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Allentown, Pa.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1662.
Court Proceedings
In our last, we promised to give the Court pro
ceedings in detail, which promise wo were no.
able to accomplish, owing to a disappointment
of our reporter. Nothing however of impor
tance was transacted. The shooting case be
tween Roberts and Hansicker was tried Hun
sicker got clear and Roberts was ordered to pay
the costs.
Free Trade
• We notice in the Clarion County Register,
seventeen advertisements for Sheriff's Sales !
Most of the properly thus advertised to he sold
under the hammer, consists of Iron Furnaces
and Forges. Supposing that they each employ
fifty men, no less than eight hundred and fifty
persons, to say 'nothing of their-familiesi—will
be thrown out of employment. And, in-as
much as there is no immediate prospect of a
renewal of operations in these establishments,
the laborers hitherto employed in them will
be driven from necessity to engage in
_some
other branch of business—some other pursuit
for a livelihood .
, This of course destroys what
ever of a home market has hitherto existed in
.the neighborhood of these manufactories, for
the produce of the country round about them.
Here we have some of the beautiful fruits of
that ever blessed and never to be sufficiently
glorified "Free Trade Tariff of 1846." No
wonder that the London Times is anxious fur
the success of such principles which in all its
operations has ever been regardful of and con
stant to the interests of British Alanulacturers.
These British patriots would rejoice to see ev.
ery American work shop cloned, every Amer•
ican forge hammer silent, and every American
forge fire extinguished, and all American labor
prostrate, could they thereby secure to English
shops, forges and furnaces continual prosperity
under the benevolent workings of that detesta
ble and destructive enactment, the British Free
Trade Tariff of 18-16.
It is a deep disgrace to our country, that her
citizens are annually expending so much mon
ey on the labor of foreign mechanics, and the
product's of foreign workshops. Annually we
are constructing long lines of railway with these .
products, over beds of American ore and beds
of American coal as extensive and easy of ac
cess as any in the World. An this money is
expended in paying the foreign capitalist for
his investment in foreign manufactures; the
foreign laborer and artisan for his work, and
the foreign banner for his provisions.
There is not a loot of railway where the track
is laid with English iron, into which every item
in this bill of expenses does not enter. blew
American mechanics, manufactiirers and agri
culturist can be so blind to their own interests, so
disregardful of all true notions of patriotism, as
to countenance, year after year, the operations
of such a destructive commercial system, utter
ly surpasses our cotnprehension.
Postage upon Newspapers
The new amendment to the postage law
which goes into operation on the 30th of Sep
tember, fixes the rate of each newspaper,
periodical, circular, or other printed' mat
ter, not exceeding throe ounces, at one cent, to
any part of the United Slates; for each addi
tional ounce, or fraction, one cent ; when paid
yearly or quarterly, in advance, at the office
where mailed, only one-half of this rate
to be charged. Newspapers and periodicals
not exceeding one ounce arid a half, to be
charged only one-half the above rates in the
States where published. Packages of several
small newspapers or pamphlets, of not more
than 10 octavo pages, to one address, to ho
charged only half a cent an ounce. The .pos
tage on all transient matter to be pre-paid, or
charged double these rates. Books, bound or
unbound, are to be deemed mailable, when not
weighing over four pounds, and chargable with
one cent an ounce for under 3000 miles; and
two cents for over that distance—fifty per cent.
to be added when not pre-paid. Publishers of
newspapers and periodicals arc permitted to
send exchaugh copies, and to enclose bills and
receipts free of postage.
Business Notices.
7accrtt Stand for Sale.—We invite 'the par
ticultrr attention of our readers to rho property
offered at private sale by ltilr. 3. Parr Baas, in
Millerstown. Flis tavern is the oldest stand in
the village, with Iwo acres of land adjoining;
the property is in excellent repairs. Mr. Haas
intends leasing for the West, and will sell his
house at a bargain. Persons wishing to pur-
chase a good tavern stand will do well to ex•
amine this. See card in another column.
• Store Stand kr Rent.—By reference to our
advertising: columns, it will be seen that the
store stand, extensively known as !,‘Trexler's
Store," is offered for rent. The building is a
large one with a storage house attached, also a
suitable dwelling house nearby. The stand is
one of the best in the country, anti to an enter
prising business man presents an opening but
:seldom offered.
