.1)c Bcgicitcr. Allentown, Fa. TIIIRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1842. The Court Our Court opened its session on Monday morning, Judges .1/cCartacy, Mum and Dilling• er, in their chairs. The Grand Jurors were I called and instructed to organize, which was,' accordingly effected by electing Amid Saeger, Esq., of North Whitehall, as foreman. There are' a number of bills before the jury, and ie our next, we will give the details of the pro- ceedlng,t; Political Meetings The annual meetingi of the tan great par , ties have bean held, and t- e campaign cat, be considered as fairly opened. We_Tivedmday _ the proceedings of the held at Kultnsville, on the 2ls will give in our next the prom. Whig meeting held on Sat-urday lost ings were both very largely attendel Advertise your I iess. Whatever your occnpalion or calling may be if it needs support from the public! advertise it thoroughly and efficiently in some shape or other, that will arrest public attention. 1 free• ly confess that what success I have had in life may fairly be attributed more to the public press than to neatly all other causes combined. There may possibly be occupations that do not require advertising, but I cannot well conceive what they are. Men in business will some times tell you thatilicy have tried advertising, and that it did not pay. '1 his is only when ad vertising is done sparingly and grudgingly.— Homeopathic doses of advertising will not pay, perhaps—it I% like half a portion of physic—ma king the patient eick , but effecting nothing.—, • Administer liberally, and the cute will be sure and permanent. England and our Tariff. English me chants, English manufacturers and English monopolists are opposed to any change being made by our Congress in the Tariff of 18411. Why they are so is well ex" plained in the following: "The object of England is, so far as possible, to destroy our manufactures, to shut up our mills, mines and furnaces, and to compel the American people to make Agriculture their al most exclusive'eniployment. This is done that she may continue to he the manufacturing and commercial centre of the world, whereto all tither nations must resort to sell their raw pro ducts, end to buy manufactured goods. This object is easily attained in respect to any nation 'whenever it opens its markets without restric tion to the overwhelming power of the capital and skill of Great Britain, whose merchants are always able, by losses of trifling account to them, to break down the industry of such a nation, and thus to assume for themselves the control of its markets, and all its financial af fairs. To open our markets to England is not to enact commercial freedom, but to:yield our selves an easy prey to arrogant commercial despotism. Free Banking We hope to see the effort renewed in the next Legislature, says the Philadelphia Sun, to establish a Democratic system of Free Bank• ing, and the determination evinced to restrict the incorporation of monopoly Banks. Many -of the States have adopted this true policy— true because the security is ample and the, doors to fraud are carefully.guarded. Thomp son's Bank Note Reporter says the notes of the Free Banks in the United States, must be secured as follows: In New York by United States end New York stocks and bonds and rnortages—in all cases the Steekt , must be filly per cent, and in no ease must tlie amount Cl! United States exceed the New York stocks.— In New Jersey by New York, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, United Stales and Pennsylvania stocks. Bonds and mortag,es can be used with any of these stocks for one•half. In Vermont, by Virginia, Ohio, New York, Kentucky, and United States stocks. Bonds and tnortages can be used with any of the above stocks for one• half. In Connecticut, by United States, New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia—any New England State stocks and any Connecticut city bonds. In Illinois, by United States and any State stocks, the interest of which is regularly paid, and Illinois stocks at twenty percent, un. der their market value, whether interest is paid or not. In Indiana by United States and her own stocks—they can be at a rate, the paid interest on which will be five per cent.— In other words an Indiana five per cent. stock if the interest is paid regularly, can be used at par. In Wisconsin, by United States and any State stock, on which the interest is regularly paid. Railroad bonds can bo used for one half the amount—these bonds must not he mortaged, and the amount of•suuh bonds must not exceed $BOOO per mile on the road, and the road must be finished and equipped, and earning a nett revenue of $BO per mile. Georgia Polities. The Savannah Republican contains a tele graphic despatch from Macon, announcing that the Executive committee of the Union Party had issued a circular withdrawing their elect°. rial ticket, arid calling n meeting of the Union Whigs and Democrats, to be held at Atlanta on the 18th of September, to determine on the course to•be pursued. The ticket which has thus been withdrawn was nominated by the Union Constitutional Convention, after it had declared for the DemoOratic nominees, Pierce and King. There are still three eleotorial tick its nominated in that State—the regular Whig ticket for Seal . and Graham ; the third . party ticket pct: forward by the convention which nominated Webster and Jenicind, and • the reg uiar DernOcratio ticket for Pieroa and - King.