• r Allcn owce, i°a. THURSDAY, MARCH, 11, 1852, Carln consequence of the Hall being engaged, this evening, the next and lalt lecture before the "Allentown Lyceum," will be delivered on Fri day evening, next,'March 12th, by R. E. Wright, Est). Subject—Music. A goneral attendance in !ulu e!ted. Appointments by the Governor. Jesse 3/. Line. 1.1. q., to he an Aid de Camp, n•ilh the rank of Lirtmenant Colonel. James W. Trilson, i's•q., editor of the "We pandent Republican,'' an Aid do Camp, with the rank of Lir3otonant Colonel. Jacob Part, Notary.Publie for the Coun ty of Lehigh.. Our Streets We are pleased le see that an effort is now being made to raise funds by collection, for ten-strncting a-plank-sidawalk-fronntni.= man Methodist 'Church, on Andrew street, to the graveyard. We hope our citizens will con lributo liberally. The mud at present is td roost knee deep, end the sooner the walk is made the bettor, ns it is used almost daily.— Our streets and sidewalks, generally speaking, are in a very dilapidated condition, and in par ticular, the cross-walk in Market square. It is ,o great shame for_ the _place, that they are not kept in better order. The Railroad Project. It is with pleasure th r at we notice the good will with which. our citizens in Allentown, and those along the line of the contemplated Rail Road from our Borough to Pottstown sign the Petitions offered to them. It goes to show that they al feel a deep interest in the construction of the .road. and are ready and willing when- the time comes to give ""substantial and liberal aid," con .lident that it will be, a profitable investment. No :place in Peon , ylvattia is better located for the establishment of manufactories than Allentown. We have in our immediate neighburhood seven large Anthracite furnaces, from which six to eight hundred tons of pig metal can be made per week. This large amount of metal should not be sent from here in its rough state, but should be manufactured into-such Merchantable articles ,as the market affords. We have iron ore for many more furnaces, limestone and roofing slate in abundance, zinh and copper; independent of which we have one of the most productive sgri„ cultural sections of country in the State. Then why should we not have a Railroad comniunica tion, to both Philadelphia and New York. The Maine Liquor Law have been favored with an extract of a private letter, says the Philadelphia Daily Sun, from a prominent gentleman, dated "Harris burg, Feb. 28, 1852." in speaking ^f the Maine Liquor Law, the letter says :—"lt is cre ating considerable excitement and interest here, and I believe that there is a majority in both Houses in favor of it ; still it is extremely doubtful whether it will be passed this session. There appears to be no one in the lower [louse willing to fight it through. Petitions are pouring in daily front every part of the State, signed by thousands in fay* of the law. Tho petitions presented to the Senate yesterday, contained over 2000 names, and this occurs almost daily. The number in the (louse far, exceeds that of the Senate. Remonstrances, however, aro beginning to come in. Yesterr day nne came up from the city, which would have reached round the Capitol. It is propos. ed to refer it to a Select Committee to report upon the signing of it. The remonstrances from other pints of the Sato have but few signa• tures. Mr. Herr. the proprietor and keeper of the larg o , ,t Hotel. in this place, together with two whets, Las signed the petition for the Maim; f t w.v. The r i ttestiou is assuming a new aspect. The petitions appear to be signed by tot-pledged men. It is no longer regarded and felt here as a temperance movement, but a movement of the people. It is not vviewed now by our legislators as a mere temperance question, urged by pledged moo, but a ques. ' thin of clorneti3 'and State policy, demanded by 'the people." Newspaper Debts. In a case recently tried in Philadelphia, where a suit was brought by the "Germen. town Telegraph," against a subscriber for 12 years subscription, and the defendant pleaded the statute of limitation, the Judge charged the Jury, as reported by the Philadelphia papers, as follows: "Judge Kelly charged the jury that, when a person subscribes for a 'paper, and gives di rections where it shall be tuft, he is bound to pay for it, unless ho prescribes the time for which it shall be left. If a subscriber wishes to discontinue the paper, it is his duty to square his accounts and then give notice of a discontinuance. If a paper is sent to a per son through the post office, and he takes it out he is bound to pay for it. If a subscriber °hang es his residence it does not felicity that the car tier must take notice of it; and a delivery of the paper at the place where he was first di rected to leave it is a delivery to the sub- scriber, unless the publisher receives notice to discontinue or send it to another place." The statute of limitation did not affect the case, as the defendant had. paid something on account, in June, 