Exiii • P1 . P.....;.1) . .ti1tfi . 0 - o.et. Agentown s Pa. .WRIINESDLY, FEBUIRY 9,1868 The Business of Allentown. At is anticipated that we are to have busy times here for a year or two to come. All the itidiaatione, in 'our opinion, jaetily.the conolu• aeon. At an early day tke entire line froth gas. ,trin•to Mauah Chunk of the "Lehigh Valley '';Railroad" Will be put under contract. The con struction of this great work for so long a die lgnce_through our county, will necessarily re quire an immense expenditure of money among our farmers, and will give a vigorous impulse to trade, and afford them a market for all their sarrilna prpduce. Sirribltanititus with the prOgress of thisim. pottlint work, we hear. of the change of the :Philadelphia route. , An:application isabbut i be: `made to the Legislature for a grani by h .0W Company to come to Al- Hoiensack andLel -,„,„I• Tlibi, in the opinion of many i'..;4.'•;;::4(1111.11r;t8-.'Enly....fit7.alttilthe.,utost feasible, but also l 40;i 1-1 hltteat•VitittO. The grades being much ass - - tiarilliiiireemanthorg route. This company, of the = Le iiiatUre:-Will grant them. the right, will . leiihWitblitieh t f en the work. ' dOhi :el' the. above improvements is All t Iron Works. ~••• tivof MI: en °w Bf ` 344 r44Mt-iregrittis ior-the buildlngof endl,lT‘liiv' 4 An immense engine is be ' :tte rk sid4o'' . Me fifteen or twenty hou- A in the immedi- Al -*; Di . pckp, and consequently A 1.411 beve:alen4l , nly.l increase the iabie of propirtr4 f lt. :Ipipjp. also is Allen town, as a muck littia.='o l o l- 0401 1 ,10 8 will be required to carry onitititeMictirsbeitttlehed. Our COuA.. .:It is really laughable to witness themxieed, eeedings of. our Court. The Sheriff in his proc- . lartlation, issued January la, notifies the citi zens of Lehigh county, that the February term was to continue for two weeks. Jurors were summoned, trial lists published for the first and second week. The time arrives. Court com mences, Judges !IP Cartney, Dillinger and Haas, in their seats. The Grand Jury reports itself ready for brisiness, finds a true bill; in a trifling aflair, and is then discharged. The • Petit Jurors and witnesses for the first week's business are in attendance. The trial list as published, is taken up and read off by the President Judge, then comes the laughable scene. Case No.:1. The Attorney either for the Plaintiff of De fendant, as the ease may be, gets up and asks for a continuance, on account of the absence of a material witness—it is then continued. Case No. 2. The Attorney for Plaintiff wishes the case continued on account of the absence of Mr. Porter, who is concerned with him the Court grants the request. No. 3.—ls called up, the same objection is mode, either on the ac count of the absence of Mr. Brown, Mr. Davis, Mr. Reeder, or some other Attorney; in this manner the trial lists are gone through wiih, and not a single case tried the first week. The Jury is discharged, and the witnesses sent home to appear again in Court the second week. Monday, February 7th, Court commences, the same scene is acted over again. All the cases on the list were put off, nn the first day, but one, Miesener against Haas, which was tried, tier' . dint for Plaintiff 62 D. It is true, that through. the absence of Attorneys from other places,: who practice at our Courts, many of these hr conveniences occur. In order to make them more pnnetual hereafter, the following rule of Court Was ppt on record, to; - take efleot after the present tem, •• "Absence. of Counsel; shall be no cause for :continuance of any case, or matter before the Conit; except on : account of sickness of Coon. sal residentli this county." utio rearfig Aooident `On Tuesday the Ist inst., Mr. Leonard Able; a german, in the employ of Mr...Pani. Barnet, in north Whitehall township, this comity, while engaged ipcleaningCloverseed, by some means or other got his left hand into the machine, which mingled it in such ainanner as to Make amputation necessary. DoctOrs Wilson "and Hallman, were sailed immediately and, tier. .i,',.' - •',.1-fertned the operation' very skillfully above the •Cottet; - ‘ Mr 'Barnet speaks highly of the unfur . turista man as a faithful domestic. - • Almost a Fire. I , , 4c 4, , _iiniven the work , of fire Wa " -lodoPfrTrnuesdaY enveuk • ' termoceeu- , • d story back An ° . If Pr • the' con ''' b'earY 1* • the se :.opposite r' • ' Frs 'Keck & Lch, le directly lighting shop 91 : ,• ban Shaffer, were ',v• ~v .l, i ldleg o f Nat b an that ,theY hanging lamp, . 5 . , :j1:411.