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TV , ~ - .... - il• IN. , 1 Toll - - - . _,. ;,.. t 10 , e i ;,/.. 2 ..koro. -,,,, : 1 ;r , 4F7 - , ..v AP' 4. - 1. ' ---' 4.. , t.? . r,'-=' - _' -. ,' A ~, 4 ~, y , . -,71`. 7 ...•:,i:eit1iE4.< NEUTRAL IN POLITICS, .___________._____________ ______ ...._, _ _ ---- 7 - . * ' ___.---. .....- ---.-- • A FAMILY NEWSPAPER ------- acvotcb to 'N'cuis, t'itcraturc, Zcience, Itlcrl)anics, "Agriculturc, ti)c •Eliffuion clf thicful 3nformationecitcral - 3ntelligencenntscittnit, .±llauict9, VOLIMI WV 1 THE LEHAGH REGISTER, published in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh , Cuunt y,Pa.,every Thursday A -11:1 7 AIUGIUS:TIUS L. RUDE, A rsl 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 Anvanirtssmr.srs, making not more than- one square, will%be inserted three times for one dollar and for every subsequent inset tion t wen tyfive cents. Larger advertisements, charge 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 50 cents. WA liberal deduction will be made to those who advertise by the yea.r. rir Offlec in Hamilton St., one door East Of the Ger Man Reformed Church, nearly opposite lle. - Friedensbothe Office." Great Attractions! Aq"rfiE New Goods Stove drt Catasairqua. Retallcet—",l Penny Nude is a Penny Saved.' Getz & Gilbert, Adopt this method to inform their friends and the public in general, that they have lately opened a New Store, next door to "Lauhach's Hotel" in the Village of Cat asaugim, Hanover township, Lehigh county, where they are now primed to exhibit and dispose to their customers an entire new and well selected stock of Dry Goods. Groceries. &c. at prices lower than ever b•rfore offered by any establishininit in this place. Their I•'0/ and stock has been selected with the utmost earl , an l cow•isus ul Cloths, Cass:imerp4, §ialinets, Flannels, Ulovr•s and I liesidr•s De laines, A lapaccas, Lusteri. , i,Unighanis, Plain and Figured Poplins, Al uslins awl Prints, Boots. Shoes, • Hatt:, Caps, Queensiva re, Hardware, Looking Glasses, Stationary, Books, &c., To which they invite the attention of their friends and the public '' o.enerally,. con fident that th e fullest satisfaction, both in price and quality, will be given to all who may favor them with.n The highest:prices :wilk be paid in ex change for County produce. • As young begionefs they invite all, great and small, rich and poor, high and low, to their establishment t and secure to themsel ves the ad vierunei of their Winter purcha ses, by these means - they propose securing to themselves s u nlit of good customers. Nov.. 13. ¶ Groceries, Fish & Salt. The undersigned have just received an entire new Stock of Groceries, Fish -and Salt, which they intended to sill at the 1311 , est prices at their Store in Catasaugun, Le high county. GETZ & GILL3ERT. Nov. 13. 411-3 n Coal ! Coal ! The undersigned have opened a Coal Yard in Catasauqua, and will constantly keep on hand all -kinds of Coal, which they will sell at greatly reduced prices. _ _ CiETZ & GILBERT. 11-3111 Nov. 13 We laughed at the joke, and 1 thought no more of it ; but George and A lbert—slightly excited by the fumes of a bowl of tallith The undersigned keepall kinds of Ready which I had sent for to do honor to the tes made Clothing on hand, and will make to taton—lost no time in concocting and after order, at the lowest possible prices. wards publishing a full account, in the lo - GETZ & GILBERT. cal newspaper, of the fortune that had been • 'November 13. • 1 11-3 in left, me. Ready-inade Clothing. H G. SICKEL, BRASS WORKER, Philadelphia. , Respectfully informs the citizens of Al. lentown and its vicinity that he continues at his old stand 1o• 32 Norik Second Street - . - - Oro inanufaeturing of Gus Fixtures, Nickels' Patent Fluid. • Lamps, Chandeliers, Girandoles, • • Bogue! Holders, • tarHe alto manufactures Fluid and Pine Oils. His prices are moderate, and his orders will be tilled With the greatest dis . pateh.— Therefore remember the place, No. 32 North Second Street Philadelphia N0v..27,1851 Postriders Notice, The undesigned, who carries the papers through Upper Saucon township, gives no tioef that a year is due on the )Ith of No request his patrons, to make settlement either to him •or to the packhol der.. ' • JOAN S. KLESINIER. 