.storY ? Lot him address a letter of inquiry ...to Hon. G. W. Nebel of Van Buren, late Judge of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, -and the fullest confirmation can be obtained. On the same evening Gen. Cole called a .; pecial counsel of his friends to consult on !-the course he should pursue. There was but one opinion—that as he had been inau:t 'ed by a direct and gross public indignity, - he musucall his foe to the field of honor.— Accordingly on the following day a chal lenge was despatched which Myers prompt - ly accepted and fixed the .time at noon of the same day—the weapons to the double barrelled shot guns—distance ten paces. The parties met on the sand-beach, under the bank of the river, above the village, and _hundreds collected to witness the issue.— ' The mortal belligerents were placed in a . position by their seconds, and the death diel ing guns—ersormons double barrels rested -with dark, yawning muzzles on the_snadja_ thiir hrTnas. The spectators were much .astonished at the strong contrast exhibited by their appearance, Gen. Cole vas an old __experienced duellist who bad shot his man before he was eighteen and 'often been en gaged in Fakirs of the kind. On the contrary, Myers was unacquain• ted with fire-arms, and had always hitherto been • deemed an unmitigated poltroon. And yet singular to record, the duellist stood up nervous and agitated, almost tremb ling while the reputed coward ivaa. calm, firm, steady, as a rock with that apPulitng triliiihilr.gtvling, lip and a few scattered tear-d lops g 1401% in , t be.surr, en fi~ Gem'Oole's sebbn e -0ne...-t*o—three -41 (*7. ever to count so many. for witft the sound ~f ire." Myers elAftt piece as quick as thought, and touched the . trigger There was a tremendous roar, and Gen. Cole, the duellist, fell dead. His head was pierced with twenty buck-shot. No one ever again called. Myers a cow ard in Arkansas—no one even_ thought of the term, as his shadow gleamed by the ! sun-light. Ho had taken his degrees in i the college of desperation, and his deploma was written in blood ! He became a politician of great notoriety —a leader in that section of State ; was re peatedly elected to the Legislature where he acquired distinction by his talents, but still more by his fearless daring and lie is said to be yet in the -progress of ascension, having recently obtained the commission of Major General of the militia: We may ex pect before !wig to see his name in the roll of Members of Congress.. Nature made him a coward ; love for his insulted wife rendered him brave ; and bravery has con ferred honor. tl)c £cl)igla Ucgirtcr. Allentown, Pa. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1852. Court Proceedings The December Term of our Court,commenc, ed its session on Monday last. Judges McCart ney, Haas and Dilliager in their seats. .11,hli Krause, Esq., was chosen foreman of the Grand Inquest. Nothing of Interest was transacted, at the time our . paper went to press. We hear of several applications for Bridges. One at Coop ersburg, and another at Guths' over the Jordan. In our next we will give full proceedings. Broke Ground We understand, says the Easton Sentinel, that Atwood, Cook & C to whom the first section on the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad has been allotted, commenced operating on the work last week. Their Section Commences on the Jersey side of the river and includes the Bridge across ‘ the Delaware and the excavation of the hill,,in'the rear of "Snufhown" and extends as ftif np. as the collectors office on the Lehigli r canal. This is considerably the heaviest nontract on the road and we are told py pne . :6l the contractors it will take about. la.Menths to complete it. LHOtir to Keep Poor Buy two glaSses of ale every day, at five cents each, amounting in one year to :536 00, smoke three cigars, one after each meal count ing up in the course of the yezr to *SI 75 ; keep a big dog which will consume at least worth of provisions, and a cat 4'15 more. Al together this amounts to the snug little sum of $llO 25--sufficient to buy 0 barrels of flour, 1 barrel of sugar, 12sack of coffee, a good coat, a respectable dress, besides a' frock for tho little baby, and a half dozen pair of shoes— more or less. Just think of it. Iron Business ' The great tire in the price of iron is hard to account for. Tho Editor of the Pottstown Ledger, reasons very correctly.