1 Allentown, Pa. THURSDAY, MARCH, 18, 1868, The First of April Those of our subscribers who intend moving about the first of April, will please let us know, so that the "Register" may be sent to them at tboir new places of residence. In doing no, they should be particular to state the post °Thee or place to which their paper is now sent. Indian Entertainment Ono of the beat entertainmebte given to our citizens for some time consisted of that given by the family of Indians, on WOnesday e ven ing last, in the Odd Fellow's 11111, the head of which . is the hbreditary Chief of the Chippe wa Tribe. The exhibitions of Lydian costumes and habits are decidedly inttresting. The namesiof-the -party- are-as-followt-: "blungwudausi" ,, -- - A — Herm--r untinookway,"—Female of ti "Sagatoo,"—He who causes ME "Noodinolcay"—Storm creating' "Manshnkeeydusegav,"—The ! Sun touching the earth The Steamboat I The - Steamer - NI ajor-Barnoti afte and a deep conviction that there word as fail, arrived at Easton on lemon. She will now run re Lambertaville to that place. Hui& greeted by the booming of cannua thueiastic Cheers of thousands. ; Thunder Showe On Sunday afternoon, several hovers of heavy rain fell in this place, an ontiibuted to settle our muddy streets, arid wli our street crossings and sidewalks:Of mud nd dirt.-- There was some sharp lightning id several claps of rolling thunder. Spring lather has sot in, the bky is light and the air ild.. The first of April is near at hand; it ittime that we should have mild weather and hod roads. tar Since writing the above - it Comenced snowing, and fell to the depth of si'inehes. Free Banking. Our friends Bowen . & Mcredith . off to West Chester, Pa., "Register and Exattner," in their article on the New York BankittSystem, have rather over-reached the marl4ind we think too—as some of their friends ggested —that there must be some mistake ithe arti cle of our friends, relative to the wind g up of a batch of 23 banks named in the Rt*er and Examiner of the 9th instant. In looking over Thompson's "Rank .te and Commercial Reporter" published in N York, which we hold as good authority, wo d that 62 Banks aro put down as having luil ,and 0 others winding up. Of the 62, 19 ar'tiark . mdworthleFs, 42 pay a dividend pro ral•atig ing from 10 to 97 per runt ., and one, 'piety Walter ivy's Prze Bank, at Buffalo failekpays 99i cents on the dollar. Of the 23 Banloam ed in the Register, we cannot find one bled in Thompson's Reporter as a Free There :ire Seven Free Banks winding uliow, which are all held at per cent. discount We should not be surprised, howovi I sotne of those banks quoted as having e were Free Banks, particularly those p:n. from 70 to 97 per cent. on the dollar—as i- a rare thing to sec a chartered batik undo old system fail ; that pays anything. Fo, idenee of this we refer the "Register" to failures of the I3erks County Bank, Le town Bank, Northampton Bank, Susquell., Bank, Towanda Bank, Lumbermens' Bt. and last but not least, the Lehigh County diuidual Liability Bank, all of which have ed within the last few years, besides s. 20 . er 30 others we might name that have ed many years since in our State—under "old regime." Coins of the U. States. The bill reported by Mr. Hunter, of the , States Senate, a day or two ago, in rotation the coinage of the country, provides that fro and after the Ist of Juno, 1852, the weight the half dollars is to be 192 . grains; and tl quarter dollars, dimes, and half dimes shall b respectively orie-half, one.fifth, and one-tent of the weight of a half dollar; which coin i made a legal tender in paynient of all sum not exceeding $5. The Treasurer of the Mint with the approval of the Director, to purchast such bullion as is required for the coinage wit the bullion of the mint. Such coins to be paid out at the mint in exchange for gold coins at par in sums of not less than $lOO. The amoun coined into quarter dollars, dimes, and hal dirties to be regulated by the Secretary of the Treasury, No depositos for coinage into smal pieces liereafter to be received - other than tha received by the Treasurer of the Mint. De positors have the option of having their gold or silver cast into bars or ingots of pure metal or of standard fineness, with a stamp designat• ing the same. No piece to be cast into bars of less weight than ten outices,'except pieces of one, two, three, and five ounces, all of