— •ktfirarigo`miXture .ot Ratite. the Psc of Fruits. —There Wire formerly eer- Wu undefined complaints during the latter part of Summer, familiar to every body in New England, termed diseases of the Eens , of which ninny died, and of which fruit was sup posed to be the alhpowerful cense. A greater mistake was never made by an intelligent com munity than to suppose that apples, , pears , plums, peaches, berries, menons and the like when fully ripe, are injurious either to individ uals who full below the standaid of sound health, or to the more strong and robust. leis a misfurtutte that fruits are al dear that the poorest Ix nple cannot have that of the he,t quid• ity, and sometimes can have none at all. As all the laws of nature are harmonious, and one never conflicts with another, it is very certain that fruits were wisely intruded as nn essential_ part - of=the'fori - dchf man,particUlarly at the sea son when theyarc ripe. lti necessary to ex. ereiFe reason in the use of them as in every , ' thing else. If we eat that which is decayed or crude, it is a violation of a physiological law i and so also is a total abstinence from them when scat tered plenteously . over rho land. Fruit, there fore, may be eonsidered necessary to the urnin teuance of health, and its free consmnption shnuhl always us encouraged. Thore who cannot obtain the good, often ra venom!y devour the unwholesome, from an in stinctive deQiie implanted in their nature. To the abuse, and not the proper use of fruit, may be charged the occurrence of what are vaned the di-rases of the seeson. Bogor' illtdic , ll l .lovrmil. nocintic meeting 11'e 'rigs of tho The meet Several parties of shrewed Yatikers are dtiv . Mg quite a brisk trade through tie country jest now, in Eghllllll,7, rods , which they carry= with them in long wagons, and put up to order "at (ho lowest prices for cash." The Reading Ga zette says, it wot:ld he well for our people to be cautious how they purchase from these itin erant dealers; for some cf them are real posters, who have set out on their journey ex pressly to speculate on the ignorance and credulity attic, pul. c. Not a few of their so called improved patent points, are like Peter Pindar's razors, only matte to sell, and utterly worthless. We saw one of these articles a few days ago, which purported to he "Platinum Silver," and was stamped with the maker's name, "Patent Jan. 8, 1850." Upon examina tion, it proved to be nothing more than pewter, or spoon metal, that may be readily melted or cut with a knife. Oae of the same sort, we are told, is affixed to the rod on the steeple of the Lutheran Church of this city. It FO, it should be taken down forthwith; for as a pro tection against lightning, it is worse than use less. The trick has also been successfully played in Chester county, as we learn from the follow ing paragraph in the Village Pecard : Lightning Rods.—A gentleman who lives within a few miles of West Chester, showed its the point of a lightning rod, which was bro ken and no better than so much lead. Ile had purchased it of an itinerant pedler, and after erecting it to his building, took it down, and had it examined. Instead of plating, he found the point was a mixture not much hauler than lead. The first park of eleetrieity would melt it. People purchasing lightning rods should have their eyos open. The Executive Committee of the Lterks County Agricultural and Horticultural Society, have fixed upon Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the 27th, 28th and 29th of o.:tober, as the days, and Reading as the place for holding the first annual Agricultural Fair. The Com mittee will hold a special meeting on Saturday, September ISM, at Beard's Hotel, for the pur pose of making the necessary arrangements.— After the Horticultural Exhibition of last week, we have no fears of the complete success of the contenrplated Comity Fair. Bit by a Mad Dog. Mr. trbreyfums, liquor dealer, of Reading, while on a visit to Klinesville, Greenwich town ship, on Friday last, was bitten in the foot, through the boot, by a rabid dog; and the next day the same animal bit lour other persons— one of them a boy, who has since become se riously ill from the clients of the bite. Mr. Dreytuss has been using '•Stny's cure," which is said to be a sure remedy against hydropho bia, and does not feel any dangerous effects front his wound. The dog was naught, and died in a rabid state.