to him, and is fully de
termined on being second to none, warrant
ing a good fit, with neatness and dispatch.
lie is in regular Huila of the latest Par
is, London and Philadelphia Fashions.
which enables him to cut Coats, Vests and
Pants, in real Bon-ton style.
April 10 • ¶-3m
¶ - :3 m
rile Navigation Opened,
Lehigh Transportation Company,
Give notice that they are now prepared
to receive Nlerchandize and forward with
promptness and dispatch from Philadelphia
to Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch
Chunk, Penn Haven, White Haven, and
Wilkes-Barre, and also to 'all intermediate
places on the Delaware and Lehigh Canals,
and Lehigh and Susquehanna Rail Road.
The Proprietors would inform their
friends, and customers thfit they have
BEAKOPE /1 •
front . their Old Stand, Brocks's Wharf, to
the First Wharf above Vine Street, direct
ly opposite the Salt Store of 4. !night 4-
Nephew.
They also for Ward Goods to and from
New York to Wilkes Barre and intermedi
ate points via Delaware and Raritan Canal,
and Delaware and Lehigh Can - ills.
Goods Shipped by this Line from New
York will go by ./2. S. Neilson & Son's
Line of Vessels to New Brunswick, which
will be forwarded at the Albany Basin,
'Foot of Cedar street, North River. Any
information required Call be had of Messrs.
Stewart & Mettler, No. 64 Dey Street, at
Messrs. Neilson & Son Agent's office, No
SS. West street.
Merchants and otherti having goods to ship
from New York to any of the above places,
will find this route the nearest and most ex -1
tied itious.
The Proprietors have large and commo
dious Store Houses at Easton, Bethlehem,
Allentown, Mauch Chunk, White HaVen
and Wilkes Barre.
ABLE, WILSON &
_ Proprietors
C't N T
H. S. Monrhead, ;
.
John Opuyolco,'Easteti;
Borheck dr. ICl:lathe, Bethlehem ; •
.A. J. Ritz; AllentoWn; • "
A. W. Leisenring,:nineliChunk ;
A. Fardea& C%0., Penn'Havi4) ;
Blakeslee & Horton, , White Haven and
Wilkes-Bari**,
April 10, 1851
i+T-3,,,
Go o S cliv a ,
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., JUNE 26, 1851.
I?uctical Elcpartnicut.
The Voices of Night
When the lonely woodigre still
Ohl a how sweet to rove will,
When the niht•bird's plaintive song
Floats the ev'ning breeze along,—
List'ning, in their outward flight,
'l'u the voices of the night,
That seem whispering to the tiowurs
From a brighter world than ours!
Hark! what music greets mine ear
On the breeze, so loud and clear ;
Softer now—yet sweeter still— '
'Tis echo from her distant hill.
Oh! ye voices tell us where
Dwell yel in the upper air,
Or within the caverns deep,
Are the dwellings where ye sleep ?
Come ye from the coral caves,
Hidden by the moonlit waves;
From your regions dark or bright
Answer, voices of the night?
hark ! a sound—'tis echo still
That replies from yonder hill;
'Tis echo, echo—still,
Answers - from herdlstant - hilli -
ZCICCtiOII9.
(From Dixon's Historical Biography.)
Pennsbury, the Home of Wm. Penn.
The estate of Pennsbury was an ancient
Indian royalty. It had been chosen as the
abode of chieftains for the peculiar character
of its situation ; affluents I rom the great river
bending no less than three several tittles
around it, so as, in the rude ages of warfare,
to constitute an almost impregnable natural
defence. When the estate was first laid out
by Markham, it consisted of 5,.121 acres ; but
a large portion of ground was left in its for
est state as a park for the Governor, and he
from time to time reduced its dimensions by
a series of grants to d ifflrent individuals.—
In this noble island his agents had began to
build, even before his arrival in the country,
a mansion worthy of the Governor of a great
province; and during his absence in England
it was completed. The front of the house, 60
feet long, faced the Delaware, and the up
per windows commauded a magnificient
view of the Delaware, and of the opposite
shores of New Jersey. The depth of the
manor house was forty feet, and on each
of the wings the various outhouses were so
disposed as to prOduce an agreeable pictur
esque effect. The brew-house, a large
wooden building covered with shingles—
Penn was not unused to the good old Saxon
drink—wai at the back, some little distance
from the mansion, and concealed among the
trees.—The house itself stood on a gentle
eminence ; it was two stories high, and
built of fine brick and covered with tiles.
