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A FAMILY NEWSPAPER, . __ Ocootrb to politics, Ncws, ,Citerattac, Poctrp, '2griculturc, Eliffusiolt of Useful 31tformatiott, Galant Ittelligettre,'Antuoement, Alatuto, VOLUME VII. THE LEHIGH REGISTER, i ts published in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh COU77ol,Pl.,ever'y Thursday BY AUGUSTUS U. RUBE, tslso perantium,payablein advance,and fs2oo if not paid until the end of the year. No 'paper di.scontinued,until atlarrearagesare paid 'except at the option of the proprietor. ADVERTIPEMENTS, malting not more than one square, will be inserted three limes for onedollar and for every subsequent insettion twentyfive cents. Larger advertisements, charged in the same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines will be charged seventy-five cents, and those _malting six lines or less, three insertions for 50 cents. tiberal deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. EV - Office in Hamilton St., one door East of the German',Reformed. Church, nearly opposite the • , 4riedensbote Office." Great Bargains ! New Arrival of Fashionable Goods. Pretz, Gulls A• Co. . Have just returned from Philadelphia and New York, with an immense stock, of Win ter goods, which they.are now unpacking, at• their store in Allentown. They have been selected with much care. and in point of cheapness cannot be excelled in this or any other country town, in the State. Their customers and other are invited to call at the Store, and make their . choice of Goods, for the winter campaign. Splendid Ladies Dress Goods, Such as Silks, of all colors and prices, De- Mins, Merinos, Calicoes and Ginghams. The Ladies of Allentown, will find it to their ad vantage, first to call at their Store, before they purchase elsewhere. Cloths Cassinzers and Vestings, they have in abundance, of all colors and qualities, also ordinary Cloths and Satinets, Jur every day wear. FRETZ. GU'I'H & CO. Allentown, Dec. 15, 411-6 w GROCERIES, Several tons of inr o fmil Groceries such as 14 0 1 . ..1 o :v ,- *VltiMolasses, Sugar Cutlee, Spicrs, Teas, Cheese. &c.—ull for sale cheap at the Siore of PRETZ, GUTE-1 & CO SALT. SALT. A large quantity of Ground and fine Salt, for sale by I'RETZ, GUTFI & CO Queensware. A splendid assortment of `Queensware comprising every, immaginable article used in housekeeping, just received and for sale by PRETZ, GU'l'H & CO. Carpets Carpets. Just recetvt d and for sale a splendid as sortment of Stair and Parlor Carpets, nt the store of PRETZ. auTE4 & co- STONE COAL. • Just received, a largo supply of Lump, Egg, Stone, Nut and Coal dust, at their Wharves, at the Lehigh Basin, and will be delivered.to any part of the town by PRETZ, GUTEI & CO. Allentown, Dec. 15, 1852. 11—tivir Eagle Hotel, J 39 , North Third Street, BETWEEN RACE AND ,VINE, PHILADELPHIA. DAVID STEM, Proprietor. This gentleman takes g reat pleasure to inform his friends and th public in gen eral, that ho has taken the above named well-known and de . ~,,,,..-v.v;.-±:es - servedly popular '4 7 ( 1 .. IC. . •,;i • - ....?1i , i. Fr 411:: :-.. Ri EAGLE HOTEL, ;- ..i•-.,!• I u:- -'-'• situate in the most bus - ?,-?. , ! • : 71 , , . siness part of the city, lA) r . .r.,,.. , ..z : , :; ,,,,, which he has refitted Witheentirely new Furniture and Bed ding of a superior quality. The house has also been renovated and improved in a manner, which will compare favorably with the first class Hotels in the city, and cannot fail to give satisfaction to those who may patronize the establishment. TSBLE will always be supplied with the choicest and most wholesome pro visions the market affords, and his 13.12 R, with the purest and best liquors. The sta bling belonging to his house, is good and extensive, and will be supplied with the best provender, and attended by careful hostler& Nothing in short, shall be left undone to make hiR Guests comfortable, and he flatters himself that by strict attention to business, be will meriteind receive a liberal share of public encouragement Philadelphia, December 1, lir—Oin • ir• V r mildm xr c Insurance Company olPhiladelphia. STATEMENT of the Assets of the Compa ny, on January Ist 1853, published in con formity with the provisions of the sixth sec tion of the Act of Assembly, of April 5, 1842, MORTGAGES. Being first Mortgages, well secur ed, free of ground rent, in the ci. ty and County of Philadelphia, except $ 27,950, in Montgomery, Bucks, Schuylkill and Allegheny counties, Pennsylvania, - . $1,021,366 63 REAL ESTATE. Purchased at