Hardware and Culler y.--Wa would invite the
.attention of merchants visiting New York, to the
.card of Mr, A. P. Lograve, in our advertising col
umns. _ His assortment is such as cannot fail to
meet the wants of country merchants, and his
prices will no doubt give general satisfaction.—
Give him a call
Madison County.—Oar friend of the Pottstown
Ledger is again urging the erection of Madison
county. He says °Pottstown stands ready to do
her part, and will build a Court House alime
with Out asking of the country districts a cent to.
wards it." 7'he measure, he adds, is rapidly in.
creasing in favor throughout the rural districts.
The Madison county folks are evidently bent up
on making another effort to push through their
darling prAlept Otis winter. , .
Agricultural Meeting
Purstianeto public notice, a meeting of. the
Lehigh County Agricultural Society was held
on Saturday the 4th of September, at the house
of Peter Haas, in Millerstown.
EDWARD KOHLER, Esq., Presiding.
J. M. Line, Esq. the Recording Secretary, not
being present ; -A. L. Ruhe, was on' motion up
pointed Secretary pro tern.
The proceedings of the meeting held-on the
31st of July, were read and on motion adopted.
A resolution passed at the meeting of the
31st of July, authorising the President of the
Society to appoint a delegate to represent the
Lehigh County Agricultural Society, in the
Pornelogudal Congress, to be held in Philadel
phia, on the 13th of September,- in pursuance
of which die President appointed E. D. Leis.
enring, Esq., as the Delegate.
The Committee to prepare a list of premi•
urns, draft rules and regulations, to bp obscrv•
ed at the first annual Fair, revolt progress and
wish to be continued
lirsolved—Tbal the Committee on premiums,
rules and regulations be continued, with in
structions to make- reports for publication by
next week
The Corresponding Secretary reported a let
ter from James'evx, Esq., PreSident of the Le
high Coal and Navigation Company, respecting
the passing and repassing of such articles as
may be exhibited at tho Fair, free of toll. The
leper being on motion Endured to be iecorded
with the minutes of the meeting and published.
OJ/uc Lehigh Coal & Nay. Co
Phila., August 14th, 1532.
D. O. Minmtt, Esq., Cur. ,1/44T.
Sir =four favor of
the 7th of August canto to hand on the I lilt.—
In compliance with the request therein made
on behalf of the Lehigh County Agricultural
Society,ll have the pleasure to say to you, that
articles intended for exhibition at the Society's
Fair, to be held at Allentown, on the GM, 7th,
and Bth of October next, will be allowed to pass
this Company's Canal. and buck again, free of
In conformity with the above, I have re
quested the Company's superintendent, 111 r.
Douglass, to give the necessary instructions to
the collectors on the canal.
I am very respectfully yours,
JAM ES COX, President
The committee consisting of Messrs. Chas.
Fester, Christian Metz and Ilitam J. Schantz,
to invite speakets on the days of the Fair; Re.
part, that they have received letters of accep
tance from Hon. James 111. Porter, Rey. Jercmi.
oh Schindel, and George W. Bering, the
report being accepted and the committee
charged.
On motion the committee on invitation was
ordered to be continued.
On motion a general committee of arrange
ments was appointed, consisting of live moni
kers of the Borough ol Allentown, and one ol
each township as follows:
Dorong,h—Dr.John Romig, John V. flocinol,
phraim Grim, Jacob Di!linger, and Benj.unia
agenbuch.
Northampton—Charles F. Mertz
Salisburg—Charles Keck.
South Whitehall—Peter Arliekley.
Upper Alaeungy—Hiram J. Schantz
North Whitehall—Paul Balliet.
Lower Alaeungy—Jonas ‘Veseo.
Woiseriburg—JacobGrim.
Upper Alittortl- 7 Charles Foster.
Lowhill—Joel Klotz.
Lynn—David Full weiler.
Heidelber g —Godfrey Peter.
Washington—Charles Peter.
Ilanover—Charles Ritter.
Saucon—Charles Wittman. .