which shall be of the standard fineness, with the weight and fineness Stamped upon them. in cases where gold and silver deposited be coin ed or cast into bars r.i i,,tiotr 10 be a charge to the depositor, in additio,i to Ow chafe now made for refining, of ,otio•ltalt ~ i •,• percent., to, be charged to the Tteat•urer. From time to time there is to be struck and coined .at t h e mint and its branches a coin of the . vulneof 83, the shape and device to be fixed by the Seers tary of the Treasury —.Daily Ncws international Magazine: The March number of the International Mag azine is upon our table. It is an admirable number, beautifully illustrated, and enriched with a variety of original contributions from American authors of the highest'distinction.--- The illustrated article on ' Chatsworth is peculi• arty _Winching. Union House, Arch at., between 3rd and 4th, Phila., March 15th, 1352, Fanan Rena: Slate Quarries in Lehigh County.: Weight.of'Stone Coal. The following communication we take from The frauds in weighing coal have at last at. the last number of that excellent monthly nag- tracted the attention of the Legislature. A bill ricultural periodical, the. "Plough, the Loom,, is now before the General Assembly. which pro. and the Anvil." it gives a 'trite and accurate poses to appoint a public weigher, who may ap. account of Mc rise and progress of the Slating point deputies. There are scales to be put tip business in Lehigh county, and is from the pen in each district, where all coal intended to be Edward Kohler, E sq.: sold fur use shall be weighed before delivery— of our esteemed friend, 14ESSIIII. EDITORS:— Another plan also before the Legislature pro_ Herewith I forward to vides for the licensing of any person to act as you a brief statement of the origin and pro- weigher who takes the proper oath—an nrranee. grass of the slating business in Lehigh county, merit which would; give to every coal yard it. At the mewl' of Petri' creek, ten miles north own special officer. The latter plan would be ef Allentown, the lied of the Lehigh river pre- very convenient to coal dealers, but would pm some a smooth and level surface, being a slate the public weighers entirely too much in their rock. The Lehigh Coal arid Navigation C orn . power. As the extent of the profits of the weigh- 1 party found this a favorable spot to build a dam er would depend upon the number of the coal lor the purpose of forming a reservoir, in order yards; at which he officiated, he would therefore he more disposed to favor the nppointing dealer to creme artificial freshets for their Olen) on• ly descending navigation. A dam fourteen than the stranger customer. The coal dealers of. Philadelp_hia, theseDiers feet high was built, which soon became wide- The held a meeting and determin. 4 y - knovens - untier thiniiiiiirif "Slate Dam." — Patch" sa • l's ' ed that the bills proposed to the Legislature_are_ This soon - attracted-the attention of iVIr. Thom objectionable. They have appointed a commit. as Symmington, an enterprising gentletrian and f te n e ir to to fra s m il e er a laa d , , such qs they thinlywould be experienced dater, of the city of Baltimore, gentleman of who, in 1828, came to the Slate DWI: in search (Mr. Pierson) Thought ' tl s i t a l t ni t e w r. o thou e s of roofing slate. He soon discovered, about .was as much as and horse could draw an stP.nitillilloc poun d s nee mile weal of the Slate Dam, in North injuring himself, and he thoueht that the stand . u Whitehall township, near Fell's Creek, a place ant weight el . theston sshoulde- nltered - tn - thats _n_li ere,ein_fris_opin irin ,- roofing - slate could . be amount. This suggestion is humane to, the quarried. He took a scruple to Baltimore, horses, but would act disadvantageously to Con. which, after a fair trial, were pronounced good . smilers. Mr.-Davis does-not-propose that the - i routing slate. Ale Symmington soon after re- wholesale standard should be reduced from two turned, leased a few acres of hied, and there- !thousand two hundred and forty pounds, but on. on commenced quarrying roofing-slate. The ly the retail measure. There are many objet,' same year, the Baltimore Slating Company tions to make a difference between wholesale and was formed, with a capital of $13,000. The I retail measure, and even if the general coal inn! Company purchased said estate, being one I was two thousand pounds, the difference between hundred and sixty acres of land, on whi c h m r . that and the usual ton weight for other commte. Symmington had his lease. Mr. Sym mingle !' dities would lend to many serious difficulties and then transferred his interest in the said I mistakes. 