1111 / / XI) / I) %§•• - - -• • • 1.-• 474 m . * ts. kr • • 1.1 - 7,50,"•• •- • - v ieft 4 . - 4 . • • t = t;__ _ • • • AL, 05 :41 " . • • • • ~••• • A FAMILY NEWSPAPER._ ' , p , 13 A 1 IM 1)(11 . Ir^" tilmoteb to Nem, r. iteratutr, poetru, c:icicucc, alechanics, 'agriculture, the Diffmcion of. Ttoeful JUformation, eencral 3ntelligcucc,'Amtuiement, Illaritets, 84c. VOLUME VI, THE LE published .5. the :Borough of Allentown, Lehigh., •County, Pa.,every Thursday :VW AUGUSTUS L. HUME, ;list pernnnunwpayable in - ad Vance, and i/ 00 if 'not paid until the end of the year. No paper discontinued, until all arrearages are paid except at the option of the proprietor. ADVRIUVIIIIMINTS, making not more than one .sqnare, will be inserted three times for one dollar and for every subsequent insertion t oven tyfiv e "cents. Larger advertisements, chargtl in the same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines will be charged seventy-five cents, and those making six lines or less, three insertions for 60 cents. EirA liberal deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. E.77' Wire in Hamilton St., one door East oj the German Refornied Church, wand!, opposite the ,4 Frtedensbothe Ogice." NEW GOODS. The undersigned beg leave to inform their many customers and the public gener ally, that they have just returned from Phil adelphia and are now busily engaged in un packing one of the handsomest and largest stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS ever brought to this section of country. LADIES—we cordially invite you to give us a call as soon as practicable and exam ine our stock of Dress Goods in your line, and if you do not acknowledge at once that the beauty. quality, and cheapness of the goods far surpass your expectations, we will lie mute in future. GENTLEMEN—we also have a very large and complete assortment of goods in your line, and respectfully invite you to come and judge fir yourselves, as we feel confident that the goods will give satisfac tion both in fineness and quality. PRETZ, GUTH & CO .PLICKEiIEL. 'The subscribers have now on hand, 50 Barrels, Ilalfs and quarters, Nos. 1. '2, and 3 new makerel, which will he sold whole sale and retail at the lowest prices. _ _ PRETZ, GUI'II & CO Allentown, October 2, 1851 .1.1.0 VIII 31112, )14. II Ea E S7`011" E 11.3 y Vinue and in pursuance of an eider issued out of the Orphao's Court, of the Coniny of:Lehigh, there will be exposed to public sale, on Satuday the I lilt day of Oc tober, 1851 , at I 9'clucli, in the afternoon, upon the premises, a certain illesguage and Lot of Ground) with the appertenances, situated in the 1 nr otigh of Allentown, in the county of Lehigh aforesaid, bounded on the north by a lot of Levis Wolf, on the west by a public alley, On the south by a lot of Bernhard Reese, on on the east by William Street, containing in front on said William Street 30 feet and tin deph 230 feet, whereon is erected a i ere , TWO STORY BRICK :MC. Dwelling House II I • • •= in good condition, and a large vari etyof fruit trees are on the premises, Being the Real estate of Tobias ligfirerl, •deceased, late of the Borough and county aforesaid. Terms on the day of sale, and due atten dance given by CHARLES ECICERTI LYDIA 13.071.110. Executors. By Qrder of the Court, J. D. LAWALL, Cleric. 11-4 w September 18, 1851 Baker's Improved Churn, With Double Spiral Wheel. So numerous are the Churns, that we had almost come to the conclusion, that all were but mere modifications without any essen tial improvement and under these iinpres 'sions wo slightly examined this (Thant.— Closer investigation, however, has led us to 1 / 4 1 diffe'rent conclusion. As the most simple `and the least observable improvement is•of ken the most imPortant,"appears to be the i!ase here; Mr. Baker's Churn is simple, durable and not liable to get out of repair, easily worked, secures a constant supply of pure air, displacing the gas as it is created, `rind produces thorough and rapid agitation 'of the cream. The mechanical construe I tion of the Paddles is such as to he the most perlect in bringing the Butter together linfiv'etto twenty minutes. The good qualities of the Churn, have been fully established, as it has been tested in trials with other Churns, and has brought butter in far less time, and in much greater .quantity and of a better quality. The sitapticity of construction renders 'the clearfin'g of thii Churn less laborious