—Rea/kg Gaz-ctle. New Jersey Iron Ahead. The New Jersey Frankliuite Iron, which has been tested in New York, Baltimore and in the French marine forges at Paris, is proved to be several thousand pounds' stronger to the square inch, than Swedes, English, or even Russian iron. It has lately been examined by mechanics of the National Armory, Springfield, Mass., with reference to its' use for guns and swords blades, and found to bo perfectly fib rous, which is the desideratum for ttrength.. Here is the result of an effort of an associa tion of workmen to contend against the Tariff of 1846. ‘Ve hope every workman will . read and reflect upon it: The Phrenixville Nail Works, carried on by an association of practical nailers and opera, Lives in the mill, has ceased operations, after sinking a heavy portion of the capital paid in. Thoy made one of the best articles found in the market, but it would noldo—the enterprise was not profitable. Pennsylvania Farm Journal, for August, is , a welcome guest. This work commends itself to the farming-interest, to all indeed who have a proper appreciation of the science of agricul tum. It is published by A. M. Spangler, Esq., at Lancaster, l'a. Disease of the Season Lightning Rods A grioultural Fair All Effbrta Vain Business Notices RevCs! Stoves !—Oar neighbor James ti Bush, has jest received a lot of goods, comisiina of beautiful arid valuable stoves for Parlors, Offi ces and the Kitchen—unsurpassed by no es tablishment in the country. Ames cletes• mined to sell cheap, and we would recom mend all who are in want of these articles— particularly those who are about In commence hom•e-lieeping—to give him a call,- His card will be fount in another column. eircfts Coming.—Johnson & Co's Great Em• Dire Cirens, will exhibit in Allentown, on Mon day, Septemper 13.11. It is said to embrace the finest collodion of trained horses, and the best Company of equestrian performer's now in this country. The advertisement in another volumn, will tell onr readers what attractions be effered_them_;-and as the,:Citeus-is- al ways a popular species of amusement in this region, and wo may safely prriniiSe MesSrs. Johnson C. Co., success fully equal to their meri!s. Democratic State Convention. IlAnntsturnp, August 26 The Democratic State Convention met this morning in the Ilan of the flange of gepresen uitives toy the purpose of nominating a candi• data for the office of Canal Commissioner, in in the ;dare of Mr. Searight, deceased ; and a candidate hu Judge of the Supreme Court for the unexpired term of Judge Confer, deceased. After the Convention hail been called to or dCr by the President, resolutions were adopted expressing the regret of the Democracy of the Fate for the death of Al r. Searight and Judge Con!ter, and eulogised the deceased as Fond citizens and faithful officers cif the Common'. BM The corninil!ce then proceeded to make nominations, when George W. Woodward was unanimously seleeted ler the office of Judge of the Supreme Court. • At this point, the President of the Convention Wm—flopkins, of ‘Vashingion county, vacated his seat, alter calling upon 11. B. Wright, of I.nzerne, to pre,ide in his place. A large number of candidates for the office of Canal Commissioner were then placed in nomination, and the Convention adjourned un til 2 o'clock. A FrEuNnoN SESSION The Convention re-assembled at 2 o'clock, and on motion Proceeded to ballot for Canal Contrni:=sioner. The first ballot resulted as follows: \V,n. Hopkins, of Washington co., Joel Danner, of Adams, 11. S. Mott, Of Pike, N. %Vest, of Blair, Scattering None of the candidates having received a majnrily, a second. ballot was haelas follows: %Val. Hopkins, 43 Joel P. Danner, 24 W e,t 14 11. Scattering, 26 A third ballot was then taken, and resulted as follows: ‘Vro, Hopkins, Joel 11. Danner ; H. S. Mott, R. West, 21r. Hopkins having received a majority of the votes east, was declared to be duly nomi• nated, and on motion the vote was declared to be unanimous A resolution was adopted, constituting the officers a committee to inform the candidates of their nomination, and after a brief address from the President, the Convention adjourned sine dic. ihzekerel is Melon Ilarbor.—Fine large mack erel are now caught in great nnmbers off the I ridges and wharves of Boston. This is an un. common occurrence says the Journal, and crowds of tnen and boys throng every available sprtt when the tide serves. Some find their labors re warded by the capture of several dozen nice, plumb fish, while others are not quite so fortu nate ; but the sport is kept up from (lay. to (lay, each one hoping to be of the lucky ones. Another Convention.— A Southern nights De mocratic Convention is to be held at Montgome ry, Ala., on the 13th of Sept., to nominate a candi• date for the Presidency. This movement is made in consequence of Frank Pierce having failed to answer a letter propounding certain Inquiries, which were ordered to be addressed to each of the Presidential candidates by a former Conven- tion of the same party. Gen. Scott answered the letter addressed to him, but declined to respond specifically to Its several interrogatories. Another Murder.