1814. Verdiet.for plain- Jiff; 822,60. Sunbury and Erie Railroad We learn from the Reading Advocate, that an important link In the line of this great impro4e• mon!, mpon the road now constructing between Tamauqua and Catawissa, has been let to P. 0. Reilly, Esq.., of that city, who is one of the most experienced and energetic contractors in the country. This contract embraces soma miles .of gritdipg, an extensive viaduct, and the requit site arrangements for Station and Engine Hons. es. • The work will be commenced fdrthwith. DE Free Banking. The question is often asked, what will the Legislature do in reference tq the bill now pending in the House, which allows Free Banking? We confess that we cannot answer this question ; but we believe the best interests of the Stale, would be promoted if it were pas. sed into a law. There are strong indication' at Harrisburg, we are credibly informed, that the bill will pass before the close of the session. We hope this expectation will be realized. No publib measure could be adopted which would give more general satisfaction. All parties agree, and business men especially, that some change must be made. We do not know at this moment how many applications there before the Legislature for new Banks but there aro a large number. No one pretends to deny the necessity of Banks, to some extent, and this admissien lowing from it. The number of Banks and the amount of circulation which answered the Commonwealth twenty years ago, is wholly irraderjunte - to - th - e - Wallfr - al the people at - This -- time. The policy, therefore, which establish ed the system in this State, demands that the banking capital should be reasonably increas ed. Every year the people are asking for ad ditional banking facilities, founded upon the increased business and population of the coun try, and as often it is denied to them. It is idle to pretend that there is any principle of politics involved in the question. Dema gogues and pot-house politicians may assert the contrary, for the purpose of accomplishing their designs. But while the system of bank ing is upon us, and interwoven with all the bu siness operations of the country, we are oblig ed to go forward with the system, or lagging behind, fall victims to our more enterprising neighbors. The popular mind in every quarter of the State favors the establishment of Free Banks in preference to charter banks. The present system of banking is unfair, unjust and danger ous in the extreme. It opens the door to the feW to commit swindling operations on the ninny. It legalized a systein of credit, riot founded upon such a basis as will secure the poor and innocent noteholder. The currency of Pennsylvania is among the most uncertain of any State in the Union. More banks have failed, and their failures generally rotou'ted in 'a total loss. Why is this so? We will tell you the reason. Our Legislature charters a bank, no flatter what capital, say. $ 60,- 000. Twelve men go together and jointly sub scribe the stock, each $5,000. The tritely° men elect officers, such who will do their bidding, and the Bank then goes in operation. The law allows the Bank to flood the country with $lBO,- 000 promises to pay, upon the nominal capital of s6o,ooo—that is threc paper ddllars to one paper dollar Capital. The stockholders of course start ed the Must, with,a view of speculation, and they respectively disroinit their own notes to the amount of stock subscribed. The balance of $120,000 is then discounted to Torn, Dick and Harry, providing the stockholders have no use for the "promises to pay" at the time. A slight change in the monotary affairs of the country conies on, and the paper Bank fails; the business roan and the poor laborer aro the losers. The time is coming when this rues. tion must be met; corrupt Bank agents and po litical demagogues cannot much longer trifle with the clearest interests of the public. I'ub lie men must consult the interests of their con stituents, the latter are willing to bestow posi tion and honors upon their representatives ; but in return they expect tp be served, and a prop. er regard paid to their interests and wants. ° The Free Banking system is the only safe and honest principle of banking. This system requires ono dollar available stock for one dol. tar circulation, and that dollar of -Stook is tak. en out of the banker's possession and held by the State, for the ultimate redemption of the note issued upon said stork. The noteholder under this system runs no risk of losing his hard earnings, by an unfon tunate speculation of the bank. No, the bank and the bankers may fail, and the notes will still be worth what .it calls for. Then why do we see this uncompromising opposition to the Free Banking system, why not pass and secure to our citizens a safe and uniform cur. rency, such as they have East.of us. We will tell you dear reader, it is understood at Harris burg, that Bank agents crowd the Legislative halls, and boast that they will defeat the Free Bank measure at all hazards; this