10-3 w Nov. 13:• p o ctical Department. Let's strive to live a life of love, And by its light impart, The blessings of sweet hope and faith Unto the weary heart; Then=Shall we rear unto ourselves A name which cannot die; Which shall for us an entrance find Within the realms on high. BIM Let's strive to live a life of love, Ftir it will make' us great; All other virtues spring from it— •• Love only can create ;" And like the closely prisoned seed That breaketh through the soil, So love breaks through the flinty heart, Yet see meth not to toil. As snow lieth longer upon the earth The softer it doth fall. And throws its pure and unstained robe Around the forms of all; So love within the human heart Shall more securely dwell— As softer flows its placid waves With sweet and gentle swell• Then let us live a life of love Within this world of ours; And rest assured its pathway shall Be strewn along with flowers, And as we fell the zephers sweet Of heaven's sunny clime, ' There shall reflect upon her brow The light of love divine. 15clectiolui. The Way Made my Fortune. Three of us were sitting in a small room, and complaining of the hardships of our des tiny. .'Without money one can do nothing." said George; "were 1 to lin upon a specu lation that would have done honor to a Rothschild; coming from a pauper like my self, no oue would think it worth attending to.' "1," said Albert, actually finished a work which vould establish my reputa tion as an author, if !could only find a book seller to buy it." "I have petitioned my employer for an ino(ease of salary." C exclaijned,. anxious io contribute to the chorus of lamentations; "and he told the that fur forty louis,a year he could get inure clerks thian he wanted." "It would not 'so much Pn at te r, " said George, thoughtfully, "if, beSide§ being poor, we did not seem poor. Could one of us only be thought rich—" "What is the use of the shadow withoui the substance ?" I asked. • '•Of every use," Sail Albert. "I ng,ree with George—the shadow sometimes makes the substance. The next best thing to cap ital is credit." "Especially." returned George,"thecred it of having a good fortune. Have none of us a rich uncle in India ?" "A cousin of mine went to Jamaica, or Nlartinique, I forget which," I said, 'inno cently, "and he never came back." "Capital! that is all one requires," ex: claimed George; we will conjure. up this cousin of yours—or could we not kill him ? Yes ; James Aleran, of Martinique, de ceased, leaving asugar of a hundred thousand luuis, - to his well-beloved cousin, Louis Meran." The . next day, sundry friends dropped in to compliment me. Of course, I endeavor ed to undeceive them, but they would not take a denial. In vain 1 assured them it was a hoax ;it was of no use. Several per sons remembered my cousin James very well, and had seen him at Nantes before he embarked in 1769. Among others clime my tailor, to whom 1 owed a small sum which it was not quite convenient for me to pay at that moment., No doubt. the rumor of my cousin's decease had sharpened his memory. I wished my two friends at a place that shall be nameless. "Good morning, Mr. Mayer ; I suppose you are conic for those fifty francs?" "I hope, sir, you don't think I come for such a late as that. No, sir; I came to take your orders for,a suit of mourning." suit of mourning!" "Yes, sir; cousins mourning. Dark bronze frock froCk, for morning wear, black trousers and waist-coat;" •-Iv "At the present moment, Mr. Mayer—" "1 hope, sir, 1 have done nothing to for feit your patronagu ?" "But, I repeat, 1 have received no mon ey at all." "I hope, sir, you won't mention such a thing.; there is no sort of hurry," exclaim ed the tailor; who busily employedlitnself by taking my measure with slips of, paper. A Life of Love ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., DECEMBER 4, 1851. After all, my wardrobe did want some additions, and I said nothing more. "My &Car, sir," said the next visitor, "I have a great favor to ask of you ;' Buy my house. You arc very rich ; you must be on the look-out for sure and lucrative . invest ments. Sixty thousand francs are nothing for you—a mere fraction of your income.— With rne the case is different. I thought Mr. Eclix had made up his mind to purchase the premises, and now I hear he has chang ed his intention. What is to become of me ? I have heavy demands to meet, and I don't know where the money is to come from." "I, buy your house ? Why, it would be madness to think of such a thing." "Madness ? no such thing ; you could'not find a safer investment anywhere. Imtwo years, with trifling repairs, it will be worth double its present value. You will never see such a good opportunity again. ,Say 'done,' and I'm pff." And he was ofI; without leaving me time to put in a Word. Two hours after, in walked Mr. Felix, evidently not in the best of tempers. "Really, sir," he begun "you have taken me quite by surprise. That house is in dispensible to 'lac ; I reckoned on it as if it were mine, and only offered fifty thousand francs -because