.that the old rascal was left off ton easy and
he ought to be set up as a target to ha shot
at. Seine were for tarring and feathering
him, but others took his prt, and said he
__had_acted manfully, and that alter capitate
ting with him, they were bound by every
thing that was sacred, to trent hint honora
bly: At length they got to fighting among
themselves, After this it was proposed and
carried, that they should march off, right
away to Ben Wells, of Fayette county, the
excise officer there and catch and try him
and Regan both together. They set out ac
cordingly taking Regan along but when
they arrived at Wells! house, he was not
there, so they set fire to it and burned it
withall its contents. They left for an ambush
near the ruins, in order, if they could, to.
Seize upon Wells. Mixt morning he was
• taken, but during the night, as Regan had
-escapeck-and—Wells—was-very—submissive
with them, they left him oil Without furth
er molestation.
The next attack was made on Captain
Webster, of Stoystown, the excise officer
for Somerset county by about one hutalpql
and fifty Inert from Westmoreland. They
took - his commission from hint, and made
him promise never again to act as collector
ofnxcise. An attempt wits made by some
of the party to fire his haystacks, but it was
prevented by others of them before any in•
jury was done. They marched off home
wards, taking - Webster a few miles along
Smith - therilond seeing him very submissive
'.they oMite4.hitn to mount the stump, and
repeat his PrOinise7lieyer again to act as
collector of excise, and to'hlrrrett three limps
for Tom the Tinker, after whialr , they4lls.
missed him. This Torn the Tinker; watstitt
new god added to mythology at this tints,-
and was suppos-d to pr,sitht over whiskey.'
stills and still.houses. 11 hoot., r horri - we]
stoutly for Tom and Tinker. was of unques-
tionable loyalty with the whiskey boys;
whilst those who would not wt- brandtrd
-traitors to this new deity, and to their coon.
try.
Aflairs now arrived at such a crisis. that
either the Government or the people must
submit, and for the Government to have.
done so, under the circumstances, would
have been an end of Government. Nothing
now could restore order but the strong man
of the nation. The President called out the
militia from the eastern ',art of Penesylvu•
nia, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginin.—
Upwards of five thousand men, consisting
of infantry, cavalry, and a few companies
of Artillery, promptly obeyed the call of
the President. The Pennsylrania and Nets'
Jersey troops came through Somerset, and
'halted in three divisions, on this side of the
Chesnut Ridge. The advance division
came on to where this town now stands the
second division remained at Lobinger's
Mills. They remained in their encamp
ments for the space of eigl t days; duling
which time the cavalry, conducted by the
excise officers, were out scourintr the coun
try for whiskey buys. But chiefly all those
who had taken en active part in the late in
surrectionary movements, had either& d or
secreted themselves, eo that few could be
found ; 1 believe rot more than one or two.
The part of the army in tho nekrhhe r he e d
then struck their terns end marched to the
forks of the Yough, iu Washineion county,
where they were met by the Alaryland and
Virginia troops who had ccmo up through
Cumberland nod Uniontrwn, AV i ilst there
a few more of the insurgents were teken.
The precise number I do not free, inLei,.
but I think about fifteen.
A. proclamation was then issued calling
on all persons, a few names only. excepted,
to come forward at a certain time and place
and accept ofn general amnesty for all past
offences. This was generally acceded to
by those who had taken an active part' - n
the late illegal movements. The.command
ing officers having now full assurance that
the citizens would submit to:the laws, and
no longer resist the collectrirs, proposed to
the citizens that, if one or more militia com
panies in each county, would pledge them
selves to the Government to su pport the
constitution and laws when called upon, they
would remove the army from nmut•,grt
them. This proposition was &telly ac
ceded to, for the citizens were heartily
tired of them, a*l the officers and men
were very nnxious to return borne. I (ho not
remember how many companies pledgt d
themselves to support thr him., but our of
the Westmoreland commutes that did so I
'had the honor of commanding myself. The
army came here to the best of my recollec
tion, some time in October, 111/4, and left
about the latter end of November.