'The bill before the Legislature pro_ estate to the company, and a large quarry, un- Poses to giVe the weighers six cents for every der the name of the Union Slate Quarry, was j ton weighed in public scales. This is entirely too high, and would make the coal weigher the opened, and for a term of ten years worked by the Company, their slate being sent principal- most lueratiVe post in the country. ‘Ve do not ly to Baltimore. After that lime, the quarry know that there are any statistics of the amount of coal used in Philadelphia in the course of a - when the - said Company - sold the property to was leased to different individuals, until 1849, year. Last year e foer millions nine hundred and - of and twenty thousand tons of Anthracite were Stephen Bailie!, jr., and Stephen Graff, said township, who still continue to work the brought to Richmond by the Reading railroad, !.iannddosniex h m n i n fi d io r n eci te n 'o nd h fi n f ndred i and el even h. thou. quarry. Abbot the years 1843.4, a slate gear een I from ry was opened iu Heidelberg, now Washitignin thence to other ports. The e bal o en s c s e remained l in township, which soon passed into the bands I the hands of dealers. Much of it probably found , of Robert MeDowell and others, under the i its way into the interior of the State, or was ex- From the late Census Reports we collect the TheySlat i ng now own the most extensive works in ; must remember, too, that the produce brought by following statistics and interesting intermit- ' the county, and at present have four quarries the Lehigh and Schuylkill canals arc not includ. lion 'with regard to our good old Common, in operation, and one large establishment for ed in these estimates. We therefore May corn. wealth:— ; manufacturing school slates, which in 1851 pate that the sales of coal not intended for trans- In 1790 the population of Pennsylvania was ' turned out seventeen thousand dozen of these 1 Imitation are immense. One or two cents per 434,373. In 1800 it was 602,365, the ratio 01 • s lates. In the immediate vicinity of those . ton will he amply su ffi cient to make the weigh_ increase for the ten years being 38 G. In 18 W quarries, within the last few years, a flourish- ler's office one greatly to he desired. the population was 810,091. The ratio of in- • ing village called Slatington has risen, having 1 , crease for the ten years being 34.4. In 1820 ' : been founded by the Company. It is located the population was 1,049,458, the ratio of in fifteen miles north of Allenteram, a quarter of crease being 211.5. In 1830 the population wan a mile west of the Lehigh river. Messrs. E. 1,348,233, the ratio of increase from 1820 to Morris and Leber have three quart ion in oper -1830 being 28.5. In 1840 the population was , alien, and :den a large factory for inanufactur -1,724,083, the ratio of increase for the ten ing school slates, which, in 1851, also madeyears being 27.9. In 1850 the population was j fl about seventeen thousand dozen slates. A 1,311,786, the.ratio of increase from 1810 to u :ehing village, called Labarsville, has 1850 being 31.09, or greater than any pr at ed- within the last few years risen in the irn ing ten years, since 1810. j mediate vicinity of these quarries, distant four • ......___ IVianayunk and the Tariff. ; miles west of Slatington. In 1851, there were The industrious and enterprising citizens of. in Lehi g h countyeighteen or twenty quarries in operation, with a capital of $51,500, which Mannyunk are holding meetings in reference to alterations in the present tariff law. They gave employment to two hundred arid roan want dye stuffs and oilier materials used in arts ty.five hands, producing twelve thousand five and manufactures, which cannot be grown or hundred squares of roofing slate, which at the low rate of $3 per diem, amounts to $37,- produced in this country, to be admitted duty 'file two factories produce thirty-four free. They show that under the present rate 500 ' thousand dozen school slates, which, at only of duties, in many instances, the raw materi -75q. per dozen, amount to $25,500. The slat al pays a higher rate of