1:7
as the tailor had not allowed for any extra
tension of the muscles, and sinews, he not
only procured a tumble, but also a corn pound
fracture of the black pants aforesaid ; said
fracture extending all across that point which
comes in closest contact with the chair
Having picked himself up as carefully as
circumstance would allow, the smothered
laugh of Miss Emily not "setting him for
ward any," he at last succeeded in reaching
a•chair, and drawing his .coat-tails forward
to prevent a disagreeable expose, sat himself
down with as Much grace as a bear would
-when requested to dance upon a pile of
needles.
The young lady was almost suffocated
with laughter at the sad misfortune of the
bashful lover, felt truly sorry for him, and
used all her powers-of facination to drive it
from his mind and eventually succeeded so
far to induce him to malie a remark. On
this rock he split.
Just at that moment she discovers•d she
had lost her handkerchief. What had be
-come-of-it-9—She-was sure-she-had-it-when
ho came in. It [nest certainly be some
where about.
"Haven't you got it under you, Mr. Dan
phule ?
Jack was sure he had not, but poor Jack,
in venturing an answer, could not possibly
get along without raising his hands, and of
course he must drop his coat tail. In his
anxiety to recover the hissing viper, he
even ventured to incline his body so as to
get a glance on the floor. As lie did so, the
fracture opened, and behold there lay sup
posed, her property.
. It was the work of a moment to catch the
corner and exclaim.
"Here it is, sir you needn't trouble your
self about. Just raise a little, its under you,"
at the sante time she gave it a long hard pull.
Alas, the tail was odd, no escape, nothing
short of a special interposition of Pruvidence
could save his shirt.
But what should be do ? Another and
another, n stronger pull, evincing on the
part of the lady a praise-worthy deteratioa
tion lost dry goods, coupled with the request.
"Get up, sir, you're sitting in it," deter
mined, him, and on the agony of..the mo
ment and grabbing with both hand, 'fast
disappearing strip of linen which encircled
his neck, he exclaimed,
"For God's sake, Miss Emile, leave fay
shirt collar.''
Kossuth and the Gernaan.
. The addresses of Kossuth to the Germans
in this country appear to overlook the fact
too much, that they are no longer Europe
ans, but American citizens. 'Phu sooner a
foreigner betonies an American tat the bot
tom of his heart, the better it will be for him.
It is his duty, and he will find it for his hap
piness to subordinate the country or his na
tivity to that of adoption. Why should he
not ? Has he not left his fathmland for this,
because: he becomes a gainer by the ex
change ? The new home then of his choice
should become the !lonic of his affections,
and the object of his sincere loyalty. But
Kossuth has undeniably laboriAl, not indeed
to persuade the German emigrant to return
to his native country, but to revive feelings
in their breasts, while they are still citizens
of the United States, which would be proper
for them to entertain as European subjects.
Such thoughts and sentiments ought to be
left behind when the emigrant embarks for
the new world.
However worthy the aspirations, with
which the orator labors to inspire the Ger
mans, would be to them in Europe, there is
certainly danger that they may be injurious
to their position here. We ad vise them con
sequently to weigh well their new relations
toAmorica. These are more intimate and
importnnt to them now, than any other ; and
will continue to impress upon them, now
that their Hungarian adviser has returned
to Europe. 1-Jo is a transient traveler, and
views this country with a foreigner's eye.
and with a special reference to its possible
utility to Hungary and his individual plans.
They are permanent residents. Their child
ren will be Americans in a. yet more em
phatic sense than they are. Like the old
est of the settlers among us, they and theirs
will remember no other country but this re
public. It will be wise and hippy for them
to remember even now, that here they have
chosen to plant their vine, and that it de
pends on its prudent cultivation, whether
they and their descendants shall sit in peace
and comfort beneath its shade.
The most interesting thing to a German
resident, who means to make this land his
home, is also the most important to us all.
