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ITURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 19, 1851.
ligrOur acknowledgements are duo to Mes.
ern. Shinier, of the• Senate, and Lamy, of the
House, for valuable Legislative documents.
A New Lock—Great Invention !
Our enterprising townsman, Mr. Frederick
Bohlen, has lately invented, and we believe se
cured letters patent for a new double Spring
Door Lock, which, for ita ingenious construe.
lion, deserves a notice at our hands. The out
ward appearance is that of a common lock, to
which is attached a small pi,tol bartyl, not no.
ticouble. By giving the lock ono turn of the
key, sufficiently ta.dens the door; which an.
ewers during . daydime. By giving the key
another turn, raises a lever in the lock, which
is intended for the night. By the insertion of
a'false key, the lever snaps Ind explodes the
cap—on-ther-barrel-,--wlti
noise as loud as that of au ordinary gun. Be
sides; thu lock otherwise displays great genius
of :mechanism. In large cities, in Banking In
plitutions, &c., this lock cannot but be of incal
,:4l,oablo advantage to their safety.
Admitted to the Bar
On motion of Mr. Stiles, henry 11 1 : Bonsai!,
Esq.. was last week admitted to practice in the
several Courts of Lehigh county.
I,..V'We omitted to notice the above in our
last, but take great pleasure in noticing his ad
mission. Mr. Bonsai' is a young man of great
promise and ability, and we can recommend
him to the confidence and esteem of the coin , :
munity in which he may settle to practice
profession.
A Test Vote on the Tariff.
In the United States House of Representa
tives, on Monday a week, Mr. Welch, (whip)
of Ohio, asked leave to offer a resolution, that
the Committee of Ways and Means be in
fancied to report a bill modifying and altering
the Tariff of 1816, by substituting, wherever
practicable, specific for ad valorem duties,
with such rates of duty as will yield a suffi
cient revenue, and with discriminations in fa
vor of iron and other articles of domestic man
ufacture and production, and the labor of our
own citizens against foreign competition. Ob
jections being made, Mr. Welch moved a sm
pension of the rules, and on. this, as a teat ques
tion, uske.l for tl:o yeas .and nays, which were
o,dered. Tile motion was disa;2rced to by yeas
60, nays 108.
• By analyzing the vote of the 60 yeas, who
voted for a suspension of the rules ; at.d
virtu
ally in favor of altering the pres•ent Tarill 50
were, Whigs; 7 Democrats and 3 'ree Soil.
01 the 108 who voted nay—against protec
tion-85 were Democrats and 13 11 1 higs.—
These 13 Whigs all hail from the South.
All the iVhig members from Pennsylvania,
in their seats at the time, voted to suspend the
op rules.
All the Democratic members from Pennsyl
vania—except Curtis and Parker—voted with
the Free Traders of the South. Their names
are J. Glancy Jones, Dawson, Dimmick;Gam
ble, Grow, Kurtz, McLanahan arid MeNair.- , --
Five Democrats 'dodged' the question, viz :
Florence, Robbins, Morrisoe,and
Gilmore. So much for the revision of the Tariff.
This indicates a more general hostility to the
change than was expected. It looks very much
as if British interests were invulnerable, and
as if home labor must look to a future Con
gress for the vindication of its rights, and the
triumph of the principle of protection
The Consequence.
We see it stated, says the Germantown
Telegraph, that the proprietori of the two rel.
ling mills at Norristown, have given notice
to their workmen, that at the expiration of
four weeks from date of notice, their wages
would be reduced. This is a sad fact, but it
is only a natural consequence of our present
free trade tariff law. The wages 'in most of
our manufacturing establishments have been
reduced, and wo feel very certain that still
further reductions will from time to' time
take place, not only in these branches of in
dustry, but in most others, in which, foreign
competition is brought to bear; for there is no
use disguising the fact, that under the present
revenue laws of the United States, the gradu•
al and constant tendency
.is toward depressing
the wages of labor, in order that we may more
and more bo placed upon an equality with the
cost of the same description of labor in Europe,
with which wo are ;becoming more identified..