The excise officers resurmd their duties,
and met with no further• opposition. The
prisioners were taken to Philadelphia, which
was then the seat of the general govern
ment.tinder the administration of President
Washington, and there, in order to expose
them and mortify their feelings, they Were
marched through some of the principal
streets, with. white papers stuck upon their
hats. They were afterwards tried in the
Federal Court ; two only were convicted and
sentenced to be hanged ; the one fi n • treason
and the other for intercepting and breaking
open the U. S. mail for the purpose of as
certaining what steps the Government were
about to take relative to the lave. The eth
ers were acquitted; and those convict: !I were
pardoned and discharged. Thus ended this
folly and madness, into which the citizens
had been led by a few hot headed, aspiring
political demagogues, who bad raised their
spirits to such a height, as nt one time to
threaten ruin to the country.
Now, fellow citizens, I presume that ma
ny of you wish to know what part I took in
•the unhappy affitir. I confess frankly that
it was with reluctance I remained a neu
tral spectator. Had it not been for the good
advice of my venerable hither, whose coun 7
eel I followed, rather than my own incline
tion,l should have most likely taken an active
part with those who were outraging the
laws of their country. Through his instu
mentality, I was fortunately saved from a
course of conduct, that must on refleCtion,
forever after have given me uneasiness. It
Wes shortly .before this time ant 'the Jew:
bin spirit hnd overthrown the French Gov
ernment, and drenched the nation in blood ;
and many good and reflecting men began
to fear that under the spurious names of
democracy and liberty, the same evil spirit
was about to take possession of our people.
Cel)igl) Register.
Anent°Wit, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, ?iOVEDIBER 44, 18+52.
IV' To Correspotirlents.—The communicktion
on "Steam Boiler Explosion--the cause and the
remedy," came too late to find room in this week's
paper ; it will begiven in our next. Two other
communications are received which will find a
space in next week's Register.
The - Whig - Part
"The Whig Pafiy only exists in History."—
So said the Incofoco papers after the late Pres.
idential election, and some of them say now
ihat it is totally demolished. But what are the
lasts? Since the Presidential election there
have taken place elections in Massachusetts,
Delaware and Kentucky. In Massachusetts
Scott's majority was 7,000, while at the late
State election, Clifford, the Whig candidate for
Governor had 21,000 majority—a gain of 14,000
votes in one week. In Delaware the Whigs car
ried both the Legislature and Convention by de
ekive majdri!ies, where a few weeks before
Pierce carried the State. In Kentucky, Preston,
Whig, has been elected to Congress,by at least
1500 majority, in the Louisville district, which
tew-wheks before gave Pierre a majority.—
Sorely, if these things are nay "signs of the
.I.iin t elq" the Whig party is still alive and "kick -
Vrgdoo.7..
Agricultural Meeting
A electing allho -Lotitigh Comity Agricultm ,
ral Society" wi II b&'kteld on Monday the 29th
of November next, (Courtweek.) The mem"
hers are particularly recingeted to be present at
his meeti n g. The question fo purchasing a
lot of ground for the holdifitsof the "Annual
Fair" will come up for discusatop. The incor
poration of the Society will else, be a point for
considetation. Wo have no doubt the members
will take the right view of the matter; arid see
that nothio2 is done that will not advance the
Mte; est of the Society. ft is in our opinion
firmly established, and care should be taken to
keep it ad vancihg on the tide of prosperity. •
Fatal Accident
On Wednesday land, the 17th inst., Mr. John
Good, a resident of South Whitehall township,
Lehigh county, was returning from the village
ul Ca'a , aulina with a load of Coal, fell from
his saddle horse, and the loadkl wagon passed
lengthways over his bAy, injuring him so bad
ly that he died of the effects the following day.
It is supposed that ho was under the influence of
liquor at the time, as he was strongly addicted
to its use, lie leaves a wile and one child to
mourn his JOSS.
Another Accident.