duly than articles man ing business in Lehigh county is yet in its in ing a bounty to foreign labor, of which we will illumined from the same material, thus afford fancy, but is destined ere long to be the most important branch of trade in the vicinity, as enumerate a few, viz : wool and woolen there is room for hundreds of qtrarries to be j yarns, bombazines, baize and flannels, pay a Transphintings—Les e no time in transplanting opened yet; and what better iridireeeiest e ioi 1 duty of 25 per cent., while the wool from I fruit, shadesor ornamental trees. Plant out ;row be °tiered to capitalists and other.. than to esi. which they are made pays a duty of 30 per hrons, vines, Ste. Continue to make etrawber. bark in the slating business iii le , /ii...St ,stieits ? I ' cent. Felts or hat bodies and blankets pay a ry plantations; plant cuttings of grapes, Jigs, ro. I boldly assert, that more wealth is hidden in I duty of 20 per cent.; wool, from which they ; be certain to have a fresh, clean cut to hitherto s undisturbed slate rock, lying within I ses ' 6 ' e t " are manufactured, 30 per cent. Printella pays the townships ol • Nonli Whitehall, Washing. tinniettninheltiegtiand, when a cutting is planted. Re a duty of 5 per cent., while the wool from l an ir d ee deeper than it art. ton, Heidelberg., Lowhill, Weisenburg, and which it is manufactured, 30 per cent. And ina I I .: r n ev e r i n t t o li the soil, an plant ‘ Lynn, in Lehigh county matt can be found in the I g ' prop Y ; s irt r io w n to loss of ro ots. ‘to 13 1;0 111 :i e ot ils I°P just we may add the article of iron, which, while all the gold-dust of the lar , fained California; crude or pig iron pays a duty of 30 per cent., 110 roots , but give them all the room they a o ra ri in s l in t el e and especially when the Deleware, Lehigh and I manufactured or relined iron pays the sante, ly had; a healthy start is at least too yea rs ' in ;Susquehanna Railroad is completed, making in this, as well as in the foregoing which LI the growth of a tree; and who has years enough learn will be put under contract early enumerations, an unjust discrimination in !a- : in t ll ° !to spare that he can afford to lose two year; 7 be said 'spring, as said railroad passes through the slat' i We give these oferepeated cautions at the risk vor of foreign labor. The same may 'nog district, which, in addition to the Lehigh of tiring some of our readers, and yet we fear wifli regard to woolen clothes and cassimeres, Canal, offers every desirable lability for trans. the many will not heed Moat. ..PlaM a tree," which also pay a duty of 30 per cent., the inn. : Canal the slates to market. Theseslatee hate j should be the motto overeeery hearthstone, and tonal from which they are made paying the same. already found their way into New 3ersey, N. I how and when to plant it, should be engraved York, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina, upon every heart. Now, plant trees, shrubs, and Against such legislation, which 'paralyzes the industry and labor of the country, and and competent judges have pronounced them i vines. equal, if not superior to the best imported\ _, . ----"---- blasts the hopes of thousands, rho citizens of 1 up . n.tunt Law.--“An act to provide for a lie- I Welsh slates. .1 Manayunk ask the co-operation of their breth gammen of Marriages, Births, and Deaths," run, without distinction of party, in ourneigh- I • I was passed near the chose of the session of the boring districts and throughout the country. last Legislature and handed to Gov. Johnston for 'approval. It has hecotno the law of the Cum. meewealth agreeably to the Constitution, not haVing "been 'sent back within three days of the meeting of the present general Assembly. As we understand the law, it will , go into effect from and after the' first day of July, en. suing. In order lo carry out this law, it will be neces. sary for the Registers in the different counties to publish it in every newspaper. Otherwise ma. nay persons will remain in ignorance of its pro. visions, and we hope newspaper publishers will not be so "green" as to publish it for nothing asit will be a source of revenue to the Register, they should give it authentic publication. I am not informed whether you are aware that-our worthy 1164, Col: Webb, late of the "Eagle Bold," 3rd street, has changed his quarters, and is now occupying his newly built