Whig State Convention.
The Whig State Central Committee, through
their President, Hon. Nor Middleswarth, give
notice of the meeting of the State Convention,
in Harrisburg, on the 25th of March ensuing,
for the purpose of nominating a Canal Com•
missioner, forming an electoral ticket, and chos
delegates to the National Convention. "
The Nellie Liquor Law.
Considerable excitement has been produced
throughout the country by the passage in
Maine of a very stringent, radical liquor law.
Under its provisions, the manufacture and sale
of all intoxicating liquors is strictly prohibited,
under penalty of fine and imprisonment, and
no person is alloWed to have the critter in
his house or to bring it into the State. A drug
gist fe appointed in each town, whose duty it
is made to sell it for medicinal purposes anti
as he has no profit on its sale, he has no mo
tive for violating the laid. Great efforts are
now maLing to emend the same law to the
States of reum , ylvanin, Nt3l.l' York and New
jersey.
We have ithser% e lc the petitions in vat - inns
daces Laid a. bill h.tt bean read
in s deep, in the Legislature of this ';tate, as will
bet olitOted by our Legislative proceedings,
usz
Whig County Meting.
Pursuant to public notice a meeting of the
Whigs of Bucks county was held at the Court
House, in Doylestown, on Tuesday, the 3rd•of
February. On Motion, James S. Rich, was
called to the Chair; and Charles D. Mathews,
Wm. Elmslio, and Isaac McCarty were chos
en Vice Presidents;' and Henry T. King,' and
John S. Brown, Secretaries.
- .
.2'he call of the meeting having been read,
nominations were made of persons from
among whom to select delegates to the Nation
al and State Conventions. Of those nominated
for National delegate, all withdrew except G.
11. l\lichener; when, on motion, it was unatti
moody resolved that he be the delegate to the
hig National Convention.
Tho meeting then adjourned for half an hour;
and on massembling, balloted for delegates to
the 'State Convention. The result was the
choice of the following persons as delegates
Thomas Brunner, William Gillam, Wm. Elms
lie, and Henry Button
The ineerknben adjourned tvith 'three
cheers for Gen. 6eott.
EMI
The last Lancaster Intelligencer says that the
Stale convention of Tennessee mot on the Bth
of January, and appointed delegates to the
National convention. They aro not instructed,
but we have it from the most reliable sources
that a large majority are the decided personal
and political friends of Mr. Buchanan, and will
support his nomination from first to last—in do
-Mg which they are but carrying out the wish-
es of the State convention which appointed
them, as also the democracy of the Slate at
large.
We are also informed, from undoubted au
thority, tha t the delegates from the State o
Mississippi, to the Baltimore convention, are
likewise the decided friends of Mr. Buchanan,
and will support his nomination.
Exports of Specie.
The following is a comparative statement of
the exports of coin from the port of New York,
for the last two years:
Months-
January,
February,
Alarch,
OE
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December,
Total, • 59,982,918 $43,713,208
The exports for the current year up to the
first of February, (that is for one mouth,) were
$2,868,958.
The Presidential Vote.
The following is the relative vote on the
Presidency at the last and at tbo next election,
under the apportionment by the new census.
The Southern States gain four and lose five
members; the nett gain of the North is seven,
of which California gives lour: •
Slates. 1818. 1852
Maine, 9 8
New Hampshire, 6 5
Vermont, 6 5
Massachusetts*, 12 13
Rhode Island, 4 4
Connecticut, 6 6
New. York, 36 35
New Jersey, 7 7
Pennsylvania, 26 27
Delaware, 3 3
Maryland, 8 8
Virginia, 17
North Carolina,
South Carolina, 9
Georgia, 10
Florida, 3
Ohio, 23
Indiana,
Illinois,
lowa,
Wisconsin,
Michigan,
Kentucky,
Missouri,
Alabama,
Louisiana,
Tennessee,
Mississippi,
Arkansas,
Texas,
California,
'hole number,
or a choice;
New Counterfeit.
