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Our Court
liThe May term of our Court went in session
.0n Monday last. President Judge Washington
'.llicC'erlory, and Asso'elates Diflinger and Haas,
in their seats. The grand Inquest selected
C. Foster, Esq. of Upper Milford, as their fore•
~matt: --Some-trilling business was transacted.
;The proceedings will he given in nur next.
, • . 'The.Lehig4 Railroad.•
- We are pleased, to inform our readers ) that
the prospects of seeing the Iron Horse pass our
Bort:igh before long, is now reduced to a ear z,
tainty, The President M. Porter, and
Judgee.Packer and Dillinger, accompanied by
tho Engineers of the Company, will pass over
the wholeline, 'settle for damages, and per
nitmently locate the road. A number of chan
.o.a.Will be made in the location, in order to
tepaon the demages t And, we truet.that those
..InAlVidnala through whose land the road may
,Pass, will not-be ton extravagant in the asses
' ment - oftheir. damages, so - that arrangements
'..for . .4te'eame - , - can be mutually agreed upon
withoutlllltigation. The Presidbnt informs us
that thewhole line will be put under contract
by the first of July neat. So there's a good
"time coming.
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. .•311etitown and Pottstown
''.The groat advantage to every section of the
country, by:the erection of a Railroad through
it, has been so often demonstrated, that no ar
guments are necessary, now in their favor. It
is rather a strange circumstance thinks the
POttstOwn Ledger, that the citizens of Phila
delphia, have paid no attention to this Rail
road project, which' would secure to them; a
direct connection with the Lehigh region, from
. 7:?-.Allentown and Northward. Thirty miles of
Railroad will give this connection with Allen
town, by intersecting the Reading Railroad, at
this place. The road will pass through a rich
-:—Agricultural_,neighborhood, acct tapping several
iron and lime districts. The freight upon the
road, would be considerable, which together
with the Allentown passenger and freight trade,
and Lehigh coal and other trade northward,
when a road is extended 'from Allentown, to
Mauch Chunk ; would certainly render the
stock the most ovaluable of the kind, in the
country. The nature of the country admits of
the construction of the road without much ex
pense for grading. It is a project worthy of
immediate consideration.
The Firemen's Parade
Tito Firemen's Parade in Philadelphia, on
M'nnday last, is said to have been one of the
most gorgeous displays. For the last three or
four weeks preparations have been made, and
it is believed that upwards of one hundred
thousand dollars have been expended in get
ting up this splendid aflair. Both our Brass
Bands were engaged, and wo learn from those
who have been present on the occasions, that
they have acquitted themselves well. They
returned on 'Wednesday afternoon—exceeding
ly pleased with the excursion.
Easton Bank
The Bill rechartering the Easton Bank for
fifteen years has been signed by the Governor.
On the 23d of April, Thomas McKean, Fls . q.,
resigned his office as President of the Institu
tion, and David D. Wagner, E q , was elected
to fill•the vacancy. The retiring President has
served in different offices of the Bank for many
years, and with a watchfulness, ability and in
tegrity rarely equalled by the officers of any
other monied
. institution in the State. The
new President is favorably known nt home
and abroad as a shrewed financier, .arid under
hia4pidanee the bank will'retain its reputation
sis one of the best institutions in the country.
nowbank continues its operations under the
novicharter With the following Board of offi
cers: President—David D. Wagner, Cashier
—William Hackett, Teller—John Heckman,
Clerk-Adam Yohe, Assistant Clerk—Thomas
Stator.
Mr. iltekett, the new cashier, has been at
his desk for some time, and pefforms his du
ties in a manner which is creditable to him
self and highly satisfactory to the large nutn•
of business men with whom lie has daily in•
tau:muse. Mr. Sinton, the late cashier has re
• tired-to Philadelphia in an• enfeebled State of
health. He served the institution for upwards
of thirty years, and as an officer and citizen
was highly esteemed.
The Hon. Henry Clay.
