~3 .M' :j,: iittgiotcr. /entoviii.., Pa. THU I 4T, ?HI 18;0611. -' l *-% The ,EitherFrilit - Proirpetits• • .:•^t , 0 , 2 We think we are safe in asserting 'that the i rospects of an abundant fruit season were greater in this section than at present. 'We cannot 'peak of the apples—though we have no fees for them—but of every other sort ..; •otir anticipations' of a year of plenty are most sanguine. The show of open blossoms on . , f r 2i . * _the cherry, plum and apricot, equals anything .we have ever seen, and even the peaches, sup. Tioied to have been entircly dtstroyed, are full tM"mio•third in:life—,-an ample supply for a full trap. The'eoiid,backward weather, is in favor • of all these fruits, as it prevents the blossoms expanding before the danger from the' late frosts has passed. We think now all danger is over, and that we are warranted in announir Ing.that the promise of an abundant crop of the liner fruits is better than it had been far many years The Crops. ,The Wheat and Rye fields throughout Le t.l4.oiglt and the adjoining; counties, we regret to ,bear, look very unpromising. The severe cold ;,-.7,..cifthe past winter killed many of the young Plnnta, thue preventing that luxuriance neces, 7sltik eery' to a-plentiful crop, _while the lateness of -- The Spring has retarded vegetation of all kinds et least a fortnight compared with former years. - The grain fields as a general thing, have a bald •"''uneven appearance. The Reading Journal of The Bth inst,'also speaks of the unfavorable pros pects of the grain fields in Berke county. The stoned growth Indicates a late harvest, liable to partial if not material injury by rust and mil dew. In many localities, there will, from pres , ent .appearances, be scarcely half the usual yield. : The grass, though backward, is shoot .. ing up finely under the genial warmth of the last few days, and bids fair to turn out a fine crop. The fruit trees are now putting forth 'their blossoms, and present a hopeful appear ance. Oats, corn and potatoes, though later . sown than usual, are likely to do well. Water Company. At an election for managers of the North. ampton Water Company, for the ensuing year, held on Mlnday last the following persons wore chosen : Lewis Schmidt, Joseph Weaver, John Diefenderfer, M. D. Eberhard and John _Eckert. The first three gent When name - d - are new members and are elected to establish new order of things in the management of the Company. They constitute a majority of the Board, and the citizens of Allentown, have now some hopes, that the crying evils heretofore said to have existed in the mismanagement of its affairll be remedied. . Convictions The May session closed on Saturday last.— Aaron Druckenmiller, was tried; found guilty of arson, and convicted to ten years imprison ment in the eastern penitentiary. Aaron Strobl, also convicted for larceny, was senten ced to one year's imprisonment. Rudolph Co burst, a lad 15 years of age, convicted for petty larceny, was sentenced to the House of Ref uge, on:age, being for a term of six years.' Opposition up Stream. The success attending the experiment of Captain Young, in navigating the Delaware from Lambertville to Easton, with his steam• boat, has induced some live Yankee to set up an opposition. A week ago, anew boat, some thing smaller.than the "Major Barnet,", com. •snenoed running on the line. The "Major Planet" has commenced under a new arrange :Tient, by which she will run daily each way, between Lambertville and Easton, connecting with the railroad at the former place. If the travel and transportation will warrant the. two lines, the public may be benefitted by the com petition ; but if it shall prove the destruction of the business, so far' prosecuted so advanta. geously by Captain Young, the loss will be se riously felt. We trust, at any rate, that the navigation of the Delaware may not be aban doned, or rendered profitless. The Press. The Richmond :Enquirer, *peaking of the common notion that everybody has a right to publish what he pleases, at the publisher's ex pense and not his own, says, very forcibly : The press is only free to its editors, and to those whom its editors believe to have good ground for addressing the public, and some thing to say which the public has an interest in hearing. We would recommend those who labor under this mistake to consider the fol.. lowing fact—that newspapers are made for the large class who read, and dot for