than any other now in use. They may be 'examined and purchased from the subscri 'tier, at his workshop ; near Siegersville, North Whitehall township, Lehigh county, bn very reasonable terms. J. CULBERTSON. fliegersvilla Atigust 11; A NEW ASSORTAIENT OP ILIRDMIRE ! • The undersigned announce to the public, that they have just returned from Philadel phia and New York, with a very large iot of Hardware, consisting of House Furnishing .drtieles, Cutlery, Cdach Trimmings, Sudilleu awl , Shoe-findings, all of which will be sold at extremely low prices. They ask the public to give SAEGER'S lIARDWARE S•rmtc, sign of the tt.,l ada• PILL, a call, in order to convince themselves of the fact, that a .penny saved is a penny made.' 0. & J SAEGER. 11-1 y May S To Ho use-Keepers. A great assortment of House furnishing articles, such as . • ENA MELED and tinned inside, cooking vessels, sauce and stew pans, preserve ket tles, fish and ham kettles, frying pans, grid irons, waffle irons, &c. TEA TRAYS and Waiters, from com mon to fine, in sets and dozens. Also, goth ic form, in sets, and in variety of patterns. KNI YES and FORKS—in sets and doz ens ; also knives only ; carvers, steels, cook and butcher knives, with a variety of other manufactures. POCKET and PEN KNIVES—Razors, scissors, shears, from the best makers ; one, two, three. and 4 blade knives. SHOVELS, spades, hoes, chains, rakes, pick, axes, &c. SHOVELS and TONGS, Iron and brass polished steel lire sets and standards, coal hods, tailors' irons smoothing irons &c., and for sale by '0 & J SAEGER. 11- lw lut of llammered and !lolled Iron, Sheet Iron, American and Eng,lish Band Iron, Hoop Iron, Cast and Shear Steel, spore, Ihn, and tonnd, just received with Anvils afid Vices, and for sale cheap at the store of J SAEGER, 01,A SS.-150 Boxes Gicu.s,S by 10, 10 by 12, 10 by 14, 10 by 15, 12 by 10, and various other seizes, for sale by TO MECIIANICS.—TooIs of every de scription, such as Bench and Moulding I'lanes, Hand, Parinel, and Back Saws, 13race and I3itts, Anger Thus, Hatchets, Sprays, &c., for sale by `l'o SIIOEMAKERS.—Just received a new assortment of Morocco and Binding Leather, Lasts, Shoe-thread, Wooden Pegs French Ruhers, and numerous other artic les belonging to the shoemaking business OILS & VARNISH.—OiIs of all kinds, boiled and raw, Turpentine, Newark Var nish of all kinds, Glue •be sold cheap by O& J SAEGER.. PLANES.---A full assortment of Planes of John Bell's best make, also a large assort-. ment of Carpenter's Tools, for'sale cheap by 0 Sc J SAEGER. W HITE LEA I).—‘2 tons of White Lead just received, Pure and Extra, and for sale by 0 & J SAEGER. 1101.,LOWAllE.-500 Iron Pots and Kettles, just received and for sale at very reduced prices at the store of May 8 To lireilders. A splendid assortment of Front and Parlor Locks with mineral knobs, german Locks, Latches, Bolts, Hinges, Screws, Paint Brush es, and a variety of other building Hard ware just unpacking, and for sale cheaper than ever by 0 & J SAEGER. May 8. tr—ly ILlZlalate The undersigned have lately purchased the well known Store Stand of the late Dan iel Ludwig, in west Hamilton Street, in Al lentown, and' now offer it for Rent. The Store room is 29 by SO feet, CeHai under the whole, and a room on the second floor. The Store house is three story; .end very %melons. Possession can be given immediately.-- For funlicrinforination inquiro of ELIAR FENSTEMACHER, PETEIi TROXELL, Jr. September 11, 1851: ¶-4w ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER 9, 1851. T v -York Millint,F3T—Sto .lN ALLENTOWN; Mrs. E. Kemmerer, would respectfully announce to her friends and the. public in general, thatshe has just returned from New York, with a full assortment of fancy FALL AND WINTER MILLINARY G DiS, • of the latest Paris and Lon . • don stiles and fashions, at her establishment opposite the Odd Fellows' Hall in Hamilton Street, AllentOwn. Het variety of Trimmings is large, and such who wish to make bargains, will please and exam ine hersplendid assortment before purchasing elsewhere. ThankTul for past favors, she trusts by strict attention to business, and moderat charges to merit a large share of public at ronage.. Allentown, Sept. 25, 1851, . - - THE FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY of Philadelphia. OFFICE, No. 16:33 CHESNUT STREET near Fifth street. Charles N. Bancker, Geo.W.Picharns Thomas llart, Mord. D. Lewis. Tobias Wagner, Adolp. E