. Resolved—That a committee to receive visi
tors he appointed to consist of five members as
follows:—Christian Pretz, A. L. Butte, H. E.
Wright, Wm. H. Blunter and E. DAeisenring.
Resolved—That a committee of five shall be
appointed by the committee of arrangements,
who shall be termed marshals, whose di,ty it is
to preserve order at the Fair ground.
Resolved That tho next general meeting
shall be held in the Court House, on the even
ing of the 6th of October, Where all the mem- ,
bora of the Society are requested to be in at.
Undone°.
Bureaw's Daguerreotype.
"Paint me as I ntn," was the answer given
by a distinguished Noble of France, when ask
ed by his painter how ho wished to be painted.
To those of our subscribers who may wish to
obtain a correct likeness of themselves or their
friends, we can with pleasure refer them to
Burcaw's Daguerrean Gallery, where they can
obtain a likeness, true to life; for the proof of
which we ask you to try him. We have seen
likenesses that have been taken by the moat
celebrated Daguerrean Artists of Philadelphia,
New York and London, and we say no more
than has been stuted by many others, that for
correctness and neatness ofexecution, Burcaw's
likenesses are surpassed by none that we have
over seen.
Private Banking in Btlaueh Chunk.
We congratulate, says the Carbon Democtat,
our business friends on the opening of a Bank.
ing Mice in this Borough, by Messrs. Rockwood,
Hazard & Co. Some banking facilities nearer
than Philadelphia or Easton, have long been
needed, and with au very heavy a business as
that of this vicinity, the delay, inconvenience and
expense of sending to a distance must be great,
and we presume may now be entirely obviated.
We are glad the business has been updertaken
by respectable parties, who will be guided by
honorable principles. We understand that a
regular and legitimate business is , contemplated
and that it is commenced with ample means.—.
The managing partners we understand, will be
Mr. C. G. Rockwood, late Cashier of the Stam
ford Bank, Conn., (and formerly of the Orange
Bank, N. and Mr. Fisher Hazard, son of
Erskine Hazard, Esq., one of the founders, and
still a manager of the Lehigh Coal and Naviga•
tfoa Company.
Agrioulturo—Manure
"Impossibility of sustaining land by the ma
nure made from the straw of the crops raised
oil it."
The question is often asked, by farmers, can
the fertility of a soil be maintained by petting
bark all'the straw, Sc.. that entries oil it, after
this straw is made into manure. One of my'
neighbors informs me that theor. is on the list
of his acquaintances, a man,. who experiment
ed upon a portion of land, by rarelnlly plow
ing down all the cootforlder, wheat, oats and
straw raised upon it, reserving only the grain ;
the result teas that the laud inNeased itt fettil
ity, and produced larp - tr clops, poi, tog bttyimd
all doubt, as Ire thought, the impossibility of
exhausting the land by so ( Mi n . ? . B u t h em
chemistry comes to our aid again, and inhales
us the soil must in time become exhausted.
Any process which is continually abstract•
ing an essential element of fertility from the
soil, must in time exhaust it, however slowly
the-work-of- abstract ion - is-going-om---Now-dte-'
man who sells 51) bushels of oats MI of one
acre takes Withal laud 5F3 Ib4. of inorganic I
matter, consisting of the phosphates, sulphates,
and silikates of the alkalies and alkaline earths,
1 1
&.
Though this quantity is small compared with
the great mass of .. .earth, extending to thit depth
attained by the plow, yet when we reflect that
many of these substaitj'es exist in execeding
ly small quantities, (in 1000 parts of the soil,
there may not in ninny instances be 011(1 part
of some of these elements) and that die fer
tility of ilia soil depends on their presence, we
see the certainty of exhaustion, except there be
some source of a resupply, independent of the
manure made from the straw. Soils abound.
ing in organic constituents that lack a' ue sup
ply of vegetable mould, may be improved by
supplying only straw, &e., for a time, (perhaps
in very remark able instances for centuries)
but ultimately exhaustion mina follow, and the
larger the crops raked the sooner it will fol
low.
Supplying manure made from straw, taken
from other fields, may fn fish the deficiency,
but this plan still lets povavly take hold at an
other place.