On monday afternoon a man named John Zrl
tiemo!!rr, of Albany township, Bet ks county, re.
turni:ig home with a nu oilier of teams loaded
with lumber, endeavored to step from his wagon
etdag down ..Gricsemer's about one mile
from town—his font slipedand he toll, the.wagon
passing over one of hiskgs, which caused a an.
rious fracture. Medical aid was immediately
procured, and,the i next day he was taken home
in a light conveyance, This being the second
time he has fractured his leg.
Melancholy Occurrence.
rWe learn that on Saturday last, a very.melan
ebony accident occurred at the Pierce and King
festival in Bethlehem. Mr. John Roth and Wit
Rant Bush, were engaged in firing a cannon. Tho
one nt the touch hole took away his thumb, while
the other was ramming down the cartridge which
caused a premature discharge, injuring both in a
shocking manner. Roth had both his arms shot
away, his eyes blown from their sockets, and his
lower jawbone fractured, he died the night fol
lowing. Bush had his left hand blown away,
and otherwise badly juju; ed. Il ls hand was am
puilimed immediately and we are informed is do.
tag weil, The celebration was immediately post
pourd.
Snow and Sleighing
The New York Express says: The snow
on ;he line of the Erie Railroad, from Elmira
ii ivit, it is said to be deep, especially' on the
Cherrning and Sumputhannah. There was a
stood deal of snow at Rochester and Canandai
atm, on Monday night. Winter is now gener
al in the interior. Here it is cool, but no snow.
The Albany Journal says PIMe eight or ten
inches of rriow fell in Rochester, Syracuse,
Ariburn, and Little Falls, on Monday. Thu
sleighs were out.
Advertising
The New Yolk :Sunday Cuuder, in illustration
of the benefits of advertising, mentions n very
worthy old gentleman. by the.narne of Rattle'
burn, who was apprehensive that he had not
a single relative in the world. Feeling very
lonely and uncomfortable, he published an ud•
vertisement desiring all who could claim kin
dred with the Raulnborn family to come for
ward, as there was a fortune of $150,000 to be
divided among them. In less than twenty
four hours lie was visited by no less than six
atm ts, leurieen uncles, filty ! four nephews, nine
ty•three nieces, arid one hundred and forty
eight cousins, whom he never imagined to ex
ist until they were brought forward by his ad.
vertiSerneni. After such a convincing proof
of the efficacy of udvortising, sorely no one
can ho found to dispute its value to business
men. Let those concerned bear the above re
meltable fact in omit', and profit by the happy
experience of old Mr. Rattleburn.
Result.—The Whigs havo carried Ver
mont, Massnchusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee
making in all 42 electoral votes. The Demo
crats have the remainder, unless California
should have voted for Scott.
Rusineis Notices.
New Stove and Tin Store.—By reference to
our advertising columns, it will be seen that
Israel Yingling has taken the room of Thomas
Ginginger p , and opened a new Stove and Tin
S ore, where can be found a most splendid as
sortment of parlor, kitchen and office stoves,
e would advice such who are in want of any
of the above articles to examine his stock.
Allentown Academy.—The winter session of
this popular Institution commenced on the 17th
instant. The Principal J. N. Gregory, wishes
that such who intend sending pupil] to his
school, not to let the term advance too far.—
We are confident Mr. Gregory will give gen-
eral satisfaction to parents who will patronize
his school.
Farm Lot and Iron Ore bed for Salc.—On the
- 4th - of - December next, Al - rlienry &elet wll -
offer at public sale, a piece of land in 12 and
4 acre lots to suit purchasers. 0.1 the 12 acre
lot is a rich iron ore bed, that has been worked
for several years with very' convenient house,
barn and other outbuildings.
house and Lot for Sale—On the 4th of De
cember next, the Executor of widow Knauss
will sell a very convenient house and lot with
other buildings on it, situate in a very hand•
some part of Allentown. Also a lot of house.
hold furniture will be sold at the same time.
A Chance for Storekcepas —Our friends Bel
het and Hallman, will sell out their entire stock
of Store Goods, and offer to let the best stand for
Store and Tavern in the county. As this is 'a
chance but seldom oflererl in these parts, we
have no doubt many applicants will present
themselves. See their ad vertitement in
another column,
151771 for Sale.—Wr would call int 3 anention
of persoos wishing a farm of from 50 to 100
arto, to tbe s(lvernsornent of Messrs. Gralfand
13alliet in another c..lorno. Hero will be a
fine chance for a person to choose as many
noes as he desires.