The entrance led by a large and lihndsoine
porch and stone steps into a spacious hall
extending nearly the whole length of the
house, which was used on public occasions
for the entertainment of distinguished guests
and the reception of the Indian trides. The
rooms were arranged in suits with ample
folding doors, and were all wainscotted with
English oak. A simple but correct taste
was observable throughout ; the interior or
uments were chaste, and the oaken capital .
at the porch was appropriately decorated
with the carving of a vine and a cluster of
grapes. The more elaborate of these decor
ations had beeti sent from England by the
'Governor. The gardenS were the won
der of the colony for their extent and beau
ty. A country house, with an ample garden,
was the governor's passion ; and he spared
neither care nor itioney to make the grounds
of Pennsbury a little Eden: He procured in
England and from Scetland the most skill
ful gardeners he could find. In one of his
letters he speaks of his good fortune in
having met with .ta rare artist" in this line,
who is to
. have three men under him, and
if he cannot agree with Ralph, the old gar
dener, they were to divide the grounds be
ween them, Ralph taking the upper gar.
dens and the court yards the "rare artist"
having charge of all the
,lower grounds,
and he give ample instruction as to every
detail of their proceeds. Lawns, shrub
berries, and flower-beds, surround the man
or on every side. A broad walk, lined with
majestic poplars, led to the river . brink, a
flight of stone steps forming the descent from
the higher terrace to the lower. The woods
in the vicinity were laid out with walks arid
drives.; the old forest trees were carefully
preserved ; the most beautiful wild flowers
found in the country were - transplanted to
,his gardens; trees and shrubs were impor
ted from Maryland ;
.While walnuts haw
throne, bazles, and various kinds of fruit
trees, seeds and roots were Sent for,to Eng-
land.
The furniture of Pennsbury was to match.
Mahogany was a luxury then unknown;
but his spider tables and high backed carv
ed chairs were of the finest oak. An in
ventory of the furniture is still extant; there
were a set of Turkey-worked chairs ; arm
chairs for ease, and couchei with plush and
satin cushions for luxury and beauty. In
the parlor stood the great leathern chair of
iu—Sal
the proprietor; in every room were found 1
cushions and curtains of satin, catnlet, da
mask, and striped linen ; and there is a car
pet mentioned as being - in one apartment,
though at that period aych an article was
hardly ever seen exceliflit the palaces of
kings. k
o is sideboard furniture was also
that of rifleman ; it concluded a service
of silt . —plain but massive,—blue and
White china, a complete set of Tunbridge
ware, arid a great quantity of damask table
cloths and fine napkins. The table was ser
ved as became his rank, plainly but plenti
fully. Ann Nichols was his cook ; and he
used to observe in his pleasantry—"Ah, the
book of cookery has outgrown the Bible,
and I tear is read oftener—to be sure it is of
more use." But he was no favorer of ex
cess, because as he said, " it destroys hos k ,
pitality and wrongs the poor," The French.
cuisine, then in great vogue, was a subject
of his frequent ridicule.—" The sauce is
now prepared before ihe meat." says he, in
his maxims, " twelve pennyworth of flesh
with five shillings of cookery may 'happen
to make a fashionable dish. Plain beef and
mutton, is decorate dull food, but by the time
its natural relish is lost in the crowd of
cook's inftedients, and the meat sufficient
disguised from the eater, it passes - under—a-
Fimich name for a rare dish." His cellars
were well stocked ; Canary, claret, sack, and
Madeira being the favorite wines consumed
by his family and their guests. Besides
these nobler drinks there was a plentiful
supply, on all occasions of Indian or gener
al festivity, of ale and • cider. Penn's own
wine seems to have been Madeira; and he
certainly had no dislike to temperate plea
sures of the table.—ln one of his letters to
his steward, Sotcher, he writes : " Pray
send us some two or three smoked haunch
es of venison and pork—ate theta from the
Swedes, also some smoked shads and beefs,"
"adding with delicious unction—" The old
priests in Philadelphia had rare shads."