The venerable statesman continues very
feeble, and is very sensibly affected by the
changes of the weather: Ilia condition varies
greatly from day to day. He is not, however,
confined to his bed, and from the visible im
provement exhibited in his appearance,
streng,th, and spirits, when the temperature is
genial, it is hoped that when this fitful season
shall have passed he will rally. It is evident,
however, that the patriot's lamp of life verges
upon
—"The sable smoke where vanishes the flame,"
and soorr the light which has illuminated many
a dark day in the history of hie country will
be quenched in death. Among all parties and
creeds, who is there that will not mourn his
lees? What American will refuse to weep
over the grave of him whose noble heart and
magnanimous soul are all Ameiicun? Not ono.
rfaintation of Ile Cloy Medal.—The commit•
.tee of gentiemen from Nevilrork, consisting of
Messrs. Lapp, Prince, and others, waited on Mr:
Clay on Saturday and presented .him another
medal, being an exact copy of the One recently
, lost. The ceremonies were highly
_interesting,
"-*ltr.tliny - mnitinin'llandsome and very feeling
ePPv?h.. . '• ,
tir Tap VVtligs of Miesouri nominate
Poniptian la: Governor.
z• Business Notices.
'447,oi . anat Circus.--qep;Yelch2t3 great nation.
al Circus, .one of the beet pronounced equestrian
establishthents in the'world, world, will exhibit in
Allentown.on Friday the 14th of May, and on
the 15th In Easton. The company have been
peiforrning in Philadelphia to crowded houses
_all winter, and start out upon their summer
tour through the country, with a full stud of
well trained horses, new trappings, costumes,
&c. The people of this neighborhood will
need no urging to patronize "the Circus." •
The Acadcmy.—By reference to our advertis
ing column!, it will be seen that the Allem()Wn
Academy will be re opened under the guidance
of Mr. J. N. Gregory, of Now York as princi
pal. Froth the reputation that the gentleman
bears, we can assure our friends that the In
stitution will loose nothing by the change.—
We refer our readers to his advertisement.
Hardware!—O. 8: J. Saeger, have junk return
ed from Philadelphia with several boat loads
of Hardware, among which are to be found
every article used by the Builder, the Farmer, '
the Mechanic and the ll:iuse keeper. From
what we hear of others they sell goods cheap
er than ever before offered in this place.—
'Versoris building this season should not forget
to buy their Hardware et the Store of 0. & J.
Saeger.
Leather, Bides and 011.—Our columns con
tain the card of William Grim, who has just
received a large assortment of Leather, Hides
and Oil, which he is willin4to sell at clay pri
ces. Mr. Grim is azentleman that understands
his business thoroughly, buys for cash, and is
able to sell to country tanners; goods at city
prices—so that by buying of him they can
save their expense of going to the city.
Gas Light.—Our friend Dr. Donowesky, oilers
for sale a second hand Coal Gas Apparatus.,
capable of creating gas for 50 to 70 burners.—
It has been used only :bout 12 months and is
in good repair. The .Doctor, by the bye one of
our most enterprising individuals has effected
individually what formerly could only be ac.
complished by joint stock companies, at an
enormous cost. He will put his apparatus in
operation at any place, and warrant it to pro
duce the most brilliant light that can be im-
agined. •
Chain Pumps.—Mr. N. D. Knight, manufac
tures a new and Improved Chain Pump with
Iron Curb, at 'his manufactory in John Street,
Allentown. This Pump of the many now in
use, is admitted to bo tho best, and those who
have used them, will admit this fact. We in
vite attention to the advertisement of Mr.
Knight in another column.
What Next ?
'rho Now York Daily limos Bays Kossuth
has "the most marked forbearance toward Mr.
Clay in regard to his opposition to his (Kos
suth'..) policy and conduct." The great states-.
man and the American people generally, ought
to feel under the,greatest obligation to the dis
tinguished llungaiatut for his great mercy to
welds those who, in the name and on the soil
of their own land, have presumed to dissent
from the exile's doctrine, and oppose him in
setting up his will as the law of the land that
has given him shelter and hospitality. Kossuth•
showing 1-lenry Clay, of Kentucky, forbearance
indeed !—the most marked forbearance I—be•
cause Dewy Clay disapproved of his doctrines!