The best method of economizing all the straw
as a manure, is to plow it down without trans
forming it into manure.
Cattle feeding upon it not only abstract a
portion of the orgarric part to form flesh and
blood, and in breathing cast off a large portion
into the air, as carbonic acid, besides ammoni
acid exhalations, but a portion of the inorganic
part is lost in the bones, hair, and other organs
and appendages. Still further, nitrogenions
vapors are constantly arising from the manure
heap, and wasting. • The decomposition of the
straw arid other vegetable inat:cr exposed to
the sun and atmosphere, is attended with a
great loss of mat erial, which would not be sus•
tained a-ere the straw plowed in. Ai an ex
ample of the iliaerence between the effect of a
crop of clover plowed down for wheat, and Me
same crop hauled to the barn, the seed taken ' 1
out, and the straw thrown into the barn yard.
In the former case, a good crop of wheat will I
be the result, in the latter you will find in the
bottom of your barn-yard a thin "cake" of
black manure, just enough to remind yon of
the cart loads of clover straw you put into the
yard; you get in return a few loads of manure,
not sufficient to cover a fifth part of the field
which the same crop, had it been planed down
when in bloom, would have manure(' all over.
Another source of loss of inorgani6 materials
consist in their being washed down in aqueous
solution, to the small streams water, and
carried off to the rivers, to pass on to the ocean;
in this way even that which is replaced in the
soil, in the straw, will when the straw decent-
poses, pass away.
Now since this gradual work of exhaustion
is going on, and will go through ages to come
it becomes a serious question with both the
philosopher and philanthropi,st to ascertain front
what source these inorganic substances are de
rived to keep up the fertility of the soil.-
11:est Chester Register and Examiner.
Speech of Gon• Cass
nALTIMORE, August 31.—A large Democratic
Mass Meeting was held here to-night, in Monu
ment Square. The various Ward associations I
marched to the square in procession, with ban- I
ners, transparencies and music, and. great en
thusiasm was manifested.
Col. Jacob G. Davis, President of the Mont,.
mental Empire Club, welcomed Gen. Cass, who
was present, in a neat speech, and presented
him with a handsome bouquet. Gen. Cass re
ceived the compliment in his usual happy man , :
ner, and expressed his appreciation pf the Unti
-1
ness of his fellow citizens of Baltimore in eh)-
! quent terms, concluding with a speech of some
length, which was warmly received,and elicited
much applause. In the commencement of his
speech he said that if any one present expected
him to abuse Gen. Scott or the Whig party he
was much mistaken. Gen. Scott was a gallant
soldier, whose name was inscribed on the bright
est pages of American history, and, as such
commanded his respect, lie next eulogised the
Democratic nominee, Prank Pierce, as a man
who would make a sound constitutional Presi-
dent, and who was deserving of the confidence
and support of his party.
Another Hero Cote.—James Wool, another of
the heroes of the Revolution, died on Wednes•
day last, near Troy, N. Y., •on the farm where
his father lived and died. In 1776 the family
were compelled to flee from their home and seek
safety for their women and children. This done,
the men went forth to battle, and never laid down
their arms till victory had crowned them. James
was the youngest of the family. "I was a tall,
strong boy," said he, "and they iet me fight at
Benningtoo." When the frosts of more than
eighty winters had bleached his locks and pal.
sled his limbs, he-loved to dwell on these scenes,
and thank God that he had permitted him to live
to see his children's children enjoy the blessings
he bad helped to 7„in.
•
Adjournment of Congress
Congre:4s at last approached its adjournment
Alter a sesf-ion characterized by unexampled
indolence, the members Feparalcd and went
}mule lor a rhori period. It would have been iin
posib!e for them, indeed, m have remained in
reseimu Ftilltql longer, mile:, they wished to re•
main lixtules , at ll'ashilignut till the Fourth of
phd this would hot have suited their
purpose, because they would b u lb have lost
their mileage, and been absent from their disc
11'4'18 LlttitilL! the coining election. The coun
try has nothing to thank them for eensecitna
ly: They have consulted - their own interests
throughout, and not those of t h e nation. As
lon,g as they could, they trilled, arid when they
could trillu no more, they chid just sufficient
wools to escape condemnation. .