—he says:— The heavy foreign competition resulting from the enactment of the Tariff of '•l6 reduced the production in this country nearly one hall, owing to the " blowing out" of Furnaces and suspension of mills which could not stand the proasure. Some argue that the market becom• ing bare, the foreign producer, now is endea voring io make a speculation by a combina tion toieise the price. Tho trade now war rants the capitalist enlarging operations in this country, but it is feared by the time new works can be pot in operation, the! price will ,again falls° low tut to render such investment on prottable, Heavy Yield of Corn. The West Chester Register and Examiner says, that Franklin T. Evans, of East Nantmeal. Chester county, raised a field of corn the pres ent season,.one acre et which produced one hundred and fourteen bushels. A neighbor nearby raised one hundred and eight bushels to the acre. This is rather a profitable crop at 68 cents per bUshel. What say our Lehigh county farmers to this. Can't they "do better ?" nr"The !km-Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts, is mentioned as a candidate for the U. B.lSenate. Business Notices. Eagle Ile old friend David Stem, Esq., who has recently taken the ''Eagle Hotel," No. 139, North Third Street. between Race and Vine, in pan with Charles Almond—ha pur chased ;he interest of Mr. Allinond, and is now sole prop tetor. Mr. Stern is ralcu:atett , a make a ett m her one (flout—uptight in his dealing!, gentlemanly in his manner:. obliging to his customers,—with one word, he is, what is generally termed a flamed clear fellow, and all who happen to get acquainted with him, can- not help, tit become a customer of his. Emporium of Fuskion.—M r. Edward' Stoller, has Opened whop in the new building of Alr. Peter Weikel, one door north of the "Union Hou , e," it) Allen Street. Air. Steller has,gain ed himself a name for "garment Putting" that (vials the best bun ton tailors of Paris, London, New Yolk or Philadel dda. A :owl_ fit of clothes is the ntaking of a man, so says Ned, and he ought to know. I'cw Landloid.—The Earle lintel in Allentown changed hands. Mr.-). W. Esback of Easton, has become proprietor. The house has under gone some improvement anti, from the re•• commendation Mr. Esirach, brings with him, as a business man, we aro fully assured that the house has lost nothing by the change. The eland being one of thelleSt in town, and is . cal• rinlated to do the cream 01 the business. Mr. Esbach's cavil will be found in another column. New 1/at, Cap and Par Slorc.—Pyrltien'd -Mr. r.. 11., eck4k ß oafitronera new flat, Cap in Vest Nsimillo trees, Allentown. Ilia as, :sortment of Furs, for Ladies wear, is truly [nag -IrTicent, and 'Op eaks well for the taste so hand . .elv displayed by Mt. Keck. AVe would re- OOM . 044 Ladies to examine his stock, if they tireitivriiirf auctrarticles..• --t . A' c _ qet3tion. • The election of graiieal Pierce having con clusively settled that titles upon foreign iron are to be taken oft; and the•thanufacture of it in America dkcourbgetljcinlelllerable discus sion is going on as to theinaifiit i in which it W shall be done. e venture tortVip tfully sug 7 t gest to the incoming Adtninistrall n, that they can save themselves the trouble of diTawingtip a new enactment, by adopting the following form, which was passed by the English 'Parlia mem just previous to the unfortunate Rebellion of 1775 ; for which we are now, at last, begin-, ring to exhibit si„„tiis of repentence. It will be' seen that ii covers the whole ground : (lit the twenty tidal year of tho reign of George ill.) An Act to encourage the importation of pig and liar iron from fits Majesty's Colonies in Amer. Ira, and to prevent the erection of any mill or other engine for slitting or rolling of iron, or. any plating forge to work with tilt hatniner, or any furnaces for making sled in any of the i said colonies. Whereas. The itop.mation n 1 bar iron from Hie Alajesty',.Colonios in America Min the port of London, and the importation of pity iron from the said Colonies into arty port of Great Britain, will ho a great advantage, not only to the said CoimieFi but ako to thi: Kingdom, by turni,h ing the man ulactltries of iron with a supply of that useful and neriesi.iary commodity, and by means 'whereof lrrge sums of money. now an 1111- ally