the small class, who want to write. The idea that when a man subscribes for a newspaper, lie lays its proprietor under some undefinable ob. ligation, or that he has a right to publish his communication's therein, with the single pro viso that they shall be inoffensive, is a pope, tar fanny and most ridiculous mistake, which ought to be corrected. Not only has he no such right, but the editor who permits him to put uninteresting matter in his columns infrin ges ugon the rights of four or five thousand other people to gratify one individual. Very few editors act so abettrdly. Nbar Counterfeits.. Bioknall's Reporter of May Bth, describes . the following new counterfeits: Trrton Blinking Company, Trenton, New ieptey. as. spurious ; vignette, a man on • Witrieback and drove of cattle. The word Five priiited in red, across the centre of thtnote • • Ceiltral Bank, Worcester, Mass.-ss, 'aputi. one; vignette, locomotive and Arain of pars.— On the right end, figuie of Libetty l and on the elft r an Indian and denomination of note. 80, on the State. Bank of Ohio, said to be al• tend from ones, Court Riooeildiugo ComMonwerallts•Ft. Getter.— Charge of .fernicitinia and Vaid s ktly,en, oath of Henrietta Heichard..:may,4, - .defendant - heing arranged plead guilty tO the. charge. Sentence of the Court to, pay.it fine of one dollar, $3O for lying in-expenses, and to pay the further sum of fif ty cents per week' or the maintainance of the child for seven years. • Commonwealth vs. Aaron Druckenmiller.—This was a charge of arson, on oath of Martin Sem mcl. It appeared in the testimony that about three-weeks ago, 'as Mr. Sem mel was looking out of the whitlow of his dwelling house, he perceived a man leaving his barn, and going in the direction of a certain woods not fur off. A short time after this he perceived smoke is suing from his barn, and in a few moments the whole barn was enveloped in flames. Oite of the.ne.ighbors who was attracted to the spot by the flameti, in going to the fire, passed through the above named woods, where lie encountered the. prisoner at the nr, who seem ed to be in great trouble as to what lie should do with himself. This together with some sig- I nificient expressions ho made at that time, showed conclusively,, that he was the guilty party. The jury returned a verdict of guilty in manner and form as indicated. The Court sentenced him to ten 'years imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary. Commonwealth vs. Elisha Forrest. —The charge of assault and b'attery on oath of Samuel A. Bridges, Esq.' Thy circumstances of this ease are of a somewhat serious nature. It a ppear• ed in evidence that the parties to this case were employed as counsel in a certain law suit. A quarrel ensued between the distin guished counsel on the ground, that undue ad vantages had • been taken in the settlement of the aforesaid case, which subsequently resulted in a bloody encounter. The parties it appear. ed met each' other in front of 0. & J. Saeger's Hardware Store, when after some - altercations the plaintiff had recourse to a wooden fork that was near at hand, and with which he dealt the defendant a blow. Verdict of not guilty of battery and guilty of assault. Commonwealthvs. Strobl. This was en inr dictment for larceny. Defendant on the night when the act was committed, lodged in the house of the prosecutor, when taking advan tage of his hospitality, he entered his room and stole therefrom the sum of twenty five dollars. The jury returned a verdict of guilty in man ner and form as indicted. Sentence of the Court,ihat the defendant undergo an imprison- ment in the Eastern Penitentiary for the term of one year and pay the cost of prosecution. Mahlon Luther vs. Dr:11. Ilelfrich.—This was an action of malpractice brought against de. fendant to recover damages for an injury done the plaintiff whereby he totally lost the use of his right arm. It was alleged by plaintiff that lie fell from his horse, and dislocated his el bow, that the defendant who is a practical pity eisian was called in to attend him, and that ho improperly treated his arm, by which im proper treatment he lost the use thereof. The defence contended that owing to the peculiar circumstances it was impossible to tell the na ture of the wound, and therefore that the defen dant is not in the fault. The jury returned with a verdict in favor of plaintiff. for $l5OO 00 damages with six cents cost. Aaron Druckenmiller, convicted for arson, was sentenced to undergo an imprisonment of ten years in the Eastern Penitentiaiy. A New Store.