- oflii ,• It a p pea rs , - ' hine de be . 4 . 1. I:cor.om9- ~ ,..1 1li ii bamP- row secen . •-' '-4 hop. , ". filled ' bola , and the _). Ahen' e ii• been - broke, be '.'4,biohthe . • ..tf , A* chains ,_ work . when Pe ! r • nt's 9Pan the; . the bands ;,,!; toter '-, I 0 ireteate ' ' , befit= r• ' &in -', ,..,:k".1a meP eraPlinitsa4 41"tover.v-0. and Becnodew lis ~. • mild the 4rn‘"ie;iery oott much damage ,4. ~,:,,, it'it F° befor, 'Or! ~ be handled l'ir .fikl shop • ---the fire c ' - 1;ould a . --'.lto's' fling 09 , t • ' h,,,e 1-ntstrac, ..,,_ already h P , .*,it Us. :calaP"." ir•da ke• •. : n Luddiralir• au !". 7: 77 : , '•.- • - .. '' ?`:1•'•9"-,„,wiih th e m i , , ~,ei.- a • ~ •'. n,eitew; "..cia Soos!g, . L of the. •..-.&-,.:,? ,„ •• • oull,--... •...evidenees e. s ' •,k4. '•1•;•-A114 most, chee ri n g nientia :Pee ~•': ' .. 4 • : q-/,' oho 0- ' gal improve- - -ireet.br; :•...i,4-:„.i::00,149....„,,,,i ascetic' . ~,,, ,t.;s very . ~ two or' , Wiiit 9/ .• 44 - • .b;).400941t:-1 -iiiithin'islr'7'''. P T - = ' •'• inisY.;, --,L.;14.30.- at; bun sYlveeell• ta.ilinsilirrLirhsW9tr ' that: , •••,,- grease in ;I 1 - ,•461 Lill ".3.within • . • • . ir•Ar..‹...„,i,.. •Thijkai5,„,....,,_t....., 4:Atirse Yea! past, e iiio,,,m tailf."l.lPPc'"'. •• ',, ' -4hei.,b" hi'eputte, '• l' o'oLvierf, '..i'tlll°•kn 0, tuoie"bil• hiiiiibiOW' 140 k ',.-eorrvier. I;iiiiiiimoe 1.-...i&otee4l;;e? •r,,,'.4 4'4•'.., sioti#tl e'l. i o ns on pl*ote (644%0°' "' t, ; -. 't -, 144441 of cultivation only . yeisffli .. 'T.:. and„ of iliOdes - ' nePestl7 '-',i " *WA' . ten* - • bieh will • -• 'isetqlk din, : ts • 1 . L.,,, qa .0• • iiienr w• t,itigblF4l • ~.-ixtleT•• -iiforlltrte' I bet . l* •i , i l, le diftet,tl°-s," -: • '''.' - "440 k" inottlP le --, aiitrwor..4l.,e,./5.•• II?, sec •,, t.,... them • forir '''' 'oo4', .-• .•;':.:Theiio 4 e .1r7,, the §,tet"l-, ' Ptleer! -, `• • • ,- z1 - • ' throoll- st-, hoiffert.44. , ~,-..,.e. ' lions ' •`' die 10 i .. • efi, ~ ' A.1,...Z41.* k Rant:lllMP ket. 4114 ' . . • ...:,f,..:71',X., r* : :.' ...,,..' _: 4° - • 4 'tali l'"- ••',', ,-.'... '.1'... V•initirs t s 1 ••' '' : '‘, ''i • Sqver.Chinge: The scarcity of silver change has foc some time past been a matter of general complaint among business men, and in order to obtain it for daily use some have been compelled to pay from three to four per cent. premium for hall dollars and small coin. Petitions are jn circu• lation in various parts of this and other States, praying Congress for relief. The true remedy says the Newark Mercury, in reducing the intrinsic value of the coin, either by adulteration or lightening the weight, thus checking its exportation, and preventing to some extent its manufacture into silver ware. If the real value of a quarter Of a dollar be re duced.to-22i cents its commercial value will remain at not less thaq 25 cents—which is but 10 per cent off. A practice is also prevalent among some ignorant ones, who have no:faith in banks, of boarding up silver; thus keeping it out of circulation. These persons in buying an - article,-of-no-Matter-how small_value,_will invariably offer a bank bill, receiving specie in cliangewhich - ts — immedialitly — deposited — for sate keeping. A very good role would be and ie,practised to some extent, for buyers never to oiler a bill for an article under 50 cents in val ue. If this rule was generally practised, deal ers_would freely give change when a purchase amounted to more than thinsum." The New remion Law. As Much interest was manifested in, the pas sage of the new pension law which was recent ly agreed upon b . Ohe committee of Cordef ence of both Honses of Congress, we give it as passed, to our readers : Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameri ca in Congress assembled ; That all widows and orphans who were granted and allowed five years' half pay by the provisions of the act approved the twenty-first day of July, one thou eind-eight hundred and forty-eight, entitled, 'iiiii, *Am' ending the act granting half-pay to widows where their husbands or fathers 'hairs died of wounds received in the military eerviee ofthe United States, in case of deceased'afficersand soldiers of the militia and volcinteers paitied July fourth, one thousand . eight hundred add thirty six" or an act approv ed the twerey-secoad , day- of February, one thousand eight hundred forty nine, entitled "An act granting. five yeirsi::half pay td certain .widows andorPhstni of officers, musicians and privates, both regulars a4l4*.phinfeersi" be, and they are hereby, greniiiioiilii ntinuance 'of said half pay, under