paid for iron to foreignertf will be saved to the Kingdom, , and a .greater quantity of the woolen and other mann factures of Great Briia'n will ho exported to•••A merino, in exchange fur such iron so imptmed : - Be it therefoit (marled by y).5l excel lent Majesty se., That all pig and bar iron from ffialt.j.Psty 's Colonies be admitted free of duty. be it further enacted, That from nod af ter the 2-Ith day of June, 1750, no mill or other engine for luting or rolling irctn, or any plan• Mg, forge to work with a lilt-hammer, or any furnace for making steel, shall he erected, or after such erection, continued in any of Ills Majo,ay's Colonies in America; and if any per. son or. persons shall erect or cause to he erect ed, or after any such erection continue or cause to be continued, in any of the said Colonies, any such mill, engine, forge, or,furnace, every person or persons so offending, 'Alan for every such mill, engine, forge or furnace, lot fcit thu sun) of two hundred pounds of lawful money of Crest And be it farther oriented by the authority aforesaid,—That every such mill, forge ur furn ace: E o erected, or continued, contrary to the directions of this net, shall be deemed a com mon nuisance, and be abated within the space of thirty days of er information thereof. The Whig Party in Georgia The Milledgeville Recorder says;—'There is no bitterness between Scott and Webster 'Whigs: A few leaders may attempt to promote alieua• lion and division; but when they become iron • blestnne they will be decapitated. The Whig people of Georgia are united. They, with, time Union Democracy, gave Georgia its high posi tion as the representative of conservative South• ern opinion, and they still control it. Organi, nation among the opponents of the doctrines of the Southern flights party, will insure their do. feat in the ensuing State elections. Ex Governor James 0. Jones. Of all the gallant Whig spirits in the late campaign none bore himself more gallantly, performed a greater amount of services, and can point with mare satisfaction to the real* of his labors than James C. Jones, of Tonnes. see. He pledged his own State, at the l3alti• more Convention, for .Gen. Scott, and glorious. ly has that pledge been redeemed. lint (.3% thought the pledge could be redeemed. Hut he went home, stumped the State, and now he has the gratification of seeing, his pledge full) redeemed, while nearly every State in the Uni on has faltered. All honor to James C. Jones. of Tennessee. There is no truer nor better Whig, nor abler nor more successful champing. of Whig principles, in the Union. Honored be his name by all true Whigs . "The Rainbow." Neighbor Cook of the Danville Democrat, publishes as beautiful piece of poetry as origi nal, from a corroppondent "M. A. II," dated Selinsgrove, Nov. 18,h, 1852, entitled the "Re in bow." A few years ego "Prentice" ever favored by the (sitest and best of the muses, numbered among his brightest stars, the lovely charming "Amelia," now, alas ! gooe to the spirit land.` One of her brightest gems is the "Rainbow," in all respects as contributed by "M.A. H.," with the exception of a few words changed by the latter to make nonsense from good *try. For instance in the last stanza but one, "Amelia" had written those beautiful lines: "There are moments, I think, when the spirit Whole volumes of thought on its unwritten When the folds of the henrt in a moment un close [Ace the innermost leaves from the heart of the rose." "M. A. II." has changed the third of these to the following: . "Which the folds of the heart in a moment en- and thereby destroying both the t ensc and beauty of the lines. The. Democrat's correspondent must be the genius foreshadowed by the poet when he wrote ..there are hearts, prophetic Hope may That slumber yet in untreated dust, Ordained to lire the adoring sons of earth With every charm of wisdom and.of : wiith; Ordained to light, with ititellectuaiday;: ... : ' The mazy wheels of Nature as they Or, warm with fancy's energy, to glow, And rival all but Shakespear's name below!" Tell us tho name of this Magnus Apollo, friend Cook, let the wurld know to whom ho- mage must be done! . Death of Hon John Sergeant Deaths arrow has hit another shining rnark. John Sergeant, one of the most diAinguished sons•of Philadelphia, is no more. He died at his residence in Philadelphia, last Tuesday evening, in