Well, this is certainly to bad.
Ragged Bank Notes
We hear people complaining of the great
number of ragged bank notes in circulation,
the following accounts for the cause, and also
suggests a remedy:
In the existing slate of trade and commerce,
nearly all bills find their way back to their re
spective batiks in the course of a few weeks
at longest. They are reissued again, after
they have become unfit for circulation. Why?
Because the banks expect to gain by their be•
ing defaced and destroyed in the process of
circulation.
What is the remedy I A law prohibiting
banks from ismiing the same bill a second time.
The bank of England never reissues a note.
Let such a law be passed, and we should have
clean and far safer paper currency. Will the
Legislature attend to it 2
California
A steamer has just arrived from Nicaragua
with three hundred passengers and gold—we
know not how much. There is an omniu'm
gathertim of newscnone of it particularly im•
portant et the present moment. What most
struck us, is the statement that great numbers
of Chinese are arriving as immigrants at San
Francisco; so there is a prospect that there
will be a strong infusion of Celestials in the
population of that State, for which, judging of
the manner in which they have thus far con-
ducted themselves, it may be none the worse.
They haVe been quiet, industrious and law
abiding, end are as much liked, we believe,
as any of the foreigners who go to that anti
fermis land seeking no better their fortunes.
Railroad Iron.
This spring the Montour Iron Company had
over five thousand tons of finished Railroad
Iron, to transport on the State Works. They
are now sending it off in boats. Last year
they paid over forty.two thousand dollars toll,
,on coal and other material, delivered nt their
work, and on the transportation of the years
prOduct of Railroad iron. If Congressional
fools, or knaves, could abolish all duties on
imported-Railroad Iron, as
. some of them pro•
pose; it *quite probable these works might
be arrested in their large,. °petitions, and all
other worl:of the same kind,in this country.
But we cannot believe that a Democratic Con
grass will thus commit business; and political
au icide .= Ddnvills . 7nfdligertier:
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tar Tile New York Fulofortrix!eitioge..oro
perfect fame, and yery ekhrialastiti
Death of iruilde tlaulter !
In our last, we announced, on the — autheriif
of a telegraphic dispatch, the melancholy
telligence of the death of Judge Coulter, of the
Supreme Court. Since then we have received
the Westmoreland Intelligencer, from which
wo learn that ho expired at his residence, in
Greensburg at half past ten o'eloek on Tues
day evening, the 20th of April. The intelli—
geuce is of a melancholy nature to nine-tenths
of the people of the State. The Intelligeneer
states that
"Judge Coulter had been in attendance at
the sittings of the Supreme Court, in Philadel
phia for a length of time, and arrived at home
on Friday evening lust, having been unwell
before he left the city. A total prostration of
all, hie physical energies seemed to ensue soon
after his arrival at home, and'under which he
finally sunk."
Our first recollection of Judge Coulter dates
back to the year 1832, though the older viii-
zees of our town remember him at a much ear
lier time, when he was a member of the As-
sembly, then sitting in our present Slate (louse
We learn front some of them that he was then
distinguished for his ardent eloquence, as well
as for a certain eccentricity of manner and
recklessness•in conduct, which at that time ap•
peered habitual if not natural. In 1832 he was
a member of the memorable Congress millet'
passed the act to recharter the U. S. Bank,
which bill was vetoed by Gen. Jackson. Judge
Coulter then a leading friend of the old Gener-
I al, was not sati,fied with the arbitrary and
overbearing course he saw proper to adopt,
and a coldness if not entire separation in po
litical action ensued. We believe Judge Coul
ter was once reelected to Congress after this
separation from his old friend, but he could
not sustain a position of opposition, in West
moreland county, and he shortly retired to pri
vate life and the pursuits of his profession.—
Hu subsequently interfered but little with pal
hies, tho' as a safe and judicious adviser, the
Whig party of the State often availed them
selves themselves of his counsel and assistance.
He held a decided position in the Whig ranks.
