Ecl)ip,!) tleqii)ter. Alientown, Pa. TIIURSDA 4, 1562. Rail Road to Pottstown Petitions are in circulation for the incorpora tion of a Rail Road 'from Allentown to Potts town. This is a project in which we trust ev ery citizen in Allentown will take an active part. This, besides being the most advantage ous route, will bring Philadelphia within 64 milesof Allentown. ft will make the distance 21 miles nearer to Philadelphia, than the Eas ton route, and this with only 27 miles of Rail Road, to be built at a cost of probably not more than $6O 1;000 Peliliansfor_the road-can-be-had-at-our-oLH lice. Persons wishing to collect signers will please call and got them. Printing the Laws The newspapers throughout this State, ap pear to be unanimously in favor of printing the laws, but opposed to the proposition of pub. fishing-them-in one-journal, Let-each law7of a local character bo published in every paper in the county or district it may affect. This is a subject of general interest, and wo like to F Q_l3 the Legislature sid oration. The Iron Business Peliticns vic t. caculation in every section of the State, of Congress to increase the du t y on I ron, item they will he speed• ily filled and ,el , l into Ce.;2ress. We think it titt7 , been den - ,o ,, s•,ated that nearly all who have given th, !nj. , ct attention, will adroit, that the i•n!..l , tti;.i tv•=re , !s. of Pennsyl• vania as a whole, kvr , ii!d be plummet], by ad vancing the tariff rates to such an extent, as will revive manufacturing business, now tit an oppressed condition. Where labor is—there will wealth exist. Where the laborer is well rewarded, industrious and Bober, there will ho found the happiest and noblest community. The Age of Gold and Iron A short time ago„says the Scientific Ameri can, every body was saying this was the age of iron, and among the rest we said so too.— it may be that we will soon have to change our tune. Since gold was discovered in Cali. fornia, we hear of but little else than gold.— lion has become ruinously cheap, it is import ed below par, for it is morally impossible for our iron 'manufacturers to make it at present prices. All our iron makers, we suppose, have gone, or are going to California, where, if they want iron, they will be more able to exchange gold for it, than make it. Last week the han• iel Webster, steamship, took 600 pas.Trgers from New York for the gold regions. Some parts of Maine aro now nearly depopula:ctl, it is said ; there is nobody left but women, rhil• dren and old men. Australia too, is now pour ing her gold into British coffers, and the end of new discoveries is not let. Steel pens were once the only opponeitis to quills , hnt gold pens are now claimint attention. Silver is looking up, but as for lion, the gold seems to have fairly overelondetlit. Regtilating Piblio Works. The bill which Mr Al uldeliberg, Senator from Berke county, ha introduced, proposes the election next fall o Secretary. of Internal Improvements, to set for three years, at $2500 pe( annum. I cart be removed for misdemeanor in office jority of each House, a the public works. Ile ent superintendents, EU tolls, and weigh-maste firmaiien..of the Senat power of removal, but i mont of the causes in of the Secretary of tho C they are to be sent to t information. The Gov Civil Engineer for thr salary of 52500, who t Governor, with the ass Senate. The Engines all repairs, alterations, reports, containing ful tures and debts, with son, &0., are required for the examination The superintendents( rigo vt%ilroatle, and so divisions of the Cana ditiates, the number c the Secretary of Inter free tickets lor persc public works are abol ties. It is provided be abolished as soon led in office, and tha t be riot elected next the loading ft. : on this - bill. as of Olives, and he a managiog our impro New A new counterfeit I dollarnote of the Mr risburg Batik, we mu Maud, has :glide its ap pearat.ce. It is said be well calcu:.%ted to deoeive, though, as t Imo not seen it, vZO cannot giveyany pari Ira description, Counterfeit 810's o the Wyothing Bank of Wilke:34mm, are also i circulation. Vignette 119 ox and plough at .si, with a man reclining against the ox. On e el end of the note a fe. male figure, and at II bottom a small coat of firma of Pennsylva - ti . Letter A. and dated May 7,1851, Purim ato be engraved by Ma per, Toppan & Co.iwhose imprint is at the top The general appeirance of the note is bad, and the engraving poorly executed, though calculated to dece4e those not accustomed to the handling of flaiik paper. The shading of the title and the denomination is very coarse c...anoAr.regular. In genuine notes Ihe Shading 13( )110:41, fide earalla Imes R ••• P‘f ye, 74- A Mr. McCormick has been rather astonish ing some of the New Yorkers, during the past week, by walking on a polished tumble slab, head downwards, in one of our amphitheatres. It is somewhat frightful to see a fellow mortal perched up in mid-idr, with his head to the ground—brit a long way ai,ovo it—and his feel to the roof. It is the first feat of the kind ever performed, so tar as we ate aware, and Mc- Cormick -has been thibbed with the title of Pro lessor, for his scientific performance. The feat is performed upon well known principles of science, by using air pumps, and working them step by stop, to extract all the air under appendages on his feet, so that the outward pressure on one foot will exceed his whole weight. If he is 130 lbs. weight, it re quires 10 square inches of atmospheric pres sure to balance that, for the atmospheric pros. sure is 13 pounds on every square inch of the earth's surface, therefore 10X15.