alone we trust will satisfy honest legislators of the ne cessity of passing the Free Banking law. The bill passed first reading in the House by a vote of 46 to 42; on the motion to bring the bill to a second reading, it w4s howeverlost by a vote of 43 to 45. We are informed that the bill will ultimately pass the [louse. It will pass the Senate by from 4 to 6 majority. Whether Gov. Bigler will see fit to sign it, wo are unable to say: Time will show. We shah refer to this subject again. We neglected to notice in our last issue, that the Contracts for carrying the United Slates mail for the next five years, commencing on the first of July next, have all been given out. The following relate to this section : • 'From Philadelphia to Allentown, Jacob Pe ters, $375. From Easton to Roading, Seagrearos & Mil ti more, $797. • From groaves, From Allentoft to Rohreraburg, Chae. Sea greaves, $274. From Allentown to Schneekeville, Wm. W Wetherhold, $5O. From Friedensvillo to Hellertown, Peters & Whitesell, $175.• From Porkiomen Bridge to Ernst's, hiart ranft & Co., $2OO. From Betblehom to Cherryville, Jacob Pa tera, $149. The Mails Allentown to ilerwiek, Charles Sea , 5946. Allentown and Pottstown Railroad. Now is the time, says the Pottstown Ledger, to push forward this improvement. We hope the section of country, through which it will pass, will wake up to the consideration of - so important a project. This route will require but 28 miles of a new road to connect Allen• town with Philadelphia, and as almost the whole route is very favorable for its location, it will cost not more than $500,000. The in. terest upon which Would be but $30,000. The travel and freight thereon, in the event of its construction, would not fail, we think, to pay a handsome dividend. The transport of coal, lumber, lime, iron, flour, and merchandise would bo veryconsiderable, independent of the trade, of Allentown and vicinity, a town which will soon enter the list of cities of our State.— Et will bo recollected also, that this route will -bring-Allentown-twenty-miles-nearerPhiladelr phia, than the route via Easton—and New Jer sey roads. This is an advantage, in so short a distance, that will render it the medium of transport of — freight an travellers from Allen- town, and the whole Lehigh region westward therefrom, that may from the construction of other improvements be brought that way. Pe titions are in circulation, asking for a charter. We would respectfully ask of the members of this county and of Berke to see that an act of incorporation is granted. The project of running a road from the Le high, 3 miles above Allentown, to intersect the Philadelphia and Reading road at Leesport, is now urged, which seems to um a very wild scheme. IPlain Questions. Is it right for a country like this, capable of i existing by itself, independently of any for- . -----...------- Proper Legislation. i eign productions, to be constantly inquiring ' Attentiun to the current interests of the people into the variations of a foreign market, and as ' alone, is not altogether what is required of states. a weekly steamer arrives, trembling alive to all ; men. They must look ahead and anticipate the its..fluctuations ? 1 wants and interests of our successors. The life , Is it nut better for us, to create a home mar- ; of individual man is short, while a nation may ket for our agricultural products, and thus live on generations and generations. have a never failing resource, near the pro- ; Thus looking ahead, Mr. Sheaffer an intelli_ duces ? gent and attentive young member from the coon- If we manufacture at home these goods ty of Lancaster, has introduced the following im which we now obtain from abroad, would we portant bill. It is to be hoped that it will pass, not create such a home market, in the neces- ' and be observed in every county in the State.— The preservation of such newspapers will be the sary wants of the operatives and the median- : ics working for them ? ' annals of the counties, and will be of increasing Is it a proper situation for a country like our s interest and importance the longer they are pre_ served. It Mr. S. secures the passage of this to have its national and state stocks owned . bill A debt will be due him by our successors for abroad, carried thither in payment of consurn able goods? years and years to come: An act to authorize the County Commission. Is it an indication of the prosperous condi ers of this Commonwealth to subscribe for and Lion of trade to find the yearly demand for our • preserve two or mere newspapers published in grain crops decreasing; and, notwithstanding this constant payment in cotton, grain, stocks their respective counties, and gold, our foreign indebtedness so constant- I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep ly resentatives, &c., That the County Commission. accummulating, that exchange is some ten per cent. against us? ers of the several counties in this Commonwealth shall hereafter subscribe for two or more news. Has any one thought