In 18-16, Gov. Shuck, who had known him
intimately at an early day, overlooked his pa
{ideal relationship, and nominated him a Judge
of th% Supreme Court. lie was appointed in
the. Fall, and unanimously confirmed by the
Senate in the following winter. Ho first took
his seat iu the adjourned Court held in the ci
ty of Lancaster in December, MI6. Frec. - ,
that time he hold a seat on the Supreme 'Bench, -
having last Fall been elected under nut: amen
ded Constitution, though no other Whig in the
State on the same general ticket did succeed.
This rosult was owing in part to his own per.
Ronal popularity, but more decidedly to the op
position in the city and county of Philadelphia
to Judge Campbell, running on the opposition
tioket. That opposition prevailed to some ex
tent in the county, and altogether produced a
very decided majority in favor of Judge Coulter.
Ele otorial Vote
It has been virtually settled in Congress that
both South Carolina and California shall have
a member of Congress on their several frac
tions—the letter of the law giving it to Caron.
na and the spirit to California. This increases
the whole number of Members to 234, and of
Presidential Electors to 296, making 149 ne•
cessary to a choice-148 being a tie. The
Electorial vote of each State, under the new
Ap: ortionment, as compared with that of 1848,
will be as follows:
States.
Maine,
N. Hampshire,
•Vermont,
nlassachusetts,
*Rhode Island,
•Connecticut,
*New York,
*New Jersey,
*Pennsylvania,
*Delaware,
*Maryland,
Virginia,
*North Carolina,
South Carolina
*Georgia,
*Florida,
Ohio.
Indiana,
Illinois,
lowa, •
Wisconsin,
Michigan,
*Kentucky,
Missouri,
Alabama,
*Louisiana,
*Tennessee,
Mississippi,
Arkansas,
Texas,
California,
1852. 1848
8
5 6
5 6
13 12
4 4
6 6
35 36
7 7
27 .26
3 3
8 8
15 17
10 11
8 9
10 10
3 3
23 23
13 12
11 9
4 4
5 4
a
12 12
9 7
9 9
6
12 12
7 6
4 3
4 4
4 0
Total
We have marked with a Star the fifteen
States that went for Taylor in '4B, giving hint
163 votes to 137 for Cass. The same States
would now cast 161 votes, or 12 more than a
majority, Illinois and Missouri each gain two;
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Mississippi and Arkansas gain one
each; New Hampshire, Vermont, Now York,
North Carolina and South Carolina each lose
one, and Virginia loses two. The other States
have the same number of Members and Elec
tors as before, and California is added to the
number.
Nay Proposition.— A proposit'on hoe been
made to pay Congress a fixed sale y, instead of
the present compensation" of eig t dollars per
diem. The suggestion is to give ach member
ono thousand dollars for the short session, and .
two thousand dollars for the long one, a sum
quite sufficient, and about equal to hal is now
received, mileage excepted:" The e t will lie
to.precipitate busioeis, a `f form yvhialhe pec k
'pie ofthlileoqatie feel is.xeetiett; •
The Prospeets of MO Parrners.
Four years have now elaPied Since Mr. Wel.
kei made his exhibit irithe natiori 'or the benign
'results of this neW tariff in swelling the export
'of food, - carefully avoiding to credit any portion
of the trade to the account of the potatoe rot.—
Such being the result of a single year, what said
he, may not be expected in future 1 Thestarv-
Ing_millions of Europe are to be fed, and our do.
mestic exports, which this year
$150,574,844
have been
must continue to increase, as we
now see them to have increased,
giving us in 1848 the amount of 222,688,350
)n MIL 939,950,003
in 1860, 488,444,056
And bat a few more years were to be required
to enable them to reach the magnificent sum of
"thousands of millions of dollars."
We beg our readers now to remark that all
this mass of absurd calculation was based upon.
the fact that the potatne rot having caused a
large demand in one year, that demand, was to
be continued in succeeding years, and that the
people who were starving because they could
not raise potatoes, were, nevertheless, to be rich
enough to buy from us, at high prices, hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of food, and to pay
us for it.. In whet they were to pay, the Seem,.
tar) , never troubled himself to inquire. Had he
done so, this extraordinary collection of figures
for which no merchant'S clerk in the Union
would - have made himself responsible, would
never have been given to the world.