A now counterfeit two dollar bill on the Har
risburg flank, Pa., has recently been put in cir
cnlatiotf. It is an imitation of the new plate
of the re-issues of that flank. The engraving
and general appearance of the note, as a whole,
at the first glance, is good, but mien closely
examined and compared with the genuine, the
difference is at once apparent., They are best
detected' perhaps, by examining the Main
vn
graving at tt.•e bottom of the note, and particu
larly, the faces of the three men thereon,
which are coarsely executed and badly imita.
ted. The engraving, as a whole, is blacker
than the genuine, and the paper, which is in
most cases, the best detector, is harder, paler,
and thinner. They are, however, sufficiently
well executed to give them a ready circulation
in the community.—Thompson's petecior;
Covernor of Utah.—lt is confidently stated that
Pr6itlent Fillmore has resolved to remove Brig,,,
ham Young as Governor of Utah, and appoint
Col. Doniphan in his stead. We trust this is so
—the conduct of Young and his vile associates
is disgraceful to the country,
James Buchanan
1850. lB5l.
$ ' 90,361 $1,266,281
278,708 • 1,007,689
172,087 2,368,861
290,107 3,482,182
711,735 4,506,135
880,431 6,462,362
1,518,080 6,00 1,170
1,1.11,736 2,673,414
1,003,918 3,490,1.12
1,121,328 1,779,707
605,39.1 5,033,996
1,208 760 5,668,225
oomlthiniented.
Catasauqua and IYlEtoungy Railroad
Mn. EDITOR:
lithe people of Allentown wisp
Catasauqua to become what Allentown should
be, to Wit, the point at which the trade west of
us shall beret:at& meet the Delaware, Lehigh,
Susquehanna Railroad, they will allow the
Crane Iron Company to carry the above pro
ject without opposition, if not, they will see to
their own interests before.it be too late.
Feb. 15, 1852
Canal Commissioner
I have noticed in a number of Whig pi
pers, the name of Jacob Ileinan, Esq., of Read.
ing, mentioned as a candidate for 1110 Of'ECU of
Canal Commissioner. 111 r. Hoffman hails from
old Northampton, where he has still many
warm personal and political friends; indepond.
I ' ent of this he is very extensively known in all
parts of the State.......lifirs a strong man, and
would-mitlce-one-lohliT47ll most efficient
' Canal Commissioners to be found in the State.
He is competent in all rospects,,,,and would
introduce such reforms into the f•ysierri as
would be faind to be necessary for the best
interests of the State. 111.. Huffman has run
1....... h
twice, I believe, for the Le„ . rs\
lature in that
strong hold of Dernocracy Id Berks, and
each time came within a cotnNratively few
votes of being elected. I am c4firlent that
if nominated, the majority against him in old
Berke will be under one thousand— a gain in
-that county of over four thousand. This alone,
would render his success certain at the conel
ing election. I think these facts well-worthy
the considerwion of the Whig State Convert- r
lion.
IVith such a candidate, in connection with
"old chip," for President, little Lehigh is
bound "to do better." G—r.
Non Intervention
The Kossuth doctrine of intervention finds
no favor at the South. The presses there are
almost unanimous in their repudiation of it.—
The '!Mississippian' thus notices the alleged
conversation - of — Kossuth and Air. Clay on this
UM
"We are gratified to see that Mr. Clay is us
ing the influence of his great name, in his last
days, against the deetrine which Kossuth is
propagating, and wide!' demagogues have
mounted as a political hobby, by which this
government may become entangled in the con
tentions of foreign nations. The New York
Express is assured that he wishes that the
cause of Hungary should receive the succor
and sympathy of the people of the .United
States; but he is unwilling that the govern.
merit should abandon all its cherished priori.
pies, and enter upon a military crusade, ob
noxious to the whole character of American
policy and to the safety of free institutions.