Plough, Loom and Anvil
The November number of this popular Agri.
cultural Magazine is upon our table. It supplies
that vacuum, so often tel t, and so long wanted to
be supplied. It is the identiral periodical, to go
into the hands of the old and the young, who par
sue agriculture as a business and a science, to
whic'h it is so justly entitled. We are pleased to
learn that the Farmers of °Little Lehigh" are
beginning to view this matter in its true light,—
subscribe for this journal we say then. Terms
$3 a .year in advance. Address Myron Fintlh.
No. U Spruce Street, New York.
Graham's Magazine•
Graham's Magazine for ftecerritTer contains
its quota of 112 pages, making altogether 1344
pages of reading matter for this year, being we
believe the largest antrund ever given by any
Alagazino. The new volume. which corn mim
eos in January, will of course st,fler no abate
ment either in literary articles or embellish
moot, its talented and pOr , everingpoblkhet be•
ing ever ready to embark soul and pocket in
making it useful, entertaining and ornamental.
Meeting of Eleotbrs
Teo Presidential Electors clin , oti in Penn.
sylva , :ia. on the 21 in- tam, meet at Ilartishurg
on tho•ftrst Wednesday in December, to give
their votes. The Electors in all oilier S.atei:
meet at their ro:peetive Suite capitals, on the
same day, for a similar purpose. The votes
are sent under seal to the Pre-mlent of the Uni.
led Statue. Senate, at Washington, and On the
2d of February next, they arc opened in the
presence of both [louses of Congress, and the
result vaicially declared.
President Fi
No man, anew the ltichinoml Republican,
since the days of George Washington has filled
the Presidential chair of this country and rein
ed from it, carrying with him mine general
and cordial approbation of the manner in which
he has administered the uflairs of the govern.
aeon, then will Mr. Fillmore. If Franklin
fierce au 'unknown man, comes inni power at
he head of a tremendous maj frity of the A in or
jean people, Millard Fillmore has the still high
er credit, after having been well known, and
tried in the most. fiery ordeal to which any
Pivsident was ever subjected, of resigning his
high trust amid the general acclamation of the
whole nation Whigs and Democrate—"‘Vefi
done goad and faithlul servant." This is the
highest, the most enviable, the most sublime
portion which any man since ‘Va , hington, has
attained. Gen. Pierce may be as true—may
be as wise—may be as faithful to the Constitu•
lion as Millard Fillmore, but ho will never
have an opportunity of showing these qualities
under such circumstances as they have been
exhibited by the Whig President. Fillmore
standing almost alone, faced the blast of (anat.
icisin and of section, and, Nerve comes into
power on a sea which has been made smooth
and peaceful by Fillmore's sellquicrificing
pa
triotism. But the noble and courageous Pres.
ident has his reward. The whole country
thanks him with agrateful heart, and her up.
probation will be more precious to his Folly
and magnanimous spirit that the brightest dia.
dam of power.
Ready for the Places
The Doylestown Intelligencer thinks there
seems to be no scarcity of persons ready for
office under President Pierce. Even in.Doyles
town there are four willing to accept foreign
missions. Only ono of thern—Mr. Ros S—call
make a show. The Chaptnans, Roberises,
Wrights, &o. can leave to remain at home, or
go abroad on private account. Thou for the
little petty Post Office here there is a .swaitn
of anxious applicants. Dr. Harvey, the former
incumbent, will no doubt get it. He lies hold
of "the right ropes."
From all quarters we hear of a similar will•
inaness to perforrii service; "for the country."
The Harrisburg Telegraph says there are fif
teen or twenty applicants for the Post Office
there, and new ones appearing every day.
Currency
The Free Banks of Illinois have already is.
stied over a million of dollars. In Indiana,
says Thompson's Bank Note Reporter, there
are twenty-four Banks organizing, and by the
first of January they will have in circulation
another million. The Free Bank 'Law of Wis.
comin has been approved by the people, and
preparatory steps have been taken to start sev
eral Banks in that Slate. There is a feeling in
Michigan which insures a Free Bank Law the
coming session of the Legislature.