the seventy third year of his age. For many years Mr. Sergeant ociii7l a conspicuous place in the State and it lie was admitted to the Dar when but twenty years of age. and soon_alter ,was appointed ono of the Deputy Attorn*Pgne#d44 . ,. and for many years conducted the prosecutions in Philadel phia and Che,rior .caantios. In 1805 he. was elected to the House of Rep resentatives of this State, and distinguished himself as an ad vovate of the first internal im• provement law in the State. In 1815 ho was sent to Congress, and soon after he made his celebrated speech against the admission of Alkset.ri, with its slavery tolerating constun, don. Upon the concluMon of this speech, it is said, John Randolph publicly advised him to reign, as it placed Mtn in the front rank of or , rums and statesman and was an effort he would probably never again equal. Ile continued in Congress several years; in 1823, he was made president of the board of Canal Commissioners of Pennsylvania, and in IS2n, was appointed by Mr. Adams, into of the Ministers Plenipo• tertiary to represent this country in the Con gress of Panama. In 1832, he was the Whig candidate for Vice President on the ticket with Mr. Clay. He continued in Congress until 1841, when his private fortune being reduced, lie was compelled to leave public life and de vote himself exclusively to .his profession which lie prosecuted with great success. In 1841, he was tendered by President Tyler the appointment of Minister Plenipotentiiry to England, but declined the offer. As an orator, mr. t 3. had few superiors. It was remarked that during the latter portion of his Congressional career, next to Mr. Adams, he was the most successful in commanding the attention of the House. As a lawyer he was equally eminent. The Pennsylvania and U.S. Reports show him to have been at once learn.- ed, concise end profound. Death of Walter Forward• The Telegraph announces the unexpected death of Hon. Walter Forward, of Allegheny I Co.,t C whose age Intuit be about 65 years. He I was a great and good man, a wise statesman and a thoroughly honest public servant, whose t death will be deeply lull and widely lamented Air. Forward entered Congress as a Represen tative in 1822, and served till the 4th of Alarch, 825. He was then and ever among the ablest advocates of the Protective Policy, and aided to pass the Tariff of 1821. Ho repeatedly rep. resented Allegeany Co. in the State Legisla tare, and in 1836 was chosen (we believe on a stump nomination over both regular tickets) to the Constitutional Convention of this State, of which ho was elected President, and filled that station with eminent dignity and In 1841, on the breaking up of the Harrison Cabinet, he was called to the head of the Tree s.ary Department, and in that capacity made several memorable reports in favor of ('rotes don. Retaining to private life, he stumped his section thoroughly for Taylor as ho had done for Harrison gaining hundreds of votes for each. In 1850. he was appointed by President Fillmore Charge d'Alleirs to Denmark, which t /UM heremigued last summer and come home to the fall to find that he had just been chosen President Judge of Allegheny District by the Potpie. He accepted and filled the office, and thereupon declined further participation in poi [tics, to the serious injury of the iVhig cause ; for he should nave added by adequate effort one thousand to the Scott majority in Allegha ny county. Family afflictions embittered the,. close of his life and probably hastened his death. Ho leaves behind him in public, life few abler and none purer. IN" The West Baton Rouge (La.) Ves•a•Vis has . the game of Winfield Scott at the head of its columns foe President in 1868. _ The Cause and the Effect • Mr. Editor :—The great number of steam boiler explosions in this country, with their ap palling consequences, have engrossed the at tention of our best Engineers fora longtime— and thus far nothing satisfactory has been ar rived at. That the mere pressure of the steam itself, causes explosion in any instance, I do not believe; as it is never raised to such a pressure as to tear a boiler to atoms—tho' the iron be of the most perfect texture. Experi ments made by the Franklin Instittite of Phil adelphia, establish the fact, that perfect iron possesses a tensile force of 60,000 lbs. to the square inch—and hence a boiler plate of inch