Too Zealous
The Pennsylvanian seems to think the per
sons arrested for the Christiana murder, should
be punished Whether guilty. or not. It might
with the same propriety cry out for the inno
cent bloOd of some man to atone for the Bartle
(amity, at Roxborough, or the Jewelry boy, cif
Richmond. Catch the guilty, if possible, and
punish them, but don't for any political consid
erations endeavor to prejudice the . minds of
our Southern brethren against the purity,ol our
Judiciary, or fidelity of our jurys to punish
criminals when they have been proved guilty.
The highest tribunals have riot been able, af
ter the severest scrutiny, to (hid evidence to
convict the men arrested of crime; why then
get up tirades of abu.4e to destroy confidence
in those tribunals, or prejudice a neighboring
State against us. Why are riot all other mur.
derers caught and convicted? A truce to this
stuff, or probably it would be just as well i • O
show a little feeling in favor of. the murdered
Miller, a crime far exceeding in blackness, if
circumstances indicate correctly his end, than
the one which cannot be left lest, after the best
efforts of unprejudiced :nen have failed to lied
the guilty Meth—Pottstown Ledger.
Suicide.
A young man about 35 years of age, of dark
complexion, shot himself about 2 o'clock, On the
llth instant, under - the following circumstances,
at Doylestown, Bucks county. He stopped •the
night before at a tavern about five miles front
the • above named place, and stated that he had
been robbed of'about five hundred dollars in
that neighborhood. In the morning of the day he
committed the deed, he stated that he was out
of money, and told various contradictory stories.
He said he was from Trumbull county, Ohio,
and had practiced as a physician. He had with
hint there a wagon and buffalo robe, but refus.
'ed to sell. any of the property. Ile waited an
opportunity to gel into the Easton stage, and was
followed to Doylestown, where he was detained,
but not arrested. lie asked to go out to the
privy, where he unbuttoned his vest and d&lib•
erately shot hitnelf through the heart. He was
genteelly clad, and wore a gold ring with the
initials A. M. R. His name is Francis Savaite.
KT - Vire have since learned that the rea
name of the deeeased is Joseph &Mier,- am
that his parents midi in Richland township
Bucks county. The horse and wagon. he had
in his possession' belonged to Air. Seagreaves,
of this place, and °Bored to sell it at Fis c her:
ville. Ho served an :yin liceship to the drug
business with Dr. Higgins, of Philadelphia.—
Ile was lately from Girard, 'Trumbull county
Ohio.
%batted by Gas.—The escape of gas' from
a neglected meter lit a house in St. Louis, lately
led to lamentable results. The occupants of the
house were L. Sauerbier, his wife, his son aged
4 years, his infant daughter aged 18 mohths, and
a journeyman named PUOSC, all of whom died
from the effects of the gas. A little dng belong..
ing to the family was also found dead, lying
crouched with its nose at the crack of the door,
where it had vainly endeavored to inhale pure
ai
The March of Ameroa.
Any one who will examine steadily, for a few
thoughtful moments, the past and present con
dition of out• people, canrrot help feeling that
we are, to use wordy often uttered lightly, •'aw.
fully progressive ;" and it is with a mixed sen.
sation of fear, admiration, and wonder says the
Democratic Union, that we note the gigantic
movements by which the Republic has hewed
herself a pathway from the Alantic to the Pacific.
Let us look back a little, and review what we
have dune.
GLEANINGS.'
- re - UpWarcls of 10,090 bales or cotton verb
shipped at Mobile for Liverpool on the 30th . of
January.
. . ,
17 . 1e Goldschmidt, who married Jenny Lind,is'
24 years of age. The bride 31:
Err The oldest trees are in Central Africa
the Boababee; which are 90 feet in circumfer
ence, and contain the rings which mark the an
nual growth of the trees to the number of 9000 i
fixing their age at that number of years.
logs society.
1”- , ‘ ''' One thousand German emigrants have
In three quarters of a centu r y w e have in.. 0 0 the 10th, Mr. Fernim, from the Committee settled in the city of Cincinnati, within the last
creased from three milli ons t o twenty.eour mil-
lions of people. on Corporations, reLiorted a bill to incorporate sixty days.