the owner is embarrassed, i and I felt sure that he Must take them. With you, air, the - case is different: so I come to ask you if you'wi II let me have it for seventy-five thousand francs." Fifteen thousand francs, dropped all at once into the lap of a poor fellow who had to work hard to gain eight hundred francs in a year ! I could hardly believe my ears. "I cannot give you an answer just now, sir," I said ; "but if you will take the trouble to call again at five, I'll see what lean do." At a quarter to five, Mr. Felix made his appearance. I spoke to him with candor: "I should tell you, sir., that I had no thoughts of buying the house, till the own• er prevailed on me, to do so. You say you want the house ; any other will suit me equally as well ; so I accede to your terms." "You shall have a draft on Paris for the amount in a fortnight," replied 11r. who bowed and withdrew, apparently en ! chained with my way of doing business. A draft upon Paris ! The circumstance appeared so unusual to me, that I thought I ought to send it to Paris to get it cashed. 1 I wrote accordingly to Messrs. Flanges and Burgeret. the only firm 1 knew there. I in the habit of receiving through them the interest of a small sum that had been left me by an uncle. I informed them that, having funds al.,,my disposal. I wished for in formation -as to the best 'node of investing 'thorn. The signification' of the words "funds" varies very much, according to the name and position in life of the speaker.— I The rumor of my legacy had reached Pa ' ris ; so that when I spoke of"funds," it was evident I meant a considerable suna. This was proved by the following letter : "Sir : We are in receipt of your esteem; ed favor of the 17th current, which reached us just after the conclusion of the last loan negotiated by the Cortes, in which our firm has an interest. Desirous that our friends should have an opportunity of participating in an investment which we consider profit able, we have taken the liberty of placing twenty thousand piastres to your credit.— Should that amount appear too considerable, the rise of those securities admits of your selling- out at a premium. "We remain, Sir, yours to command, "FLANGES & Co." To this We added a postscript, written by the head of the firm : • "We have heard with pleasure of the re cent good forturM that has fallen to the lot of our old friend and correspondent. and beg to offer our services, aa occasion May require." Twenty thousand piastres ! I let the let ter fall in sheer amazement. What would have been my astonishment, if more conver sant with terms of commerce, and more at tentive to the enclosed account current, I have seen that what I topic for the princi pal, was only the yearly interest ? 1 lost no time in writing to my correspondents to in form them that the sum was much too large —"I have received im money," I . said, "from Martinique, and It would be impossi ble fur me to meet my engagements." An answer came by return of post : "We learn, with regret, that you have misgivings.with regard to the Spanish loan. According to your orders, we have sold out half the stock assigned to you, which brings you in already a net profit of eighty thou sand francs. With regard to your proper ty at Martinique, we are too well acquain ted with the delays which bequests at. such a distance must necessarily involve, to think for a moment that you.can be. immediately in possession of your inheritance: but your ,oimple signature wilt iliac° to procure you all the money you may require in the mean time. We take the liberty of reminding you of the advantage of making timely in vestments; lest when the legal arrangements are ended, you should find difficulty in get ting good interest for so large a capital.— With the:hope that you may entertain a better:topinion ol.Gerrnan securities than you do of PpaoisboVe band you prospect. tus for establishing a bank• at Grunnigen.— ' You will please to observe, Sir, that no de posit is required, and that, as calls are only made at long intervals, it will be easy for you to sell your shares, should you change your mind, without your having occasion to make any payment. We have placed fifty to your credit, and have the honor to remain," &c. Eighty thousand francs ! The amount was a - perfect mystery to me ; no doubt the clerk had made some mistake in the figures. My position was becoming embarrassing.