Sheriff's, sales um- 1 der mortgage claims, viz: Eight houses and lot, 70 by 150 feet, on the southiVest corner of Chestnut and Schuylkill Sixth streets. A house and lot, 27 by 71 feet, on North side of Spruce street, west of Eleventh, A house and lot, 21-7 by 100 feet, on west side of Penn Square, south of High street. Two houses and lots, each 16 by 80 feet, on south side of Spruce C street, near Schuylkill seventh Five houses and lots, each 17-9 d Nos. 131, 133, 135, 137, and Z. 139 Dilwyn street, jot Three houses and lot. 49 by 54 feet I feet on east side of Schuylkill , i , Sixth street, south of Pine,'l v A lot of ground, 17 by 57 feet, on I 4 the north e. corner of Schuyl- }.1 3 kill Front and Spruce streets, .zt I-Intel and lot, 50 by 81 feet, on I g the South East corner of Ches• 4 I nut and Beach streets, V 40 Five houses and lot, 42 by 86 1 P, feel,on the north side olGeorge j•'. street, west of Ashton, s, el Seven houses and lot, 20 by 116.1 to on the East side of Beach street, South of Chestnut, A house and lot, 18 by 80 feet,. No. 96, Fitzwater street, East of Water, A house and lot, 16 by 42-2 feet No 1, Diamond street, runt, ing west from Thirteenth street, below Chestnut street, A ground rent of $ 500, issuing out of lot 13-4 by 40 feet, on I North side of Otter street, 40 feet West of Leonard street, J LOANS. TEMPORARY LOANS on enlist- ? eral securities, amply secured, 5 STOCKS $lO,llOO Almshouse Loan, 0 per) cent, interest on,) 200 Shares Bank of Kentucky, 17 " North. Bk. of Kentucky 100 tt Union Ilk. ofTennessee 13 " Insurance Company of the State of Penn. 200 tt Southwark 1241roadOo. 37 " Commercial &Railroad Bank of Vieksburp. 300 " Pennsylvania Railroad I Company, 91 " Franklin Fire Insur Co. I 2 • Mercantile Library Co, I 24 • " Union Canal Company 10 " Schuylkill Railroad Co.J Notes and Bills receivable, Unsettled Policies, Merchandise, CASH on hand, 30,523 14 " in Agent hand=, 12,393 30 -- 42,910 44 Total amount of Assets. $ 1,315,534 00 By Order of the Board. CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. .attest—ClIARLES G. BANCKER, Sec'ry. January 19. 11-3 w Good Horses and Safe Vehielesi pillentorvits lAN cry YAstablislinn.cut. THE subscribers take this niethod to in form their friends and the public in general, that they have entered into partnership in the Livery Business, in the stable formerly owned by George Beisel. They have an S. , entire new stock of ! S ;f mr( . 'HORSES CARRIAGES &c. „. , ...rn+F. Their Horses are gentle and all goo. travel ers ; their vehicles mostly new and of the latest style, and such as have been used are repaired and repainted in the best manner. They continue the business at the old stand in William street, in the Bo rough of Allentown. They will always be prepared to furnish their customers at the shortest possible no tice with safe and gentle horses, good car riages and careful drivers if requested. --- Families can be suited at all times with ve hicles to their particular taste. Their charges are reasonable, and in or der to continue their high credit they here tofore gained of being the "best livery estab lishment in Allentown," they will leave nothing undone to keep on hand the best and safest horses, the neatest and most splen did carriages, and sober and careful drivers. Their charges are very reasonable and hope by strict attention to business to satis fy all those who may favor them with their custom. T. P. HOFFMAN. JESSE SIEGFRIED. 11-8 m • September 18,1851. JOIN IPILLVTIMG, isTeatly executed at the "Register" Office ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 26, 1853. PROCLNMATION.--- , WHEREAS, the Hon. Washington Mc- Cartney, President of the several Courts of common pleas of the Third Judicial District, composed of the counties of Northampton and Lehigh, State of Pennsylvania, and Justice of the several Courts of Oyer and Terminer and general Jail delivery, and Peter Haas, and Jacob Dillinger, Esqrs., Judges of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and generiil Jail delivery, for the trial of all capital of fenders in the said county of Lehigh. By their precepts to me directed, have ordered the court of Oyer and 'remitter and Geno ral Jail Delivery, to be holden at Allentown county of Lehigh, on the Last Monday in January, 1851, which is the 31st day of said month, and will continue two weeks. NOTICE is therefore hereby given to the Ju,,tices of the Peace and Constabb.s of the county of Lehigh, that they are by the said precepts commanded tobe there at lOo'clock in the forenoon, of said day, with their rolls, records, inquisitions, examinations, and all other remembrances, to do these things which to their offices appertain to be done, and all those who are bound by recognizan ses to prosecute against the prisoners that are or then shall be in the jail of said coun ty of Lehigh, are to be then and there to prosecute them as shall be just. Given under my hand in Allentown, the sth day of January in the year of our Lord, ono thousand eight hundred and fifty three. Cod Rave the Commonwealth. JOSEPH F. NEWHARD, Sheriff'. Sheriff's Office Allentown, ---te January 5, 1853. 