Boric, Samuel Grant, David S. Brown, Jacob R. Smith, Morris Patterson, CONTINUE to make Insurance, permanent and limited,on every description of property, in town and country, at rates as low as are consis tant with security. The Company have reserved a large Conlin gent Fund, which with their Capital and Premi nuts, safely invested, afford ample protection to the assured. The assets of the company, on January l&t, 1848, as published agreeably to an Act of As sembly, were as follows, viz: Mortgages, $890,558 65 Real Estate, 728,358 00 Temporary Loans, 205,459 00 Stocks, 15,563 15 Cash, .eke., 46,581 87 Since theirineorporation, a period of eighteen years, they have paid upwards of one million Imo hundred thousand dollars, losses by fire, there by airording evidence of the advantages of insu ranee, as well as the ability and disposition to !fleet with protnptess, all liabilities. CHAIU N. BANCKER, P resider t CHARLES G. BANCKER, Sec'y. The Subscribers are the appointed Agents of the above mentioned Institution, and axe now prepared to make insurances on every descrip don of property, at the lowest rates. A Ii(aTSTI I :3 L. BUBB, Allentown U. F. BLECK, Bethlehem. Allentown,June 13,1848. 0 & .1 SAEGER Cheap and Good Watches, A Jewelly & Silver-ware, whole )] sale and retail, at No. 90 North I ( -1:, Second street, corner of Uttar ctultt-'..'i 'i''' ry, Philadelphia. • Gold Lever Watches, full Jewelled, IS caret cases, $3O and over. Silver Lever Watches, full jtwelled, ' . $l6 and over. Silver Lepine Watzheb; jew elled, SI 1 and over. Silver Quartier Watches, $5,00 to 10 Gold Pencils, sl,so'to 7 Fine Gold Rings, 371 cts. to SO 0 &J SAEGER 0 & J SAEGER Other articles in proportion. All Goods warranted to be what they are sold for. Constantly on hand, a full assortment of fine GOLD JEWELRY and SILVER WARE. Also, an assortment of M. J. To bias & Co., E. Simpson, Samuel & Brotlf ers, E. S. Yates & Co., John Harrison, G. R, Beesley, and other superior Patent Lever Movements, which will be cased in any style desired. Arrangements have been made with all the above celebrated makers, the best man ufacturers of Liverpool, to furnish at short notice any required style of Watch, for Which orders will be taken and the name and residence of the person ordering put on if requested. _ _ _ _ & J SAEGER 0. CONRAD, No. 90 North 2nd. St. Importer of Watches. Philadelphia, Nov. 20. 11-1 Y the Free Electors of Lehigh and Car- FELLOW ClTlZENS.—Encournged by the kindly assurance of many friends, I hereby offer myself as an independent candidate for the office of STATE LEGISLATURE of Lehigh and Carbon counties. Should you see proper to elect me, I will discharge the duties faithfully and be thankful for your suffrages. CHARLES SNYDER. September 25, 1851. ¶ —te Pamphlet Laws. tiaLTSCRIBEHS to the Pamphlet Laws tsof 1851, ate informed that their copies aro received and ready. for delivery, at tho Prothonotary's office of Lehigh county. NATHAN , MILLER, Prothonotary. Allentown, Sept. f.'s, 1851.. ¶-6w INDEMNITY Directors $1,220,097 67 FASHIONABLE Jewelry Establishment ! 'l99cinbln 4.Eanbibutc. bon Counties 3ortiral - ra Plough, Loom and, Anvil The camp has had its day of song; The sword, the bayonet, the plume Have crowded out of rhyme to long The Plough, the anvil and the loom ! Oh, not upon our tented fields Are Freedom's heroes bred alone, The trailing of the workshop yields More heroes true than war has known Who drives the bolt, who shapes the steel, May with a heart as valiant smite, As he, who sees a roman reel In blood before his blow of might ! The skill that conquers space and time, That graces life, that lightens toil, May spring from courage more sublime Than that which makes a realm its spoil Let labor then look up and see I 1 is craft no pith of honer lacks; The soldier's rifle yet shall be Less honored than the woodman's axe, Let Art his own appointment prize, Nor deem that gold or outward height Can compensate the worth that lies In tastes that breed their own delight. And may the time come nearer still When men this sacred truth shall heed, Thai from the thougl.t and from the will Must all that raises man proceed ! Though pride should hold your calling low, For us shall duty make it good; And we from truth to truth shall go, Till life and death are understood. IMUCiiilllO3ll9 !oeifttioll9. The Fearful Funeral. It was on the morning of a cold, chilly day in the month of April, that I