— Congratulations poured in front all quarters ; especially when I made my appearance in black from head to foot. The Journal de Goubniongea thou ght it right to publish a biographical sketch of my cousin, and the editor wrote to me asking for further partic ulars: • Ladies connected with all sorts of societies, begged that my mime might be added to their list of subscribers, and the money that I had to pay for postages %vas something alarming. To escape from this avalanche of inquiries, I hastily departed for Paris. Directly .I got there, I called on my bankers, by whom I was received as heirs to a large property generally are. -Sorry that you have such a poor opin ion of the Spanish stock," said Mousier Bergeret ; "there has been a great rise; however, we only sold out half your parcel." "Would you have the goodness to let me know what the present value of the remain-. ing might be ?" I replied. "Certainly ; sir ; ten thousand piastres stock at seventy, (the piastre being at five francs, thirty-five centimes ; ) the sum alrea dy paid being . It you sell out to day, you will, With the proceeds of last sale have from two hundred and ten thousand to two hundred arid twenty thousand francs." Very well. You said something about a German bank, I think ?" "Yes ; the Government made some diffi culty about granting a charter ; but it is all settled now, and the promised shares have risen considerable." "Can I sell out ?" "Certainly ; you have fifty, at four hun dred and fifty florins profit; that will bring you in about sixty thousand francs." "Without any calti to pay ?" i.None wlaftve.r." "That seems strange ; but you are no doubt well informed. I should like to find u secure investment for those sums ; would yeti have the. goodness to tell me what would be the best? You cannot have anything better than our °wit five per cents. I..know of nothing more secure ; at the present price of that stock. you get six per cent. for your money. I can easily understand that you should be worried by such trifling details as these : you will soon havt; more etitiSiirefiible sums to look after." "Then,, if I invest the combined produce of tilt: German and Spanish stocks in the five per cents., what should I get a year !" •"Let me see. Three hundred thousand francs—Hinds at eighty—eighteen—twenty —yes, twenty thousand francs a ,year?" Ah ! twenty thousand francs a year! And when caw the investment be made ?" "To-morroW morning; that is, if you will allow our firm to condact the transaction." "Certainly ; in whom could my confi dence be better placed ?" - The banker made a polite bow. "And now," I contined, "I should feel obliged if you would have the goodness to advance me a feW louis, as I am rather short of cash." "Nly dear sir. all the cash I possess is at your service. How much do you want.- two hundred 2 four hundred 2" "Thank you, fifty will be quite sufficient.' "May I hope, added the banker, when I rose to take leave, "that our firm may be fa vored with the continuance of your patron ago ?" "Certainly," I replied. There are few moments of my life on which Hook back with more satisfaction than on those occupied in my interview with M. B:rgenet. I doubt if [ should have believed in the'2o,ooo francs a year, if it had not been for the fifty napoleons. In the meantime. my two friends were shocked at the success of their story, and were not a little alarmed at my sudden jour ney to Paris; which was attributed by oth ers to legal business. Cileorge and Albert then began to fear that I really believed in the authenticity of the invention they had concocted. Three days after my return, they came to see me witlilong faces. "My dear Louis," said George, "you know your cousin is not dead r I cannot ba sure of that," I replied...for I am by no means convinced of his existence." "Well ; but you know that this inheri tance is only a hoax ?" "To tell you the truth. I think we are the only people who are of that opinion." "We have been very wrong to originate such a foolish invention ; for which we are sincerely sorry." ".On the contrary, I am obliged to you," "13ut it is our duty to contradict it, and to confess how foolish we have been." ".. Truth cannot- remain long , concealed ; people began to wonder that no news came from Martinique ; the wise and prudent shook their heads ominously when my name was mentioned. "The most ludicrous feature in the case is," said one, "that he has ended my be lieving in the truth of his miru For my part I must say that I was always rather skeptical about that inheritance." "And I also," said Mr. Felii; "though -it - has - cost - me - fifteen thousand francs." On seeing a dozen letters on my table one morning. I guessed that the bubble had burst. Their contents were much alike ; for instance— "Mr. Mayer's respects to Mr. Meran and having heavy payments to meet, will, feel obliged by a cheque for the amount enclosed. My replies disarmed all doubts of my perfect