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.