of the effect on trade papers published therein, being those in which and the money market, should the gold of Cal- the advertisements of the County officers are &nide fail? Must not the banks then be cal- published, and shall cause the same to he pre led upon for their specie to meet this foreign served and bound into volumes of convenient indebtedness? Will they not be obliged to size and deposited for preservation in the offices curtail their discounts, in some instances, to of the prothonotaries of the respective counties. cease discounting entirely ? Can not any ono see that all this foreign in debtedness and the consequences it brings upon trade and prosperity might be prevented, by making at home what we obtain abroad ? Are there not now thousands of American operatives ready and anxious to make what we now purchase in Europe, and thus support themselves and their families by the labor to which they have been accustomed . Is not . then the policy that would protect American fabor,A irrican ingenuity and Amer ican industry against foreign competition, the proper policy to be pursued by our govern. tent 1 Next State Fair At a meeting of the Executive Committee, of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, held at Harrisburg, on Thursday, the 26th of February, it was resolved that the next Fall Ex hibition shall be held on the 20th, 21st and 22d of October, 1852 ; ond the subject of a place where it shall be held was referred to a commit. tee consisting of Frederick Watts, David Mum ma, and James Gowen. As it is the purpose of the committee to in. quire what place will be most suitable, and af_ ford the greatest facilities and accommodations for the Exhibition, an opportunity will be afford ed to the different towns .and cities in the State to become competitors for it. Address Frederick Watts, Chairman of the Committee, Carlisle, Pa. Dangerous Counterfeits There is a number of Counterfeit Notes now in circulation, (tome of them heretofore notice ed in our columns,) which requires the closest scrutiny by good judges to detect their charac- ter : Bank of Middicloten, Pa.—Mercer Brown, Pres. —Simon Cameron, Cash. ss, re•iesue—vig. head aud bust of a female in a frame—large figure 5 each side of it—a medallion head and three figures 5 on the right—on the left a medal head, and a figure 5 above and below it.— This is so close an imitation of the genuine, that persons not well acquainted with the bills should refuse all•Ss notes of this plate. The word FIVE on the bottom margin appears 26 times—on the genuine 27. ss, good imitation of the genuine, having an eagle for the centre vig.—a large female on the right, and reapers on the left end—large fe male is rather poor—the clouding around the eagle poor—and the reapers on the left partic ularly poor—has no 0 after the word De. mend, and no (.) after the name of Danforth, the engraver. 55, engraving coarse. In the first batch, the "M" in "Middletown" on the upper left mar gin, had an extra flourish, which has since ta ken on to make it correspond with the genu ine—this leaves the "M" an eighth of an inch farther from the margin than in the true bill, m which it is close on to it. • Fact and Fiction. When the present ruinous Tariffivas passed, we were told that it would secure to our farm ers an abundant and inexhaustible market for their breadstuffs. This was an important con sideration. Our surplus agricultural products were accumulating so rapidly that an outlet was of primary importance. Very many, pre viously hostile to a change of the well-work ing tariff of 1 42, acquiesced in the change, un der false representations of its friends. For a time the glowing predictions of Walker & Co. seemed likely to be fulfilled. Famine favored them, and secured a demand for onr bread stuffs, which was quite overwhelming. The following table shows the value of exports for the several years named : 1846.7 $ 27,000,000 1847-8 19,500,000 _—....1848.9 . 2.37700;000 — f 1849 50 12,200,000. 1850-51' 8,100,000 It will be seen_ that with the famine years th e - usual - demand — cease) - ; — nnd - that — n - m export's are nearly down to the average sten& and of previous years. The truth is, that however successive our imports may be, Great Britain will only take our breadstuffs in exchange on compulsion.— So long as it is for her interest to buy her wheat and flour hero, she will do so, but not an hour longer; so that, while our own man. ulacturers and artisans are suffering from the ruinous competition of the cheap labor of Eu rope, our farmers find a growing home market checked by a policy sanctioned under a delu sive promise that the destruction of one mar ket would be more than made up by the open ing of another.