solvency. Mr. Meran thanks Mr. Mayer for having at last sent in his account, and encloses a cheque for the amount." My-cool-and-unconcerned demeanor kept curiosity alive for a few days longer. "What a lucky fellow !" said one. "Luck has nothing to do with it," rejoin- NI another ; "he has played his cards well, and has won." Once or twice, I confess, I felt compunc tion of conscience ; but a moment's reflec tion convinced me that my own exertions had no share in my good fortune, and that I owed it all to a universal public-worship of the Golden Calf, and to the truth of Albert's axiom, "the next best thing to capital is cred•• it." A Race for Life. During the summer of IS—, soon after the difficulties with the Winnebago Indians had been amicably adjusted by a visit of the chiefs to Washington accompanied by Gov. Cass, a Sioux Indian, while out hunting near the mouth of Root River, shot and scalped aWinnebago, which act he attemp ted to justify by saying that the Winneba go had wrapped around his person the blanket of an Indian who a short time pre vious had murdered his brother. The Winnebagoes became indig nant at the act, and about two thousand of t hem as sembled at Fort Crawford, and demanded of Col. Taylor the procurement and surren der of the murderer. The officers of the Fort, apprehensive that new difficulties might arise with this factious tribe, if their demands were unattended to, concluded to make an effort to obtain the murderer. Ac cordingly, an officer was despatched to de mand him of the Sioux nation, Who imme diately g ave him up, and he was brought down the river and confined at Fort Craw• ford. Soon after his arrival at the Fort, the Winnebagoes assembled again and in sisted upon an unconditional surrender of the prisoner to them, which Col. Taylor re fused to make but dispatched Lieut. R. and Dr. Eluise, the surgeon of the garrison, to have a talk with them upon the subject.— At the conference, the Winnebagoes talked in a thratening and overbearing manner, and insisted that nothing would satisfy them but taking the life of the Sioux in their own way and by themselves. At length Lieut. It proposed that the Indian should have a chance of his life, in the following • man ner: Two weeks from that time he was to be led out upOn the open prairie, and in a I:ne with him, ten paces of, was to he placed upon his rightand left twelve of the most ex pert runners of dm Winnebago nation, each armed with a tomahawk and scalping knife. At the tap of the drum the Sioux should be free to start for the home of his tribe, and the Winnebagoes free to pursue, cap-. tore and scalp him if they could. To this proposal the Winnebagoes acced ed at once, and scented much pleased with the anticipation of great sport, as well as an easy conquest of the prisoner, whose con finement in the garrison during the two weeks, they believed would prostrate what ever running qualities he possessed. Their best runners were immediately brought in and trained every day in full sight of the fort. Lieut R., who• was some thing of a sportsman, and who had warmly enlisted in the cause of ths,Sioux, determin ed to have his Indian in the best possible trim. Accordingly, Dr. Eluise took him in charge, prescribing his diet regulating his hours of repose, and directing the rubbing of his body with flesh brushes, twice a day immediately before he went upon the par ade around to perform his morning and even ing trainings. In fact so carefully was he trained and fitted fur the race of life and death that he was timed upon the parade ground, the fourth day before the race, and performed the astonishing feat of 41 miles in two hours, apparently without fatigue. The day at length arrived. Thousands of Indians, French, Americans, and others had assembled to witness the scene. In fact it was regarded us a gala day by all, except the avenger of his brother Sue.— . Lieut. It., on the part of the prisoner, and the celebrated war-chiefs Warkon-shutes kee and Pinctop, on the part of the_Wiane bagoes, superintended the arrangement of the parties upon the ground. The point agreed upon for starting was upon the prairie north of Prairie du Chien, and a few rods from' the feeidinice then ocisupiedt by Judge Lockwood, While the race lay NUMBRE 6, along the Nine Mile Prairie, stretching to the north, and skirting the shore of the Mis sissippi. The Sioux appeared upon the ground, accompanied by a guard of soldiers Who Were followed by his twenty-four antag onists, marching in Indian file, naked with the exception of the Indian breechlet.