likeili r rffaiirri 4 aiirlrestriefions, for a further period of five.ieiiii;ta commence at the expiration of the half pay provided for by the aforesaid acts: Provided,,however, That in case of the death or marriage of such widow DU before the expiration of said term Of five years, the halt pay for the remainder of the term shall go to the child or children of tbe deceased off ficer or soldier, whilst under the, age of sixteen years ; and in like manner. the, child or child ren of such deceased, when there is no widow, shall be paid no longer than while there is a child or children under the age aforesaid ; And provided further, That no greater sum shall be allowed in any case ter the widow or the child or children of any officer than the half pay of a lieutenant colonel; Provided farther, That the act approved ~,t ie 22d of February, 1840, "granting five,Yeam half pay tocertain widows and orpharra•cif:Officers, non-commissioned of ;ficorett..Mtligdenif and privates, both regular and ti tii?, so extended and Construed as tb'eiriiirace the widows and minor heirs of the officals, nonglommissioned-officers, musici privates.and , rt of the regulars, militia and volun teers of the war of 1812, and of the various In dian waresince 1790. Sc's. 2 And..be it further enacted, That the widows of all officers,:non-eoininissioned offi cers, musicians, and privates of the Revolution. ary army, who were married- subsetluently to Jartuary,'A. D., mop, shall bp entitled to a pan sion in the same manner as those, who-were married before that date. The Pacific • REMnmid. - The Washington correspond'ent of the Phil-, 'adelphia Pennsylvanian,'says:, "There is "a prevailing dispesitiori construct a railroad from' the Atlantic to the Pacific, but the chief impediment in the way is the mode and man ner of its consfinafion. Various propositions are pending before the Senate;and all of them apportion, for this purpose, millions of acres of the public lands, some of which, are utterly Worthless, whileiothera may never be.brought intomerket • unless the spirits of industry and commerce be•odireeted thither by the s u ccor- aging bretithingsr of' the looomotive—thwgreat eivilizefand friend ,of "man. That -a railroad will pierce California and Oregon Inite this side of the .. .11004y SeuntainWis certain,, bat the ay can be fixed with no certainty. 'Adventure and trade heve merited °the way fin; this required and indispensable work ; in fact, his neceesa ry for theatreogih of the Union, and to bind the extremes In closer neighborhood; for, now by hours and not by Miles.%')lt:ehti.saarcely be expected that defin ite be hid daring the present sea -1 sion, ncirnattir how deld#hle. The Murdealßeview and ChoralAiitocate pub: belied snont,hly, in New Yo k, : is now in its fourtkvolume. Any:: l'Oi,er*lnusio will find; worth the subscription; one'doliarjo! the mesh) alone. -It is got in . a : ceediogly. handsome stylia• -* • t , . . ;The - Patid Wei afira,—t'rhe eperetions of t he Mini and JO ;branches , :durto g...thp:yeer'l.4.o4 1 ,1 1 001 41 841 1 0 4 Aliplecite were coined 0f..i1d 1ie1if.057,00113. '•ilteericiiiis'operittoits were as fel, ewes ::,,: ,•• - ,- y. 4. "I ' ''• , - . :,,; -. 1 ", LPN: : " ' - ; ',..j ..;;I: C . : ii ~ Deposits . - , ' ,, Colnige;: Alb, inlidefili4l C 1: - ';,-:.:51 ARe 448. , • - -. :;011.40.40$78 4 iiiiii i .,.....i.i.,...040,10,:.._..::4,621.000 ••• !,.-",':' ''• - - . -,- ~.::. ~. '..,.; -r',---.: •• ' ,-- --,,, 'lO . I • Y 1 it4aeik...::4.; , -:;... - -, V04,41ife :`;:',",:,'' , ol'B,Bl‘ . . t • '. '..,....' '.—,:d.'`, - •f#4..., ; 1 ' 7.- . C . 1 . • - '':7.'^:->•-,_08,A11.P4r)..!.'"Ti:A1011e:477 MMMEM Finsusoial Affkire: The shipmenteof specie are quite limited, and amount to less than than a million since the year camp in, while the amount received during the same period is over four and a half millions. Money is getting to be very plentiful through out the, country, and there is an active demand for all really sound stocks and bonds for actual investment. The stocks of. those States that have - never failed to pay their indebtedness when due, among which we mention Ohio, Virginia and Rentucky, are constantly appreci ating, and if, as is very probable they will, they Ore made a basis for Banking in this State, they will at once rise three to five per cent. There is a largo business doing in Railroad Bonds at private sale, and an immense amount has been absorbed both at home and abroad in these securities within a year or two. The mania for Railroad making seems to be en the inprease, and