Ple, , ideut nicking has 6,:en (ho great cause
of this, as of so many preceding Congresses.—
the meeting of the Whig and Demomat
ie Convections, the almost entire time of mem
1-bers-wele-oceupied-ilit caballing-for this candi
-1 date or that. Since dial period there has been
more disposition to attend to public affairs.—
But the neglect of business, for the purpose of
electioneering, has still been most flagrant.—
While paid by the poeple to attend solely to
federal legislation, both Senators and Repre
sentatives have attended to their own, or their
friends' private political interest, and have.neg
lei:led public allidr,;. Yet, with a perversity
of erinciple which earl be seen nowhere ex•
trio in polities, they have not scrupled Co lake
their pa), notwithstanding their inattention.
A morning cotemporary, deploring this condi
tion of things, refers it to the low standard, both
in intellect arid character, among members of
Congress. There is much truth ill this °pin- -
That Congress is less honest, able and
dignified than it once was, is susceptible of
easy proof. That it becomes worse every year
we all see. The evil is one we have frequent.
ly alluded to, and as often deplored. But how
is it to be reformed? A cure can only come
ham the people, and the people appear indif
ferent. The nominations are almost every
where io the hands of low, profligate adventw
rers in polities, whose interest it is to procure
the election of candidates who will become ei
ther their open tools, or will secretly fraternize
with them. The intelligent, honorable, Motal
and piffriotie citizens, by standing aloof from
the primary assemblies, suffer such nomina•
tions to take place, and then are forced to sup
port unworthy candidates, or abandon their ;
party. Oftee they would willingly do the lat.
ter, if an organized moverneut existed in favor
of an honest nominee ; but as this rarely
curs, the result is, nine times out of ten, the
success of imbecility or disgrace.
Bet an equally potent cause for the President
making spit it of Congress, is the profligacy
which marks the politics of the day. ‘Ve will
say melting on this subject now, for we have
often discussed it heretofore. But, in making
op 'lf accounts v.iih the present Congress, we
must not forget that, bad as it is in this respect,
it has only "101 l tr.% ed in the footsteps of its O.
! ustr i ons pre,feees:mr.i."—Pitik
Lower Cali:kohl ua lathpend col Stale.—The
St. Diego Herald, of the 22d of August, has it
from reliable authority, that the active prepara
tions are on foot to proclaim the independence
of the peninsula territory, and hoist the "Dear
Din Manuel Castro, a native of Monte
rey, and late an officer in the Mexican army, it
is said, has been sileitily engaged of late in en•
listing men in this and the county of Los Angc.
las, to proceed to Lower California and proclaim
the independence of that territory. Rumor has
it, that he has been quite successful, and that his
followers are now daily making their way over
the line in small parties, intending to unite at
some given point, and march upon St. Thomas
and La Paz. Negrete, the head of the Mexican
authorities in that country, is represented as a
timid man, incapable of resisting a well organ 7
ized efrort. His family has take❑ refuge in our
city from the impending storm. Castro is of the
opinion that the few Mexican troops in the gar.'
rison at Santo Thomas and La Paz ; will join his
standard as soon as he unfurls it.
Gold by The Tun.—The amount of gold dust
that left the port of San Francisco for the Stales
in the last fifteen days of July, is stated at $2,,
800,000. This is beyond the expectations of the
most sanguine, and will, it is said, be exceeded
by future shipments. At 2000 lbs. to the ton, as
they sell coal in our large cities—there were over
six tons of gold dust on board the two steamers
which left San Francisco on the 3lst ofJuly, and
we may look for seven tons by those of the 15th
inst., and an equal amount on the Ist and 15th
of each month until the Ist of January next, or
the enormous amount of seventy tons of gold for
the five months from the Ist of August to Jan.
uary Ist.
Great Drought, —We agree with the Albany
Register, that the weather continues dry and hot.