— Their ribs we:'e minted white, while their breasts were adorned with n number of hi eroglyphicni paintings. across the face alternate „stripes of white and black were painted, in parrallel extending from the chin to the furohead. The hair was platted into numerous thongs, fringed with bells, and tasselled with a red or white feather, while their mocassins were corded tightly around the hollow of the toot, as well as around the an. cle, with the sinews of the deer. In the right hand each carried his tomahawk, %011ie the left grasped the rhea th that con tained the scalping knife. The prisoner was about twenty-three years of age, a little tinder six feet in height of a muscular, welt-proportioned contour, and manifested in the ea),y movements of his body wiry and agile command of his muscular powers; his countenancepresented a wan and haggard appearance, as he stood upon the ground owing partly to the rigid discipline he had undergone in training, and-partly to his having painted his face black, with the ft , .ure of a horse-shoe, in white upon his forehead, which denoted that he was condemned to die, with the privilege of making an Wirt to save his life by fleetness. A rouhd his neck he wme a narrow belt of wampum, to which was appended the scalp he had taken from the Winnebago. Soon after they had formed in a line, Lieut. R. came up and took off one of the mecassins of the Indian and showed the the chief that he thought it contained a thin plate of steel, and asked if they objected to it ; to which they replied that he might wear as touch iroe as he pleased: Lieut. R. having noticed at the same time that the countenance of the Indian presented a downcast and melancholy ap pearance, requested Dr. Einise to come for ward, who, after examining his pulse, said that he was much excited, and that his ner ves were in a tremulous condition. Lieut. R. immediately took him by the arm and led him out some distance it front of the line, where he asked him through his inter preter if he was afraid to run ; to which he replied that he was not afraid to run with any \Vinnebago on foot, but he could not outrun all the horses that were mounted by armed Indians. The Lieutenant saw ut once the cause of his itlarut, and informed him that they should not interfere. lie intended to ride the fl-etest horse upon the ground and keep near him, and as ho was well armed, would see that no horseman ap proached with hostile intention. At this announcement the countenance of the Indi an brightened up with a smile ; his whole person seemed lilted Iran the ground. as he returned to his position in the line with a stalwart stride. The Chief and Lieutenant R. soon aftei this mounted thrir horses, and took a posi tion directly in the rear of the prisoner.— Spectators were retn.wed front the front, when Lieutenant It gave the signal. The blow had scarcely reached the drum when the prisoner darted from his antagonists with a bound which placed him beyond the, reach of the whirling to.nahawk.— When the race was under way, many of his antagonists ran with great filet taws for a mile. when the distances between them and the Sioux began to widen rapidly, showing the superior bottom of the latter, acquired by the discipline of the white titan. At the end of two miles, the last of the contending Winnebagoes withdrew from the chase : there was not an Indian horse upon the ground that could keep up with him after he had gone the first half mile, and at the end of the fourth mile, Lieut. R., finding that his steed was much fatigued. and the prairie free limn eaemies, reined up. The Indian did not look behind, or speak, us far as he was followed or could be seen, hut kola his eye stedily fixed upon the white flags that had been placed at dis tances of a half a mile apart, in order that he might run upon a straight line. It was soon after reported by the Winne &Toes that he had been shot by one of their hoys, who had been secreted by order of War-Iron-shutes-kee, beneath the bank of the river near the upper end of the prairie. This however, proved not to be true. The boy had shot a Winnebago through mistake who like himself, had been treacherously secreted for the purpose of intercepting the Sioux, who, a few years ago, tuna present at a treaty made by GUv. Doty with the .Sioux nation. He had then but recently acquired the rank of chief. He requested Gay. Doty to inform him where Lieut. R. and Dr. Blush,' were at that tune; and was told that both bad died in Florida. He immediately with• drew from the Convention. painted his face black and departed to the woods , nor could he be prevailed upon to come into the Oen vention until he had gone through the usucal ceremony of fasting and mourning for the dead.
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