when or where it will all bring up kis difficult to tell. The high price of irtm — vrcidld, one would natenally suppose, arrest the movement somewhat, but it appears to have but little effect. New lines are pro jecte4 every day, and in every instance' the sale of the Mortage Bonds is looked upon as beim the means whereby the road is to be built, rather than by the subscription to the stock. There is one thing that it will be well to look into, and that is, where are all the iron rails coming from to build the new roads? It is es timated that there are already projected and in actual course of construction in the United States 20,000 miles of Railroad, requiring 2,- 400,000 tons of iron rails. Now the annual production of rails by all the rolling mills in the ,world is not over 600,000 tons; so that . to furn ish the iron rails for this country alone would require all the mills now in operation five years to accomplish; and, in our humble opinion, in five years from now Railroad bonds will not pay for Railroad iron as readily as they now do. We do not like to croak about anything, but we must say we think this railroad business is being pushed rather faster than the growth of of the country requires.—Thompson's Reporter. The democrats of. Philadelphia city and coun ty have adopted the following among the rules to govern their primary elections in June next : “11 any candidate for any office, by oilers or gifts of meat, drink, money, or any valuable thing, is found guilty of attempting, directly or indirectly, toinfluence the .vote of any Demo &ado citizen, at the election of the second Mon day of June, or of any conferee, his name is to be stricken from the !bit of candidates by the conference, and any ,totesoastfor'suoh candi date will not be cminted.i: The next important thirig iti tol enforce the rule. A mere enunciation of it does no good, Practical applications would be highly useful. New Telegraph Lime. We perceive that Dr. A. C. Goal!, the enter prising and gent anly President of the Phil adelphia and VMesbarre Telegraph Line, is putting up a new line between Harrisburg and Sunbury. . This will complete lines of Tele graphic wires up both branches of the Susque hanna, to Lock Haven, on the West Branch antl over to Bellfonte, and oft the North Branch as high as Pittston. It appears, says the New York Herald, from pur news by the Africa, that Kossuth is corning back to the United States, under the delusive idea that the election of a democratic adminis. tration insures the great object of our active armed intervention against Austria and Russia for the liberation of Hungary. Well, let him come,; he is quite welcome—and, if , be only secures a good report of the. Central Hungarian Finuneial Committee, in regard to the sale of those bonds, lie will have achieved something. Perhaps he comes for this purpose; perhaps he comes to look after those forty thousand mus icals, and his factory of cavalry saddles in Cin cinnati,,and for a little more "material and fi• nancial aid." Who knows, He went out as Alexander Smith ; perhaps he may return in the simple character of John Jones. Who knowsi Massachusetts. Hon. Edward Everett, was elected United States Senator for six years, from the 4th of Maach -next, by the Legislature of Massachusetts. He received a majority of 40 votes, the Democrats supporting Gen. Cushing, and the Free Sailers, Wendell Phillips. Sunbury. and Eric , Ragrocid.—W e were gratifr cd to learn by telegraph, that the city of Phila delphia had subscribed two millions of dollars to 'the Sunbary and Erie Railroad, conditioned, as was said;that one million should be subscribed Ay. indlyiduis, and that the office of the company be : Wilma Philadelphia. if this is the case theitisan be no doubt but that the work will be pushed with all practical despatch, and that this great Pennsylvania improvement will soon be completed connecting the Delaware with . Lake Erie,by ciontinuous . railroad inside of our own State: • , • Accident on Me Radroad r —A serious accident hippened on the Columbia Railroad, near Chris. liana, on Sunday - morning last. The hind car ofilts train` east war thrown off the track and precipitatefftlaien an embankment some 20 feet 'and twice. thou &tine° into a Mil t Chas. Bart. fierier had bptb-jtrins and thigh fractured. Ed 'ward; lidorganrotb, of Pittsburg, had his ankle spiiined and was much bruised, and Aaron Co. . ;loin and several etkere were slightly 'injured.