thick, would be capable of resisting a pressure -of-15,000-lbs-persuperficial-inchTassuming-it to be of perfect texture throughout. Some of this resisting capability, however, is lost by rivet holes and imperfections in the iron, so that we may deduct one-third, leaving the actu al strength 10.000 lbs. to the square inch of inch plate boilers. Now as fur as my experi ence goes, I have seldom known the pressure to exceed 150 lbs. per square inch in even our locomotive boilers—and on our river boats it is,neldom carried so high; yet hardly a day !Ceases without our hearing of some new ca family. MUM leav es, WSJ In my estimation there i. but one primerary cause for all-explosions—and that cause-is de ficiency of water, through negligence or other causes to sink below the fire line, thereby por triitting the firo to come in contact with the plate, not covered with water, which in a very short time becomes so hot as to decompose MO steam, the Oxigen uniting with the red hot iron plate, and the Hydrogen accumulating in the boiler till it becomes to such a degree of purity as to ignite from the hot iron plate—the conse queues is, an instantaneous explosion. I MB The affinity of iron for oxigen, at 'thigh tem perature, is well known—and that steam will decompbse and the gasses be set free, can be tested by a very simple experiment, thus:— Take an open gun-barrel—polished bright in side—or if not bright, to be filled in the mid dle with iron turnings—to one end solder a re tort to be filled with water—to the other a tube running thrmigh water into a small gas. holder. Now place the gun-barrel into a blacksmith fire and a spirit lamp under the retort, and as soon as steam is generated in the retort, it will ) flow through the gun-barrel, which is by this t i lltne at a white heat, and the oxigen will all 'unite with the turnings, and the hydrogen pass on into the gas-holder, %which will both been I and exiderfe as may be desired ! Now, skep tics may try this experiment themselves, and after finding it correct, I would ask them, why the same process will not go on in a Steam Boiler, all the circumstances of the guu-barrel experiment being alike? I was led to believe this to be the cause of boiler explosions, from the above stated fact, that steam may be decomposed at a high tem perature, if in contact with iron—and also be cause explosions of Boilers on steamers gener ally happen when they are passing towns or such objects as will bring the passengers ton one side of the boat—or when the boat is "rounding, a paint," in both cases exposing the boilers to fire above the water line, causing the plates to heat, as stated, and explosion follows. Any person acquainted with steam, is aware that its generation is but a gradual process— and that to increase the pressure 25 lbs. to the inch, is not thdlowork of a tow minutes, how• ever intense the boilers may be heated. • Un der all e i,..:emsta..ces withal, I ant satisfied that .I,e safety valve would allow abundant exit for all surplus steam, when generated faster than required by the engine. If these views are correct, the prevention of so malty heart-rend- Mg calamities consist simply in keeping a good simply of water in the boiler—if the (Owe pump tails to do its duty, take out the fire—for it is better to delay a few hours, then to send vain able human bodies to eternity by the hundred. Should my views be the means of pieventing only one of these disasters, 1 shall consider my self amply repaid. * C. W. Communicated. The Shakeepere LiterarA Society Mit. EDITOR :—This Society has again C9M" menced its session for the evening winter season, unde'r very favorable auspices, having passed through the ordeal of its infancy, under the most discouraging circumstances; it now stands forth upon a permanent basis, and is well worthy the favorable communication of every good cit izen. It hat realized the hopes of its members and justifr'ed the expectation of its most ardent friends. The influence of the Society might be much more extensive, if the benefits which ac crue from it, were more properly appreciated by the rising generation, in our borough. Hut as it is, its benefits must be confined to a few. If the many who are now loitering about our streets doing literary nothing, but displaying a wonder ful vacuity of mind, and an entire absence of all ambition to acquire. Intellectual wealth, could