82,497 69 A Chance for Business Men ! • (; T The undersigned take this method to in form the public that one of the partners in tends engaging in the Iron business, and that they offer their entire stock of Stor Goods for sale, together with the long ci tablished and extensively brown "Flalliet's" Store and Tavern Stand, which they-offer for rent. It is known as one of the best stands for Store and Tavel') ip the county, situate in North Whitehall township, Lehigh county, on the main rood lending from Alentown to Niauch Chunk, about milcs from the former place, and in the immediate neighborhood of the great Iron ore district. 90,988 08 P la' r. 0 r s ; 62,285 50 The buildings can be tented separate or together, to suit the convenience of the ten ants. Further information will be made known by Mr. Stephen Bailie!, jr., who resides near the above property. Nov. 24 8,284 98 1,580 25 163 81 1 411 4 11 1)12 Notice is hereby given, that the under signed have been appointed Executors of the last Will and Testament of So/onion Knauss, deceased, late of the Borough of Allentown, in the county of Lehigh. All those•; who know themselves indebted to said estate, be it in bonds, notes, book debts, or otherwise, will please make settlement tween now the first day of April next. And such, who have any legal claims against said estate, will also present their claims for settlement within the above time. JESSE KNAUSS, CHARLES K. KNAUSS, r , C.XCCIIIOTS WILLIAM K. KNAUSS, JONATIIAN K. KNAUSS. January ID, Lo-p 1)i;~:~o11rr. Tho subscribers have entered into Co partnership on the 3d instant, in the Liirery Business, under the firm of HOFI'MAN and SIEGFRIED. Their establishment is ((wild in Williams street, a few doors below Preiz, Guth & Co's. store. They are prepared with handsoMe vehicles of every description, and safe horses, and will be prepared at all times to attend and accommodate those who may favor them with their custom. THOMAS P. HOFFMAN. JESSE SIEGFRIED. Allentown, January 12. 411-7 w Dv. 3. V. llavues, .D.E.7IOTIST. Adopts this method to inform his iffi;;;I: friends and the.public in general, that he has made Allentown his permanent, residence. He has opened an office at his dwelling, opposite Kolb's American Hotel, a few doors east of Pretz, Guth & Co's. Store, where he will be happy to offer his professional services in the science of Den tistry. He will call at private residences, if requested. tar His terms aro reasonable, and having had much experience in the professions, feels satisfied that he can hive general satis faction. Allenfawn, April 24, 1951. BALLILT & HALLMAN. 1-4 w IT-6w ¶-iy portical tirpattincitt. The Song of Time. I fleet along the empires fall, And the nations pass away, Like visions bright of the dreary night, That die with the dawning day, The lordly tower and the battled wall • The hall and the holy fane In ruin lie as I pass by, Nor rise from their wreck again. I light the rays of the orient blaze, The glow of the radiant moon ; • I wing my flight with the sapphire night, And glide with the gentle moon ; O'er earilTl roam, and the bright expanse Where the proud bark bounds awny, And I join the stars in their choral dance, Round the golden orb of day ! I come with age to the hoary sage, And the lamp of life grows dim, Nor more its rays upon being's page Emblazon delight to him ; Nor more deep sighs from his soul arise, While the heart with grief is riven, For sorrow ends as the soul ascends On high to his native heaven ! And oft alas ! when the young heart leaps With hearts that are high and brave, I come with death, and the young heart sleeps The sleep of the silent grave; I mourn the flight of the sleeping breath From youth in its golden prime, But time is linked with decay and death. And death is the lord of Time. I fleet along and the empires fall, And the nations pass away. Like visions bright of the dreamy night, That die with