The scheme has failed. The whole continent
of Europe does not take from us even .twenty
thousand dollars worth of food, the produce o
the grain4rowin,e, States, and the market of Eng
land takes from us less than it did six years
since, when the Corn laws were in full opera
tion. The domestic market is gradually disap-
nearing, and no foreign one has been created to
take its place; nod the consequence is, that
wheat has recently touched a lower point than
it has seen for many years. Under these cir,
cumstances - it is of some importance to our far
mers and our land.owners, and even to our rail.
road makers and projectors, to form some idea
of what is to be the prospect in future; and that
they may do sn, we invite their attention to a
passage from an editorial in the London Econo.
mist—the highest British free trade authority—
received by the last steamer. In reply t; an in ,
quiry of one of the new Ministers, as to what is
to be the future effect on the supply of food to
England, resulting from that crop on the coral,
neat, that journal asks ;
!Why is there not at this moment a terrible
scarcity on the continent, extending more or less
from the Vistula to the Rhine, from the North
Sea to the Adriatic; and England, instead of be.
lug herself short of food, is actually sending
away cargo after cargo, week after week, to the
continent 1 ft is also undeniable that, but for
the one shilling duty on corn, of the existence of
which Major Beresford is probably Ignorant, like
Lord Derby, England would now possess a great
deal more food, and would be able to supply the
sufferers on the continent with more, on cheaper
terms."
Famine now rages over an important portion
of the continent of Europe. The 'starving mil
lions" that were to absorb of our fond to the ex•
tent of hundreds of millions of dollars, now cry
aloud, but who supplies them I The farmers of
Ohio, or Illinois, or Wisconsin, or even those of
Virginia—the land which closes her mines of
coal and ore and lets her vast water.pnwer run
to waste, and sinks from year to year in her po
sition relative to other States 1 It is none of
these; for, even in the face of a famine, the trade
in food in all these States with the European con
tinent has nn existence. in the face of a famine.
prices abroad continue so low that the farmers
are unwilling, to sell ; and nothing lint dire ne
cessity, and the feeling that it is in vain to hope
for better prices, bring their wheat to market.—
Small as was the export to Europe last year, this
year is still less—the quantity of . flour exported
Ifrom the first of September to this date being
Inow twenty per cent. legs than that of laSt year.,
How it is likely to be in future may be judged
by our readers when they see that the advices
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1 by the Africa give us a farther continuance of
the decline brought by each successive steamer
for weeks past. The tendency of the market is
stated to be still downward. ..Wheat has declin- '
ed 2d. to 3d. a bushel, and flour 2s. a barrel.—
For the latter ..anxious purchasers" were, we
are informed to be found at 193. a barrel! Four
dollars and fifty•six cents a barrel in Liserpool,
freight, duty, and commission paid, was the price
at which flour could be sold, in a year in which i
ea terrible scarcity" prevails over one large pm ,
tinn of the continent, end when the grain crop
of Russia had been so short as to induce her to
prohibit its exportation ! Such being the state
of the foreign market, is it wonderful that flour
now sells in .New York at four dollars and a
quarter; and ,if such continues to be its stale,
will it be wonderful if we see it decline to a point
far lower!
We would beg our agricultural readers to re.
fleet for a moment what would be now the price
of wheat or flour, had not this scarcity occurred,
and determine for themselves if it would not be
at a • lower point than it has seen for twenty
years. Next, we would ask them to reflect
what must inevitably be the effect of future large
crofts, and to determine for themselves if they
are not now pursuing a course tending to the. es ,
tablishm ant of lower prices for grain than any
we have ever seen. It is quite clear that there
exists abroad no such market as Mr. Walker
hoped for; and yet we are daily closing our mills
our mines, and our furnaces, that we may pur
chase foreign goods in the form of lead, cloth,
, iron, and hemp, and driving our whole popula.