—Oar advertiring columns con tain the business card of J. W. Grubb, who has lately opened a splendid Store on the south east corner of Hamilton arid Allen Streets, directly opposite Seider's Hotel, in Allentown. Mr. Grubb is a young beginner, a man of bus iness, well versed in the mercantile pursuits, displays good taste in the selection of his goods and above all is a very clever fellow. Recol lect his store on the corner—go and see him. Allentown Batallion. The Artillery Batallion, consisting orate Tay lor Artillerists, commanded by Capt. Giering, Putnam Artillerists, Capt. Guth, and Lehigh Fencibles, Capt. Samson, will assemble for in spection and Batallion parade, on Saturday the 22d of May, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, in the Borough of Allentown. Spring Bata'lions are getting to be popular again. Cattavvisaa and Erie Railroad By the following letter, to the Editor of the Columbia Democrat, at Bloomsburg, it will be seen that the Engineers are now engaged in locating the Road between Cattawissa and IVilliamsport. The letter sufficiently explains iteelfyind will, -we have no doubt, be road With a considerable degree of interest, by our readers in this section: ENGINEER'S bldomsburg, April 29, 1852. To the Editor of the Columbia Democrat Dear Sir:-t.have the honor to send you a / 11 MaFro( the , Philadelphia and 'a Railroad. Upon inspection of the Map, yo will perceitie the superiority of the' route Cattawissa ..Railroad, in point of directnes o r every.oth, or line of communication betty n the citieti of Philadelphia and of New Yor d the Lake region. The grades on this line re very la• vorable, the Maximum grade running east ward, being only 33 leet per mile. The portion of The line between Cattawissa and Tamaqua, .with the exception of 7 miles, isalready graded and a small additional out: lay will complete that portion of the work.—. The remaining portion of the line beiween Williamsburg and Cattawissa is being finally located by a party of Engineers who are now in town. In view, of all these circumstances, would it not be advisable for the citizens of Columbia and LycoMir% con - Mies; to. be up and doing, and_to render itnialerial.aid," to those now en., gaged in carrying oi this important enterprise, to push the work to an early completion. Very respectfully yours M. E. LYONS. Assignment of LanaltittiantEl., . _ . . . The omission to give any kip!, forlillower of attorney in the publishedjegulatlorie t fet the assignment of land warrants, Faye : ItherN,Y.- Journal of Commerce, under the resent an; of Congress, led to inquiry being made,to •the: General Land Office, at Washington, 'when the following form of epower of attorney, arufal: io proper directions for its executioN, were communicated to the writer. They will be of 4ervice all over the country : Form of a Power of Attorney Know all men by these presents, that I, (here insert the name of Warrantee,) of the county of , and State of—, do here by constitute and appoint , of- -my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to sell and convey the within land war. rant, Na.—, foracres of land, which - T is issued under the act of September, 1850. Signed in presence of ‘Varrantee's j signature. The acknowledgment of this power of attor ney must be taken and certified in the same manner as the acknowledgment of the sales of the warrant or certificate of location before prescribed, and lutist also be endorsed on the warrant. Land Warrants. How Assigned in case of the Death of the Inir rantee.-‘4l the Warrantee died after the War. rant was issued, the heirs, if . adults, jointly must assign, if minors, their guardian, having previously obtained an .order from the Court having proper j9ristifflion, can alone assign their interest therein, if there are both adult and minor heirs, the former and the Guardian of the latter•must unite in making the assign m en't. An executor cannot assign a Warrant under said act, unless specific directions are given by the testator to him to dispose of the same. If the Warrantee died before the Warrant was issued, it is null and void, and must be returned to the Commissioner of pensions, who will cancel the same and issue another in the name of the widow, (if he left one,) if he left no widow, but minor ehildren,the War rant will he issued in their names, if he left neither widow or Minor children, there exiqte no right in any other person thereto. Remarks.