August is now in his sultrious mood. The
drought continues unbroken, and is almost un
precedented. The fields look as if a fire had
passed over them. The earth is baked hard, and
opens in many places in large seams and fis•
sures, as if gaping for rain. The foliage of the
trees and plants in turning yellow, and swarms
with insects. There nre about two grasshoppers
to every blade of grass that has a remnant oflife
left in it. There has not been rain enough to
moisten the roots of potatoes since they were
planted. Corn looks as if it had a smart touch
of the yellow fever. The growth of fruit is sadly
stunned, and some kinds that are maturing will
be destroyed by worms before they can ripen,—
There has not been a rain of over 6 hours Jura•
tion in these 'diggings' within the past nine
months.—Buf. !'rough Noted.
Niagara County. IVheat.—We have on our ta•
ble, says the Buffalo Rough Notes,a specimen of
Niagara county wheat which is very fine. Iris
from the farm of Mr. William Freeman, in the
town of Royalton. The yield, we learn, was an
average of thirty five bushels on seventy acres,
weighing siziy two pounds to the measured
bushel.
' GLEANINGS.
1.... V 'Peaches arc selling at Milford, Del., at
wenty.five cents per bushel.
rarThere were 54 deaths nt Sandusky, Ohio,
during the week ending the 13th inst., 36 died of
cholera.
ta'The celebrated trotting horse Reindeer,
was sold at auction a clay or two since, in Drool:-
lyn, to Mr. Wm. Read, foe $1,075.
E.- - 7'Col. John G. Waimouth, of Germantown,
Pa., announces himself as an independent con.
iiidale fur Congress.
rii•The Washington Union says that "•Whig.
ism is the same everywhere." Prentice responds,
- Democracy, on the contrary, is not the same in
any two places."
£T/ It is reported that the llon. Thomas If.
13enton is dangerously ill at Franktitrt,
rirEggs from China pot up in pickcl, in
large jars, are now retailed in ttati Francisco at
onz dollar per deiten.
EVA Buffalo perch xvat caught in the river,
at Madison, la. on VVedncsday last; weighing 22
pounds.
fa*George D. Prentice, Esq., of the Louisville
Journal, is mentioned as a candidate for Con ,
gress, to succeed the lion. Humphrey Marshall.
trilt is a striking fact, that of the 7000 or
8000 emigrant from this country to Liberia, not
one life has been lost by skipwreck.
g7o — 'A Western editor thinks Hiram Powers,
the sculptor, is a swindler, because he chizeled
an unfortunate Greek girl out of a block of mar
ble.
Ear Nfr. Amos Raymond, a ReYolutionnry pen•
sinner, died recently at Allrghany township, Put_
ter county, Pa., aged 95 years and 3 months.
cz`i'lrar,ge numhers of females are emigrating
from England to the Australia.
Ce'State election, October 12—Presidential,
November 2.
Et , ""Fhe Missouri house of Representatives
have had 19 ballots for Speaker without a choice.
LV'The Washington (Texas) Lone Star, re
ports that President Fillmore has authorised
Governor Bell to call out five hundred Rangers to
serve nn the frontier.
rs7"The llutnocratie Mass Meeting held at
Reading, on Saturday last, was variously estima
ted, between two and six thousand.
The Card Mule.— The Anthracite Coal trade
; was vety large the past week—the largest of
the season. The Lehigh Navigation Company
brought down, for the week enclitic; on Saturday
last, 31,29.1 tons, the Schuylkill Navigation, for
the week ending on Thursday last, 23,356 tons,
and the Reading Railroad, for the week ending
at the same time, 45,693 tons—the tonnage by the
three lines reaching 103,3:15 tons. The tonnage
by the three lines, for the season, up to the dates
of the last reports, is 2,352,640 tow,. Of this ag
gregate, the Lehigh has brought down 679,408
tons, the Schuylkill Navmation brought down
.195,062 tons, and the Reading Railroad 1,184,170
togs. The demand fur coal is calling into requi
sition all the facilities of the several lines, even
at advanced pi ices. The 1,-high Navigation
Company has advanced the price of prepared
coal to $4 50 per ton, and the 11,Niding
and Schuylkill Navigation gave notice that afu•t
the oth inst., the rate of freights and toll over the
lines of their respective woolts will be advanced
ten cents pet ton.