—We learn that another case of murder or manslaughter occurred at Uhlers. ville, Northampton county, on Sunday night last. A man named Jeremiah Thatcher, residing in Durham, Bucks county, had been on a spree for several (lays and came to Bacher's Tavern on Sunday evening and asked for liquor. 'He was refused and left the house. During the evening a great noise was heard in a house occupied by an Irishman in that village and next morning the dead body of •Mr. Thatcher was found in the Street. A Coroner's inquest was held but no arrests have been made.—Argos.• A St. Louis Bel4—The editor of the St. Louis Intelligencer, recently examined a bell, weigh• ing 1000 pounds, cast In that city, from ore found in Missouri, within 65 miles of St. Louis, immediately on the line of the Pacific railroad. The founders say that both with respect to vol ubility and richness of sound, the metal was in, ferior to none other they had used for the pur pose. A company formed of six individuals, intend working this copper region to a •consider. able extent. Smelttng operations have already been begun, and•several . thousand dollars worth of the product has been shipped - to an eastern city. The mine.has not been examined thor. oughly, but from appearances and the richness exhibited so far, the ore is supposed to be frier. lisustible. Besides this, there is evidence that the immediate localities abound In lead ore. Communicated. The Railroad Question. Mu. Enrron !—That compound of presump tion and arrogance, writing over the name of Sau• cons. it seems has seen proper again to devotee knottily article to the Railroad question. I de sire Saucone in his self assumed importance has usurped the editorial we—to request the pub. lie to preserve the figures set forth by Saucona, to which exception has been taken by me, and compare them together, when a survey is made, and see who is nearest correct. I Understand an effort will be made to shorten the I'erkiomcn route a mile or two, if it possibly can be done by leaving the Perlciomen before reaching the river Schuylkill, and strike the Schuylkill about two miles beloW the mouth of the Perkiomen. If this is found practicable the distance saved 'there, must be deducted from my. figures. - • I abhor personal disputations in newspapers, hence I ireated Sancona's first exhibition of asini. ness with brevity, and as I thought much charity. But it seems he could not appreciate either. Let me give it as my humble opinion; that if Santa na should show his ears as much in Congress— if ever he should get there, which however, is ex. treemly doubtful—as in this discussion, the peo ple had better permit him to stay at home, for his own sake. I am aware that the main objection urged ; against the Railroad connection with Philadel. phia via Pottstown, is the idea, pressed upon the business world, with a perseverance worthy of a better cause, that the Reading Railroad cannot accommodate the trade of the Lehigh Valley. Permit me to say on this point, that / knoupto the contrary, lean also assure Me public with a degree of confidence, only attained by a knowledge of the abilities and disposition of Me Company, Mat an other track will be laid on the road as soon as Me ca• parit of the two now made is taken up. This corn pony has the best entrance into the city, that can he had, and the best shipping point. I believe from the examination—l have given figures on the 1 subject—that a coal road cannot be built from Allentown to Philadelphia, via Perkionden and the same shipping advantages be secured, at an outlay of much less than two millions of dollars, particularly if a couple hundred thousand dollars is expended in tunneling South mountain. In the latter event taking place, which will not in my opinion for a number of years to come, the road will be still longer than the one connecting with the Mauch Chunk road at Allentown, and the Reading road at Pottstown. The latter can be built for one fourth that sum, and hence if the stock of the former will pay, Me taller would pay doubly well. But I need not weary your patience. If the combination or wire pulling now going on, prevents Allentown from having the benefit of the termination of the Philadelphia Railroad, let those who would sacrifice the interests of the masses of the people of Allentown and Lehigh county, for the sake of preserving a little local huckstering trade to themselves receive the honor. The folly may be lamented when too late to be 'repaired. COMMON SENSE. Interesting Hixtorical Documents.