But it is not in either case a resolution to
throw themselves intolhe whirlpool of for
eign revolutions, and make our country a
satellite, or even a primacy in foreign com
binations. Mazzini. we observe, is attempt
ing to persUade the English to a similar in
terference, with similar arguments and pre
dictions, as have been used here so freely,
But it is presumed thatJolau Bull will stick
to his plough and loom, and let the sword
alone, notwithstanding his proximity to the
field of strife, so long as he can possibly do
so.— A'ewa rk ddrcrt iser.
Awful Steamboat Disaster,
On Friday morning, the 20th instant,
at - about 2 o'clock, a collision occurred be
tween the steamer Atlantic and propeller
Ogdensburg, on Lake Erie, about 12 miles
from the city of Erie, Pa., by which the At
lantic was so much injured. that she sunk
in a few minutes, with nearly all , her pas=
songersovho were asleep in their births !
The report says that not less than two hun
dred and fifty lives were lost, together with
a large amount of money belonging to the
Western Express Company. The accident
occurred during the prevelence of a dense fog.
larThe :Spiritual 'flappers ate •operating at
IVest Chester. They have drawn out some won•
derfgl communications. According to the news
ilaFier reports of their tiOings, Elias necks is
keepirtg . tavern, and Generals Jackson, Taylor
ant , flatrlson, , also.John'Quincy Adams and J.
ci'.llalhoon are boupling-with him. r
(ICOc tclitgl)
Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1852,
Easton and Water Gap Railroad
At an election held on Monday last, at the
Eaglo Hotel, North Third &eat, Philadelphia,
for President and Directors of the Philadelphia,
Easton and Water Gap Railroad Company, the
following named persons wero do ly elected :
['resident, kaae S. Wwerman ;,Directors—J.
O. James, Thomas S. Penton, Oliver 11. [liken,
Peter Sieger, John Ely, Hilton Cooper, Harry
Conrail, Thomas S. Brook, John Jortlair, jr., Jir
cob Riee, , Bethlehem; M. 11. Jones, E:tston
Christian Pretz, Allentown.
Importation of Railroad lion
We learn from "Hunt's Merchant's Maga
zine," that tho importation of railroad iron in
1851, amounted to ono hundred and forty•one
thousand tons, and valued-at •Z 57,600,000, - -
All this iron could and should have been
made in this country ; had it not beer, for the
casting vote of George M. Dallas. Here it will
be perceived that 57,00,000 has been sent - Out
of the country for one single item which would
have been retained here had not the tariff of
1812 been repealed. That amount scattered
throughout the country in small .silver coin
would just now be very convenient in the way
of change.
How the Tariff of 1846 Works
his said that the price of Railroad Iron in
E ng l an d has gone up from twenty one to thirty
one dollars per ton. This adds—says the Read
ing (..izette—under our ad valorum tariff,
dollars per ton to the duty, thus increasing the
protection on our side.
The Gazette however, is wrong in the addi
tion of duty, it only adds flu cc instead of si.r
dollars on the ton ; moreover it plainly shows
the: principle of the ad valorem tariff, which is
but a shade better than Free Trade. Nothing
that we have seen, illustrates the ad valorem
principle better than the above. On the ton of
iron that costs (wont!, one dollars the duty is six
dollars and thirty cents, when that same article
advances in price to Mit tyone dollars, the duty
rises to nine dollars and thirty cents. It
plainly shows, that pr, , tection only begins when
it is not needed, in other wards, it protects Brit
ish instead of American Iron Works. %Viten
British iron in this country brings twenty-one
dollars per ton—manufactured by pauper labor
at from 10 to 25 cents a day, that British Iron
is foetid here with a low tariff of 30 per cent.
ad valorten, which adds to,,its cost 30, ma
king the cost el Railroad Iron in this country
!5•27 30, adding frei 4 ht, commission, storage,
ke. Now add the 30 per cent. ad valorem on
the ri,e in price to n 3 I, and you will fint . l the
duty nn it S 0 30 malt ing the cost $4O 30. Does
this not plainly show that the tariff of 18.16 pro
tects British instead of American interests, and
should not this tariff be done away with, and
one passed in its place that protects American
instead of British interests.