= 150 pounds. This pressure must be on one foot, while the other is being moved forward. The courage required to perform the feat is not small, and the labor is very severe and tedious. It is needless to say, that although the polished marble slab is the greatest wonder to some, he could not perform the feat on rough porous boards. the address of a ma has eniire charge of to appeittt the differ. rvisers, collectors of subject to the con- He is to have the • quired to tile a state. case in the office monwealth, whence Legislature for their for is to appoint a years at an annual The Febuary number of this agricultural and industrial periodical is all that the reader could expect in a work of this class. It con. tinues to deserve the name of the most popu lar agricultural periodical now published in the country. Each number contains et least sixty four puges of reading matter, and through the year forms a complete Agricultural Libra• ry. Each number is embellished with various Agricultural, chemical and geological engrav ings. be removed by the of a clajotity of the to have charge of irveys, &o. Monthly :tails of all expandi. object, name of per d provision is made vouchers and hills. . to Columbia and Port-, visors of the various e to appoint all aubor , •hotn is to be fixed by [ Improvements. All 1 or property over the ed under heavy penal present Canal Board the Secretary is instal- Canal Commissioner Tho March number of this elegant Ulaga• zine is fully equal to any that have preceeded it. It contains 35 'original articles of much merit, and 20 embellishments, some of which are truly rare and beautiful. Published in Philadelphia, $3 per annum. The February number completes the third year of this valuable publication, during which limo the editor says it has cost ''-8,000, he has received f:8,700, has .the stereotype plates of each number, the hatred of the entire criser. vative class of his brethren, and 7,800 notices of the pais! The work certainly hits right anti left among the inconsistencies of medical practice, and doubtlees frequently makes "Its mark:" It is edited and published quarterly by Edward li. Dixon, M. D., New York, at Si per annum. . The Pennsylvanian ratio papers arc down decreaso the number o economical mode of lends.—Daily Sun, terfeits At an election, held on Friday last, by the Board of Directors of the Easton Bank, we learn thztt William Hackett, Esq., was unanimously e i ee t e ,d Cashier, in place of James Simon, Esq., resigned. • Mr.ll. has been engaged for a length o f t i me as clerks in this institution, and from the acquaintance we have with him we are free to say that the Directors showed great judgement in making choice of him to fill this reponsible station. A better mats, in our estimation, could not have been selected. Mr. Sinton; the retiring Officer; has.. faithfully • dileharged the duties of Cashier of this Bank, for upWards of thirty years and carries with him, in his retirement, the good fooling of the community: at large,—Seittinel. Common School Decisions The Harrisburg Keystone proposes publish. ing such decisions of the Superintendent of Common Schools, as may be of general inter est. The last number of that paper contained some of these decisions, from which we take the following; The certificate of school teachers must be re newed annually, and as 11() certificate cdn be given except upon actual examination it follows that all teachers must be examined annually. The changes in the directorship of the public schools, as well as the propriety of improve. ment and frequent tests of capacity, will Bug i gest reasons for those repeated examinations. Directors may in their discrution require the schools_of_their_districts_ta T be_kept_operi-every-1 day, rif•oach callondar month, except Sundays. The most general rule is to keep thorn open 26 days per month. „A less number than 24 days would not be sanctioned by the Depart• ment. Above that number the length of time to be taught within a callendar month is at the discretion of the directors. The occupation of a farmer is not taxable fur school purposes. • The correct mode of levying school taxes, is, first to "assess upon all offices and posts of profit, professions, trades nod occupations," except the occupation of farmers, "and u on all single freemen above the age of 