' tion into agriculture, tharthey may produce food
for a mike! that is now dbmanstrated has no
existence, even in years of scarcity. '
The-repeal of the Corn laws was claimed as
a great boon to our farmers, in consideration of
which we were to abandon the idea of making a ,
,
market nt home for our food, 'converting it into
clotlkaild Iron, lead and hemp, and wool; and
yet no one; We belleve,•can giamins into the ark,
eiatioU'of . the existinusystetwutithobt being sat..
hilstl thltt,.it was the Waist mcisure'for . them that
'England conk{ haii:.adtillAid; : So To n g as the . :
deetand •ivai only occiesional, the..advantagea
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thatWe 'possessed In out .ditnali; our railroads',
and oer'shipS,'enabled us to, appear in market
more 'promptly.than any other nations, and•our
regular product was always sufficiently large to
enable Us to'shatelargely if prices warranted Us
in so doing. Now, all Europe is engaged in
growing grant tor England, and all Europe is
making roads by Which to carry 41 to Market.—
The last steamer brings us a notice of a new
road in Rusila, the sole object of which is the
I faciliation of the transport of grain to the Black
t sea; and thus it is that the cheap labor of Russia
is gradually being placed in a p position to corn.
pete with, our dear labor—the inevitable effect I
of which must be that unless we do fall to that
level we must abandon altogether the idea of
supplying England with food. In five years
from this the facilities of the continent for sup
plying thnt country will probably be twice as
great as now, and there exists no reason for sup
posing that the population of England will be
greater than it is at this moment. In those five
years we shall have added one.half to our food
producing population ; and, taking into consid
eration the saving of labor resulting from the
making of railroads, the increase in the 'surplus
for which a foreign market woufa be needed,
should be several hundred per cent. What then
shall be done with it 1 It is not clear that, if
we do not create a market at home, our farmers
.most be ruined I We should be glad that some
one of our free.tratle friends—a sincere believ
er in the advantage of our present revenue sys
tem, under which we buy so thurh food and sell
so little—would take up the facts of the -Case as
they now stand, anti explain by them what pro
cess we arc to be enabled to maintain any trade
in food whatever, except it be by aid of such a
reduction of prices as must to an enormous ex..
tent diminish the return to labor, and to a still
greater extent the power to consume iron; cloth.
lead or hemp—the articles that under the tariff
of 1842 we made, and that under that of 1846 we
buy and pay for, not with food, but bonds.
Congressional Apportionment.
The following is the apportionment proposed
by the bill for dividing the Suite into Congres
sional Districts, as reported to the Legislature
by the committee of conference:
1.--Eouthwark, MoYamensing, Passyunk, in
the county of Philadelphia, and Cedar, Lombard,
Spruce and New Market Ward:, in the City of
Philadelphia.
2.—The City of Philadelphia, excepting the
Wards before mentioned.
3,-I(ensington, and Northern Liberties, in
the county_of Philadelphia.
4.—Spring Garden, Penn District, North Penn.
Kingsessing; West Philailelphilloclfley,Rial..
mond, unincorporated Northern Liberties Brides.
burg, Aramingo, In the county of Philadelphia.
s.—monignmery county and Bristol township,
Upper and Lower Germantown, Upper and Low.
er Manayilnk, Frankford, Roxborough, Byberry,
Lower Dublin. White Hall, Oxford, and More.
rand, in the county of Philadelphia
6.—Chester and Delaware counties
7.—Ducks and Lehigh.
B.—Berks.
9.—Lancaster.
10—Lebanon, Dauphin anti Union, and the
township of -Lower Mahony, in the- county of
Northumberland.
1 —Schuylkill and Northumberland counties,
except Lower Mahonoy township.
12.,--Montour, Columbia, Luzern., and Wyo-
OM
13—Northampton, Monroe, Carbon, Pike and
Wayne.
14—Susquehanjia, Bradford and Tioga.
ts—Lvcoming, Sullivan, McKean, Putter,
Clinton, Clearfield, Centre and Mdlin.
16- , -York, Perry and Cumberland.
17—Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and
Juniata.
18—Somerset, Cambria, Blair and Hunting.