The duty on Railroad iron under the tariff of
1812 was we think sl7—add this to $2l, and
you will have the cost at $3B. it is admitted
that Railroad (iron can not be manufactured
under from 35 to $lO per ton in this country.
Arrival of Specie in England
The West India Flail Steammhip Orinoco ar•
rived at Southampton on the 2d of August,
having on board specie front the Pacific, Cali
fornia and Mexico, to the value of 83,331,496.
Of this amount, the sum of F 2,500,000 in silver
vas that portion of the American indemnity
paid by this GovernMent to Mexico, and ship.
ped from Vera Cruz by the latter to Messrs.
Baring, Brothers S Co. of London, for distribu
tion amongst the f ngli h bond holders of Mex
ico, in the shapu'•ot over due dividends.
Terrible Accident
We learn that a distressing accident occur
red about 9 o'clock on Tuesdey evening at Free
mansburg. Two women and two children
were setting in the cabin of a canal boat, with
a camphine hunp, and the eamphine by some
means taking fire, the lamp burst and set fire
to the clothing of the women and children,
burning them all in a most dreadful manner.
One of the women, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, wife
of Jesse Smith, of Mauch Chunk, died immc
diately, and Mrs. Water Man, also of Alauch
Chunk, and two children of Mrs. Siniih, are
so badly burned that the physicians entertain
no hope of their recovery. The poor sufferers
were taken into Fetter's Hotel, and every at
tention paid them that could condllee to their
corn (co.—Argus.
County 411celing. The Democratic IN'hig
cowry meeting will take place at Guthsville,
on Saturday nekt It will nn. doubt be
largely attended, as matters of ititern-t to the
party will be discussed, among which is the
adoption of the Delegate sysiorn, &e. .
Business Notices
1 ()bac° rarchotme.— Our leaders will per
ceive that Mr. A. H. Eckert, still continues the
'robacce business, next dour but one east of the
"Register" Office. His large stock orrobaceo
and• Segars is equalled by but few establish•
meets in the city, besides all this ham is a clev
er fellow and is bound to do business. See his
curd in another column.
Magnetism/I.—Mr. Tectiohts splendid. opera
tor passed through our place, on his way to
ICutztown, whore ho has made many truly mag
nificent experiments. He' is the guest of Mr.
Levan in that place, where those, who feel anx
ious to waif the correctness of the science; ho
will be happy to meet and explain.
Neuf Old Fellows' dedication of
the new Odd Fellows' Hall in the e village of
Catasatiqua, will take place on Saturday the
11th of September next. Addressee will be
delivered by P. G's Shindel and Wright. The
members of neighboring lodges are invited to
. .
attend the ceremonies.
Recent Discoveries.
Everything in this world seems ordered for
the best, and new discoveries are made just
about the time when they are necessary to sup
ply wants which cannot be supplied under the
old system. Till's, when America was discoV
ered, firewood was abundant, and the produce
of the forest was sufficient to accommodate all
who wished to keep warm. But the increase
.ol population, and the great consumption of
wood for building purposes, thinks the Brother
Jonathan, rendered it probable that, in a few
years, there would be a scarcity of this impor
tant material. At this period up turned coal,
just at the nick of time, and long before that ar-
I ticle is exhausted, electricity or galvanism will
cook our mutton chops, and enable tie to toast
our 100 s. So, t 0,,, in regard to artificial light.
whales were beginning to go out, gas
began to come in, and Piggy also becoming ex•
cited at the prospect, rushed forward and po•
litely tendered his lard. There is a compen•
sating wandifulness_in...the_decrees—of—Provi
(fence, which vigilantly provides for the want
of man, and substitutes new benefits for those
no longer available. The farmers of the pres
ent day will, ere long, universally acknowl
edge this troth in the character of their agri ,
cultural labors. Formerly they plowed, sow
ed, reaped and mowed, by hand. Latterly, a
scarcity of laborers has materially interfered
with rural economy. In consequence, it has
been as much as many agriculturists, in vari
ous parts of the coun , ry, could well do, if they
were able to harvest their grain, leaving some
glass crops to perish through inability to cut
them. Here was a want which was sadly felt,
and it is now demonstrated that therremody is
at hand, in the shape of a reaping and mowing
machine, which, in a few hours, with limited
assistance, will do that which would require
the services of many men for several days. A
machine outs down ten or twelve acres of grass
a day, shearing oil the tangled and postrate
grass with the same tilts - patch as - if it'stood up
right. Steam plows, steam harrows,steam reap
ers and steam mowers, will increase rapidly,
until the husbandman will become engineer,
ceasing toil with his hands, and looking on
whilst Farmer Machine cultivates the fields,
keeps them in order, and secures the final
crop.