—Albany Journal. The Fortress of Ham. Of late years, this old fortress has become ry celebrated. Li it were confined the Ministers of Charles the Tenth in 1830, alter the acces. sion of Louis Philippe, who had them tried for treason, their crime being that they had coun. selled the King to violate the Charter; their mas. ter, who was at least as guilty as they were, be ing suffered to go seotfree. They were sentenc ed imprisonment for life, but were released after a detention of five or, six years. The next dis tinguished prisoner was Louis Napoleon, who made his escape very ingeniously, walking out very leisurely with a piece of timber on his shoulder as though he was one of the laborers. Who would have thought then that in a fcw years he would return to France, get to be Lord of the Ascendant, and in his turn send prisoners to'lhe same stronghold, as he sent Changarnier, Lama oriciere; and others'? liam was built in 1470, by the Count St. Pol, whose head was cut off by that crafty tyrant, Louis XI. 'With the additions that have been made to lit, it is now very strong. The donjon keep—high tower, is one hundred feet in height, one hundred broad, and the walls are thirtysiz feet thick, which is in our opinion, a preposter. - ous solidity, and nothing less than a waste of stone and mortar. Sunbury 'ands Erie Railroad Comp. We understand that some of the Committees are about to canvass their districts for subserip• lions.. It is well, therefouL that we should repeat some of the leading factrcvhich should inspire an interest in our community, and induce a very general subscription from our citizens. The'en tire route is within the State of Pennsylvania.— The highest gradient does not exceed 52 8 7 10 fe . et to the mile. The road can be built cheaper 1 than any of the great railroads connecting the seaboard with the West. The distance by it will be shorter than by any other route from the Lakes to the Atlantic cities. Six per cent. in. teiest will be paid by the Company on all in.; stalment s,.froin the date of each payment.' The stock is fee from any tax whatever, till - the nett earnings of the road realize at least six per cent. profit upon the whole capital invested. No subscription is binding, unless or until! two mil. lions shall be subscribed.- The cars can run from Philadelphia to Erie within three years, if each citizen will make a subscription (not gift) entirely -within his means and convenience.— The payments will run through the years 1852. 1853, and 18 . 54. Not more than ten ,dollars per share can be required at any time, nor that of_ letter than once in three months.—Daily News. The Registration Bill.—The bill passed at the last session of the Legislature, providing for a registration of marriages, birth and.deatbs, has become a law, Governor Johnston not having returned it to the present General Assembly, within three days of its meeting. rirCineinnattL has given $14,000 to the cause of Hungary. Forty Miles per Hour. A correspondent of the Albany Journal, in an article under the title of liailroati Accidents and Legislation Thereon," speaking of speed at forty miles an hour, says: "Men who are used to the railroad, and to the working of the rolling stock, know what such rate of speed is, and how wonderful is the oper ation: Let us examine it. An engine, tender and train of four passenger cars and one lug gage car, when . properly loaded, will be not much less than eighty tons weight. This body, at the rate of forty miles an hour, moves about sixty feet in a second. That is, between two beats of a clock, it flies across a common street. The driving wheels, if six feet in diameter, re volves three times a second. The common wheels of the cars revolve about eight times a second. The revolutions of the driving wheels -are-produced-by-the-tnotiotrorth-e-fith-e -cylinder, To each revolution of this wheel, there are two motions of the piston. Thus there are six motions of the piston to the second, and_ at each of these motions a valve is opened or closed, for the taking or exhausting steam from the cylinder. This must be a complete and per fect operation, each time, to produce the spesii, But there are two cylinders, working at oppos sides of the engine, and at different points on the crank of the wheel, or axle, as may be, and they do not move at the same instant, or, rather, they alternate, and thus each performing the same of -11 lice, they divide a second into twelve equal parts or periods, in each of which the perfect and coin ! plete operation of tatting or exhausting steam is performed, and at the end of each motion the piston actually stops and turns the other way.