— yiiift.6 , forpir are lying ,the Christiana ho• The agolderWliappened In consequence of road beinfj,,Witse. ltuiltip the ie. ei4eit4 . Op talhp'eart ,Mobcompletely,:desitoyed;•4ogether.witha 0.1410 d.. hgt, be litegteir.a.fitufgf:' !dot,? cleareeht 'petiety,t ithiti,severalAbiet.eaipettipitlittleepteg to par • . . *,- , EMI A Good: Rule• Kossuth Coming: Agricultural Society. The following bill, asking the incorporation of the Northampton County Agricultural Societ ty, was read in place by Mr. Barr, in the House of Representatives, on Monday last: Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That all such persons who have now associated, themselves or who may 'hereafter be admitted members of the Northampton County Agricultur al Society, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title of the "Northampton County Agricultu' ral Society" to have succession to plead and be impleded, sue and be sued in all cowls of record and elsewhere, and be capable to take and enjoy lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattles and the same from time to time to sell, grant, alien and dispose of, to use a common seal and to alter or renew the same at pleasure. Section 2. That the officers of the said corpo. ration shall consist ',resident, a secretary, a t oC_s_pi treasurer and such other officers as the said cor poration may think necessary,,which officers shall be elected annually on the first Saturday of Januiry, due notice thereof to be given by the president, 'at least three weeks before I election, in at least two newspapers in the county. Section 3. That the business of the corpora tion shall be conducted by a board of sixteen managers, to be elected by the members of the corporation on the first Saturday of January, an _nually, due _notice- thereof-to be - given - by the as provided in the second.section, and said bcard of managers shall have full power to elect their own officers, to fix the time and place of their meetings, to regulate the admission of members and such other acts as they may deem necessary and proper. Provided,-That no rule or by-law as aforesaid shall be valid if inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States. Section 4. That it shall be the duty of the treasurer to take charge of all moneys or funds in any way belonging to the corporation, and to disburse the same on warrants -issued by the board of managers, signed by the president, and countersigned by the secretary of the board, which shall be sufficient vouchers for . him on settlement of his accounts, which settlement shall be made annually at the time and in the manner as shall be prescribed by the board. Section 5. That the present officers of the said society shall continue in their respective offices until an election shall be held, under this act, and the rules by-laws, and Am., thereof. Suicide in a Pulpit—Charles Fultz, a shoe• maker, resident of Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill county, committed suicide in a rather , singular manner::. • It appeari that for some time he had been-aii officer of the GeiMati:l k utherati Church of , that place, and on the evenipg,refered to, had convened and opened a Prayei Meeting in the building belonging to that congregation. Be went through the exercises in his accustomed manner, and nothing unusual was noticed about his appearance. Upon the congregation's.retir lug, he was seen to unbolt one of the window shutters—left the building with the others, and was discovered the next morning suspended life less above the alter. Sentence of a Counterfeiter.—Lewis Hause, the last of the gang of counterfeiters arrested some time since in Montour connty, was put upon trial on Tuesday last at Danville. The prisoner plead guilty and sentenced to 15 months impris onment-in the Eastern Penitentiary. HaUse was let off easily in consequence of having given in. formation which led to the recovery of two plates used in counterfeiting , operations. The plates were designed for printing $5 on the York Dank and $2 relief notes on the Farmers' Bank of Lan. caster. Deaths by Freezing.--A little girl and her mo, ther were found frozen .to death on the evening of the lath ultimo, in art alley at the south end of the city of Troy, New Yot Is. The girl, aged about ten years, was standing erect, with a bas ket on her arm. Lead Ore.—Vast beds of lead ore have been discovered in Sinking Valley, Blair county, Pa., which are of the most valuable kind. A New York company has leased 18,000 acres for a term of years, for which they pay the owners $B7 50 per ton for all the ore taken out in a rude state. The company has - commenced operations on a large scale. Some of, the ore already tested, yielded 16 ounces of silver to the 100 pounds.