France and the Northern Poivers.
The London Morning Chronicle contains
what purports to be a treaty concluded between
RuSsia, Am•tria and Prussia, by which those
powers bind themselves not to recognize in
Louis Napoleon anything more than the tem
porary head of the French nation ; and in case
he procures his election as Emperor, to resist
his recognition as the head of a new dynasty,
or as the successor of Napoleon ; arid to aid
and favor by all means in their power, the res
toration of the legitimate heir of the crown ;
and in the sequel, to recognise no other dy
nasty but that of the Bourbons.
The Times does not credit the authenticity
of this important document for reasons grow
ing mainly out of the improbability that these
three powers would put at hazard the peace of
Europe tor such a cause. Still, the treaty as
published by the Chronicle, has all the marks
of being genuine, and, under the circumstan
ces, its existence does not seem improbable.—
Indian Relics
The editor of tho Norristown Herald, was
shown the other day, two stone balls, found in
making a road around the chapel in the Mont
gomery Cemetery. The largest was from three
to four imihes in diameter, the other not tnore
than two inches through. The largest one was
veiy round, while die smallest was; rather more
of the egg shape. They appeared to have been
of the hard sand stone species, and looked as
though they had been made into their present
shape by breaking of the rough edges by some
rude instrument, as a hammer, or perhaps some
harder sort stone. What they have been used
for is something of a mystery. Having a rough
exterior, they may have been used in some
game of amusement among them. They
would not be very suitable for the games of
ball which we have in our times. A number
of Indian relicts have been found from time to
time in this Cemetery, suck as stone hatchets,
hamMers, arrow points, &c., it having been
originally an Indian Camp ground.
Sunbury and. Erie Railroad
While all admit the immenie benefits like
ly to accrue to Philadelphia and the State from
the construction of the Sunbury and. Erie Rail
road, there haite yet been no feasible means
presented for speedily putting the work under
contract.
Viewing Iho question in this light, we are
induced to submit a plan for raising the funds
necessary to the erection of the work, to which
we have given such deliberate consideration
as to satisfy us that it is no( only fedsible, but
when fairly considered, calculated to satisfy
all parties as well RP, the State at large. IVe
learn from the officers of the company that the
subecriptions to the mock already exceed two
millions of dollars. We are informed that the
frieilds of the Redding road aro ready to come
forward and subscribe another million, provi
ded a subscription of a million can be obrain,
fivm the city—thus making four millions.
Our proposition is that the State should sell the
Delaware division of the Pennsylvania canal
and subscribe the proceeds to the Sunbury and
Erie road as on as this amount of four millions
is obtained. The canal would bring it at the
very least, two millions, so that by the addi
tion of this, the subscriptions to the Sunbury
and Erie road would amount to six millions;
and when that is obtained there is so nearly .
enough to make the roadi that there would be
no difficulty in obtaining tho full amount of the
estimates; as a fund of six millions is a migh
ty stimulouc t. public confidence in any enter
prise, and indiv ual suhcoriptions would rap
idly come in to complete the : required amount.