— The Bur lingion Gazette is publishing a series of valuable sketches of the early Governors of New Jersey. Besides these, the editor has lately discovered in the garret of his office the following historical papers: The celebrated bill in Chancery, filed by the proprietors cif East Jersey ; Minutes of the As sembly in 1745 and 1746;• Minutes of a Treaty held at Easton, in 1758, between the Governor of New Jersey, the Deputy Governor of Pennsylva ' pia, and the Indians; and Minutes of a Treaty held at Lancaster, Pa., in 1744, by the Lieuten ' ant Governor of . Pennsylvania, and the Commis. sioners of the province of Virginia and' Mary land, with the Indians of the Six Nations. The last bearing the imprint of Benjamin Franklin. The speech of Governor Belcher, one of the Co. lonial Governors, to the Council and General Assembly, dated at •Elizabethtown, April 25, 1754. The Legislature was convened by special orders from the King to appoint Commissioners to join with others from Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York, to meet in Convention at Albany in that year, oto consult upon the most prudent measures for holding and confirming the Six Na tions.in the British interest," in order to frus^ ' trate the designs of the French upon the colo nies. The speech is in the handwriting of a sec retary, but has the autograph of the Governor attached. Hosts of old orders were turned out also from a venerable barrel, which proved to have upori them the autographs of Franklin Belcher, and other Colonial Governors, and also orders from the Committees upon the Treasurer for payments of various sums during the war. Wonderful Eseape.—Lothrop Smith of New Or, leans, a few days since, while on a visit to the White Mountains, made a misstep over the pre cipice near the Flume House, into the abyss be low. He fell into the pool, from which, by great presence of mind, though the water was icy cold, and lie was encumbered with his clothes, he made his escape by swimming to a crag of the rock on the level with the.water. Here, we are told. he was lodged about forty-feet beneath the distance from which he fell. There was no means of ascend except by ropes, which were procured by friends who were with him at the time•ol the fall. He fastened a rope around his body, and was raised aloft,drenched and bruised, but the only human thing, we presume, that ever came from the pool alive after such a fall. Max Seed.—Upwards of 78,000 bushels of flax seed, says the Dayton (Ohio) Gazette, have been brought to this market within the last three weeks. The new crop of seed is abundant and the quality good. The ruling price at this date is 87 cents per bushel. From present prospects it is believed that not less than a quarter of a million of dollars will be paid for flax seed at this point, during the present season. Nearly all the seed brought here is used by our manufactu rers. A Large . Copperhead Snake.—We learn, that Solomon H. Becker, of Penn, township, Landes ter county, on Saturday last,- killed ot. copperhead snake, measuring 4 feet I inch in length, and having in Its body 67 yo ung ones,,everaging about 0 inches in length...". , _ ' ' Protection, its Effects upon Formers. Mechanics and Laborers. The necessity of protecting domestic industry against the competition of foreign pauper labor, is gradually forcing itself upon the minds of hon• est independent thinking men. In despite of all • that may be said and written to the contrary, , public opinion is guided by common sense, and not by a bungling and twisted theory. For the , bulk of every community have common sense, and by that they will always see the absurdity and impraCticability of pursuing a policy long, which is so detrimint to the interests of the gen era! mass of the people. All that such energies, of their country's prosperity, can ever do, is to amuse a few light-minded people for n season.— For their seeming admirers mostly leave them . out of sight, when they come to meditate serious. ly upon the matter, for such babblers and scrib blers, who have either a direct or indirect inter. est at stake, can make no lasting impression,roe they never have produced one solid and impreg nable argument. The impression which existed among some of our farmers and laborers, that the protective policy was not the true policy for their interests, is gradually wearing off, as it should. For any man who will open his mind to reason, will see that the American farmer can not raise his wheat, incur the expense of trans ..portation, and sell it in Europe at as low a price as the European farmer, who has none of those extra costs, and who pays a mere trifle for la, bor. Without-the home market, the American farmer will have tin sale for his produEg, and they will continue to decline, until a Preitective Tariff supplants the Tariff of 18d6, and until the hoMe market becomes active and reliable. But how can we create such 'a -market I Certainly not by adopting a policy of Free Trade, for that does exactly suit Great Britain. For she has an immense start over us, is the manufacturing line, and such a system would forever leave her without a rival. No l but by giving additional protection to the different manufacturing inter est of our country, there is no occasion of send ing our cotton to a distant country, to have it worked up into cloth, and then transport it hack again for consumption. And again, why not es tablish furnaces and forges, where there is iron. ore and coal and provisions in ohundance, in stead of