was thus interrupted in my studies by one of the children : "Pa, there is a queer-looking man in the parlor who wants to see you." On entering the room my eye lit upon a man who was queer•looking indeed, because his dress, face, and whole appearance proclaim ed him a drunkard. Ile rose on my enter ing the room, and with that constrained and !awkward politeness, amounting to obsequi ousness, which the half-intoxicated of ten assume, he thus addressed me: "I come, sir, to ask you to attend a fune i ral this afternoon." "Who," said "is dead ?" "A friend of mine," he replied, "by the name of,t3—, and as he 1171.1 An particular friends here, I, thought 1 would come and ask you." "Where did he live ?" I again asked. "Why," said he, "he lived in no place particular, - except at the grocery of Mr. H' —." This Mr. El—was the keeper of a grogery of the very lowest character, j where blacks and whites freely mingled in their revels, and whicThil-etten-been pre sented as n nuisance. I asked again "Of what disease did he die ?" "Why," - said he, dropping his comae. !lance, and lowering hi 3 voice almost to a whisper, "I hardly know ; but between you and 1, he was a pretty hard drinker." After a few more inquiries, to which . I re• ceived answers in keeping with those given above, I. dismissed him, promising to attend the funeral at five o'clock. At the hour appointed I went to the house of death. There were ten or twelve men (present, and, with two exceptions, they were all drunkards. I went up to the coarse pine coffin, and gazed upon a corpse not pale and haggard. but bloated, and almost as black as the raven's wing. There were two broth ers present, both inebriates, and as unfeel ing as if the body of a beast lay before them. From the undertaker I gained the following narrative as to the deceased : He was the son of respectable, but irreli gious parents, who, instead of spending the . Sabbath in the house of Uod, either spent it in idleness, or in doing . "their own work." When-desecrated, the Sabbath is usually a day of fearful temptation. Sabbath sins make deep impressions on the soul whilst yet young lin became a Sabbath vagrant—join ed profane companionsacquired the hab itof drinking ; and so rapidly grew the love of drink into a • ruling passion, that at mature years he was a confirmed drunkard. His parents died, and the portion of proper ty that fell to his lot was squandered. "A ud for years," said my informant, "he has been drunk every day." "But. how," I asked, "did he get the money to pay for the liquor ?" "lie has been employed," he replied, "by Mr. H— to shoot squirrels in the woods, and to catch water-felts in the marshes ; and for the skins of these he has been paid in whiskey. Nobody would see him starve ; and he usually slept in a garret over the grogery. Yesterday he was taken sick, very sick, in the grocery; Mr. 11—, in stead of giving !!tai a bed, 'turned hiM out of the housp. He wasthen in a dying state; and, at a short distance from the house, fell in the street. He was taken into a negro hut, and laid on thefloor, where he died in less than an hour. ; The negroes were very ignorant and superstitious, and were afraid to have the corpse in• their house. It was NEUTRAL IN POLITICS, family, hearing the circumstances, took the corpse to their house, and have made these preparations for its buriel." •-I read a-portion of the Scriptures,--and for a few moments discoursed to them on the effects of . sin—l dwelt on the hardening and and fearful effects of Intemperance. But there was no feeling. I prayed with them; but there was no reverence. They all gaz ed with a vacant stare, as if their minds had evaporated, and as if the fiery liquid had burned out their conscience. They were obviously past feeling. The coffin was closed and placed in the hearse. We pro ceeded with slow and solemn pace to t h e house appointed for all the living; and a feeling of shame came over me as I passed along the street to be followed by half a doz en pair of inveterate topers. The coffin was placed upon the bier. and was carried by four drunkards, who were actually reeling under their load, to a seelti ded spot in the grave yard, where, without a tear being shed, without a sigh brine_ ut tered, it was covered up under the cold clod of the valley ; and the two brothers went back to the house of death, the grog-shop, to drink and to die a similar death, and to go early down to the same ignoble grave.