the dawning day. The sceptre sinks in the regal hall, And still'd is the monarch's tread ; The mighty stoop as the meanest droop, And sleep with the nameless dead. £fisccllnncou cicc#ioiir. A Gambler's End. There is truth in presentments, though it is nut for us mortals to explain their nn tore, ns how can we explain the commonest incidents to our every day life ? Yet as there is an unearthly stillness iintnediately preceeding the furious rush oldie hurricane, as a momentary palsy, frightful from ,its in distinctness,. appears to pervade nature on the eve of an earthquake, so-may the 'shad ow of his uplifted arm be seen athwart the sky ere the Avenger has dealt the blow which is to prostrate us in the dust. Angi cy child crep over me, a dull foreboding of evil Came upon me, as I walked up the steps of Htllindon's well known residence, long before I discovered that the shutters were closed, and that the house bore that solemn mysterious air, which we cannot tell Wiry, is inseparable from the abode of death. A glance at the pale lace of the servant who answered at the dor, a hasty inquiry for t Captain llillingdon's own man. and I stag gered into a chair in the hall, with the whole truth indelibly and unerringly im presed on my brain. • It was needless to explain —I required no hesitating sympa thizer to break to me foresooth, the ghastly reality—l knew it before I was told-Ilii lingdon had shot himself that very inorninir ! Strange as it may appear, it was more cult to realize the truth of the awful tidings when the old and faithful servant- himself bowed down and prostrate with horror and consternation, stammered out the particulars into my ear, than in that first moment of consciousness, when without the aid of any outward voice, I knew the frightful truth,— There, in his own sitting room, his hat and gloves on the table, the very cigar case I had given him, lying ready for use—it seemed impossible—impossible ! Every thing betokened lite, and life's enjoyments ; the colors were scarcely dry upon his easel and those very flowerslWhich he had him self disposed in their vase, with his woman ly appreciation of every thing that was love.' ly, those flowers were blooming flagrant as ever, and could he, the master, be lying up stairs with a cloth over his head, a mutil ated corpse I And such an ending ! To die by his own hand. I dared not pursue . the train of my thoughts any further and it was almost a relief to sit and listen to the poor old domestic's broken narrative of the events which had led to the fatal conclusion we could even now scarcely bring ourselves to believe. Ono thing only which might lead me to suppose that a change had come over the habits of my friend. Occupying a prominent situation in his sitting room, a portrait hung, which ever since I had known him, was carefully veiled by a black curtain. Not one of his friends had ever seen the painting, and the supposition that it was a likeness of the unfortunate Austri an lady to whom in early life he had been mulched, was sufficient to check all curious remarks or illtirned allusions, as regarded a subject on which he himself preserved un broken silence. The curtain was now re moved and as I sat opposite the picture, litt tening to the dreadful detail of her lover's death, I could not keep my eyes from dwel- Fag FARMER AND MECHANIC. urg of t to gent a eatures of her who had exercised such a baneful influence on my poor friend. She was portrayed as a fair, high-born looking girl, of some nineteen summers, but was most striking in the coun tenance, was that eager, high-souled, and yet suffering expression, which gave such interest to poor Hillingdon's own features-- that unearthly look which those who are doomed to an early death seem to bear on their forheads, as the premonitory seal of the destoyer —a spirit-beauty which the spirits claims to wear here in .consideration of its premature release ; and this was as manifest on the lovely portrait of his youth ful bride, as I knew it to be on that glorious countenance which was lying up stairs fix ed and cold in death. Let me draw a veil over the,scne that followed over the servant's lamentations and my own unbearable grief—l saw him—l saw the well beloved face, the admired for, —and I shuddered to think of tilerlititte in which I saw him. Days elapsed' ere I . could bring myself to make'the 'necessary arrangements which, as hii intimate friend devolved upon tnyself, t and to the details of which it was loathsome to see how Mam mon crept, even into the chamber of