21 years who do not follow any occupation, any sum which the school directors shall deem proper and sufficient, not exceeding the amount as sessed on the same for state and county per. poses, except that the sum assessed on each shall in no ease be less than fifty cents." Alter having (lone this, the directors should ascertain how mbch additional tax it is neces sary to raise to meet all the proper and legal demands of the current school year, and as_ seas that amount upon the property of the dis• trict, without regard to whether the owner of such property had been before taxed fur any office or post of profit, prolessiori, trade or oc cupation, or as a single freeman. Whatever money is due from tax collectors _of preceding years-can-be collected from them by the directors by bringing suit upon the col lectors' bonds; orif they have given none, by an ordinary action of debt. Directors are in structed by the Department to collect old du. plicates promptly. The "three hundred dollar net" does not ex empt property from levy and sale for taxes. A Great Feat The Plough. Loom and Anvil Sartain's Magazine The Soelpol New Cashier. Taxation Of Real Estate and Mortgages and Judge men's thereon A bill, of which the fbllowing is a synopsis, taken from the New York Evening Post, has been introduced into the Legislature of that State. Why should not the Legislature of Pennsylvania enact something of the kind Al present, the owner of real estate pays the whole tax upon his land, although it may be incttmbered to two.. thirds of its value; and the holder of the incum• brance is also taxed on the money thus Invested. There is no justice in such a system, and we can see no objection to correcting the evil, by adopting the New York proposition : .dn .dct in relation to the Taxation of Real --Estate-and-ofMortgages thereon. _Bection 1. That on the payment-of-any-tax on real estate, the collector shall give a re, ceipt for the same, and also a certificate of the assessed value of such real estate, which re_ ceiprshall be presumptive evidence of such pay. ment and value, and shall entitle the owner to apply so much of said tax on the next , payment of interest or principle on any bond and mort gage on said real estate as the amount_of_said bond and mortgage bears proportionate to the assessed value of such real estate. Section 2. Declares. that any arrangement between the parties going to defeat the above iutenti - shall - be null and void, and is declared WIDE Section a. Exempts bonds and mortgages from taxation as personal property. Section 4. Will provide against an off.et of bonds and mortgages against personal property in assessments as at present. The Maine Liquor Law. Don't Go.—The ighine Law don't go as its es pecial friends steetised it would. In Rhode Is. land it was killed. There they supposed it would he passed. In Massaiihusetts it has been set aside and another bill brought forward. In New York, a twenty or. thirty gallon bill has taken its place, and the gallon bill will probably be kil led. In Indiana, the Maine laW was brought for . ward, and the Legislature defeated it. It is a bill of such outrageous principles that it will not bear an examination. In Maine it never has been discussed or exposed, though, it probably will be during the next state canvass. In the mean time, Maine is as completely flooded with liquor as it ever was, and as much is consumed. Indeed, the Maine law has a very injurious offect on the cause of Temperance. It is a bill of in temperate provisions, and while it is relied upon to suppress intemperance, the efforts of those who rely upon moral suasion, always the most effectual, are greatly restricted and embarrased. When such harsh provisions as those of the Maine law are brought forward ; the rum sellers get sympathy and popular support. We have a restricted law in Connecticut now, that public sentiment will not back up, and still intemperate friends of law are determined to crowd on anoth er law still more restrictive.—llarifinq Times. The Murderer Nargarctla Lohreits.—Since the execution of Otto Grunzig, says the New York Times, some further developements have been made in re lation to the instruments of death found in his cell during the last hours of his existence. It is now supposed that, during the interview with his mistress, Grunzig intended to stab her with the knife, and then take his own life. This explanation is based upon disclosures made by Cannel, the Dey street murderer, who occupies the adjoining cell. The unhap. py woman, Margaretta, at an early hour on Saturday morning, gave birth to a healthy fe male infant. She was kindly taken care of by the Matron of the City Prison, and are both doing well. Probably, the case of Margaret ta will be decided upon during the present and she will be held to trial as accesso ry to the murder of Vietorine Grunzig. Church Blown Down.