Flit travelling, the family had a large
coach but in consequence of the badness of
thrOnads even between Pennsbury and
Philadelphia, it was. seldom used—a calash
in ohich they chiefly drove about—and a se
dan chair in which Hannah and Letty went
shopping in the city, or to pay visits of cer
emony to their female acquaintance in the
near neighborhood. The Governor him
self went about the country on horseback,
and from one settlement to another in his
yacht. He retained the passion for boat
ing, which he had acquired at Oxford, to the
last; and that love of tine horses which the
Englishman shares with the Arab, did not
forsake hint in the new world. At his first
visit to America he carried over three blood
ed mares, a fine white horse not of full breed,
and'other inferior animals, not for breeding,
hut for labor. His inquiries about the mares
were as frequent and minute as those about
the Gardens; and when he went out the
second time, in 1699, he took with him the
magnificent colt Tamerlane, by the celebra
ted G.-ulolphin Barb, to which the best hor
ses in'England trace their pedigree. Yet
Tamerlane himself could not win his mas
ter's affection from his yacht, a fine vessel
of six oars, with a regular
,crew, who re
ceived their wears as. such—and well de
served them while the Governor was in the
country. In giving some directions about
his house and effects, after his return to
England he writes of his yacht—" But a
bove all dead things, I hope nobody used
her on any account, and that she is kept in
a dry dock,'or at least covered from the
Weather."
The dress and habits of, the Penns at
Pennsbury, had a little of sourness and
formality which have been ascribed to the
early followers of George Fox as the man
sion and its furnishings. There. was noth
ing to mark them as different from most
well-bred families of high rank in England
and. America at the present day. Penns
bury wls renowned throughout the country
for its judicious hospitalities. The ladies
like gentlewomen—wore caps and buckles, 1
silk gowns and grilden ornaments. Penn
had.no less than four wigs in America, .all
purchased in the same year, at a cost of
nearly twenty pounds. To innocent dan
ces and country fairs he had not only made
no objection. but countenanced them by his
own and his fantil)N presence.—His par
ticipation in the sports of the nboriginees
has. been referred to already. Those gent
ler charities which had distinguished him
inEngland continued to distinguish him in
Pennsylvania. He released the poor debt
or iron) prison—he supptlited out of his
private purse the sick and the,,edestitute
-1 malty of the aged who we} "'beyond labor
and without friendswere pensioners upon his
bowit,y to the extent of Six shillings .a fort
night— and there were•nomeroui - persons
about hint whom he had r e scued froth dis
-1 tress in England,'and he supported wholly
1 or in part, mitil their own industry made
lthem independent of his assistance. Some
1 of the best pages of Itistory'lvere , written in
'his private cash books. , .
crSalt your , Cattle after turning them to
gra r es. The change trod . ' dty feed to green;
sucbulent matter, demi:Ws. tbis. Ashes
mixed with salt should be tlyen to sheep—
charcoal and salt to swine. ,
(From the Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.)
Phases of Married Life.
Said Mrs: Squib, "when I was first mar
ried, any husband used to come to me before
going out in the morning and kindly inquire,
what relishing tit-bit I would have for din
ner ? But dear, you will not be at home,
can
. pick up any thing," was the reply.
Perhaps ten minutes after, nice mutton
chop or a tender steak, witth u box of fruit,
would be sent in to me, which Mr. Squib
purchased on his way.' As to work, he
was terribly afraid I should overdo; and if
I wanted exercise, he used to say the open
air was better for females than household
duties. Let Bridget do the work, and cook
and dust and clear away. Be sure, Petty,
and put on a veil if you go out—do keep
your complexion delicate. This held out for
six month after marriage.
Two year a/ter marriage. "Wife, we
must economize ; I find my income will bare
ly meet our expenses. We ought to lay
up something against a rainy day. You
hapsshe can help do the plain sewing. These
need not dispense with Bridget, but per
little expenses are what whet off a poor man's
purse. Perhaps it would do you no barns
to make my shirts and oversee the kitchen
=a little more—l find these - is a - strange - defi- - ;
sit in our pork barrel ; the sugar don't hold
out as well as common, perhaps Bridget
wants looking after. I would work out
less and do a little more at home:"
Four years after marriage. "Petty, I
' don't see why we cannot keep a few gen.
teal boarders. lAre might make something,
and it would fill tip the little gaps in your
time to better advantage. A women never
appears better than in performing her duty.