death. It is sufficient to say that from the account of his servants, and the examination of his papers, which becorne necessary, I gather ed clearly thayinY poor friend had been de cidedly and undoubtedly insane for some time previous to the fatal act, and this was all the consolation, since consolation it un questionably was, for the loss of the bright est, truest, kindliest spirit that ever chafed within its tenement of clay. And it was play that had brought the en thusiast to his self-selected grave. Play first the seductive pastime, then the invinci ble habit : lastly, the despotic infatuation front which there is no escape. Deeper and deeper had Hillingdon been drawn into the whirlpool, and this was the result. A pur suit adopted to deaden the stings of consci ence and hush the importunate wailings of remorse, had at length become the one ob ject of-existence, the whole being of the man. Lose of course lie did, and largely. Nor were the chances of the gaming table suffi cient to allay the craving of excitement which indeed too surely "grows with what it feeds on." Stock jobbing railway shares, mining investments, all and every thing that promised hazardous ventures and dispropor tionate returns, he embarked in with an ea gerness too much in character with that im aginative disposition which made him an ar tist, a poet and a speculator. For a time Hillingdon's speculations had met with tol erable success ; enough indeed to encourage him to push his ventures up to the verge of all his available fortune ; and his master's spirits, as the uld servant described them, were higher than he had ever known, for I think I have already mentioned the singular impassiveness of my friends outward de meanor, but even during period of tempora ry sunshine, his eccentric habit was never broken through of sitting undisturbed for a portion of each day, gazing on that portrait, which appeared to comprise all he valued and loved upon earth. This was an unal terable rule and day after day his cheek was paler and his eve more haggard after the communion, which lie strove to think he thus held with his spirits love. .Then Caine reverses and failures Those in whom he confided abused his trust. Shares went down to nothing. An enterprise m which Levanter, whoa, he always disliked, had persuaded him to join, failed utterly, and Eliilin,gdon, as the only tangible person con cerned, suffered severely. Whole nights spent with dice-box in hand, were not likely to restore matters, and the beginning of the end" became too nppa rant. All this time his outward bearing remained totally un changed; the same calm demeanor, tho same mild voice and placid brow, and above nll, the sninc sweetness of temper, that won him the affection of, all, with Minna he came in contact. "Late or early, good or evil," said his old servant, the tears running down his withered cheeks, never had a sharp word or an unkind look from my belovtid master. Oh, Captain Grand, you know what he was I need not tell you!" and uncoinfurtuble burst of grief che6ked the poor old roan's melancholy recital. At length it became obvious that his whole remaining property would only suffice to clear hint of his liabil- ities, and ns soon as he discovered this to be the fact, he made no secret of his involve- ments. By one desperate effort he did try to retrieve himself. Alas ! it was a gambler's struggle, and lie lost. With a jealousy of military honor which may be appreciated though scarcly understood, he had made up. his mind to stop short of a sum which would entail upon him the sale of his commission, and he seemed to have determined that come what might ho would at least die with (that.- ness on his back A like reserve was made for leaving handsome legacies too few old servants and dependents, after which his whole remaining property was devoted to clearing himself of his liabilities. Thus much 1 learned from hit servants and the lawyers with whom he had been concerned. Tho rest of the history, alas ! comprising but a few days, I gvhored from tho papers which ho left in his desk, addressed to myself, and NUMBER 17. accompanied by a few trifling memorials of, his affection and esteem. What hie, origi- e • nal intentions were I am unable to,declere, i but it appears probable, that leeliing upon, the loss of his personal possessions with an indifference peculiar to hiniSell, he had" shaped the idea of following out the ieivicte, as a profession, and winning eventual dis-, tinction and independence in a military Ca-. seer. Of advice he