—Evening •• • -
The Iron Trade
Illustrates most strikingly what -appears to
be a general law—that the natural resources of I
the world are invariably developed at the time
when the progress is already such as to ena•
ble us to avail ourselves to the greatest advan
tage of new discoveries. Thus with the iron
manufacture. At first the stores of fuel which
our forests contained, and the_ iron ores which
cropped out at the surface of the - ground, were
amply en flicient for our purposes. Then came
the knowledge of the power of smelting with
coal; and with this knowledge, the steam en
gine placed in our hands this vast stores of
mineral fuel of our coal fields. The modern
system of railway next puiduced a demand
for iron of an unprecedented character ; and
simultaneously with this demand occurred the
introduction of the hot blast and the use of the
black bands. The more intimate connection
of the old and the new world by means of
transatlantic steamers is followed by the dis
covery of Californian and Australian gold; _
giving to the commercial and civilized world
at large an activity and a movement such as it
it has never before witnessed—causing streams
of population to flow in unprecedented num
bers from the older (menu - les of Europe to
comparatively new regions, and bidding fair
to make these vast and rnagniticept countries,
the seats of great and important empires.—
And these populations, not insulated as the
colonists of old—not struggling with long peri
ods Of poverty and slow growth, but springing
up rapidly into flourishing communities—all
take with them into their new homes the so
vial wants and requirements of the older coon
tries which they have left. Iron steamers
will be required to continue their connection
- with those countries, and to carry on the ox.
tensive commerce they will originate; new
lines of railroad will be necessitated, not from
towns to towns, but front State to State, and
even from ocean to ocean. And not only in
America aro those might movements at work,
but elsewhere also. In India, with its 150,000,
000 of population, railroads must be laid down ;
the government of that country cannot be held
without them; its natural resources cannot be
developed without thorn ; the rapidly extend,
ing requiretnentsof our cotton manafacturo will
necessitate them ; and every mile of railway
that is laid down will lead to the demand for
ever•iuereasing quantities of iron.
IF to this country has been given so large a
proportion of the mineral riches of the world, it
must not be forgotten that equal to the pOwer
thus committed to their care is the responsibil- ;
ity thereto attached, and they must of necessi
ty be the guiders and the promoters of the ad
vancing civilization of the present; seeing that
the very basis of that civilization is to be found
in the increased and increasing power to adapt
to the requirements of society the great physi
cal resources of the world, and that the sci- !
ence and the skill of the present day would be
comparatively powerless but for the stores of
iron and coal by which that science and that I
skill can be rendered .I'i/tillable.
The steam-engine, the railroad, and the tel-
egraph, the characteristic features of the Ares•
eat day, are indeed preparing a quiet revolu
tion for the world. Breaking down class Inter
ests, and substituting univerkil interests in their
place, they aro fast uniting in one bond of uni
ty the entire human race, and aro leading rap
idly,'to use the words ,t 1 „Prince Albert, "to
the accomplishment of that end to which in
deed all history points. the realization of the
unity of mankind.
Spurious Gold Coin
A man has been arrested in New York, for
passing upon an emigrant, spurious coins pur
porting to be $5 and 810 pieces, having on one
side a likeness of Gen. Washington with the
date 1852, and on the reverse the representa
tion of an eagle beneith the words "United
Stales." There are also other pieces in the lot,
with a coat of arms, and the word "California,"
in prominent characters, well calculated to de
ceive the unwary as all of them have the ap.
poarance of gold, although they are in fact
manulaceured of brass and copper.
We were recently shown a counterfeit dol
lar gold piece. The appearance was not so
distinct as the genuine but such as was well
calculated to deceive the unsuspecting.
Canal Commissioner
The death of Mr. Searight has made it the
duty of the Democratic Convention, to meet on
the 2(ith inst.. to nominate a candidate for Ca
nal Commissioner.
We have hoard several gentlemen spoken
of, in addition to those whose names wore be
fore"the Convention in March. Hon. Daniel
Sturgeon is named by some papers, Col. Wil
liam Hopkins, of Washington, by others, and
W. B. Foster, of Bradford, Joel B. Danner, of
Adams, F. West, of Cambria, and T. Ives,
of Pottor, Major Wm. Fry, of Lehigh, by others .
Death qf Mrs. Urn. Taylor.—The telegraph in.
forms us of the death of Mrs. Gen.• Taylor, relict
of the late President'of the United States. , She
died at East PasCagoula, Miss., on Saturday
evening last. She was a native of Calvert coun
ty, Maryland, her family name being Smith.—
She leaves a number of relatives, residing on the
eastern shore of Maryland. Thus has passed
away a venerable woman, who had long been
the bosour companion of one of the most tried
patriots and eminent soldiers of the land.