house, which I think 'is one of the best in the city. I have been staying here some ten days, and I am constrained to say, that f never was more highly pleased with the general con• venienco and accommodation of any Public. Nouse in the city, than I have been during my sojourn here. In point of location, as regards hnziness men, none hotter could be selected. j is as much central to the business matt of the town, as any can he fmind. The Col. has always cxhibited much taste and skill in his arrangement for the entertainment of his friends, but 1 must Confess, that in the fitting up of his new house, he has far_exceeded-his-best em- cleay.ors_of_the-kind-heretofore-mad e . Ile has spared neither pains nor expense to make it acceptable and pleasing. In style oreleg,ance, its admirable arrangement:into convenient and comfortable apartments and splendid furniture throughout, falls not inferior to the best louts_ es in the city.' To those ‘‘ho know the Col. it is needless to say a word about him. llis ; kind hospitality, gentlemanly deportment, and obligingdispu.sition as a Landlord, has gained the esteem of a large circle of friends throngh• out the whole country, and that alone will al_ ways command a doe share of their patron• age. Do not fail to give him a call, as the "Union" ought and must be sustained Yours truly, o Summer. to tremble. under bird. nyn of the SEEM no much ;inrclay aG laxly from trival was nd the en- The Musical World IWe have received a copy of this valuable semi-monthly publication, published by Oliver Dyer, Esq., at No. 257, Broadway, New York. It is devoted to Music and Literature; and so conducted as to receive the warmest encomi ums of the press both religions and secular.— The Home:Journal says, "It supplies a natural want, and may already be considered _as the musical organ of the country." It furnishes about 500 pages of interesting reading matter per annum, embracing nearly 100 pages of choice music. Subscription price per MINIM : $1,50, in advance. ..ilmount of Importations.—in 1850, the ng were among the imports into this country: Of Woolen goods, £17,151,509 20,008,719 10,604,818 Cotton Silk $50,885,046 Free trailers think It all.right to give over rif t •six millions of dollars in tine year to foreign iitions, instead of spending it in bettering the ccialition and filling the purseii . of American La• be ers. No true American can fail to detest the pi icy which prefers encouraging the Labor of otl r lands to that ()filar own. lie Next Stale Pain—The Lancaster County Ag icultural Society, are making efforts to have the next State Fair, held at or near Lancaster.-- Ab• ut $2500 have subscribed as a kind of bait but the sum is not suMciently large. If the Fair were held in Philadelphia' county the Society would receive such a sum for admission into the exhibition, as would place it on a firm basis, and we will answer for it that Philadelphia City le large enoughlo accomodate all'our country friends alto aitentle—Surt. ME I The "Ledger." The g •Pennsylvanian" copies and endorses a '.brief article on , the money department of i the Ledger" of Tuesday, as showing the mode to check special legislation. That the Penn. sylvanian should endorse the Ledger in any endeavor to rid the State of monopolies, is strange, for the "money department" of the Ledger is as much under the control of the brokers and shavers of Philadelphia, as its ed itorial columns aro under the control of our good friend Lane. Every day the information for the "money articles" of the Ledger is de ! ! rived front a clique of brokers, who ''bull" or ! "bear" to suit their own interests. It the Penn sylvanian wishes to be, consistent in its anti, monopoly principles—if it really desires to see the present banking incubus removed from Pennsylvania, it must be cautious how it en dorses the sentiments of the "Ledger," which are blessed by interested outsiders. The most rabid bank men, and the most urgent borers for bank charters, aro democrats; and from their) men the "Ledger," obtains its daily in. formation of the money market.