seems to have had plenty, and beloved as he might, contrary to the usual practice in such officers, have had assistance nearly in'the same propor_ lion, but it was one of his peculiarities to be, indebted to no man, and his was a spirit to chafe above all at, the well-meant' couniiiili,.of a worldly and caln9latlng friend. But the philosophy,whit't'eniild smile calmly at the. ruin of-44Coildty - fortune, should not Ikaver : teetinceitinipanied by the sensitive and `imaginative temperament that firmly be. ; 1 1ieved in its power of holding converse with . , beings of another sphere ; and the excite ment of poor Hillingdon's later career had in breaking his health and shattering his, nerves sapped the foundations of that mys terious barrier which separates the shores, of reason from the illimitable ocean of insan ity. Step by step, I beheld the catastrophe approaching, of which I was aware would bo the fatal result. For years he had believed . in the actual apparition of his Austrian love ; twice, as he often assured me, he had seen her distinctly in the flesh, and the con viction was indellibly impressed upon his mind that a third appearance would be im mediately followed by his own decease.— With the peculiar reasoning of insanity, this belief appeared now to have assummed the shape of a stringent obligation, a point of honor and as he himself expressed it, "he should be bound to follow when she beck oned him away." Once more the phantom stood by his side, and from that moment the curtain teas withdrawn from the fatal por- 1 trait. Twelve hou rs afterwards he had ceased to exist; and the beautiful form, the gal: lant, chivalrous spirit, the kindly loving heart, were as though they had never been. We buried him in hallowed ground.— Grateful at least for this. The sun shone, I the streets looked gay and crowded. Busi: ness knit the brows, or pleasure brightened I the cheeks of the heedless passengers as they moved toand ho upon their amusements lor their occupations. Did that death-stroke upon the minute bell thrill to the heart of one chit tijeg Mammon ? Did that mournful , processio'fi7as ever and anon it stopped, and' wound on again in mysterious gravity, speak . its solemn warning to one individual in that busy throng ? "We are bearing one of yourselves to his road home. Yesterday, was he such as ve are, to morrow shall ye be like him. His place shall be your place and where he is going ye shall go." I fear, me not. We have indeed authority to be lieve, that where all else had failed, not even the voice of qne from the dead shall prevail. We buried him. Shall I ever forget the dull dead sound of the damp earth, as it it ""smote upon his Coffin ? "Ashes to ashes: —dust to dust !" Was this the end of all? s My friend ! My brother ! As [turned from the churc -ye 4 ey: id; th were bearing in another funeral—so soon ! I felt that he was already forgotten. IVhat. matters it to me ? I was alone in the world ! Didn't Like the Meat: Pat Flannery is not only an efficient of ficer, but something of a wag. Pond of a goal joke, he never misses an opportunity of playing one. A few evenings since, he was sitting, on the Uncle Sam's corner front ing the levee, when a 'long, lank' Wabash deck hand passed him holding in one hand an 'acre' of gingerbread, and in the other a, huge bologna sausage. At almost every step he would satisfy the craving of appetite with a bite from each of the aforesaid articles.--: Pat no sooner saw him than ho determined' on a joke. As soon es the Hoosier passed Pat a rat ran across the sidewalk, at which he quick ly make a kick. 'Leave that rat alone,' yelled Pat, as if angry. .Leave that rat alone,' replied the Hoo sier, looking nt Pat with his mouthful of bologna, 'what do you want a feller to leave that alone for?" 'Bt'cnuse it belongs to me, and I will not have it abused.' 'Belongs to you ? What on earth do,you' want with rats V. 'ake bologna sausages of them, sir, and' nice ones they make too.' The Hoosier waited to hear no more. but emptying his mouth of its. Contents, and flinging his bologna as far as the strength of his arm would send it, hastened to the near% est groggery fora three cent dram, so as he, expressed it 'take the darned ratty taste out.' ry The Orlenean says there is a sign in that city which reads thus: Her my wife queres agoas, and I queree th e rjaizdcrs." Which, being interpreted', means that— ,' Hera my wife cures ague* and I curd the jaundice.", • te'The commerce of the great Western' Lakes, it is said, doubles every six years.