sending your provisions three thousand miles, and then have them brought back again in the form of iron, and compelling us to pay for 101 l foreign manufactured articles gold and silver. The deplorable results of the present tariff are ) but too plainly seen in some of the iron proclu, cing counties, (Clarion for instance,) where most of the furnaces and rolling. mills have sus pended operations, and have thrown part of the land connected with it into the market,—as well as the land of others who were dependent upon that branch of industry for sustenance. Now the i I market is glutted—the price of land is reduced— property is sacrificed—the business of the coun try suffers from this depression—the value of properly declined to a large amount as soon as the furnaces ceased operation ; consequently, there is not so much taxable properly, this deft ' ciency then must be supplied by increased taxa tion upon the farmers and those following other pursuits, by the depression of this one interest the whole community suffers. Thus the present tariff injures all, it injures the farmer by depriv ing him of a safe anti reliable home market. It injures the laborer by depriving him of steady employment, and compels him to lose time and money in quest of work. It injures the mechan ic by taking a large amount of work away from him upon which he depended for a living. And it injures them all by compelling them to raise the amount of money which is lost to the State by the direct depreciation of property, resulting from the stoppage of those establishments. These are facts which speak plainly, and .show that Pennsylvania can never flourish, so well,. as when American labor is protected, and Ameri. can enterprise enc.ouraged. J. S. D. Hutu is it.—A letter from Lake Superior says that a wooded skid was lately found twenty feet below the surface, upon which was resting a mass of copper weighing more than five tons.— Two copper tools and several hammers of stone, together with coal and ashes of wood, were ly ing around it, as fresh to all appearances as though they had been made last year; and yet there was six feet of vegetable soil above them, which on being dug out, proved to be at least five hundred years otil. Dea from the bite of a Snake.-0a Tuesday last, a little girl, aged some eight or ten years, named Livingston, in Bradford county, Pa., died very suddenly from the bite of a snake. She was heard to cry in a distant part of the field, but no attention was paid to her for some ten min• utes. When found, she was in convulsions, and blood oozing from her nose, mouth, &c. The bite was on the top of the (not, and supposed to have been inflicted by a hoop or horn snake. From Cincinnati to Pittsburg in a Day.--We are gratified to learn that a meeting of the board of Directors of the Ohio and Pennsylvania and Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad gorripanies held at Cleveland last week, a most satisfactory arrangement was made in regard to the passen ger travel between Pittsburg and Cleveland. It is agreed that hereafter the roads will work in concert—all Pittsburg passengers to be sent over the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, instead of by way of Wellsville. What Cot. Benton goes for.—Col. Benton, in a triumphant speech since his election, thus sums up some of the work he goes to Congress to do —viz: ' "In the National Legislature there are many things to be done, for ihe failure to do which, or to try, I shall admit my own reiponsibility. A system of roads from St. Louis to San Francis co ; the developement of the Iron resources of the country ; free trade in salt; the rectification of the vagary of universal ad valorems; liberal disposition of the public lands; improvement of our national rivers; the pieservation of the gold currency; the acquisition of the.arsenal ground for a public promenade in St. Louis; the com• pletion of • the marine. Hospital ; preservation' of the city harbor; these will be some of the 'meth sures of a more home character which I 001 press." • =I The election for the President is only three months oft ; yet, scarcely any movements has been made on the part of the people, which evinces the usual interest that such an. event inspires. ThOPO who make politics a trade— office expectante, and others, whose exalted patriotism urges them to make personal sacri fices, by serving the public in all the offices where they are the best pay and the least work are as usual, all in a fervent excitement, and they think and talk of nothing but politics.— lint the people, who care only for good rulers, good principles, and nothing for individuals, take the whole matter "calm se a summer's morning." Court Proceedings.