Jenny can go to school, and little 'l'ett will
soon follow you about the house. Children
must learn to take care of • themselves..
Look at Bruce's—he has eight, and only j
keep one girl, and six boarders 1 You are
as smart as Bruce's wife, I know.• I shall
expect ycuao buy the food. as I alma never
to be troubled with picking up little luxurtca.
Exercise about the house, is as good again
as spinning street yarn."
Six years after marriage. "Tett, there
is no use in keeping help. They are only •
a bother—their board and wages amount to
more than all my profits. I do without a
book-keeper, why should you be waited on
by a domestic? I should think you sup; I
posed there was no end to my income.
The children are dressed equal to a million
aire's so much work in pantelets and em
broidery on frocks ! do think you might be.'
inure profitably employed. The reason we
made no more by 'genteel boarders' was be
cause you had not a proper supervision.
You keo k thein too well, and never made
up second dishes.—Wife you ought to
know how to proceed rather better in look
ing after my interest."
Ten years after ntarrictge.
Squib, I think I've been imposed long en
ough. You are forever blaming me as If
I were the cause of all your troubles. I'll
leave you, and see how you will got along
then. IlaVen't I taken charge of this whole
house, let the live children, go to school,
done all the sewing and mending, and at
up till midnight to accomplish it.
.And how
much have you helped • me ? Who has
kept you in white pants and pocket hand
kerchiefs, and waxed bosoms arid dickeys?
Well, my work is pretty much over. The
last pound broke the camel's back.' Mr.
Squibb, you have been acting the gentle
man all this time—out at club parties, and
Odd Fellows' meetings and engine gather
ings, while I have kept away eveaufrom any
church meetings, because I had nobody to
go with ne. Squib, when a woman's tem
.per is thoroughly up, you cannot put her
down."—Squib ran down stairs and out at
the front d00r...
Fifteen years after marriage. " Going
to bed with your boots on ! Brought home
drunk. If it aint enough to provoke a saint
-you. carousing at) day, while I and the '
children are living on dry mince-meat, and
doing all we can for at living. You are a
miserable to"bl, and the quicker we separate
the beiley am ashamed of you''--eyes mill
bunged out of your head; bloated, sottish,
inattentive to business, cross to the children,
never seen out with your wife, a constant
source of mortification.. 'Duty dear, reach
me Chitty on divorces—number (33, on the
lower shelf." Mrs. Squib reads—" Well,
yes, I have provocation enough I'll see
Squire Blood to-morrow." Again Squib
retires.
Sixteen years after marriage. Tetty,
it seems as,if we were enjoying aitfuher hon
eymoon since I took the pledge.
..)nly hav
ing the resolution to .be a man has made me
one. I am about going into business again
with my old partner. You knoW the rise on
our'land-:--if Igen it now and put :it in the
firm,l can go equal shares with him. Be-
Sides, Jinimy is a *ell educate&boy for a
clerk, and what can I do better,.thain put
him in our &Aiming-room I Tatty, you
have acted a noble part • I always feel a re
morse 'filr . ,rny past conduct, aotko desire to
comPensifn you for your trials. -The day
you took, the hooka° in, earnest, and 'read
what coniitittited allivorce,-I was self con
demned ; . and that day I took the pledge
to abstain from all intoxicating drink—l
11111
NUMBER 38.
shall keep my pledge. 'retty, wife, must
be sent to some g ood school ! Solomon shalt
go to college, h e - is so bookish ; and that
little witch of a Nancy shall have a pianos
she Is so fond of music. Come, wife, let us
celebrate to-morrow, as just one year since I
reiortned."