— The others, after lingering for a few mom ents, as if arrested by the thought' that the grave would soon be their house followed. I stood for a short time over the grave, after all had retired, pondering the deedly im pressive scenes through which I had so rapidly passed. "And is this," said I to myself, the grave of the drunkard ?" And the prayer; almoa unconcionsly, rose front my heart to heaven, "0 god, save my children's children to their latest generation from making such a contribution "as this to the congregation of the dead !" A Romance in Real Life. [The intelligent Paris correspondent of the St. Louis Republican gives the follow ing sprightly sketch of a new actress who is about to make her debut in Paris, and who is creating an immense sensation before hand on account of her beauty and accom plishments :] The lady is about thirty years of age, but her life has already been varied enough to suit the most greedy romancers. First, abandoned by her mother in the streets of Paris, she begged her bread from door' to door, and slept wherever she could find a shelter, until by force of begging and ec ouomizing she purchased an old second hand guitar, and with that she went about singing half a dozen the oust popular songs in every court yard of the green city. [ler youth, she was•only thirteen years of age, and the extreme loveliness of her child litre countenance, favoured her greatly, and sous and often silver pieces fell at her feet when ever she sang. She had a small room in the sixth story of a house in the city, and there lived quietly alone, coining in as soon as it was dark and going out early in the morning to follow her business. One evening, about six months after she cotn• menced the street singing she was sitting in her room studying over the words of a new song, when she thought she heard a groan in.the next room to hers. She did not know her neighbors at all, and indeed had never seen any of them, but she got up, went out and knocked nt the door of the room from whence she now distinctly heard the groans repeated. There was rio answer. The little girl then ran to the stairs and called for help ; bvt few people pay any at tention to cries that come from the sixth story, and the little girl waited in vain for some one to come. When, she found she was quite unheard, she returned to the door and turning the knob found that it yeilded, and a moment after'she went into the room but in complete darkness. She ran hack to her own room, got .a light, and returned, when a sight met her eyes, such as 'even she, who was accus tomed to misery, had never seen. The od or of tho room, in the first place was almost insupportable ; piles of rotten vegetables and old bones lay strewn about the•floor and in one corner on a bundle of damp straw lay an old woman groaning in pain. The child went to her and spoke to her where upon the old hag started as if she had been bitten, but immediately turned her face to the well again. The little girl thinking she was very ill, left the room and went herself for a doctor; he came, and disgusted with the appearance of the room 'and odors, de clared he could "d6 - nething until the patient was removed to a better place ; but the old woman swore she would die Where she was and all remonstrances were vain. The doe:- tor, therefore, prescribed as well as he could, but the next day the old woman died ; brit before her death she questioned the lit-' tle girl about her former life, and finally re vealed to her that she *as tvatc:hing over kite death bed of her own mother, and that she had amassed a. small sum of money, which her daughter would 'find in the straw. After the old woman'a body was taken from the house, accordingly the young girl searched, and found an old petti coat, in which was wrapped, no less a sum than 8000 f. in gold and silver, All this the old woman had got by begting, and by NUMBER 1. ,/ichirtgr-and-searching-among-the-r-übbish-in the streets. Her daughter, upon finding herself the possessor of such n fortune, placed the great er portion-of- i n-the- sa vinge-bank,--and then placed herself in a goad boarding School, where her intelligence soon devel oped itself, and at seventeen years of age she was one of the most accomplished, and by far the most beautiful girls in the school. I had always been her intention when she had finished her education, to go on the stage, but at a soiree given by the mistress of the