— Miners are at work In dissloving this new dis covery. Cure for Erpipelas.—The editor of the Salem Observer, gives a public cure for this distressing disorder, from..which he has been a great suffer. er. He says, ua simple poultice of cranberries pounded fine, and ripped in a raw state, has proved in my case, and a number also in this vi cinity, a certain remedy." In this case the poul tice was applied on.going to bed, and the next morning, to his surprise. he found the intiama lion nearly gone; and in two days he was as well as ever. Powder Mill Expfasions.—The Norristown Reg ister, of list week says, the powder mill of -Mr. Jacob Johnson, situate on the Perkiomen creek. in Marlborough township, that county, was blown up, some days since; having only been recant. atructed and in operation a few days, an explo sion of the same mill having taken place a few weeks previously.. • On Friday, the 14th . ,ult.. - the powder miff of Mr. Franklin Leister, siMate:on Swamp , creek. Marlborough township, explodetl, completely des. .trOying the . woifti. We are pleased to learn however, that lo both tiaseli'po lives were lost and that ths Whole damage ,in both saxes, will not exceed two or three hundred dollars. . Sold..Ttie gooderill and material of the Nor,. riltown . Register, was, ,. purehnsed by Dr. F. L. Archer, son or P . eter , )_tslier; of Montgomery no., for s6,ello.'...Mither &big prlie,,we take it for a paper having - ,u H ut of.,iint about 700 Subscribers. • •. • • girGov Heisero 11.14-111:410.. .. • .^ ly hktink )1101 1 1kP I Pr. 1 :' +4 2* ."1 , V:- • 'l. s t •"1 410". • •N • GLEANINGS. 12ir An English cotemporary pronounces the 40,000 office holders of this country, a"standing army ;" and a Western editor replies that every administration is expected to give them all "marching orders." rirThe census of Toledo, just taken; shows that plae to contain 8412 inhabitant& Number of dwellings erected the past year, 161 ; stores, 32 ; warehouse* 6. Cir A compound Solar Microscope has recent. ly been commenced in the city of New York,by Professor J. Hinds, formerly of Salem, N. Y. ca pable of magnifying objects 17,450,000 times. Or Hon. Archibald Dixon, Senator from Ken. tacky, continues so seriously indisposed, that his physicians have recommended an immediate re moval to a warm climate. rr The scarcity of silver change is so great in Boston that it is proposed to use postage stamps as a substitute. UT Upwards of four millions of dollars have been appropriated by the Virginia Legislature, for-r ail Car There is a Quaker in Congress, Hon. E. P. Little. He sits in the House with hi.i broad brimmed hat on. rXr George Clench a soldier of the Revolution died near Germantown, Ohio, nn Sunday, the 9th ult., at the advanced age _of 104 years and 17 days, having been born on the 22d of December, 1744. Ur Five posts of the telegraph, a few miles from Wilmington, Del., were demolished by lightning on-Thursday - last. tom' The Louisiana Legislature, by a majority of two-thirds, have refused to go into an election for a U. S. Senator in place of Mr. Benjamin. Cr An Indiana paper says the devil rejoiced at the recent election of an editor to the Legisla ture of that State. Fatting Poultry. We have heard much of the process of fatting Poultry by ..Stuffing," but never have witnessed the effect of it until very recently, and then in a case which we hardly dare attempt to describe, yet will venture to do so. Our neighbor Mr. Henry-Grim, commenced feeding or rather stuff ing a Goose. on the 4th of January, which at that time weighed Il}pounds. He continued the process of feeding from ~half a pint to a pint of corn, three times a day, up to Tuesday last, be ing just three weeks, it weighed seventeen pounds having consumed in this time three pecks of whole corn, which had been previously soaked until it was comparatively soft. - - When killed the Goose presented a mass of fat which we have never seen equalled, except in the Reed Bird, which in the proper season becomes au fat as to be utterly incapable of flying. It Is hardly cred. ible, yet Mr. Grim exhibited to us the Liver of his Goose, which weighed of Itself 17 ounces. Mr. Silas A StroUse, a neighbor of Mr. Grint's commenced stuffing another goose at the same • time with him, the result of which was about the same. These experiments may prove decidedly advantageous to the growers of poultry, not only here but esiewhere.—Pollaville Emporium. Portugal and her Debt.