A Bonaparte in the American Army.—A pro
'motion of forty three cadets of the Military Acad.
only at West Point has just taken place in the
United States Army. We remark among the
number the name of the cadet Jerome Napoleon
Bonaparte, who was No. 11 in his class at the
time of the examination, and who is appointed to
the Regiment of mounted riflemen. lie is the
grandson of . Jerome BOnaparte, brother of the
Emperor Napoleon, ex-King of Westphalia, and
now Presiflent of the Prench . Senate. Ills grand.
mother, Madame Patterson, first wife of Prince
Jerome, resides in Daltitiore, . . .
Hydrophobia
Dr. Wales, who attended Capt. Williams, tier•
ing•his attack of Hydrophobia, has published an
account of'sicknesa and death in the Brigeton
(N. J.) Chronicle, from which the following is
extracted. ft will he recollected that the deceas
ed was bitten by a clog in Brandywine village,
about six weeks ago. Dr. Wales's letter is da
ted,
Tuckahoe, July 24th, and after stating that
on Tuesday Capt. Williams, feeling unwell, had
called upon him for relief, he says: "As no ap
prehension was entertained at this time, of the
nature of the 'decease, an ordinary proscription
was given him, and he continued on his way
home—about three miles from this place. On
the following day, I was summoned to attend
him, and finding the sysmtoms by this time very
unusual, with the water dread strongly marked,
a wild manner, and the case in every feature
novel, the conviction flashed across my mind
that it resembled hydrophobia, more nearly than
any other disease, and accordingly the question
was propounded to the poor fellow. "Have you
-been bitten -by a dog at any-recent period V "I
have;" was the reply, with a look and manner
which I can never forget, at the same time hold
ing, up his hand and pointing to the scars cm
each side of his thumb, near the body of his hand.
Whatever of hope might have been present up
to this period was at once dispelled by this inter
rogatory, even before any adverse opinion had
been given, and his request was that he might be
shot, importuning his father, who was present, to
do so. His situation from this time through the
The remaining few hours of his life was horrible
in the extreme. Now fully awake to the awful
nature of his situation, his mind, too, but little
disturbed, front the consciousness of his terrible
condition, he continued from this time (about 6
o'clock P. M.,) in a wakeful state, now convers -
ing with tolerable composure upon such topics
as might be suggested, and anon thrown into the
most painful muscular contortions, especially if
any liquid were offered hint, or even any allu,
sion made to anything of the kind.
The case, however, did not attain its worst
`phase until about 8 o'clock the following morn
ing. lie seemed, indeed, from early tlawn to
this hour a little wore composed ; had even fora
ed down a small quntity of milk, although not
without an elThrt that was painful to behold. At
or near 8 o'clock, however, the final struggle
coomenced. With a wild scream he besought
the presence of his mother, his wife, and others
of his relations and friends, and took a formal
leave of them in a manner as rational as possi
ble. This was at ones succeeded by paroxysms
so violent as required his being firmly secured
to the bed, in which situation, the spasms increas
ing fast in frequency and violence, with a rapid
flow of saliva, at first frothy and viscid, but af
terwards less tenacious, and made up of froth
and a glairy fluid which he sputtered forth forci
bly while his strength continued, clutching at it
with his hands, sometimes, as if to tear it away
from his mouth. His countenance was now, at
times, shockingly distorted, and his brain fren
zied, his teeth grating and gnashing in a terrible
manner. lie continued in this awful slate until
about half past ten o'clock, A. H., when his pow
er having so far failed as to prevent his di
lodging the fast accumulating saliva, his throat
gradually filled with, it, and he expired.
In the flitting and varied expressions which
passed over the countenance of the unfortunate
patient toward the close of life, there were ex
hibited such appearances as would lead the be,
holder, (without much stretch of the indignation)
to suppose that the rabid creature, whose dead
ly poison was circulating through his system by
its bite, had worked out the effect of transform.
ing his very nature into its own ; there was the
rabid canine expressions as fully depicted as
the human features would in anywise allow of.