school, a young gentleman, the son of a gen 'oral of the empire„ who hnd left him the title of baron and a large fortune, saw our heroine, fell in love with her, and soon after married her. For the first two or three years nothing uccured to disturb the bliss of their union ; but suddenly the young wife, who had hitherto shown herself amiable, ten der and devoted, changed entirely. Her spirits became unequal, and she no longer seemed satisfied with the quiet happiness of her home. Arrived at that stage of her youth, at the age when all the forces devel op themselves, an unsettled and ardent na ture struggled greatly against her good in stinct. She showed an inclination for co quetry, and the passion for (rambling seized upon her with uncontrollable' Her husband suffered and trembled in si lence. With that weakness very common to tender hearts, he had become a seconda ry personage in his house, and could not now regain the power he had so quietly given up. Madame—had already lost large sums tit cards, and had secretly sold her diamonds and replaced them by false stones. The poor husband regretted not having authority enough to bring about a reform and stop the desperate course of his wife. He would have given a great deal to lead peaceable existence in the country, but he knew that at the first words any such pro- . position would have been firmly objected to. His perplexity was very great, when et' good idea came into bis head. Among the seloons of the. elegant world' where gambling was allowed, there was one more dangerous than the others, be cause the worst sort of gambling was per mitted, and a very mixed society received. Mr.—consented to allow himself and his wife to be presented to the gentleman of thief house, and he marched resolutely into the' abyss. Madame soon placed herself at a card table, and immediately a middle aged gentleman came and, placed himself oppo site her. They played, and at the first round' the gentleman wen a hundred louis, and soon the losses of the beautiful gatnestretta` amounted to twenty thousand francs. "Shull we double?" asked'her partner.' "Yes," she answered, trying to preserve' her ctilmness. Sho lost again, and heiad vorsary asked "Shall we double ?" This cohtinued question, and the unlucky' issue of the game, was repeated several' times. Frightened at first, Madame—; thought at last that her partner was a very gallant man, who wanted to lead her on to' acquit her debt at a single blow by playing until the luck should •change. But when: the debt amounted' to a hundred thousand' crowns the gentleman arose, excused hitM: self and said : , totlre will stop now, Madame, if you' please : you owe me the sum of three bun , ' Bred thousand fronts." This announcement caused a great sensa-: Lion in the saloon, and Mad.—retired' with despair in her heart. For the first time she was afraid of her husband. How ever, the terrible confession must be made to him ; she made it, pale, trembling and' on her knees. "Rise, my love," said her husband, in a sad but affectionate tone. "It is a misfor tune which cannot now be helped. We must pay the debt. .Wo shell be nearly ruined, but your honor will be saved." The creditor arrived soon afterwards, and Mr.—went with him as his notary. On' his return he said to his wife : "All that remains to us now is my little . domain in Auvergne. 1 can very well con-,; , tent myself there, but it wi ll be a gloomy 1 abode for you, and that is what afflicts me." Touched by such exquisite kindness. Mad- - ame—set out for the country, without re: , gretting Paris and her disastrous pleattures. After so much excitement, a country . lifer seemed delightful to her. • . , , I Ten years passed away, and Madam ' I—said to her husband one day, that th had been the happiest years of her life ; a that nothing would disturb her peace, if 1 was not for the thought of the large sum i money she had made him pay. "Console yourself," replied the' husba "our economies have more than repaid y loss ; but you lost nothing, and our fort is now doubled. The gentleman who p ed with you was one — of my friends ! played on my account." The joy of the wife was ektre m . they soon after returned ta.Paris. —was induced to endorse for friends, and in two short years ha he was worth. ,His Wife is now the stage to try and repair the 1030 husband. I leave it to you if her, not been - varied enough. I
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