'withi n that same period
ame peri o d of the Lehigh and M I C. 7. 1,
acungy railroad company, 7` It is said that the 40,000 intisltets that
time we have let in the blessed upon
thousands of miles of land, once an almost im- which was read a second and third time and ICossuth has purchased, for $2 each, are port of
penetrable wilderness of shadowy sylvan aisles passed,
those,sold by the Government at the close of the
arched with interlacing boughs and thick foliage. '
Oct the 12th, Mr. Shinier read a bill atithoriz- Mexican war.
lag the directors of the Farmers' and Meehan, I fTrlt is said the cesession movements in Ails':
We have built up mighty cities, where fifty 1 ics' Bank of Easton to make a sale of stock. sissippi, have put the State to an expense otfor:
years agb the Indian hunted, the owl hooted, and
the wild deer fed. ..
HOUSE. ty thousand dollars,
On the 11th, Mr. Le.celL_Of-Committee-on- —l. - - A - slaveltifityliiiiiiilf iiiNe w Orleans lase
We have throsva_forward-in-every-directlOn- Banks,) reported with amendments, a bill to week, because he had been sold, and did not wish'
a pioneer army of hardy men, who with the axe appoint a - commissioner to examine into the af. to go with his new master.
alone, have felled f ar reaching forests, and laid I fa irs of the Northampton Bank, located at. Al, Firßoth the 22d of February, (Washington's'
.
open to the day a region equal in extent to the t
largest Empire. ient„wn,
birth (lay) and the 4th of July occur this year
i Mr. Lair)., a bill to extend the jurisdiction of on Sunday. The occurrence of the two anni- •
midWe have
.built up a commercial marine sec.
versaries on the saine clay of the week is occa.e
to none in the world. The white out-spread justices of the peace.
y i On motion of Mr. Lill, the bill to incorporate shined by leap year.
wings of our magnific en t ships arc to b e seen the Mauch Chunk Bank, was taken up and pas- ETV"Six millions of three_cent pieces have
sailing over ever known sea, while the flag they serf second reading—yeas 12, nays 35, been-coined at the Mint at Philadelphia.
bear is respected in every land.
We have subdued Space by Steam, and Time
After which the bill was postponed for the ' a - l'ilconis Napoleon has had his carriage made
present.
bullet proof from fear of assassination:
by Lightning.
1 Oct motion of Mr. Laury,' the bill to incorpo. f".7-'ll is Turkish &Milkers hang little
All thtse wonders . have been a.chieved williin Irate the Farmers' and Itfechanics' Bank, to be 10- bells to the clothes of their daughters, that they
ne - rean's ordinary lifetime, by the, magic of one sated at Allentown, in Lehigh county, was taken may be heard as they move, and they never get
word as potent to perform marvelous acts as the ' up, (Mr. Leech in the chair, read arid postponed out of their parents sight. In more civilized'
e . open sesame" of the Arabian story ; that word ' fur the present.
!countries they make belles of themselves, and go'
is—Freedom I
Three quarters of a century ago, and at this
1 On the 13th, Mr. Laury presented three peti. about, and will be seen and heard too.
season of the year, a small army of men, rich lions for a bank at Allentown, and one for a E✓_Tr - The Reading Cotton Mill gives employ , . ...-
'
nest to about 2:to operatives, of whom two
railroad in Lehigh county.
in nothing but the love of "Liberty;'' poor in.! Mr. James, of Warren, a petition in favor or , thirds are females, and will produce 9000 yards
every thing that relates to bodily comfort; in : th e passage of a free banking law , of muslin shirtings per day.
rags, and staining bloodily th e whit e crisp snow ' Mr. Hattie!, with amendments, reported a bill tirbn Russia, the proportion of freemen is but
'with there bare feet—lay shivering at Valley to incorporate the Lehigh and Macungie railroad ' one to five. , Out of 51,000,000 inhabitants 42,-
Forge. The Forlorn . Hope of Liberty ! To-day, ' company.