Thus ended a tragedy, which in a practice of
twenty-five years, I have seen nothing to com.
pare with.
Killed by a Lerch.—The Charlottsville (Va.)
Jeffersonian, says that a man by tne name of
Garnet. residing, in Greene county, having atten
ded a special election recently held in that coun
ty, started for home, which was some distance
off, about dark. On coining to a branch, being
very thirsty, he dismounted and drank. He had
not gone far before he commenced feeling a tick
ling sensation in his stomach, and on his arri
val at home was quite unwell. Getting worse a
physician was called in, to whom he stated he
was confident he had swallowed something
while drinking from the branch, which produced
his sickness. After trying several remedies, a
powerful emetic was administered, when a live
leech was thrown up, which the unfortunate man
had evidently swallowed at the branch above
mentioned, it having remained alive in his stom
ach for several days. Although relieved from
the leech he died in a day or two afterwards front
the injuries which it had inflicted. •
Strawberries Grafted on Roses.—A short time
ago there were exhibited in Paris in a florist's
show on the Boulevard des lialiens,several rose
trees upon which were grafted a few strawber
ry plants. This curiosity attracted much atten'
tion from passersby. The process by which it
was *effected was as follows : In Autumn a few
dogroses of good sorts, on their own roots, arc
selected and planted in pots; at . the same time a
weel.rooted strawberry is plead with each rose,
planted just beneath the stem of the rose. In
Spring, when the runners push out, two or . three
of them are tied tip to the stem of the rose. It is
well known that the runners of the strawberries
soon make their own •roots, and in due time
these roots are cut away, making the cuts as for
a scion, and then they are grafted on the rose
stem "without cutting or rearing the runners
from the parent plant in the ground."- They
should be preserved very carefully, to lead the
sap upwards to the scions, and, treated in this
way, the strawberries will vegetate upon the rose
tree for some time.
A Long Walk.—A great feat of pedestrianism
is to come off at Hoboken, N. J., to continue ten
weekg, two days and sixteen hours. The feat Is
to be performed by F._H. Gibson, the pedestrian,
for a wager of $9OOO a side.: ' He is ..to walk in
the firat place'l,2so miles in 1000 hours, then 1,
'250 half miles in 1000 half hours, and' lastly 1,
250 quarter milesia 1000 quarler houis,
Discontinuance of Post Offices.
We learn from the Ltpartment that much in.
convenience and irregularity in the eitlement of
the accounts of Postmasters has resulted — from
neglect on the part of many of them in the small•
er offices to make punctually their quarterly re_
turns, as required by law and the regulations of
the Department ; and that as some of them, even
after their attention ha's been specially and re.
peatedly called to their duty in this respect by
circular letters, have persisted in neglecting it,
the Postmaster General has fiitind it necessary
to adopt the rule that a Postmaster failing duly
to make his quarterly returns, and who, having
been twice notified of his neglect by successive
circulars, persists in it, shall be removed from
office ; and that when upon ,auch removal no sot
!Ale successor can be found to Mil the vacant
office, it shall be discontinued. We understand
however, that when a Post Office is discobtin'
ued from 'this cause, or because a person ap.
pointed Postmaster has failed to execitie his of.
ficial bond, it is only necessary for those per- .
sons interested in its continuance - to - recommene;
a suitable person (or Postmaster tb secure ity
reestablishment:— latelligehar.
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Drentary.—As this is the season In which'
this.complaint is most prevalent,-we inselq, the'
following cu: from the Caledonia MercurY, a
standard Edinburg paper, which does not pub
lish trumpery. The plan is simple and easy,
enough for trial.
"Take butler from the churn, immediately af
ter being churned, just as it is, without being
salted or washed ; clarify it over the tire like
honey. Skim off all the milky particles when
melted over a clear fire. Let the patient (if it
be an adult) take two tahle.spoonfuls of the clar.
ified remainder twice within the day. This has
never failed to effect a cure, and in many cases
it has been almost instantaneous. It has sec.
ceederfin nearly one hundred trials,and to many
who were supposed to be at the point or death,
it has given instant relief.