- Twenty years alter maiTiage. Extract
from Petty's letter. My life, aunt, has
been extremely varied. I was married un
der as flattering prospects as most girls ; for
a time I was petted like an infant. But I
can review the past and see wherein I er
red, as well as my husband. I was not a
good housekeeper. I hated the kichen, and
trusted to an Irish girl who has since been
sentenced to the house of Correction for .pet
ty larcenies.' I have no doubt the first dis. ,
couyagement to Mr. Squib arose from my
mismanagement. After Jimmy was born,
I took boarders, but I took no note of expen
ses.. I often paid for varieties at the mar
ket, in three days, all they paid for board
in a week ; consequently we went so rap
idly behind hand that we dismissed them.
When Mr. Spuib first went out in evenings
for pleasure, I went to bed, and asked no.
questions. I felt sullen, and acted this
gradually wore upon him, and from an oc
cational_visit to the_garnbling houses, he
went every night. I became uneasy. and
querulous—so did he. I never sought the
things that made for peace, neither did he.
0, a woman's power is fearful ! She can
frequently plunge a man in ruin or save him.
At length, as my children grqw older my
sympathies on their behalf were awakened.
I resolved to make one more desperate en
deavor to live, and that should be alone with
ins' children. That resolution brought my
erring husband back, and while I feel par--
daily to blame for many errors. we: 6 l. trust,
have both penitently confessed and amend
ed of them, and a happier family does not
live.' A man has just waited on Mr. Squib
to get him to deliver a temperance lecture."'
New Way of Making Gag.
Mr. M. Appleby, in a communication to
the East Boston Ledger. says he has dis
covered a new way of making gas from wa
ter, which is thus described : He uses no
helices of copper, brass. or zink. He fills a
proof bottle "with water from the pipe,.car
burets it in the same bottle, and then by
adding (we use his own words) the necessa
ry chemicals, separates the hydrogen from
the oxygen. I now attach a tube, made
upon the principle of the safety lamp, to the
mouth of the bottle. To prevent an explo
sion, a certain quantity of the gas is allowed
to pass over, thus removing what atmos- -
pheric air may remain in the bottle.. A
lighted match now applied to the tube pro-•
duces a pure. bright and beautiful flame. I
hays exhibited this light in my shop for the
last four months, to the• entire satisfaction
of a number of intelligent gentlemen who^
have seen it.
In the course of my experiments with the"
water gas, an idea struck , my mind which •
seems to me to explain more fully than has:.
ever been done before the phenomena of
thunder and lightning. It was not till after
several explosions that I succeeded in pro- -
ducing the light. When a number of these'
had occurred, the idea flashed across my .
mind that the explosion of the cloud is caused'
in the same was through the ignition of the
hydrogen it contained by the contact of
electricity. Electricity, the most powerful
chemical agent known, and the only one`
which will decompose water, separates the
hydrogen from the oxygen, and in combina ,-
tior , Lwith atmospheric air, explodeS the fore
and produces that sublime phenomena
which we witness every summer in . the
clouds above us.
I.submit to the scientific World %%rather—
the above is not a clear explanation of the - - - ‘
phenomena.
/MPOVANT DECISION.—Ia a case of at.
tachment.against a witness for failing to o.
bey a subpoena to attend before a - !Unitect -
States Court Commissioner, Judge Betts, inr-
Circuit Wed States for the Southern Dis-
trict *New Yorlc, has decided that when
Bwitneifil lives or resides more than one hung
red miles from the place
.of trial, he is
bound to obey the subpcena appeal-and
testify before a Commissioner, under the
acts of Congress, and a dissbadience of .
such subpcena contempt of court, for which
attachment against him will be sustained.
In the Judge's decision, he remarked that
this had been the practice of the .Vircilit
Court for the Southern District of New.
York for twenty years. This decision
should dispel the doubts of any United States
Commissioner, who has entertained any, oti
this point of practice, and greatik facilitatO
the taking of testimony. . •*. ,
tar Tho °Oldest Woman in the ,World,"
is said to'be living at Gateshead; England,.
Her name is Mary Benton. She.tytts.born
Feb. - 12, 1731, and if she lives
sus is taken, she will be entered as 120 ynara
.§4,041ks erect, hears wall, uses .ucp ,
spectacles, qui to late Ili ISIS aaviatoditkaii;
haynutleg at Elton. ' • ;••
larTheie has been no rain
sou co.. Mikiy,aince March. pro'
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