— Now, the eye could not count or comprehend these motions. The ear could not distinguish the exhausts, though each is as perfect and dis• tinct •as when the engine is drawing a heavy load four or five miles an hour, when it seems Ito labor and to cough, as if struggling with its load. This is a speed of forty miles an hour au. a lyzed. Now must there not be very greatly in• creased liability to accident at such a rate of speed ? Who can see the strains upon parts of the machinery, that may result in a fracture when moving at this rate." w our Uneasy State of Europe. - ' There does not appear to be a power in Bit. rope, Which is not, more or less, uneasy at the present aspect of affairs. Even Russia has la. ken the alarm. In the plenitude of his conti. nental dictatorship, the Emperor Nicholas has, it is said, expostulated with Louis Napoleon, on the contemplated assumption, by the latter, of the imperial crown. If this should prove true, as there is good reason to beleive it will, the designs I of the French President on Belgium will scarce ly be realized without a general war in Europe, It is apparent that in the event of the autocrat I entering the field, the triumph of the French arms Iwill be exceedingly problematical. Thu uhf tr tnl I indeed, between Napoleon and the rest of Eti. I rope, will be renewed, and in all probability with a like disastrous termination to France.— In fact, Louis Napoleon will not have even as good a chance of success as his uncle, He wants the military genius of the emperor. He. is not, as the EMperor was at first, the represen• tative of liberal principles in opposition lo the time. worn despotisms of Europe. Splendid as the French at my is in discipline, numbers and equipments it must inevitably fail if undertaking to wage war against allied Europe. Why this Disorepenoy ? The Canal Commissioners in their report sass the gross receipts on the several lines of canal and railroad for the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1851, amounted to $1,763,624 81 and that the ex penditures monied to $1,054,293 99. Showing an excess of receipts over expenditures of $738,1 730 83. The Auditor General's Report tells a different story. He says the canal and railroad tolls (or the same period amounted to $1,719,778 04, and the expenditures to $123,909 02—showing an ex. cess of expenditures over receipts of $103,921. 99. of these statements is true, or are they both true? Who can answer this question.— Berks County Press. Distressing Casuality.—The Lycoming Ga^ zette details the particulars of a horrible acci' dent which occurred a few days since at Hulin's Saw Mill, on Mosquito Creek, about. six miles from Williamsport. Mr. John Henry went to the Mill about midnight to take his turn at work until daylight, when finding it necessary to go underneath the Mill for the purpose of arrang,. iog the gearing,'he slipped anti his fingers were caught in the meshes of a cog-wheel. Gradual. ly the hand and arm were drawn in crushing the bones, until by his weight and the pressure the machinery was stopped. Being .alone, he re mained as if held in a vice, suffering as may well be imagined, the most excruciating agony, for five tedious hours, until his wife awaking and seeing no light in the Mill, was induced from , fear of something wrong, to visit it, when hear. ing the moans of her Buffeting husband, she cal. led for assistance and' had him released. His wounded arm was amputated, and wonderful as it may seem, at last accounts the poor fellow was in a fair way of.recovery. The IVheelbarrow Emigrant Returnect—Many of our readers. will remember the account pub. lisped in all the newspapers, nearly two years ago a California emigrant who crossed the plains "on foot and aloner . with a wheelbarrow conveying all his earthly goods, that is, his provisions, clothes, tools, dr.c . ., in that humble vehicle, and outstripping, in his march numbers who started for the land of gold with more showy and expensive appointments. His name was Brookmire, and he is and Irishman by birth.. , — His residence is at Warren, in Pennsylvania, Where he has last-left a wife family of children in very indigent circumstances, when he went over the Rocky Mountains to "try his fortnne." . Prookmire has lately returned from California with about $15,000 of the °dust," all of whichle dug and washed out with his own bands. And as it very apt to potir when it rains, his wife re_ calved legacies during his absence to the amount of $10,009, falling due to her upon the death of some relations in talcolland.—Syracuse Journal GLEANINGS rFi'The Tobacco plant is cultivated very ex tensively in Lancaster county. t_V"He who thinks liblnovirs the most knows the least. LV•They are diggin g for gold in Mahoning Valley, Carbon county. M"Pennsylvania has won the Golden Banner and it has been awarded to Monroe county. I'A man's own good breeding is th'e best protection against other people's ill manner's. W"Talking about women voting; one of oui exchanges says: Cradles tire the ballot boxes rot' women, in which they should deposit not votes, but voters. Monstrous Mode of Life. In the northern part of Indiana county, says he Johnstown, [Pa.] Echo, resides a fainili. - - consisting - ofran old man, his num erous progeny of children of both genders. Theii residence is a log cabin of the poorest deSe,rip' - tion. It has a chimney—or, at least, a fire.place,7. and the inventory of the goods and chattles may . bAllmed up thus—one cow, one bucket, one W'he floor of the dwelling is of that descrir (inn known among backwoodstnen as "punch. eon ;" consisting of split logs laid side by side, in drills made in the earth—the split side fo'rm ing the upper surface. This much for the dom. icil—now fir the occupants. The old gentleman may be venerable—for aught we know--or in telligent, or handsome; but he don't wear any clothing ; neither does his wife; and we blush to sat , it, neither do the children. All of them are . in a complete state of nudity except one. That one is the support of the family. He adopts the costume befitting a civilized and refined young man, and goes out to service, the proceeds of which labor procures sustenance for the rest.