000,000 are serfs.
did the occasion derfiand it one blast of the war 1 On the 13th, on motion of M. Reekhow, the 1 ,Cl"' The U. States hive. oground eough to
trumpet would summons. two millions of fight. bill to repeal the forty-eighth and forty-ninth Ibe cut up into flints/Jive states, each a s large
ing men into ihe field ;sot gaunt and meagre, !sections of an act regulating banks, was taken as Great Britian proper.
likedhose-at-Velly--Forge, but warmly clothed, lup and read. [lt repeals the act which prohibc - -.......- _
4 Tiger Frightened by a Nottee.—Grip[. Basil
well armed and equipped, and . bountifully pro- I its the circulation of notes of other States.] 1
!hall, in his' Fragments of "Voyages and Tray
visioned.
I And on the motion to proceed to a second
Let us hope that no such display of patriotism readine , , it was agreed to by a vote of 50 yeas, els," gives the fUllowing anecdote of a tiger kept
will be required- Peace, especially if it can be and 11 nay s . at the British Residence at Calcutta :
maintained with honor is both the true policy ' and the true interest of our country. It needs I
"But what annoyed him tar mote - than our
The Sir John Fanklin. poking hint up with a stick, or tantalizing hint
no prophetic seer to foretell, that with fifty years i The project, lately set Ott r e
foot, for a nw
expo with shins of beef or legs of mutton, was intro,
more of peace we shall become the most power- dition in search cd'Sir John Franklin, to be car- clueing a mouse into his cage, No fine lady ever
ful nation Olt the face of the globe, a n d numb er l
vied on by boats, sledges and pedestrian parties, I exhibited more terror at the sight of a spider,
within the same period of time one hundred rather than by ships, is one, we think, that prom- than this magnificent royal tiger betrayed on
ruillions of people.—Da m . Union. lises largely fur success. That th e sch e m e ha s seeing a mouse. Our mischievou s plan was to
the approbation of Dr. Kane, and was probably tic the little animal by a string to the end of a
' suggested by him, is much in its favour. That I long pule, and thrust it close to the tiger's nose..
experienced Arctic explorer, who has done so ;The moment he saw it, he leaped to the oppo.
much, by his late lectures, to attract attention toI site side; and when the tnouse was 'mole to run
Sir John Franklin, is sanguine, we understand, near hint, he jammed himself into a corner, and
that the enterprise, even if it should fail to aff o rd stood trembling and roaring in such an ecstasy
traces of the lost navigator, will add viistly to of fear, that we were always obliged to desist in
the stock of general knowledge. The Maryland pity to the poor brute. Sometimes we insisted
Institute, backed by the citizens of Baltimore, I on his passing over the spot the unconscious lit
has already petitioned Congress to lit out an ex. 1 tie mouse ran bactr‘tards and forward.s. For a
pedition of ibis character. That learned bodyl long time, however, we ccitild nut get him to
in its memorial, justly says that the search for ! move; till at length, I believe by the help of a.
Sir John should not be abandoned by the United i squib, we obliged hint to start ; but instead of
States, after a single trial ; and we may add that ! peeing leisurely across the den, or of malting a
the fact of all the officers engaged in the late !detour to avoid the object of his alarm, he gene.
voyage, being in favor of a second attempt, rally took a kind of ilyiug leap, so high as near
speaks volumes fur the renewed essay. We ;ly to Ming his hack in contact with the roof of
trust, therefore, that such an expedition will be his cage."
ordered. It is true that many perils arid some I
Renrarkirble Di.senrery.—A letter in the Rich.
privations will have to be endured by those who I
volunteer for the enterprrze; but surely, while ay)" 'Tones states that a few days ago, while
1 1 several nom were engage d in blasting out lime
so many are willing to sacrifice life for tile bob.
stone near Buchanan, Bottettourt county, they.
lion in allowing others, if they wish, to risk cent.