Several Banks are organizing under the Free
Back Laws of Connecticut and Vermont.
Pennsylvania, Alarylund and Virginia have
each a deep interest in this currency move.
meat. Each has a debt which both pride and
interest prompts to the adoption of such mea•
sures us wr e evate its price. Each has a de•
sire or should have to pursue that course which
will give its own citizens the benefit of the
l currency which they bold.
1t has been sufficiently shown that the
Stocks of Indiana and Illinois have been raised
ten per cent by the operation of the Free Bank
Laws of those States, and the bonds of the city
of Hartford are certainly ten per cent higher
than they would have been had not Connecti•
cut passed a Free Bank• Law, permitting them
to be received for circulating notes.
A friend says to us, "Every S:a:o that has a
debt will foster Free Banking, and the wonder
is'ihat any should hang back for a year."
Theie is no circumstance that gives so much
strength and confidence in a State Stock as the?
fact that it is hold by the Banks which are
owned by the citizens of the State. Free Bank
inglaws Virginia,-Maryland-and-Pennsyk
vauia would inevitably elevate the Stock of
earth ten per cent, and we would apply the
same remark to Alabama, Lutiisiava, Georgia
and Missouri.
Another argument is—Free Bank currency
will pervade the whole Union. Already •citi
zens of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia and Missouri are organizing Free
Banks in II!bola and Indiana fur the' express
purpose of securing the profits on the circula
tion which they give to Bank notes. A hand
some tax is paid for the privilege of nominal
Banking in one State while the real business
is done in another.
Gen. Pieroe in Trouble
I The N. V. Evening Post, a Locofoce
al, gives the following sketch of the indecent
Igreediness of its party :
"From the very day the election of General
Pierce, became reduced to a matter of compar
ative certainty, down to the present hour, he
has been dogged from city to city, and from
village io village , horn his office to his house,
from hi: house to his barn, from his barn to his
kitchen, by a horde of predatory politicians,
determiued, at every sarrilice of con vertioece.
or propriety, to make an early impression on
his mind of the value of their services in the
late eau vase, and to show how largely they
eontributed to its anspittiona result.
"Some go in committees, some alone, some
With letters, some without, some with newspa
pets containing reports of poor speeches—such
men always :nuke poor speeehe.s—which they
had delivered at some little Pedlington hick°.
ry pole raising; and sonic with a patent rat'
-imp or mammoth pumpkin to present or ex
hibit; all eo u on ono pretence or "another, to
Concord to sce General Pierce, and all expect
him to give them his entire confidence; to tell
: h° ' t or ‘ l % : e i t r h , 1 , 1 : 1 1 f . ) . h t 711 l a " s m d t e i 1 1 7 e g r n t t h i ant shallto
'l(
select '
f or ht, cabinet, or, it his selection has not been
made, to aid him with their disinterested ad ,
vice. All feel equally at liberty to diseu,s
with him the tutees policy of his administra
tion and to tell him what course, and what
course only, will give satisfaction In the free
and independent electors or Mule Pedlitigton.
"All these pretences fdr sharing the respon
sibilities of General Pierce in theformiition of
his Cabinet, and conducting the government
after his inauauration, are presented tinder all
possible guises but tho truth. Every imagina
ble art or device is employed to impose upon
hint. No one tells him the truth."
The Result
Tim New York Evening, Ford, a Democratic
Aiiii-Tarifl or Free Trade paper, thus speak',
of the recent election :
The decision of . the pooplo is 'against any
Melees° of duties. Scott avowed himself a
protectionist, was supported as a protectionist,
and is beaten. Pierce was an acknowledged
friend of Free Trade; he was supported by his
friends and opposed by his political adversa
ries on that ground, and is successful. The
contest was conducted in such a manner that
there was riot the slightest disposition on either
side to conceal or to overlook it. The late
election, therefore, is a decided free trade vit.:.
tory"
A Lucofoen Admission.—Col. John W. Forney
wrote a characteristic political letter before the
late election, m which he gives the following
among other replies to the questien, whose
blessings go with the locofoco party in their ef
forts to elect Pierce : •
tol'he people of the North saved from a Com
mercial crises by the Democratic Independent
Treasury
,and the Democratic acquisition of Cal:
ifornia."