—Philad. Sun. rr'Over one thousand new buildings will be put up in Vineland, this sprint. L'irThe proprietors of the Philadelphia Ledg. er have ordered two new printing presses at a I -cost of $25,000 each. C:;T"ltla'am, your shawl is dragging in the mud." ~ W ell, suppose it is, isn't it fashionable 1" LY""Do you know," said a cunning yankee to a Jew, "that they hang Jews and Jackasses to_ gether in Portland!" "Indeed, brother, then it's well you and T are not there." ce,l-.That's what I call a fair shake' as the 11. linois squatter said when he shook his toe nails off with the ague. 7 7 ,:, 'The lawyer who believes it's wicked to lie, is spending a week with the old Quaker who in. dillges in marine hornpipes. "Of the dead, speak only what is good." e,„ .- _Cast iron cents have been put in circula t - - on again. The fellow who would' he guilty of lestruclice Rifle.—An American of the name th counterfeiting coppers in this golden age should of Jones has invented a rifle which fires twenty. be sent to the pennittentiary. I five distinct shots with one loading. The ride 1....7.°, Itiladelphia ale is consumed extensively says the Liverpool (England] Chronicle, has the in all time principal places of the Union. It is appearance of the ordinary double barrelled gun, with the exception that the barrels are placed of superior quality. one eincinnaui editor is dunning his sub. one above the other, and the lower barrel is rash. . ier shorter than the upper. In the lower barrel scribers, and says he has respotsibibties thrown upon him which he is obliged to meat. are placed twenty_five bullets of a conical shape, (each about an inch in length. The upper part LPd thou England imports from the continent a hull- of these bullets is charged with powder, and, by die sand eggs annually. far Gov. Bigler has appointed George M. Dal. a slight movement of a small lever, they are las as Counsel for the State in the case of Ra.. brought into the upper barrel one after the other it. In the as the previous one is discharged chef Parker, the colored girl abducted from Ches. discharged front I stock there is a small box for holding a number ter county, and note in jail at Baltimore. t..''Mr. Clay's health has so much improved 1 of detonating pills, quite on the homeropathic that he is expected to lake his seat in the Senate principle, which one by one fall under the ham, mer of the trigger, and do the duty of the ordi - in a few days nary copper caps. On Monday a week the oper_ ator discharged his gun twenty four times in a minute, and said that he could load and reload his gun and fire it one hundred and twenty five times in less than five minutes. The gun is un• der the consideration of the. Board of Ordnance. Eastern Industry.—The Boston Traveller no_ tices the following facts of trade of that industri ous city: "During the last five mouths, over 85,000 cas. es of boots.and shoes have been shipped from this port. In the same time nearly 120,000 bales of cotton have been landed here. The receipts of coal from Philadelphia alone, last yqar, were over 300,000 tons. Every thing else used in manufacturing and required for home constimp iou; is is about the same proportion. [VIC is said that Gov. Kossuth has conttac_ ted with some two or three manufacturers in Gincinatti for one thousand saddles, at $l2 each. C3r*The Tennessee Legislature has passed a Free flanking Law. f - 7 — fhe dog population of the United States is estimated at about two millions, and the ex. pense of keeping them at upwards of SWAM,. 000 per annum. reThe mileage of Gen. J. Lane, Delegate frosp Oregon, has been put upon the same foot. ing, as that of other members of Congress, which gives him about 157,500 each Congress. LWThe age of Presidential candidates is as follows : Cass and Webster about 70 ; nous,. ton, Scott, Marcy and Dotter, over 60; Buchan, an, 62; Lane, 50; Fillmore, 53 ; Douglas and Walker, about 40. iv - Chevalier Wiltoff, and the Courier of Miss Ga mble ,- have - been - sentscnced to fifteen months imprisonment, by the tribunals of Genoa, for their _ attem p t s - upon - the - fortune - of - tharladyr= Mr. Wikolf was forme'rly editor of the "Demo. envie. Review," in this country. tar The Norristown Gas Company, just in corporated by the Legislature, is already organ izecl and gone to work. Lorenzo Seibert, of Wo - has inverTiflt a brick mae.hine that will turn out from 50,000 to 100,000 bricks per day. -EP - Drunkenness turns a man nut of himself and leaves alienst in his room. Very much afraid of lightning,' said a pretty; girl. '.And well you may be," replied her despairing lover, "gas your heart is made of steel." C...7"The Louisiana Democratic State Conven tion has elected Delegates to the National Con.. vention, with instructions to support Gen. Cass for the Presidency. 