—j b.ut 4 o'clock on Sunday morning, the 29th, the spire of the Unitarian Church, in Syracuse, N. Y. was thrown down by the force of the wind, and falling directly upon the roof of the Church, crushed the whole building to the ground, a perfect 'mash of ruins. The rear wall of the Church fell upon an adjoining dwelling house, occupictl by Mr. Joel G. Northrub, which was almost entirely demolished. Two bed rootns next to the church were rindered a perfect wreck, and a couple of young ladies, a daugh ter and niece of Mr. Northrup, who occupied otto of the rooms, had a most miraculous es., cape from death. The floor above their room was dashed in above them, and the bedstead upon which they lay was crushed into pieces. Even the floor of. the room was dashed down into the cellar, but strange to say, the occu pants of the room escaped uninjured. Tho church was worth about six thousand dollars, and the dwelling house was injured to the amount of eight hundred dollars. 77,e Bank Must Puy the Commonwealth.—Yes. terday, in the Supreme Court, Chlefiustice Black delivered the opinion of the Court, in the case of the United States Bank vs: The State of Penn• Sylvania. It came up on an appeal, by the Hank. The judgement of the Court below was affirmed. These are the two cases in which the Common wealth obtained judgetnent against the Dank of the United States in the District Court for.nine hundred thousand dollars, with interest, amount ing to the aggregate to about $1,500,000. Prom these judgments the Bank appealed; but it will be seen that the Supreme Court has affirmed the Dank's liability to pay the bonus. Curious incident.—lo the Mississippi Legisla• tore a few days ago, Mr. Cook, of Tippah, in a very affecting speech, announced the death of his colleague, Mr. Redfearn, and offered resolu. tions of condolence with his family. On the following day a letter was read from Mr. R. con tradicting his death, which had been announced through turner, and alt the proCeedings in rela tion thereto were Strieken from the journal. No sooner had this been done than , news -was•re. ceived that be had taken a relapse, and "waaeer• tainly dead: tegiglatioc proccebingo. IlAanisauna , February 18, 1852 SENATE. On the 23rd, Mr. Shimer presented two peti tions from Upper Macungy township, Lehigh county, for a change in their place of holding elections. On motion of Mr. Shimer, the bill to incorpo- rate the Lehigh and Berks County turnpike road company, was taken up and passed 11 , natty. On the 24th, Mr. Shimer, a supplement for the revival and incorporation of the Norristow_DJ t ucks and Lehigh Railroad company. The resolution of inquiry, as the operation of-the.amall note - law of the last session, and the_propriety_of-its-repeaircame-up-in-order was postponed—yeas 16; nays 12. The bill to authorize the Governor to negoti ate a loan of $850,000 forthe completion of the North Branch Canal, passed to an engrossment —yeas 18—nays 12. The bill erecting a part of Schuylkill coml. ty into a new county to be called Penn, was considered and passed finally. - HOUSE. On the 21st, Mr. Broomall, of the Judiciary % committee, reported a bill to exempt property of debtors from levy and sale on execution, amount• i it leg to one thousand dollars worth of real, and five hundred dollars of personal property. Mr. Hubbell, of committee of Estates and .Es_ cheats, with a negative recommendation, a bill to authorize Christian La nge and Joseph Jones, committee of a lunatic, to sell real estate in Northampton county Op the 25th, of Committee on Banks, report. ed with amendment, a bill to recharter the Bas, ton Bank On motion of Mr. Laury, Senate bill to incor. porate the Lehigh and Berks county turnpik road company, was taken up, read twice, an passed finally. On the Ist, the House, on motion, was to • doted to the Democratic, Whig and Nati ' American Conventions, on the days those b • ies respectively sit. Origin of Me Maine Liquor Law.—lt is iti d that the bill passed the Lower House of ae Maine Legislature with the confident exp tr tion that it would be defeated in the Sena .• As the members of the Senate did not lilt idea of assuming the responsibility of def the bill, they passed it for the Governor to When it was brought to Governor Hubba expressed his indignation at their folly it sing such a bill, and saying, '•if they bill, let them have it," put his official Lure to it, and it became the far fame) Law. Maine Liquor Law in New Jerseip—A, been introduced into the New Jersey A/ similar, to the Maine Liquor Law. An al section provides that the bill shall st go in, to effects until by a vote of the people at a spe_ cial election. The right of search in suspected places is given. If found, liquors are to be kept by the officers until final action is had there on. No private dwelling is to be searched except upon positive affidavit. The bill to provide for drunkenness, was lost in the Assembly. Maine Liquor Law in Rhode letand.—The Maine Liqour Law passed the (louse of Repre sentatives of Rhode Island Feb. 10 alter striking out the amendment submitting it to a.vote of the people. Sunbury and Erie Railroad.