—ln England, much in dignation is expressed at the conduct of the Purr tugese Government in converting the" whole of its•debt, home and foreign, into a three per cent stock., Portueal had contracted loans in Eng• land, amounting to £16,000,000. at 4 and 5 per cent. Upwards of £8,000,000 of this is now held in England. After neglecting to pay the inter. eat, and forcing its creditors into- several com promises, it now declares thdt, Instead of paying four or live per cent, as it Is engaged to do, 'it will only pay three. What is this but repudia - . Lion 1 An Achve Settlement. —Gen. Houston lives when, at home, in_Huntsville, Texas ; the inhab' "(tants mostly live, says Humboldt. Beeswax, Bo rax, or some of the other historians, by hunting. The wolves act as watchmen at night, relieved now and then by Ingins, whhmake the wig bus. loess brisk by relieving straggling citizens of their topknots. A man engaged in a quiet smoke, sees a deer or bear sneaking around, and by tak ing down hie rifle, has steaks for breakfast, and a haunch for next day's dinner, right at his door. Vegetables and fruit grow naturally, flowers come up and bloom spontaneously. The distinguished citizens wear buckskin trowsers, coon skin hats, buffalo skin overcoats, and alligator hide boots. Old San Jacinto walked into the Senatelist win ter—fresh from home—with a panther'skiti'vest, and bear skin breeches on! Great country, that Texas. lasurance.—The Pennsylvania Inquirer gives readers the following sound adviee.; “Are your htiuses insured t if not, insure them. Is your stock in trade insu,redl If not, insure it. It is better to pay a few dollars premium than to regret a loss, after Are has cousgmedyour log or. merchandize. If you are elteady insur. ed, look to`yOur policy, and repay the premium before the policy runs out. , Pork and Berf c —Tbe bog belonging to Mr. Daniel Brown, of Lancaster county, (mentioned bribe Whig a few weeks ago) was slaughtered on Friday week last,. weighing dressed 990 lbs., being within one pound of the one slaughtered by his neighbor, Mr.: Wenner, 'which weighed 991 pounds. Who can beat it', " Mr. John Ktllinger, slaughtered a steer a few days sinee, weighing dressed 1540 pounds: • Accident on Ms Swittieionna at Columbia.—The Lancaster Inielligeneer says, that while a large number, of personi were ok)kting on kite river, ; at Columbia'royer deep water, the ice gave way, and a little boy:m4*d filaihornert , phinged into the river. Eii.,ories for heiP . korougitt others near the spot, when a young :MID named Byooki, idp of, Esquire Brook s; , i eh tpreti too near and also broke. through. His father;; is render; him assistance, likewise-fell' ' into; the watep-- Here, then:- were' three Onions :lit tie;witei., at. one time, struggling iorf.life.' , :tka was intense.. Piovidentliiii, there ; 40 kpile of bcfarda on ilue bin% neat' by, wire - used to make it sort of sorroatig:timAie thin' lee. and thus eitikbtea;;#o; , 3liiioi*la to .approach near enough to render Thitbrea were to this way4oilii, bed wail grave; bat were 04 1 07 Oltaftiod*rilliet CsAttitii obiittoid. ;. 4!' - Pennsylvania Legislature: HAnnzsiscra6, February 4 Senate. San, 31.—Mt. Fry presented font remonstran ces. from citiaens of Lehigh county, against granting authority to the Lehigh Urine Iron company to make a railroad. House. Lary presented a pea iibn foe- authority to build a railroad from the city of .Beading to Allentown, Lehigh county, and nine remonstrances against a railroad from Catasau qua to Fogelsville, Lehigh county. Feb. 4.—My. Fry presented five petitions sign• ed by the of Lehigh county, for author. ity to the Lehigh Crane Iron Company to erect a railroad. • On moiloll of Mr. Fry. the Senate bill No. 188, to enroll the citizens and organize the Volunteer forces of this Commonwealth, was taken up and referred to the committee on the Militia. On motion of Mr. Fry, goose bill No. 96, .to incorporate the Bethlehem Gas Company, was ta ken up. [Mr. Saeger in the chair.] Passed Com mittee and second and final reading. Land for the Soldiers of 1812. The Hon. Richard Brodhead has recently in • trodticed into the United. States Senate, a bill granting one hundred and sixty acres of land to thU soldiers of the war of 1812, or the legal representatives. This measure has been corn mended by Mr. Wilson, CoMmissioner oT the General Land Office, and has been warmly ad- located by the press throughout ►he county, as an act of justice. Thousand have petitioned for it, and several States have instructed their Sen ators to support it. There can be no question as to