A Large Rfift front North Carolina— 1 few days
ago, a rail of lumber, containing 60,156 feet, ar•
rived at Norfolk from the yellow pine forests of
North Carolina, bordering upon Pamlico sound.
One piece measured 591 cubic feet, and is 83
feet long, by 35 inches square. The tolls upon
it through the Dismal Swamp canal amounted
to upwards of $l5O, and it sold, delivered at Nor^
folk, at a price not far short of $17,000. Th e
whole of it is intended for New York, and was
towed, on Thursday evening ) by the steamer Je—
wess, up the Chesapeake Bay, and from thence
it will proceed through the canals, round to New
York. We learn from the Norfolk ANUS that
the timber can be transported for half as much
this way as it costs to ship it in vessels, and that
au extensive field is likely soon to be opened,
when a profitable trade will be commenced in
this business between Norfolk and the Northern
cities.
Ddcgalc 8 . stem.—The Democrats of North.
timberland county, at their late Convention,
adopted a resolution aboli.shing the old delegate
system in that county. The American says the
plan hereafter adopted, is, that township eke.
Lions Will be held at the time and place appoint
ed, as usaal, when each candidate will be voted
fur. The proceedings arc to be regularly kept
and made out, of all the votes polled. Instead
of delegates, return judges arc appointed, who
will all assemble at Sunbury on a day fixed, as
is now the custom in general elections. The
candidate having the highest number of all the
votes in the county, is declared the nominee of
the party.
independent—Hun. William A. Graham, the
Wlttg candidate for Vice• President, having. been
pus upon the Webster ticket, as candidate for
Vice President in North Carolina; by some of
the hewspapers of that State, has written a letter
declaring that the movement does nut meet his
approbation. He says he• cannot consent to
serve upon any other ticket than that put forward
by the Whig National Convention.
Polatoe Crop.—We learn from the Baltimore
American, that since the late heavy rains, the
potato crops in various parts of Baltimore coun
ty has exhibited evidences of the existence of rot
to a serious extent. We see by the Bucks coon•
ty papers in this State, that the potato rot
has made its appearance in that quarter. We
have noticed for weeks past, that. the potatoes
which come upon the table exhibited unmistake•
able evidences of the disease; the centre of many
being softer than the other portions, and in some
instances black.
Sinitic:l%—A mile turkey, near West Chester,
has set upon and hatched out a brood of Guinea
fowls. The old fellow manifested a desire to
"Set,' when the Guinea eggs were placed under
him•as an experiment. The young fowls, are
now about half-grown, and have been, and arc
stllf watched over by their protector, with the ma
terial care of a female turlFey.
The Poisoning Case
Emily Higgs, the young woman accused of
poisoning her child, at Hatborough, Monlgome.
ry county, has had her trial bfore Judge SmySer,
at Norristown. The trial commenced on the
19th and closed on the 27th during great excite
ment, a large portion of the crowd not being
able to get into the Court Homo. The fects'as
adduced from the evidence ate briefly as fol•
lows: The defendant became a mother some
time in June last; the child was healthy until the
17th td July ; when it was taken ill, and died in
three days afterwards. The day before the child
was faker' sick, Emily, the defendant, sent her
girl to the store and procured half an ounce -of
arsenic. This fact created suspicion, which
caused the body to be opened, and the stomach
and intestines removed, iind taken to a distill.
guisheil chemist in Philadelphia, who found the
stomach to contain arsenic. ft was clearly pro
ven thlt she purchatied the arsenic, and positive.
ly had the same in her possession, and returned
d itto the store after the death of the child, said
_to be short in weight,) accompanied with a note'
of admonition to the storekeeper. There was
no positive proof that the defendant administered
the arsenic, and the chemist who examined the
stomach, neglected to call in other chemists to
witness the examination, which, upon the testis
moray of chemists, there Was a possibility of his
being mistaken about the appearance, as other
s matter would produce the appearance of arsenic
where it did not actually exist.
There was a great array of testimony on the•
part of the defence, to prove her good character,
up to the time. of her inisfort UDC, as well as chem
ist.: and pl4simans, to rebut the testimony on the
part of the prosecution.'