—lf the warrantee died after the is. suing of the ','arrant, proof of the fact must accompany the Warrant, and proof of heirship 1111161 also accompany the Warrant. This - proof Must consist of the certificate of a pro bate court, under seal, stating the time of the death of the Warrantee, and giving the name of the widow, or if the widow, of each and every child, designating which are minors and which are of age. The widow is entitled to the Warrant. If there is no widoW, then the children are enti tled to it. If there are neither widow nor children, the Warrant it null and void. Reflation. —ad bachelors and widdwers without children should assign their Warrants &afore they die. • A Point of Politeness Dr. Johnson once said that a gentleman could not be guilty of a greater piece of im• pertinence than to be continually asking ques tions. The learned lexicographer, albeit not particularly courteous himself, knew what good-breeding was: like our old schoolmaster who used to say, rapping the offenders on the knuckles, "boys, though I can't write remark ably well myself, I know what good writing is." We think that the doctor's assertion might be advantageously made matter of reflection in these United States. English tourists have_ not been so far wrong in abusing Americans for their inquisitive habits. Everybody, we presume, is familiar with gentlemen, who though, well bred in all other respects, are guilty of this anoying practice. One cannot be in the society of such persons ten Minutes, without being asked all sorts of ridiculous ques tions, or subjected to a cross-examination as to one's pursuits and those of his friends. The habit is easily acquired by minds naturally so licitous of knowledge, and afterwards imper ceptibly grows on them. 'Moreover, though at first directed to the acquisition of useful in telligence, it nearly always degenerates, more or less, into a vicious taste for gossip. Our ob- servations lead us to think that ladies are less guilty of this (atilt than gentlemen, and for the reason, perhaps, that they have more fact, which enables them to see how annoying the practice is. So much for a point of politeness on which our opinion has been solicited. Georgia Union Convention. Schism seems to be the order of the day in all parties and divisions of parties. IVo have received full accounts of the proceedings oldie Georgia Constitutional Union men, and it seems that they, too, could only "agree to dia. agree." In the Convention fierce strife arose relative tonic appointment of delegates to the Baltimore Convention, between the Whig and Democratic wings. The latter wore voted down, and the Platform we have published, adopted? The Union Democrats, however, 'Were not willing to recognize this action as a "(batty" binding on them, nor to "acquiesce" in the decision of the ungodly. After-the ad.. journment. of the Convention, they' reisolvtid theenselves into a•Union' Democratio Conveni , tion, adopted the Baltimore platform 01848, .the reSelutions of Messrs. Jackson and Hillyer, and 'appointed twenty-one delegates . to the' 41altiniorw(Dernocratic ) convention, instruct. ed to urge opon . it.this affirmation of those res. olutionsi. Kutztown liatallion .. This - great annual . ev - ent comes off ori Satur day,the 22nti othiay. ,Who has norheard of the °Kutztown Bittallicais.--ayo, who ttiltAlivits l within'so toffee, has riot some time 'or other ' wilneaeed one of liatherinKP l ';g 1 44312 . Chance to'come across this paMgraph,-101 hirn attend. iiva tieruiti° him that' for inch Mier !Sons, Kutzlarrnis'a "great country." - • . • 44416141 . -Deoisions; District Court ; - March Sessions, Uleggs Members or a 'cciparntershirr are not entitled orpattneeship property to specific articles to the value grarnunt all o we d o by statute as exemp• ted troth execution. - --,--- lar The Col urnbu a States man.kays.that Cathe arlne Se.holey, aged 30, born in Picknway coon. ty, Ohio, is thelargest woman tiving 7 -she weighs 011 lbs., and is now exhibited to the curious of that city. 1 - Our farmers are taking advantage of the fine weather, and working. hard to , make up for lost time. g:yrhe trunk belonging to Mr. Merritt, of Nashville, containing $12,009 in gold dust, lost on the Robert Rogers ; was fished up from the bottom of the Ohio, near Louisville, last week. -re• The