Thomas 11. Clay and Gen. NenTh—Thoma's
Clay, Esq., a son 'of the lamented Henry Clay,-
in a letter to Col. Picket, of Baltimore, denies
the report which has beep circulated that he told
his father he would not vote for Gen. Scott. lle
however, ,says that he did tell him that if the
Whig Convention did not endorse the Compro
mise Measures, he would not support the nomi
nee ; but being satisfied with the platform adopt.
ed by the Convention, and believing Gen. Scott
to be an honorable man, he will vote the whole
Whig ticket .
Surreys . qf Sunbury and Eri'e Railroad.—
We learn that the Board of Managers of this
Company have appointed James h. 'Randolph,
Esq., Engineer of the Western Division, and that
the surveys are in progress from Erie eastward.
Another corps of Engineers in engaged in run
ning the line from Williamsport westward, in
charge of T. Haskins Dnpuy, Esq., Civil Engi
neer. Both of these gentlemen have creditably
distinguished themselves, the former while en
gaged on the Baltimore and Ohio, and the latter
on the Pennsylvania railroad. We are pleased
to notice this operation, commenced, and trust
that the day is not far distant when Philadelphia
and Erie will be in direct railroad connection
with each other. As an evidence of the zeal of
the friends of the enterprise, we are informed
that a considerable sum has been paid in anti
cipation by subscribers, of the first instalment,
advertised as payable this day.
.11ine is SonM Camlina.—Wm. 11. Dorm.,
Esq., of Abbeville District, 8. C., has a gold mine
on his farm from which he has taken since the
Ist of March last, the sum of eighty.four thou.
sand sixty-one and a half cwts. of gold, with on
ly eights hands, and a small circle mill, propell
ed by two mules, which only pulverizes about
fifteen bushels of ore per day. A gentleman writ
ing front the mine, to the Dahlonega
says :
The veins widens as they go down and re.*
twins its usual richness. They are not yet with.*
in forty feet of water level. ShOuld it pass wa
ter level and retain in . its present size and rich
ness, the probability is that its end will never be
reached by the present generation. If the rich
shoot that he is now operating on should give
out at water lever, he has then got the best gold
mine that I know any thing about. The vein
shows plainly on the surface, a distance of three
quarters of a mile in length, and has been tested
in several places, which shoWs a width of some
thing like four feet, and tests to be worth from
one to two dollars per bushel, and seventy or
eighty feet of that above water level. Now just
imagineto yourself a vein three quarters of a
mileAn length, four feet wide, and eighty feet
to water level, how lung will it take eighty hands
to exhaust it ?"
Ciopa in Alabama.— The Chambers (Ala.)
Tribune says, that the corn crops in that section
are made beyond all contingencies. For the
first time in many years, there will be after the
gathering a superabundance of breadstuffs.: • If
the farmerS had the hogs now, home meat would
be plentiful ; but a long dependence on other
States for an article of prime necessity, has re
salted in a stock of hogs greatly short of what
is necessary to supply the country. Corn will
be a drug at forty cents, while Tennessee pork
will command a pretty little pile of cotton money.
Cotton, which almost always promises poorly
at first, is said by the farmers now to be very'
fine. A very large crop, to the amount of land
planted, may be expected hereabouts. It is to
hoped a fair price may be secured, and the gen
eral impression seems that it will be.
Extruordmary Price for nbacco.—We slated
not long since, that a hogshead of Tobacco had
been sold at Lynchburg, Va., for $l5O per 100
lbs. This, we supposed, was the 'ultimatum for
the weed in this country, at least. But it has
reached a. shade higher. The Linchburg Ex
press states that on Friday last, a lot was sold
by.fleorge Bleptoe for one hundred and fitly dol
lars and twenty five cents per hundred, and pur
chased by Messrs. Buckner & Jones, of that
place-. It was grown on the south side of Bed
ford county, by Mr. IL A. Tate,mnd the pick . of
his crop—the remainder bringing $llll per !Mar
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