be made to contemplate upon the folly and cul, pableness of their past course, and enter the path of literary pursuit, by improving the oppor tunities which are daily offerred to them, to their own advantage, their credulity, would be sur prised before long, at the progress they made-- situated as they may be, tinder the most unfit. stumble circumstances, they have nevertheless, a sufficient amount of spare time at their dispo" sal, which, if properly made use of, will go far towards cultivating that mind which is the su perior part of our nature, and treasuring up an inexhaustible fund fur the enjoyment of after, years. Thus, if they would attach themselves to this Society, they wonld'greatly enhance its pros perity and the amount of its benefits. A select and valuable Library is attached to it. Its ex ercises.consiSt in debating and reciting. Its third anniversary will shortly be celebrated, when all good citizens will have an opportunity of testify- Ins their friendship to the Society. 1 J, S. D. Communicated Steam Boiler Explosions. How to Get Rioh A correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce asks the editor to publish the follow!. ing for the benefit of those young men, and child. ren of a larger growth, who drink, chew, smoke and otherwise squander Illeirshillings and small change. We think it might suggest a good idea to the temperance reformers. If they would es^ tablish a Temperance savings fund institution, the gradual accumulation of capital would soon operate as a bond of union, and prevent hundreds from violating their plightful faith. The articles read as follows Ist. If at the age of 21 years, a man will lay up eighteen pence per day, and keep it at corn. pouhd interest every six months; he will find at the age of sixty, or in 39 years, it amounts to $60,000. • 2d. The Island of Manhattan was originally !_sold_by_the_lndians-to the-Dutch-for—fifteen-dol. ! tars. If that $l5 had beeri kept at compound in. terest until this time, it would have amounted to more than the whOle wealth real and personal, at this time, in New York. • 3d. One German banker sent to a hanker in England, a bottle of wine four hundred and thir ty years old, which originally cost fifty cents.— The English banker computed the compound in terest for the lime and found the bottle of wine to cost more than the present national debt of Great Britain. thly. if a note shaver starts with a capital of $lO,OOO and gets one per cent. per month, (the usual rate,) in five years he has 20,000; in ten years,4l6o,ooo ; -in twenty years, $320,000. Young men,you often ask how Jews get so rich answer by observing these rules. And remem ber it is what you save not what you make, that you have cm hand, Another Slave Case A few days ago a Mr. Lemon, from Virginia, came to New Yorlc with several slaves in Nis possession, on his way, as he says, to Texas.— Now there is a law upon the statute book of New York, as there is, we believe, in all the free States, that no person can hold another in bondage.— Some of the knowing ones informed Mr. Lem- man's slaves that they were free•men, and could take their liberty whenever they chose—and they did take it, refusing, as it appears, to accompany their master any further. The case was brought before one of the Judges of New York, who was bound to take the law as he found it, and decided that these slaves, brought Within the State of New York by their master became free. Some few hot-headed Southern agitators are trying to raise a "monstrous of a fuss" about the decision Gov. Johnson, of Virginia, has sent an indignant message to the Legislature of that State upon the subject. Now we dont think Gov. Joe can be in earnest about this affair 7 —it being only a whim of his to regain popularity lost in the Hatcher case. Sometime ago he pardoned a negro nam ed Hatcher, who had murdered his toaster, where. upon the people of the Old Dominion became very indignant, and justly, too—at the conduct of their chief magistrate. We are of the opinion that the Governor is on the "wrong track" again —for we cannot believe that any portoin of the Southern people could be so ignorant as to be lieve that they can hold their slaves as property in a free State; because if we believed this, it would be setting a very low estimate upon their intelligence sod general understanding,. Mr. Clay, whenever he travelled at the North, always brought his servant Charles with him; hut he always conceded that he became thereby entitled to his freedom, and relied entirely upon his per sonal attachment for his retention. Mr. Lem mon says he was aware of the existence of such law, but that some persons told him Ike would incur no risk in passing through New York.