tile of military glory, there should be no hesim-
I discovered a cave, with an entrance of some six
Curt and health in philanthropic
or eight feet in height, and upwards of one hun. and scientific 1
I dren long, with two apartments. In the first
illy . ) , found some earthen ware and a large stone
Bross; on the cross there was some care ns , ., but
so much defaced by the hand of time, that it was
1 scarcely discernable. A number of citizens,
with a lament, subsequently entered the second
apartment, where they found a skeleton seated
on a huge iron chest, with its back resting:
against the wall. Ou opening ibis chest they
found it to contain gold coin, perfectly smooths
side and a cross with some characters-
in the other. The gold in the chest by
is worth over seven hundred and eighty .
ALLENTOWN
(Coniniunicated )
Supposed Murderers Arrested.
on Wednesday morning of last week, in
Southwark, three officers of the Marshal's Po
lice wrested two young foreigners, natives of
Poland, who gave their names as Blaese Shu
puski and Matthew Situpuski, on suspicion of
being concerned in the murder of young Leh
man, the Jeweler boy, in Richmond district.—
They were positively recognized as two of the
three men who occupied the baker's house at
Richmond, where Lehman was last seen alive,
and in which traces of blood and violence were
afterwards discovered. The house in South
wink, where it appears they lived since the
16th of January, the very ((ay they left Rich_
mood, and at which they were arrested, was
searched, and a lot of jewelry, spectacles, &e.,
found, which the father and mother of the
murdered lad, on examination, positively Mop
tilled as having been in his possession when
he left home. The jewell6r who made a por
tion of the goods, and sold them to the elder
Lehman, also identified them beyond question.
The chain of circumstantial evidence against
die prisoners is very strong, and they have
been committed to answer the crime of rnur ,
der. The police are on the track of the third
party, who is supposed to have gone towards
Baltimore.
interesting to Witnascs.—Judge Sherwood, of
the District Court, Philadelphia, has decided
that a witness is bound to attend Court, after
he has been subpoenaed, without being paid
in advance fur his services. The witness who
elicited the decision was a member of the bar,
who stated that he was often annoyed by sub
pumas to testify, and he wished to test the
question, whether he was bound to attend with
out being first paid. The court, said he was;
that he must answer the subponea of the
Court, pay or no pay, and look to the party
calling him for payment afterwards.
Small Pox.—Dr. Field, of Wilmington, Del.,
says that one table_spoonful of good brewer's
yeast, mixed with two table.spoonsful of cold
water, and given, from three to four times a day
to an adult, and in less quantities to children
is a certain cure for the smallpox. The dis.
ease is very - prevalent at some places at pres.
eat. The remedy may be easily tried.
•Srtatt•R')lcs and free Banking in the District.
—The Washington City Councils have adopted
a resolution instructing the Committee appoint
ed to represent the city interests before Con
gress, to urge upon our . NatiOnal Legislature
some more stringent law for the suppression of
small notes as a currency, particularly of such
as are redeemable in depreciated battle paper;
also, to ask the passage of a general free bank
ing law for the District.
' illordcr.--We are informed by a gent
tleman from Minersville, that an /rishillan nam.
cd James Cavanaugh, at Miller's Mines, near
that Borough, on Tuesday night last, iu a fit of
'phecnay thre',l , his child, an infant, into the fire
and burned it to death! He also stabbed his
wife in several places so severely as to endan,
ger her life !• The murderer was arrested and
committed to prison.—Pidkville Emporium.
.1 -my fbr CaliArnia.—Last Thursday af
ternoon two steamers left New. York with 088
,passengers of all sorts; sizes and standing bound
for the Gold Region. The Cherokee, for Cita•
fires, took 337, and the Prometheus, for San Ju.
an, accommodated the balance of 651,
tegitilative iprocrebings.
On the 7th, Mr. Crabb presented a petition for
a law to prevent fraud in the Weighing of coal
alan, one for a bank at Allentown, to be called
the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank.