—A large and highiy respectable fleeting was held at Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, last week, at which a series of resolutions was adopted, strongly ur ging prompt and active efforts to raise the ne.. cessary means to justify an early commence. meet of the work—a resolution was unanimous. ly adopted, requesting the County Commission ers to subscribe $200,000. The IVyaming Bank Counterfeiters.—A hear ing was had before Mayor Gilpin, yesterday, in the case of the persons arrested about a week since, on the charge of selling, and, conspiring to pass counterfeit tens on the NVyn ming Bank. Charles Clark and Randolph Thompson were held in $lOOO to answer the charge of selling, and James Krick, Thomas Johnson, and James %V. Williams, were held in $3OOO, on the charge of conspiring to pass the same. • A New Trial Granted.—Judge Kane has gran ted a new trial to the celerated manufacturer of Fpurious American coin, Wm. Stettler, who was convicted some months since, on five bills of in. dictment. The motion for a new trial has been for some time under consideration. The ground upon which the new trial was granted, was that the principal witness against Stettler, named Lewis George, was not a cpnpetent witness, he having been convicted of ,wo felonies and pardoned on one only. It is ' , esumed that be fore the second trial of Stett r, George will be made fully competent, by t pardon of the President. Adoerlising.—The Boston striking illustr4ion of the be judicious adviktising. It is of 8.8. Haug*, a dry goo Prom Dec. 17,;1851, to Jan. without adverishag, were $1 of $75 a day. At the end o menced adve sing, and up ary, expender one hundred • business knt• n through t that time, h sales had re average of $ 14 95 a day. danger that .at man will :I tising. fan Ekphant.-:-: nimbus, have sue achusetts, for $2O bridge which c It. According t life of an elep $5,000 being the d by our laws for The Yalu elephant C ams, in Ma the defecti , their elep damages t of four me agps alio abeident. I s. Hogg, of Fult, to three little hogs 1i':1 gave bin suits us! ca of Melizet's appeal delivered yesterday in , the upreme Court, is on of the most important in its Teets, that has eve een delivered in Penn sylva ia . Ii explains i e several acts of Assem /7/ bly in relation to the Widow's dower in her de ceased husband's ate, and gives a construe_ lion to the recent alute, known as the "Married Woman's Act." This decision reaches every hearth within' State of Pennsylvania. In the Matflr of Melizet's Appeal—Coulter, J. The 11th pk. of the Act of 1833, relating to last vills_andijestaments,enacts-that-a-devise-or-be, quest hr . a husband to a wife of any portion of his estate or property, shall be deemed and tak_ I en to he in lieu of and bar her of her dower, pro. - videdliat - noiltirg herein coma F.il sil deprive the wicow of her choice of dower or of the estate or prb)erty so devised. If the word dower in the i prom) is construed to mean dower at common law, 0 . ) also must the same word in the enacting clauit be construed in the same way. It would seet therefore, that the wife was only barred of her bwer at common law, if she accepted under thev ..‘ ill. If any part of the personal estate - re.: led undisposed of by the will, as to that she id take under the intestate laws her rateable There is a pretty strong analogy between the #vo cases ; the latter showing the tendency of le law to favor the claim of the widow to her ,nll share under our own act of distribution, if ;he chooses to claim it, irrespective of the claim of dower at common law. But previous to the act of 1794, the law was held to be, that equity would interpose to bar the widow only where the implication that she should not have both and devise or bequest, was strong and necessa ry ; as where the devise was entirely inconsist ent with the claim of dower, and where it would prevent the whole will from taking effect;—that is, where the claim of doiver would destroy the will in lulu. Kennedy vs. Nelson, 2 Dal. 418; Hamilton vs. Buck waiter, 2 Yates, 387; Addison, 351 ; 1 Yates, 354. And in Evans vs. Webb, it was said by Yates, Justice, the venerable father of Pennsylvania law, "that if one takes a larger estate under the will than her dower, it shall not be in bar thereof, unless so expressed." The act of 1794, sec. 1, provides, "that the share of the estate of the intestate in this act, directed to be allotted to the widow, shall be in lieu and satis faction of her dower at common law. .eto. 1, he as. signa• IMa 1 1 I I I This act settled what had long been contested, but uniformly- decided in favor of the widow.