number of persons employed in man ufactories in the United States in 1850 was 1,050 000. The Sheriff - delivered up the individual prop 4 I C"Between three-and six millions of dollars erty to plaintiff, but refused to deliver up the vtoif-lh of lumber are now nearly manufactured partnership property; attelllrsattinett, : was nf.. in Northern Pennsylvania. terwards sold under a writ of venditioni ekßonas, l'''' crlt is stated that the passage of horses and ._ . at the suit of the same parties. - rcattleoVer the Wheeling bridge dining the last The opinion of the Court was delivered on a 1 winter has been immense. Since the Ist of De paint reserved at the trial by ' cember the number has probably been not less J. Sznoun (after reciting the facts)—"The sin- than 70,000. gle question is, whether the members ofa copart nership are severally entitled under the Act 'of oth of April 1849, to claim out of partnership properly levied on under an execution against the firm,- specific articles of the value ofs3oo, and re. quire the Sheriff, instead' of selling to deliver them as exempt from execution. No one of the members ofa copartnership has a separate property in the partnership effects.— The ownership is a joint one, and resides in the firm. The partnership effects are primarily lia_ ble for partnership debts, so that a sale under an execution against: one of the partners does not enable the purchaser to demand the possession of any thing corporeally Set up for sale. It may be levied on the next moment for a partnership debt, and the right to possess and retain it will be acquired at once by the Sheriff's vendee. If, therefore, the individual partner could ac• quire delivery by the Sheriff of partnership ef, fects, seized on execution for a partnership debt he would be enabled to possess himself of prop_ erty that he never owned before, and for which, es an individual, he has given no value ; and in case another of the firm should happen to have private .properly worth $3OO, for which he ob_ rained exemption, his copartner, who might be so fortunate as to have none in his own right, could extract $3OO worth of the partnership cf ecifrom the grasp ofThe excetiiTn — e - n - ff'eonse_ quently from the reductions of the partnership liabilities, and hold the same to the common de. triment, as well of his copartner, as of their joint creditors . This wis in action fiVought against Houston, Robinson & Moil, and William Deal, Sheriff, for selling 476 . 3 - 4 yards of sattinelt, under the fol.. lowingcircumstances: • - The saltinett belnnged to the firm of Smith & Clegg, of Which the paintifl was a member, and was leived on by the sheriff under an execution. at the suit of Houston, Robinson & Mott, for a partnership debt. And the paintilTelccted to re tain these goods, which were appraised at $214 53, together with individual property of the plain• tiff appraised at $B6 47, amounting .together to $3OO, as exempt from levy and sale on execution pursuant to the provisionS of the Act of 9th April, 1849. No such injustice could have been intended by the legislature, and there is nothing in the language of the Act of Assembly which gives t. .nnh an idea . The letter and spirit of the enactment are entirely consonant with the plain principles of justice. Judgment is to be entered according to the res. creation on the trial for the defendants non ob. stante veredicto.—Lrgal Intelligencer, Henry Clay The mortal career of Henry Clay appears to be drawing to it close. His health is in that condition that his death would not be unexpect. ed by his friends, shotild it occur any moment; The editor of the New York Express, who is now in Washington, writes: "The contrast of a year tome was most pain ful, and Mr. Clay looks, physically, only like the wreck of the man lie was. There is hardly .strength enough in his hands to convey food to his month, and he is helped to and from his bed like a feeble child„ He rises very late, and, as Ice told me, has not known, for a long time, what it was to enjoy an hour of sweet, refreshing, na' tural sleep. But like an old forest oak, beauti ful even in its decay, Mr. Clay still survives, and exhibits the marks of past strength and pres. eat 'power. The lustre of his eyes is undimmed, he both sees and knows his friends. The - grasp of his hand is as fervent, earnest and kindly im pressive as it ever was. His voice continues to be. all sweetness and melody, except when its