— At night he comes home, provided with a bun dle of straw, which supplies a bed for the faro.. . de for the night and food for the cow the next day. He can seldom he induced to stay away from bonte_o_ver"pght. but if he does,-invariably - sleeps on the door. The bed of the family is a hole beneath the floor, made by scooping oui the earth. When the weather is cold, coals from the fireplace are scraped into it, and allowed to re main until the earth is warmed, when they aro removed, and the family retire to rest. Other circumstances, illustrating their customs, are ad.' ded, hut we forbear mentioning them. The sto. ry is related by a highly respectable individual, whose veracity is unimpeachable; and the facts must have come to him very well authenticatt* led, or he would not have made them known; in fact, he has been in that section of country and has seen the 'cabin in which the family reside. Chevalier Wyboff: 1 Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Journal, writes from Genoa a long account of the matrimonial l enterprise of Mr. Wyco11; of this city, in his pur suit of the hand of .'lrliss Gamble, daughter of John Gamble, E•q., also of Philadelphia. Miss G. had been adopted by a wealthy Englishman, Mr. Dunlop. on whose death she came into pos_ • session of a large fortune. Mr. W. had hung been acquainted with the faintly, and after the death of Mr. Oink'''. called on her in London,' and urged her to go dot Continent for her health. She went with her tilends, and Mr, %V. followed ' her, falling in with her at various places, and being very particular in his attentions. At Ge neva, while walking on the lake shore he asked her to marry him, seizing her hand, and refus, ing to release it mad she consented. As persons ' were approaching, she gave the consent, but soon after repented of it and, writing to him that she could not marry him, she hnrried to London, wither he followed, insisting on her keeping th> engagement. . . Again she fled to the conddent;but her lover' 1 by bribing her courier, endeavered to entrap her I into a parlor at Turin, but failed. At Genoa he was more successfUl, and managed to get her' into a room with hint, locking the door arfil irijh sitting on her fulfilling her promise of marriage:' Here, according to Mr. Weed's report violence was used, chloroform unsuccesfully applied, and another promise of marriage extorted, this time in writing. The lady was afterwards much agitated, but succeeded in making her case known to the 13ritish Consul, who had Mr. W., with his confederates, Miss Gamble's courier and valet, arrested. They were awaiting their trial at the last accounts. • This is a brief condensation ofa very long and scandalous story. Mr. Wycoff's version of it has not yet appeared. It will prob ably put a different face on the matter.—BuUrtin. The Maine Law Defeated in New Jersey.—A long debate on a law similar to the Maine Li quour,La w was concluded in the New Jersey House of Representatives yesterday. .Finally the question was put and the bill was defeated —yeas 13, Says 40. The Trenton American says the law ..was amply discussed, but was .finally decided to be unconstitutional, impracticable, fraught with mischief and out of its latitude." Importance of Recording Deeds. The Act of• Assembly of the 18th March, 1775, provides that all Deeds and conveyances of or concerning any . lands are lying and being, within six months at:" ter the ex,-cution of such Deeds or conveyances',• and that every such Deed and conveyance that , . shall at any time be made and executed, and`! which shall not be proved and recorded as store- • said, shall be adjudged fraudulent and; void 'I against any subsequent purchaseror mortgages, • unless such Deed or conveyance be recorded as; aforesaid. Fire.--On Thursday at/ruing; abbut I ,o'Clock. a fire was discovered in one of a row of unfit!. Med brick dWellings belonging to Mr. Thomas L. Seip, in • Cherry Alley, above Ninth street, Reeding, and before it was extinguished, three of them were damaged to the extent of $4OO or $5OO. As the buildings were not yet Tenanted, and.as no fire had been used in any of them, it is almost certain that the fire was the work of an incendiary,—Gazelle. Old fierks a Centenarian.—On the Ilth of this month, Berks county will be one hundred years old—having been erected out of parts of Phila.. delphla, Lancaster and Chester. then the only thpe counties into which Tennsylvinia was d' videa r bil the lith.of litaroh, 1752.
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