— Under this act, when she gives up her testamen tary right, she stands, as it regards devisees, in the light of a purchaser for consideration, not a volunteer for her share under the statute. Her right to election is indisputable ; and it was rulr ed in Duncan vs. Duncan, 2 Yates, 302, that the determination of her choice must be by plain and explicit acts, under a full knowledge of the cir cumstances of her husband, and of her own rights." Then came the act of 1833, already cited, in which the words at common law, con. tained in the act of 1794, are dropped ; and sub. sequently the act of 1848, the 11th section en^ acting that the 11th section of the act of 1833 shall not deprive the widow, in case she elects not to take under the will of her husband, of her share of the personal estate of her said husband: but that the said widow may take her choice eith. er of the bequest or devise, or of her share of the personal estate, under the intestate laws. This section may have been the result of a belief by the Legislature, of the words at com mon law in the act of 1833, avowed the inten. tion, to use the word dower not in its technical sense, but as equivalent to her distributive share under our own statue. It is of no consequence whether it is called a declaratory law or an ort., ginal enactment, because it was passed a year or more before the testator's death. •It forms the rule of decision here.• • It was vehemently urged that this act is un• constitutional, because the right of the wife is first at the time of the marriage, and this act in, terferes with rights already vested, and alters or destroys them. But we know not were the par ties were united in wedlock, or under what law of domicil these rights vested, or whether at that time they contemplated a residence either per- MEM sembly, chlition- ; manent or temporary in this State. Here in this Commonwealth, laws have been passed, from time to time altering our statute of distributions, and altering the manner of making These laws have been considered sound and good, if in existence, and operative at the time of the testator decedent's or death, no mat. ter whose inchoate interest they affected. The Legislature might repeal or annul the common law right of, dower, and they might repeal the statue of distributiun. There is no natural or indefeasible right of dower at common law, resulting from the mar. riage contract, no matter when celebrated. The law is perfectly constitutional. It is violalate of vesled • right ; we give it no retroactive efci• ency. If the doctrine of the respectable coun sel were sustained, it would upset many estates in the Commonwealth. r unal furnishes a Ilits of liberal and m the cash book lealer in that city. , 1852, his sales 2 19, an average bat time, he corn the 7th of Februn ars in making his newspapers. At tid $7OOO 03, an .`t re is very little up his adver. A doubt has been expressed whether this act does not confine the election of the widow to the personal estate alone, I myself, entertain nu doubt but am instructed to express no opinion on that subject. The proper parties, the devizees, are not before us, and have not been heard. It is the executor, as such, and the widow, who are contestants about a matter which does not in, volve the distribution of real estate. owner of the I! e town of Ad. 0 damages, fur • ed the death of his measure of t is worth that ximum of darn alb' by railroad But the widow la entitled to elect nut to tak under the will, in which case she will be enti. tied to her share or distributive part of the per. sonality beyond all doubt or cavil. And in or_ der that'she shall be enabled to make that elec. tion with a knowledge of the circumstances of her husbandl and her own rights, she is entitled to a full and just aniount of the personal estate of the decedent. • By petition to the °anti she impeaches the In ventory and amount furnished . by the executor, which petition is verified by her . oath. Ifer ep. county. recently /flees her-3de An ImpOrtant Opinion. he following opinion of Judge Coulter, in the r, ion, not being barred by the statute, either in letter or by its spirits. In Lineweaver vs. over, I W & 8 160, it was held that the ac. ;lance by a widow of her share under the in• 'itate laws did not bar her from recovering her wer of land aliened by her husband in his life Ile. plication to the emirt is under the 22d Maw, of the Act of 29th March, 1832, which requires" the removal of an 'executor who does.not filo d true inventory, upon the application of oany per: son interested." The widciw is interested, hai a good standing iu Court, and is entitled to have her case proceeded in to Gnat adjudication orl the merits. I make no account of the objection that the widow did not apply for the appointment of an examiner. Our Orphans' Courts do not proceed exactly in conformity with chancery forms. She did apply for the appointment of an auditor to examine and_report_upon-the-facts—involved—in. the petition and standing officer of the Orphans' Court for that purpose. But the Court refused . - and decided that she was not a party in interest; i-and-dismissed-the-.ctitto In this there was - error. I say nothing of facts spoken of in the argument as to what property the decedent ought to be considered seized or possessed at the time of his death. That would depend upon the testimony when taken. The only point before this Court is, whether the peti- tioner had such an interest as gave her a stand. - ing in Court. We think she_had. Decree reversed, and procedendu awarded.