19 —West moreland, Armstrong, and Indiana
20—Payette, Greene and Washington.
21—Alleghany' county, except that part which
lies north_east of the Ohio and north•weal of the
Alleghany river.
22—Butler county, and that part of Alleghany
county not included in the 21st District.
23—Deaver; hawrencc and Mercer.
24—Venango, Warren, Elk, Forest, Jefferson
and Clarion.
25—E ri e and Crawford.
April 30..—Mr. Evans ofilfred a joint resolu•
tion authorizing the Clerks of the two Houses to
change the Congressional Apportionment bill
recently passed, as to make the 15th district con
Kist of the counties of Lycoming, Sullivan, Clin•
ton, Potter, Centre and Mifflin, and the 24 district
to consist of the counties of Venango, Warren,
hleKeen, Clearfield, Jefferson, Forrest, Elk and
Clarion.
April 80.—The Governor has this afternoon
signed the bill apportioning the State for the elec
tion of Representatives in Congress, as reported
by the Committee of Conference of the two Hop•
ses, and also the joint resolution passed to•day,
amendatory of the same so far as relates to the
.15th and 24th districts.
Shock of an Earthquake.—On .the 30th of April,
at about 1 o'clopk, a tremulous vibratory mo
tion, similar to the shock of an earthquake, was
distinctly felt by many of-the clerks in the Tree.
rury and acme Department buildings, and by
some other persons in this city. This shock
was of such a decided character that some per.
sons involuntarily left the buildings above men~
tinned. for the street. The degree of Intensity of
the shock was'proportionate to'llte elevation from
the ground;'tbose in the upper stories feeling It
more sensibly than those below. Some nine
years ago, a shock of the some kind was Uotleett
by the occupants of the Treasury tlddina, and
which, though , supposed by a worthy chitin to
be-easily accounted for nu a Very simple and
commonplace hypothesis, 1-ritved to be a verha•
ble earthquake, having beet. simultatteotudy ob.
Nerved forgreat ditilanees south of us; we think
even . in Southlitnerion,—,-Nut. bttelltitterr,
John ,Ileynolds,ea•Clovoritar bad tlit - •
NI; U. of Itlittols, is engageltin wrilintw hiMR
.of that State, itont dloeoteii , 6
4711 to the Teat' 11110. -.
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More "Material Aid” Needed , ' ...
The Vienna correspondent of the - London
Times wiltes tis.follows concerning the Mother ,
and sisters of Kussu . th • •
- .The family i3 : in great, distress, and a small
ium--1i believe. about *l:2i—having been fort
warded by some philanthropist (or their relief:
the Imperial authdrlties; after satisfying them
selves that it was.really intended (Or their sup.;•
port, with great readiness consented to its being
paid into the hand of the aged mother, who has
a third daughter, and thirteen childrin of the two
daughters who are In prison, dependent on her
for their daily bread.'
The New 'York Times copies the above, arid
calls for additional contributions. It acknowled;
ges the receipt of 560 from the wife of a Net;
Nev. York member of Congress.
Lt . :no*, in airconscience, has been said to
render obnoxious, the name of Kossuth. Now,
we do not believe this talc about his towhee:"
distresses—and if true, will not the 'Magyer'
send her aid and comfort. We think so. But
tell us, some body, will that Ohio saddle makei
ever get paid for them 12000 saddles making rur
theiltingarinn revolution to corns. off in July
next I) .
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Songs Carolina Gail--T he great yield of Mr.
Dorris' Gold mine in South Carolina is attract:
ing considerable attention in that State.—
The Erlg nrsfirld Advertiser gives the result of
the operations for the month of March, taken ,
from die books of Mr. D., as follows
Total produce, 2 . 6,107 pennyweights, malting
an average for each corking day of about 1006
pennyweights. This daily yield is worth nearly
one thousand dollars, which is proven by the
fact that 4,632 pennyweights, already carried to
the mint by a responsible agent, has been 50:11
for something over 14,330. Pretty fair, we re•
peat, for eight hand, in South Carolina diggins.