— Now we must come to the conclusion (because or his being acquainted with the law) that he insisted upon travelling this route for the pur pose of agitation We had indulged the hope that this worse than useless agitation of the sla very question had come to an end, for if the coun. try is to have peace there must be no aggression on the part of the South, nor on the part of the North. We are bound by the Constitution to deliver up fugitives from labor to our Southern brethren, but we are not bound to re estal fish slavery in the free State's. Neither have we any right to interfere with slavery as it exists in the Southern States, and if it is ever to be abolished it must be •by those States themselves—by the people of the South—upon the plan of the Hon. Edward Stanly, of North Carolina, by coloniza tion and gradual emancipation. In the present state of our country there is no cause for agitte lion, and there will be no material cause until another batch of new territory shall be annexed. The•fearful agitation, which threatened a disco. lotion of the -Union a few years ago, came, as Mr. Clay predicted, from the annexation of Texas. Since the above was written, we learn by the New York papers, that Mr. Lemmon has been fully indemnified by the citizens of that city.— Weare glad to see this—not that we would coun tenance the practice of bringing slaves into a free State, but it is hard for any man to lose all be possesses in a moment, when ho least, ex pects such a result. The late Eleotiont The returns of all the States in the Union for President show that there was not enough Inter. est felt in the result to brine out the full vote._ Nearly every Slate iu the Union has polled km votes than they did four years ago, while they should have polled more, reckoning the increase of population since then. Thus, the vole of AI• abama is 18,000 shorter than it was four years ago. Georgia 27,000, Mississippi 0,000, Kentucky 11,000, and in fact in almost every State the vote is many thousands shorter than it was fouryears ago. In Tennessee, where there was more ex citement than In any other State, the vote is nearly 7,000 less than it was at the election of Gen. Taylor. New MaiL—There is now a tri.weekly mail between this place ,and Pottstown. It leaves Pottstown on the receipt of the Philadelphia Mail, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. A letter left with the Mail Agent at the cars in Philadelphia, or anywhere along the Heise( tbe road, on these mornings, will reach this place the same day, The Census of 1850 A late "Abstract of the Census" furnishes some interesting items. A (nil report, we believe, has not yet been issued. The total population of the Union is 2 1,263,- 488—slaves 3,204,080—free-colored 428,661. Or foreigners there are about 4,000,000. The most. thickly settled States are Massachusetts. and Rhode bland, and the most thinly settled Flori da and Texas. The area of our territory is 230,412 square miles. The greatest number of deaths;-in proportion to living, take place in Mac sachusetts and Louisiana, and Wisconsin, Ver mont, lowa and Florida are the healthiest States. As regards the Press, the result of the Census speaks well for the intellig rice of our people.— The whole number of papers and periodicals in the United States in June 1, 1850, was 2,800 ; circulation, 5,000,000, and the number or copies printcd-annually,-422,600,100. The entire capital invested in manufactures in the United States is estimated in round num bers at $530,000,006 Value of raw material 550,000,00(1, Amount paid for labor 240,000,000 Value of manufactured articles 1,020,300,000 Number of persons employed 1,050,006: In the manufacture of Cotton Goods, Massa. chusetts stands first, Ne w llampshire second,. and Rhode Island third— Pennsylvania following next. , . In Woolen Goods, Massachusetts first, New York second, Connecticut third, and Peunsylva• nia fourth. In the manufacture of Pig Iron Pennsylvania produces (in value) about one half the whole production of the Vnion. Ohio 54411(14 