It seems from this statement that he is fully
satisfied that the Tartfl'of 1846, for which the
Locofoco party is responsible, would have
brought on a "commercial crisis," and that this
anticipated crises was only prevented by the ac
quisition of California, or rather the accidental
-discovery of California gold. If he meant any
thing he must have jneant this, and yet he shouts
himself hoarse over the victory of Pierce and
Free Trade.
Gra man in England is undergoing the sis
weeks torture of walking 2000 miles in 1000 sues
make hours. •.
Perkiomen Copper Mines.
These eelehetned Alines have recently been
put in charge of Capt. Matthew Rogers, an ex
perienced Cornish Mine agent.
•
The committee of Directors in May, 1852,
Report, "that alter comparing the mines of the
Company with others, and from their own ex•
amination, they believe that when the shafts
are stink, the mines will become productive
and leave a handsome surplus to be divided
among the stockholders." The late agent, Mr.
%'heatly, says in that report, "that all per
sons acquainted with the milling who have ex.
arnined the worki, have expressed astonish
ment at the productiveness of the veins, and
high produce of the ore obtained. lie quotes
Prifessor El. D. Rogers, the eminent Geologist,
who also believes that when the veins aro
opened to greater length and depth they will
be steadily remunerative." Capt. Rogers now
in charge, under the da•e of Om. 29th, 1852,
says, "neither do I hesitate to say that my
opinion is, that by sinking the shafts and ea•
teedi,..g the levels the niches will make a last
ing and profitable concern."
The mines aro now in lull operation at a
depth of about 350 or 400 feet. In the Direc
tor's Report Ibis year the value of building•,
machinery, &0., exclusive of mines, is set
down at $65,326 26, capable of very deep
working. The Company's property is free of
ineumbrance, and it possesses $61;780 of its
own stock at par. •
'l•he recent rapid rise of shares in the War
wick Copper Mine to $l5, which is in the vi
cinity of Perkiomen, and the flattering pros•
peels as the above detailed, render this a good
chance - for - speculators. The Bale - will - be - pre=
emptury.
An Eccentric Character.— The Boston Chron
icle gives the following, in addition to the par.
Oculars already published, relative to John Crofts
Coffield, who died in that city on the 28th of Oc.
tober, supposed to be worth $200,000
For the last thirty years, this eccentric man
has net laid in n bed, except when travelling, he
being too miserly to indulge in such ..extrava.
gance," as he termed it.. He has made his lodg
ings on trunks and boards, and finally died, ly.
ing upon a trunk. Three days preceding his
death, he purchased a burial lot itt Mount Au•
burn. He lived. if living it could be called, in a
small shop from the street. He lived a batche.
lor, not being willing to marry on account of the
expenses incident upon a married life, and drat.,
ged out his existence as solitary as an oyster.—
His meals cost him on an average six and a
(Nailer cents, and in payment he generally ten•
tered a crossed fourpence. Ile had not proba-'
bly taken off his clothes for a year. Avarice
shone from his cold, glassy eye, he loved no (Inc
anti no one probably loved him. The late Dr.
Parkmatt was his friend, and we.; selected as his
executor. He was one of the most eccentric
and ava Heim's of mortals, and his life, tut ac.
count of which we may hereaftet give, was ex
ceedinvly interesting..
increased Avcruge Duraron rf Lfe.—Professor
Buchanan, in an interesting lecture before the
Mechanics Institute of Cincinnati, makes the tol•
lowing observations upqn the average duration
of life, the effect in part of the medical science.