tones are moved by that bodily weakness which makes it painful for him to speak, and it is al ways very painful for him to speak long.' But the greatest blessing which. God vouchsafes to a dying man is his. He. has that peace of mind which the world can neither give nor take away, and as intelligent as unclouded as in the day of its greatest brilliancy. Most of his thoughts are devoted to that change of existence from which none of us are exempt . ; and that change may come in an hour or a day, or it may be postpon ed till the spring, or the summer flowers fade and die. In the meantime, Mr. Clay is tranquil ly prepared for the messenger, whenever he comes ; and he remark& of his death in a ,con,. tiding, Christian spirit, that though it , may be prisumption in him, to say so, he looks forward to the world beyond the grave with faith in God H and trust in a better life. e is a member and. communicant of the Episcopal Church, and among the few books in his room, the World of God occupies the most conspicuous place." Teachers fur the " West.`- Ex-Governor Slade continues, his earnest and successful labors for the promotion of the cause of education in the West. Three excellent female teachers were sent out, to California, by the steamer Georgia, nod'one is soon to be sent- to .New -Mexico.— Twenty•five "teachers, Who• have" been • under a course of educational. training at Hartford, will leave for the;AMississippi valley shortly, We believe the whole number otteachers sent loth' the western valley and'to the Pacific coast, by the society which2tix-Governor Slade represents, is about two hundred and seventy.five.. e 'Phikuklphia..—:. John J. RidgwnY• Esq., `has subseritmdttwenty live thousand -dollars ,to the - dapitillstocic of the Sunbury and Exis.Railroal : Thls la a Icirgeiamciuntshan was sckbaiiribedby .. anyone indivldualto ths . stockol . the,Peuaayl. Ircibla Railroad, . • . . fell in , Cinclemiti lastlireelcioe'ilerge R 9 a hicltllry • ' • . GLEANINGS. • : - ..rieM.l..ncieri Murat, formerly of Bordenio2/51 Is ,reported in the last European papers to hive received from the French g ov e rnment a pension , . of 2,000,00 francs-about $500,000. The - Illinois Whig State Convention meets at„Springfield, on the 7th.ofJuly-.; The. Homooide at Columbia Considerable excitement was created in Co. lumbia on the 20th of April, by the appearance in our borough of Deputy Marshal Snider, of Darri§buru, accompanied by polio° officer Ridge. ly, of Baltimore, and . Mr. Stansburg, for the put% pose of capturing a colored man, - alleged to be the slave of the latter gentleman. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the party pro. ceeded to a lumber yard at the southern extrem• ily of the town, where the negro was engaged in, piling lumber, and his arrest was attempted by the two officers. Smith, the alleged fugitive tried to make his escape, when in the struggle officer Ridgely drew a pistol and discharged the contents through his neck, in the region of the carotid artery. Smith fell instantly dead. Much excitement being produced, Ridgely then staled that he should deliver himself up to the authorities, but upon the arrival of the bo, rough officers at his hotel he was found to have escaped. It was then slated by some of the bystanders that he was seen going over the Colutnbia Bridge at a rapid pace, and no doubt reached the half. past four o'clock train for Baltimore. Officer Snider took the cars for Harrisburg at 7P. M. He had been under temporary arrest, but was liberated by the officer without , an ex. IMMM Deputy Coroner Fisher held an inquest upon the body of Smith and a verdict was rendered in accordance with the above facts. Smith leaves a wife and two children. He had resided in this burough.ahout 18 months. The above facts Italie been gleaned from the statement before the Coroner's jury. Ridgelll in INN/nom-1 no the slave at Columbia, is named Ridgeley, and belongs to the firm of Zell & Ridgeley of this ci• ty. He was pursued by an excited and infuria_ ted crowd from Columbia, and with great dim.. catty made his escape and reached this city this morning. He gives the following account of the anir. After the arrest of Smith, an enraged crowd of negroes surrounded him to endeavor to res cue his prisoner. In order to defend himself, and intimidate them, he drew his pistol. They still pressed upon him, and Smith, in a struggle to get away, got his (Ridgeley's) finger in his mouth. Under the excitement caused by the pain and the mob around him, he raised his other hand, in which was the pistol, and in Ihe sudden im. pulse discharged it, the contents entering Smith's side, and killing him instantly. He fled ; pursued by the crowd, and with great difficulty succeeded in reaching Shrewsbnry, York county, where he got on the cars for Balti- more. He is now getting legal advice in the matter. IV/lal Quakers Do.