2.7 The Delaware and Raritan Canal was opened on Monday. 11.7-7Payerclay & Perkins, the great London brewers, have a clear annual profit of a million dollars, 1. 0. of 0. F.—The benevolent institution of Odd Fellows in the United numbers 200,.. 000 members. There are 2835 Emdtzes and GOO Encampments in the United States. The amount of revenue for the year 1851 was $1,200,000. ,The amount paid the same year for relief was nearly $500,000. t American Cr , llevs.—There arc in the United States two hundred and seventeen colleges and ' professional schools. Of this numlier une hun dred and twenty are colleges proper, forty-three theological, seventeen law, and twenty-seven Medical schools. Out of the aggregate, Pennsyl vania has twenty.one—consisting of eight colle ges, seven theological, two law, and four medi.„ cal schools. The number of volumes contained in the libraries of the colleges, exclusive of those the professional schools, is, as estimated by re turns, 871,800. Mc Fraidi PreBident.—The partizans of Louis Napoleon say, with a chuckel, since his last act of treason, that he has shown the world "he is not the fool folks took him for," and declare that he is a "long headed fellow." No doubt his head is too long—it should be cut off. New /arention.—A man named Papp, living in Philadelphia, has invented glass coffins. They are made air tight, and of sufficient strength to prevent bulging. The durability of glass is well known, and the remains of the departed be. log entirely protected, decomposition goes on very slowly. Wundrrjiil .F.ronattlic Baltibition.—(7ne day lost week, Mr. Robert Shields, of Mackrelville, raised a kite, from Kentucky Hall, DO Perry -street, New York, on a wager of five hundred dollars, The kite is composed of wire and silk; is ten feet long by' seven wide; and is so con. structed that it expands or contracts in proper_ tion to the surrounding atmospheric pressure. This is one of the greatest scientific, reronautis inventions of the world ever produced, and the exhibition atiracted the attention of thousands upon thousands. We have not heard the result of the experiment; but four miles was the alti tude said to be gained by the kite. • Good Busines?.—The travel on the Pennsylva nia Railroad is quite brisk. As high as 230'pas sengers, in one train of cars, travelling eastward, and on the same day, 308 going westward, indi„, cates the number of persons moving on that new, prosperous, and now nearly completed railroad. The Company are likewise transporting about 100 tons of Merchandise, Westward, daily, and• au immense freight going;eastward. GLEANINGS On the oth, on motion of Mr. Laury, the hill appointing three commissioners to investigate the conduct of the officers and concerns of• the• Northampton Dank, was taken up, read iwiee;• debated at length by Messrs. Bonham. Jackson.. Laury, Gillis anti Flanagan, and defeated —yeas 21—nays 52. Newspaper to be Sold.—The. establishment of the uSomerset Whig," at Somerset, N. .1., will be sold by the Sheriff', on•the 24th inst. The pro , prietor, Mr. Allen N. Wilson, recentirdied, and the establishment must be sold. Somerset is a Whig county, and contains an active and pros. pering population. An enterprising young Whig with industrious habits, and a small capital, could make a profitable investment by purchas_ ing the concern, which. will no doubt' be sold very cheap. We would recommend the position as agreeable and remunerative: ' rirLast week a terrible- 'Order took place in York, Pa. A girl named. Basler. about 12 years . of age, killed her sister, poi ten years old. because the, deceased threat Cried to tell her moth. er that she.had , stoletitome trilling article. Tall - Bridge. • There is a bridge In. the course of construe,. tion on the Ruffalo and llew York City - railroad, where it crosses the Genesee Rver, near Port_ agevilk. When complete' it will be 230 feet high and Oa feet span stone piers set on the bed of the rock, are citified up 30 feet high from the bed of the river, a few rotrs above the upper foils. From the top of the piers, the Wood..work rises 200 feet, and so perfect is the Model of the bridge (that may be seen cn the ground) that it is thought there will not be the least tremor or motion, under the heaviest train of cars that may ever have occasion to pass over it. The timber grown on 160 acres has already been ex. boosted, and 50 acres more purchased. It is' thought 210 acres will afford timbet etititigh to complete the superstructure. Some idea niay be formed of the size of the bridge as it takes' _of_iron bolts alone. ovet thin ton California —By - the - latest advices front California, it ap. pears that more attention was being paid to the cultivation of the soil. This is as it should be. California will never become a wealthy and prosperous State so long as she is dependent upon other countries for the necessaries of life.