its propriety, and we hope to see it pass ed before the present session closes.. Our pub lie domain is ample and while so many schemes are on foot to appropriate the lands for public improvements, Congress can hardly pause when it is asked to grant a few acres to the re maining patriots who fought in the brilliant achievements of our second war with Great Britain. National gratitude demands this ap proßriation, and there is no single objection urg. ed fb its passage. Railroad Accident On Monday evening last, a novel and at the same time a disastrous accident occurred at the Philipsburg Depot, nn the Central- Railroad of New Jersey..lt'appears that after theengine that brought' in the evening passenger train Was run into the engine house, the RIM train came along and the switch leading into the engine house he. ing open, the train entered. it under considerable headway, striking the engine with such three as to spring open her sitolitn Valves awl put a full head upon tier. The engineer was still upon the locomotive, but the being so sudden, that before hi had time to reverse the motion, the en gine ran against the wall with such headway, as to break. entirely through it, battering and injur. ing the engine to a very.cOnsiderable extent. As soon as the , engineer reversed the motion, he .jumped frrim the engine and escaped uninjured. —Euelon Sentinel. Capitol of Ohio.=-The Buckeye State is erect ing the most magnificent State Him!le in the UM* When•finished, it will cost $1,000 , 000. The roof is.to be 'put on during the present year, and ,the whole will be completed in the course of 3 _years. It has been a long while in building— having been commenced in 1838—with an Bp propriation.of only $lO,OOO, but the work was, suspended, on account of the mometary pressure in Ohio, from 1840 to 1848. The money expen ded to the present time amounts to $496,575. The - Buckeyes expect to get the full worth of their money in having a State. House absolutely more imposing than the capitol of the nation. It covers nearly the same area as the Capitol At Washington„ hti-latter 'covering 61,698 square feet, and the Ohio Stale House 55,936. The leg islative and library rooms are Much larger than at Washington: The next largest Sitite Notise is in Tennesiee,.which covers 82,400 square feet. State Capitols of New . York, Pennsylvania, Vir ginia and Massachusetts, only- average about 10,000 square feet each: - A capitol five times larger than the State House 4tt Albany, will cast New Yorkers into the, shade.'; Immigration frow.Great _Britain.,—We may rank with the phenomena olthe present year the alarm InEngland, fronsthe decreaSe of the pep • ulatiOn by emigration ~ According to the Lon' don TiMes, the poiultition diininishes more rap idly titan It ever increased. Instead of 200,000 per annum being added, ihat ;Mount at.least will be Substracted; It weer. by 'the latest returns, that oat of 100,230 einigrants, the'United States received 62,570; but the propirlion for theNnitin will be less hereafter, owing to the,altractions of Australia. l'Oe'4ealn - must augment. 'Taal," says the Times; the stream ,should continue but for two years langer, it will probably depriee Great Britain of at..least a million of , grown up men, and will create -tt clt'sm . in the ,populution which ten yearsnf sibsequent progress ' would— , - citizen of Philadelphia, about to en ter into:the perfoinery husineis;*rote•to a'gen. tlanian of Erie Ao ~ l4noW: liner niany'barre're ,of • i3ear's oil he cupid prockiet 7 :lothalcoanil 0)17 Now ain't that rich 1 TheifelldW'stipposcs that.' this cormiiis inhabited-bybeira, and Other.wild d beasts, and that this is a perfect wildcat rteigir ; ; • borhood; where beasts'are thick as bed bogs are in ;Philadelphia . No woider, thoughi whatint r ore,.. 'can we expect from the citizens tireaitY:artihsii hesilsielitil subscribe to the"likinbory add' ' • Railroad, when her own intertita 4 ,ao;stiffeiiitg = by ilrdelay, though itta : o not aWirie'cie it; Per." hips the CountillsOfittintiltyWanid like to know r—or Oto..ootoktketclieliteiitteei:Ott to'ascertain whether or Oillitich Erie or Erie coca. • !Y w as aat:9lllr.Witttin-Ate limits ot.#le State of. FettpoilirtottiliOotirffierf , , '•';',olorOtElgiirrce,Thri, New York Express' says. that CapkEriOirlOti,hasz recOiy ed. Orders' for ,abc+90160.611 hip .:ei*Aric!,,,.ei?stilo;, bttt !4,46 sok aware thiliraltaitiOhsanted.kii,ooppliaptierge. • •-• . , -4 web ! ! galrese,ny, • . curl *Oa/ PolltfThitgo ;. • 4. 4'4 ER
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