Ile says, that in the latter part of the sixteenth
century, one-half of all that were born, died un
der five years of age, and the average longevity
of the whole population was but eight years. In
the seventeenth century, one - half of the popula
tion died under twelve. But in the first sixty
years of the eighteenth century, one-half of the
population lived over twentynieven years. In
the latter forty years, one-half exceeded thirty
two years of age. At the beginning of the present
century, one - half exceeded forty years, and from
1838 to 1845 one half exceeded forty three. The ,
average longevity of these successive periods
has been increased from IS years in the 10th
century up to 43 7 by Our last reports.
These facts are derived from the medical sla"
tir•tics of Geneva. Applied to this country, such
an improvement as is here exhibited from 1500
to 1845, would make a variation In our bills of
mortality of more than half a million, 1500 deaths
Erupion on Me Foce.--Dissolve an ounce of
wax, in a quart of water, and apply this every
evening before going to bed. This will smooth
the skin when the eruptions do not proceed from
an insect working under the cuticle. Many per
sull's faces are disfigured by red eruptions caus
ed by a small creature working under the skin.
A very excellent remedy is to take the flour of
sulphur and rub It on the, face dry, after wash.
ir,g it in the morning, Ruh - it well with your
fingers, and then wipe it off with a dry towel.—
There are many who are not a little ashamed of
their faces who can be completely cured if they
follow these directions.
Poor Chance for Pritaters.—When Dr. Frank.
lin's mother•iii.law first discovered that the
young man had a' hankering for her daughter,
that good old lady said "she did not know ribout ,
giving her daughter to a printer; that there were
already two printing offices in the United States,
and she was not certain the country would sup
port them. It was plain that young Franklin
would depend for support on the profits of
third, and this was a doubtful chance." . .
If such an objection was urged to a, would be
son-in•lnw when there were but two printing of.
aces in the United States, how can a printer
hope to get a wife now, when the recent census
shows the number to be 1567.
Hog Trade.—The Louisville Democrat has the
following startling statistics of the swine bnsi.
loess of the west:
Ohio, in 1850, produced 1,061,780, hogs.
Kentucky, du 2,801.183
Illinois do 1,015,919 , •
Indiana, do 2.203.778
Tennessee, du 3,114.111
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This is coming in pretty s‘trong—half 'a hog
to'every man, woman and child in the Union;
but it is nothing to what we-are threatened with
at tha next census, in 18GO. The western couti
try will-become, one vast hog pen,,if this. thing
continues to increase et this talc.
I A vet:y important decision affecting the rights
of women, was recently decided in
. tha Cou,rt
of Quarter sessions of Berk!' county. A w if e
indicted her husband, says the Gazette, for an
Assault and battery, committed under the fol.
lowing circumstances: They were returning
home together in a wagon, from market—the
husband provided with a "pocket pistol" welf
loaded, from which he took sundry "swigs,"
until he became "shot." The wife remonstra
ted earnesny against such conduct which rous
ed the anger of tier lord, and ho commenced
abusing her; whereupon she siezed the rum
bottle and threw it out Imo the road. For this,
liar brute of a husband beat her. Judge Jones
charged the jury that the wife's act of break
ing the bottle, did not justify her hut.t me d
striking her; that although a wife had no right
to destroy the goods and asides of her hus- .
band, a rum bottle was an exception ; that a
wile was perfectly justifiable in seizing het .
husband's rum bottle wherever she could lay
her hands on it, and destroying it; and that in'
this instance the defendant did no more than'
what a sensible woman °light to !mire done.::::
The jury rendered a verdict in accordance with'
this sound opinion. hum bottles May tht.tgl:
fore from this date be considered without the
pale of the law's protection.
An Ingenius Fraud.---A young man named J.
B. Green was arrested in Washington on Mon.
day last, Charged with obtaining money felon
(lusty. The Republic says that, having ascer ,
mined the drawn numbers of one of the State
lotteries, he altered an old ticket by substituting
figures to conform to them; and this he did so
ingeniously as to deceive Messrs. Corse & Co ,
of Alexandria, Va., who paid him on its presen
tation the sum of $2500. Not content with the
the raise thus easily made, he came to Washing
ton, and by a similar device, obtained from Mr.