—We stated fast week that the_case..of the_Com mon weaith. vs. Earnet drews, charged with the murder of his wife, had been taken up in the Court of Quarter Sessions. After some little trouble in getting a Jury (hi witnessed were examined with much care. Our readers are so familiar with the facts of this cases' that we deem it unnecessary to republish thetrf now. The counsel of the prisoner admitted the Commission of the deed, but denied malice afore• thought to that extent which constitutes murder in the first degree, and contended that the act was committed in a moment of passion, under circumstances of great provocation. The gen- eral good character nf the accused, previous to this act, was pretty satisfactory established, and the jury had little trouble in agreeing on a ver• dict of murder in the second degree. The case occupied the time of the Court until Thursday afternoon. Judge McCartney sentenced him in the following words, "that you undergo an im prisonment in the Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the county of Phila delphia, hence to be kept in separate and solita ry confinement at Labor, and be fed,clothed, anti treated as the Law provides for the period of t 2. years lobe computed from this day. That you pay the costs and stand committed till this sen tence be complied with." Pure Air —At the E location Convention at Newark last week, Dr. Griscom of New York urged upon school committee men and teachers the importance of pure air for scholars. He• remarked that it would astonish some when he said the respiration is the last act of digestion.— This act oxydizes and decarbonizes the blood.— The want of fresh and pure air is among the prime causes of mortality. It is a fact that halt of the race die before the age of twenty one. The school room and dormitory are changed into abodes of death. Fresh air is deliberately shut out, and foul air, the fell ministerof disease, kept in. When will due attention be paid to the sub ject of ventilation, in constructing school rooms, public halls and dwelling houses? A I'ost 31uster.—We observe by the Post of lice operations for the past week, that Edward J. Kurtz, has been appointed Post Master, at Cher ryville, Northampton county, in place of Ribert Went; the recent incumbent. Trout in Lake Erie.—Mr. Andrews of Dunkirk, N. Y., recently succeeded in catching salmon trout in Lake Erie, where it was not known that they existed. Several unsuccessful attempts were made at different depths of water, and in different ways, but at length the true way was found, and that, by turning out some thirteen miles from shore and dropping nets to the depth of nearly or quite 100 feet, and thus letting therm remain fOr some hours, the fish could be secur ed. Mr. Andrews took at one haul over fifteen hundred pounds of trout and whitefish. In this lot there were thirty three trout, weighing about thirty pounds each. lion. E. C. Candlell, of Florida.—We believe it has been generally understood that Mr. Ca bell of Florida, would refuse to support General Scott. The Tallahassee &tabu! gives an extract from a letter recently written by him, which says: eeThe Whig party of my State has decided to sus him, (Gen. Seott;) and I will acquiesce in that decision. I certainly cannot soppier! Pierce,and agree with you as to the probable consequences of the election." Hog Slatibticm of ICentarlqp The Louisville Journal has received returns of the number of hogs in twelve counties, in addition to the state.- ment published a few days since. The number now exceeds one million, and returns from some counties are yet to be made. Matrimonial Advertisement. The following which we clip from the New York Herald, is de. cidedly the latest, in point of novelty : A Wife Wanted.—l have under my charge a nephew, 31 years of age, a lawyer, whom I wish to see married to a suitable widow lady. Beau ty and wealth are deemed indispensable—a small family no objection, and a Southern. or country lady acceptable. Persons disposed to act as mediators, with exclusion of the designated lady. during the preliminaries, and willing to agree on a compensation may communicate for two weeks post paid, to Alphonso P. Bernard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A Shark in the Delaware.—Last week a fisher.. man named Johnson, while engaged with his men in fishing with a net, about four miles be. low Bristol, caught a shovel nose shark, mew. surlnft ten feet long and weighing 650 pounds. -, Another shark of the same description, was caught a short time since, near Ten Mile Point. between Tacoby and Bristol, measuring eight feet, and weighing about 300 pounds. , Large Calf—Mr. Benjamin R. Stauffer, of East Lampeter township, Lancaster county, has a Calf which weighed, when between two and three weeks old, 180 pounds. The calf is of the Dur. ham breed. Pretty News.— The Wilkeebarre Farmer, Case paper, calls the friends of Buchanan in this State, ..a desperate and unprincipled faction o[ free.booters." On the other hand, the Democrat. its Union gonsiders the (lass men "a small band oC politioal desperadoes." rir said a rough boy, 4 . 4 hope won't buy any more gunpowder tea for mother."—,: filltrhy not 1" lleoause every time she drinks it she blows the uP." ' . • -N. ' . Apathy in Politics.
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