—Quakerism is favorable to longevity, it seems. According to the late Eng. lish census returns, the average age attained by members of this peaceful sect in Great Britain", is fitly one years, two months and twenty one days. Half of the population of the countty, as is seen by the same returns, die before reaching the age of twenty one, and the average duration of human life the world over, is but thirty.three years ; Quakers, therefore, live a third longer, than the rest of us. The reasons are obnoious, enough. Quakers are temperate and prudeof, arc seldom in a hurry, and never in.a Quakers in the very midst of the week's busi-, ness, (on Wednesday morning.) retire from the world, and spend an hour or two in silent medi tation at the meeting•houie. Quakers are dili. gent, they helfi . one 'another, and the fear ofliant does not corrode their minds. The journey of life to them is a walk of peaceful They neither suffer nor enjoy' intensely, but pre serve a composedderneanor always. It is not sur. prising that their days should be long in , the land. The Cheese Trade.—Durinx the year 1850. it appears there were produced in the United States one hundred and 'thirteen millions of pounds of cheese; and , this enormous product was nearly all required to - meet the denanhtt for home con sumptionl-,:the Intel exijort am - milting to less than nine millions of pounds. BY far the larg, e'st part.of the whble cbmes (iorn the State ,'of New, York and "Ohio—the, former produding over forty.nine 'Millions, and the latter over twenty-one millions of pounds. wrassachnsotta, Rhode Island, Connecticut, PennsylvatiM E Mlch. igan and•lllinois follow next amongst the larg est prOducers, Of tl c bther . .Siates, none . pro: cluce a mililon of perm.' f. The quantity proditc .lfd In: the..ofOiliffern„stiips is very ansall,• itt,pro• pOitiOritu theie.nopnlatioitrma territorial extent . _ pint Offift: 4PPONI/1011 , —.. The -Peetatester, Pettereishos'aitppliteita t;. l asetiy,Tee!ntaster at: Bpi,We; ih .thit:ioeht; of A; eohlEsq, re. *tined, '..Joto . *;(;oltelji:Em.',-; 'kite bieooP': atat Optim Poeester it Point Pleasant, Itoehetiq: 'Penney!voila. • • 4.he saibotuw. B.ejnOpais Deef,!fers'ofthi Superintendent vsci While tbeltities not in terms authorise it, the 'superintendent does. not see that here .can be a reaionstbla , ohjention to directors making such arrangements as is provided for in section XI of the School laivsvith adjoining districts In adjoining i3tiadv,hiii in such it is necessary that the consent of all.peesons directly interested be given. To constitute a subdistrict legally it is neces. sary to enter its boundaries upon the minutes of the board of directors. Constables must collect the five per cent. al lowed by law for the collection of school taxes from the delinquent tax payers, and if they neg. lect to do this they necessarily lose their per centage for it cannot be deducted from the tax. School directors have a general control over. school houses used forcommon schools, Whew owned by districts the directors are not author• ized to permit them to be used for any other pur , pose than for teaching school in them, but when no objection'is relied by any considerable porgy lion of the neighborhood the directors could scarcely be censured if they neglected to pre. vent public meetings - from b - eing held in then. Where a school house has been built blvolun tory contribution, the directors may permit the contributors and associates to use it for public , meetings in such manner as not to interfere witl the school according to the original understand. ins between the parties. The offices of treasurer and secretary cannot properly be filled by the same person. It is manifestly wrong, and contrary to the spirit of the law, that the treasurer should attest orders drawn upon himself. The secretary is an inter mediate officer between the President and tre.s surer, and the duties imposed are de signed equally as a check upon both and to pro. teed the district and the