On the oth, Mr. Shimer, a petition fur the
Partners' and Mechanics' Bank at Allentown ;
and one for the incorporation of the Easton Say.
LIME
Nutmegs in California.
The Pacific News says: "We have been
shown a specimen of this remarkable fruit, and
also a branch of the tree which produced
it here, from its locality in the mining region.—
The tree is of the family of laurels, an evergreen,
and attains a large size. Its leafis long and nar
row, being from one to two inches in length, and
only one or two•tenths of an inch in breadth.—
The fruit is about the size of the ordinary Mo
lucca nutmeg, but a little more oval in form, re
sembling it almost exactly, both externally and
internally, and possessing its aromatic flavor.—
It is enclosed in aromatic capsule, of a substance
sembling, mace, as the nutmegs and many other
nuts are. The miners are in the habit of using
it in the place of nutmeg, for which it forms a
complete substitute. The specimens we have
seen was gathered about tea miles from Comma,
between the North and Middle forkS of the Amer
ican river. It is believed that this tree is an en
tirely new species, and only affords another
trophy of the great amount of natural richness
of our State,"
All our nutmegs are obtained from the East
Indies; but' in a few years, we suppose; we will
not only be able to raise our own tea, but also
our own nutmegs and coffee.
Philaddphia Mini. —The following is a state.
meat of the business of the Mint of the Uni; ed
States, for the week ending Feb. 7,
Deposits. Uu;nage. Payments.
Gold, $1,382,00.0 1,001,469 1,006,95t30
Silver, 1,590 '9,126
rota!, 1,333, 600 1,001,695 1 ,006,054 30
Dinlantern on Inlcroconion.--In the discussios
in the KAhato , in 1820,'0n the Panama Congress
the Hon. James Buchanan declared himself op.
posed to that doctrine, but he may, however,
have changed his opinion in the case now being
discussed in Congress, He said : •
"We have ourselves grown great by standing
alone, and pursuing -an independent policy. This
path has conducted us tosratioaal happiness-and.
national glory. It is time•for us once more to
go back to first principles, and decJare to the
world that the policy of Washington • has not
grown old. Union at home, and indepentlenee
of all foreign nations, ought to be our political
maxims. Let us do good to all nations, but form
entangling, alliances with none."
, February 16, 1852.
SENATE
Origin ry' Dancing,—•Phe dance, which at the
present day is so much admired as a divertiou;
was in its origin a sort of mystery and cereme,
ny. The Jews, to whom, Cod himself gave
laws and ceremonies, introduced it in theiri fes
tivals—and the Pagans, after them, consecrated
it to their divinities. After the pasanges of the
Red Seat Moses and Miriam, his sister, to return
thanks to the Almighty.for: the-Preservation of
the people, and the defeat of the Egyptians
drowned in the Red Sea,atranged two great dan-
ces, with music. One was fur the men, and the
other for the 'women. They danced, singing the
substatice of the loth chapter of Exidus, and per.
funned a graceful ballet.
norms Lrpsl rn Nrreirr. —Therc has been paid
out (lithe National Treasury, since 1835, the
sum of two hundred and eighty live thousand
dollars lin horses lost in the military service
CIZEM
ELM
weight
dollars
'Napoleon and the Press.—A few days ago a de
putation, consisting of some of the principal
editors of the modern press, were received by
the President of the Republic in a private inter
view, which they had requested for the purpose
of repreSenting the grievances to which they
were exposed by the rigorous censorship under
which the newspapers have been placed since
the revolution or the 2nd of December. The
gentleman who headed the deputation spoke for
ray half an hour, and concluded his speech by
expressing a hope that the President would give
some moderate latitude to the papers to Corn_
went upon passing evems. Louis r . ,
listened with . 7 ..1t composo: ..„ an d , p4tiopiel.n pouu n•
ut. .
his only answer 7;as the following:: ,iGentle,.
tnen,ii.' press has already destroyed two dynas.•
ties; I May WI like the others; but I shall take'
care that it shall not be by thd press I" and with
this he bowed them out.
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