— Daily . Sun, Feb. 28. Body of a dead Infant Found: , —The Coroner's Jury which was empannelled on Monday, the 16th instant, to inquire into the case of a dead female infant, which was found in the privy of Mr. George Rice, up the Lehigh, adjourned until' the followng Thursday—during the interval, a• Post Mortem Examination was .made by Drs. , Innes and Field - , and from the condition of tile' Lungs and other parts, and the fracture dl' scull, the , tumefaction , of the scalp; the large coil- Jection of coagulated! blood booed between the scarp and the skull, the diffusion of that fluid through the substance of the brain—it was evi dent that the child was - born alive, that - respira. firm had been perfect, and that it catut•. to its, death by violence. ' The Jury therefore, rendereg their verdict) au. cordingly, and' that they believed: also+, from the testimony presented to them, that Elizabeth Ba - der was the mother of the child.—Easlon Argus: Singular Phenomenon.—ln Washihgton City on Sunday night last, a phenomenon truly strik.: ing and extraordinary, was observed_ It was the circumstance of the falling of a really cop'. ous rain, for the space of fronweeen to ten min.- utes, from a perfectly cloudless, haziless, anti starlit sky. So plentiful was the shower that the sidewalks ran with water, which had the singu. lar effect upon the mind of appearing to come without a cause. During the shower, two streak's of fleecy clouds displayed themselves in the north and south, but far distant from each other, and neither of an altitude above the hot ixon exceeding twenty degrees. The position of these clouds forbid the idea that the rain could have fallen from either of them. Dmth from Thoth Pulling.--A. lady in Win chm ter, Mitssacht, , ,tt., Mr. Locke, had a tooth extracted about a fortnight ago, and the wound continued to bleed till Tuesday last week, when she expired from exhaustion. Several physi cians, including Dr. Bigelow, tried in vain to stop the bleeding. Such cases have happened before but are by no means common.. It is said that the juice of nettles will stop bleed, ing from the nose when all other remedies have fa i ed.—Boston I'ost. Leap Year in /he East.—The Ladies ih the New England States take advantage of the priv ileges given them by leap year. A 13a11 was re. cently given in a Yankee town, to which the la. dies not only invited the gentlemen, but called at their houses and gallanted them to the hall.— The most interesting part of the proceeding was that they footed the bills. Death of an Eastonian.—lnformation has been received here that Abraham Miller, son of Col Abraham Miller, says the "Easton Argos," who was on a whaling voyage, is dead. The vessel he was on, was stove while taking a Sperin Whale near the Sandwich Islands, and Mr. MIL ler and a man from New York, lost. . A Lump.—Mr. Jesse Lyons. returned from California to Mauch Chunk, a few days since having been highly successful in his mining op.. erations. Ile had besides much of the •'reap stuff." in his possession a Quartz Rock, contain.. in.; a large quantity of gold, which weighed 341 pounds. Caught. Thomas Maitland, whom we mentioned last week, as having induced a girl, living in the neighborhood of Bridgeport, Montgomery coml.. ty, to marry him, although having a wife living in Reading, we see has been arrested at Belle. fonte, Centre county, although he had two weeka start. lie and his ~r ib" were brought back to. Montgomery county, she returned to her parents, and Maitland committed to prison, Done.-00 Saturday last, the wile•of.lb. cob Bentz, residing near Cherchvilie, in Him ford co., Md., was delivered of three bouncier responsibilities, two girls and a boy, all alive and kicking. The parties have been marrleo eighteen years and it ad nineteen children. Sk, larp Shooling.--On Saturday afternoon aerie Mr. Lewis Micheal, of Hanover, Pa., in seven• consecutive shots with a rifle, at a distance of one hunded yards, drove the centre five limes,• and in the remaining two shots, the balls struck the board within but a few eighth of an inch of • the center . Release of .111 r. Thrasher.— The W ashington' papers state that information has been receive& ig the Department of State from Madrid that the Queen of Spain has extended a pardon to Mr. Jno. S. Thrasher, and given orders for his mediate release. CFA lady• residing ip West • philadelphis,• is reported to have given birth to four chlidreni • 2 boys end 9°girls. on Thursday night: The • mother and children were doing well* the last t accounts. aarEx.Glovernor Wm. F. •Johneton was-last week elected President;of' the AlleghenY Val.. Icy Railroad.
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