A New D:scovery.—Ai Conshohocken, on the
Schuylkill, a company of very enterprising indi•
victuals has been organized for the purpose of
making a kind of glass ware from the refuse or
cinders of the 'Merion Blast Furnace.'• Their
intention is to manufactUre coffins, table-tops
mantels, dour knobs, flagging, as well as kitchen
and other utensils. The enterprise, you will
perceive, is a novel one, and if successful—of
which there appears to be little doubt—ntuSi be
of universal benefit. Thus. while the manufac
tured articles must displace muchthafis now itt
use, the worthless cinders muj,l(oly become a
substance of value. So much for the dkoovr
ries of science—and where thry are to end,
time only can determine.
. A Alga uf—lhtsinas. Mr. A<a Paiktr, who
keeps the Temperance grocery, 244 Broome t.b.,
New York, has been married but six years, dui ,
ing the last five of which his wife has presen
ted him four pairs of twins, in all eight children
[four boys and four girls.] the lost pair horn on
the 20th of April. Mr. Parker sells no alcoholic
beverages, yet finds employment in his business
for fourteen clerks, none of whom have reason
to complain of a want of Work. He is decidedly
a successful man, and his good fortune will per
haps give a ray of hope to the toug,hest kind of
old bachelors.
lIEEM=CI
The Will of John McDonogh.—The suit brought
by the collaternal relatives of dno.'McDonough
to annul his will, Was nn trial before the U.S.
District Court at New Orleans, at the. last advid
ces. The. suit instituted hg the States of Louisi ,
atm and Maryland, against the cities of New Or
leans and Baltimore, also to annul the will, was
to haVe come up in the Supreme Court of Ion"
isiana, on the 20th inst. The New Orleans Del
ta men lions a rumor that .a female is now living
in that city, to whom Mr. M,:D3nogh was legally
married, and by whom she hail two children.—
It is said that previous to his death he gave them
1 , 50,000. If the collaternal relatives succeed in
breaking the will, the widow and children, if.
such there be, will come in for the property.
Sale of Cows : —Some two dozen milch Cows.
of good blood, were sold by auction in Washing
ton city, on Saturday Week, as follows: Two
Cows, the purchaser having the choice, sold for
fifty.eight dollars each; the third, fifty.four ;. the
fourth and fifth, fifty.three each ; the sixth, liftv.-
six ; the seventh, fifty.three; the eighth, fifty
four; the ninth, fifty-one dollars ; and the re
mainder, brought, relatively lower prices.
Soap Stith for Vines.--A. J. flowing, editor of
the Horticulturist, says : have seen the Isa.
hell:: grape produce 3,000 fine clusters of well
ripened fruit in a season, by tl*„ liberal use of
manure and snap suds from the weekly wash."
The effect ofsoap suds on other plants is some •
thing surprising. A cypress vine, which had re.
mained stationary for a fort night, when about
two inches high, immediately conimenced grow
ing after a good watering with soap suds, and
grew about sit, inches thu first five days.
One of the Pioneers.—The last survivor of the
party that accompanied Lewis and Clarke in the
fainous overland expedition to the Pacifiis in
1814.15 16, has been remaining in this city, for .
a few. days past.. In company with his sons, he'
is now on his way to California, nearly the same
route, for half the distance, that hetrivelled for•
ty years ago. Men like him, are living history'
cal monuments of the wonderful progress'-that .
our country has made. In his clear eye that age'
has not dimmed, we could read volumes of the'
wonderfully adventurous history of pioneer fife
((Wenn, (Ill.) Jefrersonian.)
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Death nrGen.'Suloman Van Renegefear.— Gen.
solomon Von Itensselear, of, Albany, died on
Friday last, In his 79th year, In that city. He
was the son of (lan. Ilenry Van Rensselaer, who
tweed so ably In the Revoluilon. Solomon al.
so *erred in the Indian wars, under Wayne, and
in the way of ISIS, in bath aeqnliting himself
with diatinction. At the battle of Queenstown
ha \part MOP* %TOW% 1k was elected to
Whims% Ron his !IPA( tett Wed hold mend oiv.
it office% of WO% • •
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