• A San Franc i s co.corrospondent - of - theloUrnTali • Commerce, says : •Immense quantities of barley and wheat have been and are still in process of being sown in our valley. Thousands and tens of thousands of acres are being occupied and tilled by the husbandman the present season. Seed wheat' has been .greatly sought after at 0 to Bc. per pound'. “Great attentitan is being turned to horticultu ral pursuits, and seeds of all kinds have been in active request; others are forming nurseries, and ransacking the city for apple seeds, peach pits, &c., and paying their weight in gold dusi for all they can lay hands on. Thousands of fruit trees will be planted this year, the quantity only lim ited by the scanty supply from the Atlantic nor.' series. "Agricultural implements of all kinds have' been in very active request, but the season is now drawing to a - close, and the deficiency in ploughs has been made up by arrivals from' Oregon of about two hundred or more, made . in Bdston, and sent there for sale. But Califor.• nut is to take the lead of Oregon, and she must suceOmh to our young Stnte, even in the farm,' ing line—of the gold mines we will say nnthicg'_ —as our hills and valleys can speak for them selves." Neu, Brick 2 1 1achinc.—A machine for the man: ufacture of bricks is shortly to be put in opera.• Lion in Louisville. The inventor is'a native of England, and is now in that city. It is said-that' the machine tvhert'bOtistructed All manufacture bricks ready fi;r use in the short space of thirty . six hours, and at a cost of at least filly' per cent less than the usual 'node of manufeturing them. Improved Collar far liorses:z-Mr. P F. Hicks. of Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., has taken mea. sores to secure a patent for an improvement in Breast Collars for Horses, which consi,h in making the collar ofsuch a form that the shout der•hlades of the animal are allowed free and expanded action when going fast or drawing heavy loads. The collar is an elastic one, with the lower part forming a loop, and the upper* ends bent over at right angles with the sides of the bow. It is well known that the common' stuffed collar has a kind of choking effect when a horse is drawing a heavy draft, and for this reason many have preferred the Dutch harness, which has no collar. This collar obviates that evil, and presents all the advantages of the stuf. fed one, G , wernor's Qac.vlion.—A movement of inquiry has been made in the Legislature, as to the pro- priety of building a permanent residence for the Governor of the Commonwealth. Leap. Year Parlies.—Among the many unusual incidents attendant upon the occurrence of leap year, are the so•called "leap year parties," that are being given at various places. On Friday evening last, one of these parties was given in Philadelphia—it was gotten up by the ladies; the whole order of things was reversed—the la• dies, according to leap•year etiquette, being re. quired to do the agreeable, and the gentlemen to occupy their seats while the ladies were solicit_ ing the pleasure of their hands for the quadrille. • We should like to attend a party of this kind,• merely for the purpose of experiencing the feel.- ing that would be likely to pervade a person's. breast when asked•by a lady for his hand—in the' next dance. Wonder how one of these parties would take•in Allentown Colton from Oafs Straw.—An English paper states that an amateur chemist, of Nottingham, while engaged in testing Claussen's process for mnhing flax cotton, tried it upon oats straw, when, to his astonishment, after the silica was dissolved, he obtained a large quantity of good• straw cotton ; of this we have no doubt, as pir. per—very course td be sure—fs made out of . straw, and shows that it contains clotb.producing material.
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