treasurer against fraud, and hence the requirement that all orders shall be attested by him. If the treasurer is made secretary his - elicitation of orders is absolutely valueless and the design of the law _is thus de• rented. Township auditors have no manner of control over the exdnerations made by the board of school directors; nor can they refuse to allow the treasurer a credit for any order drawn in the legal form and signed by the president of the board of directors and attested by the secretary. Their duty is to ascertain the amount of li t e as, sets of the district placed i the h Inds of the treasurer and to deduct front there all orders drawn in proper form which have been paid and presented to them -by hi n. Th.! exonora. Lions made by the board (whether properly or improperly) lutist be credited to the otfi•:er charg. ed with the duplicate authority to inquire whether an order was issu ed for a legal purpose, and must therefore credit the treasurer with every order presented by hum. if drawn and signed in the manner prescribrd by law; nor has the treasurer the right to inquire into the purpose for which an order was issued, or to refuse to pay for any cause except a want f iiinds. if it is drawn in proper form a.d sign ed by the President of the boaru or directors and attested by are secretary. • Mrcovery of a Wad Mast. —A - Aort time since, one of the surveyors engaged on the Panama Wafer Works, discovered something in the shape of man, sitting on the bank of a stream, a few miles from Panama. He was entirely naked,. and had very long black hair. The party ad dressed him both in Etpanish and in English, but he appeared to understand neither, and refusing any 'intercourse with them escaped into the woods, where they were unable to pursue him. American Pomological Congress.—The Society of Fruit growers, calling themselves the Amer ican'Pomological Congress, will hold their next meeting in the Chinese Museum, in Philadelphia, on the 13th of September next. They invite the pomological, horticultural and agricultural soci eties throughout the United• States and Canada. to send such number of 'delegates as they may expedient; and thedelegates are requested to bring with them-specimens , of the fruits of their respective districts.,' • 4 Transportation of Callle.—On Tuesday, n train of cars, numbering forty•four, passed through 'Carlisle, freighted with 200 head of cattl►, con signed to J. H. Baker, of Philadelphia by B. M. Baker of Chia. The entire train was drawn by the Locomotive t•Tiger," and contained an ag `gregnte weight, exclusive of cars, of 251,300 pounds--belng an- ttverage of 1202 to each steer. This train will be kept cmployed by Mr. Baker for . several weeks 'yet,' • Wuuden Nutmep Outdone -The Paris cnrres. pondent of the .I‘littional lotelligencer gives us some laughable information.. It appears thei the French have :learoed to make counterfeit coffee berries of tvorthless flour. The paste or dough is,.be means ofmouldsfikilfully prepared. made to assume the'shapo grains of coffee; whether of Moitha,'Or:l3ourbori, di Martinique, . to suit thelaste of bnyers. The artificial grain is then baked till iitakes the color of parched coffee, and retalled.as such, wlth'gieat profit, in the grocery stores. 'The *Rice, Very general in France, of 'buying' Join', the . grocers coffee ready pirched,'fitellttates*i!"mcide of falsifical• tion, otherwise iniimisait;lo . • . . * Building in efnetnnati.--In the last 12 years (since 1840) there have,been built in Cincinnati. 12,000 holises-: 7 iin average of'looo per annum. The',architeci q ral'eheracter•of the city is much improving, and sandstene is inking the place of Minks for buildings of Anypiciaiiitence or note. . Antidote against : Poleon;--ifany,lives might bo „ saved by a knowledge of this simple receipt:— . .+l,large teaspoon fu l 'of mustard mixed in a turn. him' of warm watei r and swallowed as soon as possible,acts as an instant emetic sufficiently pow erful to remove all that is lodgid In the stomach. Judkahip.—Judge WocOlvard; we understand' has accepted the.ncotiriatioO of Judge of the Su preme Court, tendered him by Governor Big 'ler. This appointritint gives general sat'sfac.: tiou, . Jodge•VVOodviiird is a man of fine shil :. iieS apd unspotted. integrity; and we deem it -not irlipPropriale to add, has. always been a firm. and conaistent Democrat. BEM IMMO
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