second, and Maryland third. In castings, New York produces the greatest value; then Pennsylvania, followed by Ohio and Massachusetts. Of wrought iron, Pennsylvania works rather more than half the product of the whole Union ;, followed by New York. Virginia and Ohio. In the production of malt and spirituous li quors, New York has the greatest Capital invest ed; the next, Pennsylvania ; and the next, Ohio. In Agricultural productions, Pennsylvania pro• duces the greatest number of bushels of wheat ; Ohio, and then New York, and then Virginia, closely follow. Of live stoclt, New York has the greatest val , tie ; next, Oflier and next Pennsylvania. Ohio produces the most vine, followed by Pennsylvania, and then Illinois. In home made manufactures, Tennessee leads. All Honor to the Whigs f Kenluc/•J.—We pnpy to endorse, the following remarks from the Ken tucky Commonwealth We think we may justly claim some credit and challenge stone admiration for the conduct of the %Vhigs of Kentucky in the recent disas trous contest. They entered upon the canvass under the disadvantage of last year's defeat in ihe gubernatorial election. Gen. Scott was not their choice for the Presidency. They voted for another fifty dhree times in the Baltimore Con• vention and never once for him. But when the nomination was made, and Gen. Scott had been duly declared the Whig candidate, th e y th oug h t of nothing but to eiye him an honest,cordial and cuergettic support. And behold the result. The electoral vote of Kentucky is secured for Gener al Scott by a tnajolity of some 3000 votes, whip the States which procured his nomination have voted for his competitor. We feel proud to he a citizen of such a State and a uicrnber of such a party. Co!. Benton on the I'uldic Expencliture.—Ad. dressing his constituents a few days ago ,the Col noel adverted to the expenditure of the General Government as a fit subject for reform; but at the same lime he rebuked the bitter partizans who complain of its increase as an abuse result ing from Whig rule. The Colonel said: ..Let me do justice. Party warefare throws the blame of these sixty millions on the present Whig Administration. Inexorable will have to qualify that reproach, and to tell that Democrat. is majorities were in both Houses of Congress when that appalling sum was voted. And fur ther, that it Would have been seventy, instead of sixty millions, if the "lower" House (as it is called) had sanctioned all the approrriations vo ted in the "upper," DiViiio7l of I l tras.—An active movement is on foot in Texas fur the division of that State.. In the eastern part of the State it has been and still is vigorously pushed; and it is now proposed that an extra seseton of the Legislature be called, for the purpose of considering the subject. The Houston Telegraph opposes the project. on the ground that, if there should he a division of the State as proposed into the Eastern and Western Texas, there would be great danger of tne west ern section becoming a free State, which the Tel egraph thinks. would much depreciate the value of slave property in Eastern Texas. Anothir Patory.—The Whigs of the city of Hartford, Conn., elected their Whole ticket in cluding the Mayor, by an average majo . rity of 200, last week. Pierce had a majority of 61• Prance an Empire.—As was expected we learn by the late advice 'from France, that Louis Na. poleon has been, or rather has declared himself, Emperor of France—Napoleon 111. The people of that country seem to take this new, insult to their dignity with as good a grace as possible.— We are of the opinion that before the snows of many winters shall have passed away, Provi dence will bestow wisdom upon the French, and take Napoleon 111 to himself. A Veteran Voter.--The Portland Advertiser states that Mr. Conrad Heyer Walaoboro', aged 163 years the 10111 of April last, notwith standing the severity of the storm, travelled six miles, and was at the polls as usual, and cast his• vote for Gen. Scott. Mr. Beyer' had voted at every Presidential election. He served 3 years In the war of the Revolution. A Profitable Meadow.—A Farmer in Canton. Mass., has a cranberry meadow of 12 acres in extent, lying near Punkaponk Pond, from Which he has raked the present season, upwards of 10130 bushels of fine cranberries, for which he has real izeil 1,3000 cash
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