Daniel Dotvland $212 50. At the first search af
ter his arrest but seventy dollars were found up.'
on his person, but the second—at the jail—was at•
Itended with more success, there having been
I found nicely folded in the wastehand of his pan
taloons, secured by a pin, four several drafts for
the agt regale sum of $2590 which drafts he pro.
cured as the Bank of the Old Domin;nn, in Alex-.
andria. fie was fully committed on Tuesday to
answer.
Banking on Slocke.—The free banking law of
Wiseonsih will probably be adopted by a large
vote of the people. This law authorises the
Controller to tithe, under certain limitations, the
bonds of the railroad companies of the State as
security for bank issues. The only bonds that
can be used fur such purpose nt present, are the
tilltor cent bonds of the Milwaultie and Misstssip.
pi Railroad Company. Railroad bunk are too
unstable to base bankinti capital upon.
Deldware Eiccan. George R. Riddle, the
Democratic member of Congress has been
elected by a majority of 57 voles.
The Whigs have a majority in the Legida^
I tore which secures a Whig U. S. Senator.
The Whigs will also have a majority in the
convention to amend the constitution.
' f'hincsn S • cwtp:,per.—ln Pekin a newspaper f
extraordinary sir; is publiahed weekly on silk..
ft is said to have been started more than a thou•
sand years ago—somewhat earlier than the one
under the patronage of the ..Good Queen Bess."
An anecdote is related to the effect that, in 1827,
a public officer caused some false Intelligence to,
be inserted in this newspaper, for which he was •
put to death. Several numbers of the paper arc
preserved in the Royal Library at Paris. They
are ten and a quarter yards long.
Preeident Pierce's Cabinet —The Georgia Cid'
zen thinks that if President Pierce means to sat^.
isfy every portion of the pierbald and incongru
ous party that has place him in poiver, his cabi—
net will be something like the following:
Fur Secretary of State, P. Soule, Louisiana,
Red Republican.
For Secretary of War, R. Barnwell Rhett, of
South Carolina, Disunionist.
For Secretary of the Navy, B. A. Douglas, or
Illinois, rillibuster.
For Secretary of the Interior, H. Cobb, of
Georgia, Union Democrat.
For Postmaster (*arra!, J. W. Forney, of Pa.,
Hunker.
For Attorney Genera), John Van Buren, of.
New York, Freesoil Vern.
Kamm Territory.—A letter of ex. Senator Den.
ton, from Washington, published in the St. Lou(
papers, brings prominently forward the idea of
making a new Territory on the Kansas river,
extending South to the Arkansas, and, we pre.
some, North to the Platte, and West to the
Rocky Mountains.
Vermont Congressional Delegation.—Hon.
vah Sabine, Whig, has without doubt been eledt
ed to Congress from the Northern district of
Vermont, by a large plurality. At the Seittem•
ber trial he failed of an election by want of a. .
majority, having a plurality of some fifteen hun—
dred over his highest bPponent. Su far as heard
from, he has gained over the previous votes, and
as a plurality electe at the second trial, there cart
be no doubt he has bean chosen. Vermont,.
therefore, sends an unbruken Whig delegation to,
the next Congress.
North Curolina.-"—We learn from .Ihe Alexan
dria Gazette that 'Romulus M. Saunders, a prom
inent Democrat of the N.:mit Carolina Legisla••
lure, Mr. Polk's leading friend, formerly a mem•
bar of Congress, Minister to Spain, and Presi"
dent of the Pierce Baltimore . Convention, has
come out In favor of the distribution of the Pub'
lie Linde among the States, and was highly ap
plo,ii-td in the body of which he is a member.
Official Vote of North Carolina.—The official
vote of the Presidential election in North Caro•
lion Is as follows t—Pierce, 39.964.; Scott, 39,16 1.
Majority for Pierce, 633. At the Governor's
election, in August, the vote etood:;—Reid, Dem
ount, 48,484; Kerr, Whig, 49,093. Since Au•
zust, the Denurzratic vote 'has titian off 8723;'
00 the Whig Vote 3.32--lotat dr . creaie, 12,4 W.
12,119,730
Important Dioision