The tri4i was conducted with great ability.—
Judge ,S.nyser occupied two or three hours in
charging the jury, who returned in about three
hours, with a verdict of not guilty, the rendition .
of which, produced the most deafening applause,
which neither the Court nor the Sheriffcould re
strain for a long time. Alter order was restor
ed, the Court severely reprimanded the excited
audience, for'thus desecrating the temple ofjus
tice by popular demonstration.
The unfortunate girl is a resident of Hatboro',
and appears to be about twenty years of age,
very genteel, in her appearance, quite goodlook.
mg, said to be well educated and very intelligent,
lately filling in possession of about $3OOO. She
passed this trial without any apparent excite
ment; during the right days she manifested a
remarkable. self.possession, seldom seen by her
opposite sex, under less favorable circumstan
ces. She has returned to her home and friends.
—.My&down Iliaclttotver.
An9thcr Mainnod Cave.—The State Register
says, that not far from Schohaire Court House,
N. Y., is one of"the greatest subterranean won.
tiers in the world. It is a Cave—called Howe's
Cave—and is next in size to the Mammoth Cave
of Kentucky, which has a world wide celebrity.
It was nccidentally discovered about eight years
ago, by Mr. Lester Howe, its present proprietor,
and is now becoming, every year, an object of
attraction to tourists from all parts of the coun
try. It has been explored to the distance of sev.
en miles (ruin the entrance. Mr. Howe has had
many strange and perilous adventures in the
course of his explotations, winch he retails to
his visitors while piloting them from room to
room, and from hall to hall of his great under•
ground rut itisity shop.
A short time since, Mr. E. Voting and S.
Gross if Albany, with their ladies, visited this
Cave and sin lid several hours in it, traversing
a number of miles of its winding passages, and
gazing with astonishment upon its vastness, its
grandeur. and its mineral beauties. They visi
ted the "Entrance," "Dining" and "Specimen"
rooms; the "Washington, Cataract, Congress,
Music and Covering's halls; the Harlem tunnel,
the Pool of Siloam, the Indian Smite Sutirs,
Franklin Avenue, the Museum, the Musfc Lake,
Giant Study, and Pirate's Cave, the Rocky Moon.
thins, dehosa abet valley, the . Winding Way, and
the [nighty Rotunda, reaching, a point 53 miles
from the emit ance. They emerged at last, fa
tigued, but highly delighted with all they had
seen and hearth away down in the heart of the
1111JUntaIns."
A (•'ucl Mal !elk 1.) Pager.y.— We copy the
following front the Pottstown Ledger:
t•The shipment of iron. over the State \Vnrks
will not he half as heavy this year as in 1848.
Copse—the use of foreign iron. Poor policy for
Pennsylvania."
Guud Advice.—ileinzen, the eil.tor of the Janus,
in a lecture recently delivered at Cleveland, on
the Germans; in America, in speaking of what
the German immigrants should learn from the
Americans, that of the things they should.
nut learn the chief are humbug, tobacco chew,
ing and brandy drinking. This is good advice
for all people, whether of the Teuiontic,
ur Yankee origin, and we commend it to the
general attention.
Salve fur Burns—Take two parts of olive oil
to one of laudanum, to be applied as soon as pos.
sible. It has long been used, and never knoWn
to fail in giving immediate relief, and heal with.
out leaving a scar.
Preservation (f Butter.—The Washington Tel
says a patent right has been recently gran
ted to a citizen of Ohio, for the preservation of
fresh butter, by a chemical procmlasuillauy,-....
climate for any time.
A lyonstcr Snake.—rtie York (Pa.) Itepubli,
can says that several days ago, 'a black snake
was killed about three miles from that tnwis up
the Codorus creek, which measured six feet in
length, and nearly three inches in diameter, and
had one hundred and twenty.threeyoung ones in
it.
Queer Jilarriage Relationship.--We have been
informed by an intelligent gentleman of Western.
Virginia, that there resides near him a man
about 30 years of age, whose matrimonial histo
ry is as follows:—When he was a child; his
father died., His mother anon married .-a very
young man, and died. His stepfather hitt thir
teen years older than himself, married a young
,wife and died, whpa 9ur hero married hisitepr
mother. -