~ ,When thee .will make the.promise I ex• ct from thee,. I will 'release thee, but no 'sooner," replied Nathan. 'Jim saw that he was powerless, and that 'the Quaker was reenlute. He f e :lt thnt it ;was no use to persist in his stubborness. "I will give in ,• I'll promise to love my neighbor as myself." he replied. " Including the Quakers, insinuated Na. than. Q ",Yee, including the Quakers," replied BEI '.Thou mayt•st arise then, friend James; _ and I hope the lesson thou hest learned to day will make a more peaceful citizen of - • thee, and I hope a better man," answered Nathan. Poor Jim was entirely humbled ; he left the field with his spirits completely cowed. Not long ratir this occurence the story be tame bruited about. He soon after left the stenee of many triumphs and his late dis astrous defeat, and emigrated to the far West. The last t-heard of him he was preparing 11) make another move. Being pressed for • 'ihe reasons why he again emigrated. he said y-of-guakers-were_about_moving in ,to his neighborhood. He was under obli gations to love them, but he was of the opin . _ , op, that diStance would lend strength.to his ntittChineni - .- 7 ---Spirit of the Times. (El)e Cel)igl) Register. A►llcntown, Pa. IVEDNESDAL FEBIiIIA - RY 16, Ibit It thanks are due to Messrs. Lamy and Barr, of the State Legislature, for valuable leg islative documents. Juvenile AMEty. On Saturday last, two boys atioutl4 years of age: named Edward, son of Welcome Powell, and Willoughby, son of Widow Trezler, of this Borough, who had been at outs for some time, met on the side•walk near Hagenbuch's Hotel, where an altercation ensued, and Powell who had his knife open stabbed his antagonist in the shoulder blade and side, making two slight wounds, not thought to be dangerous. It is to hoped that the parents of the aggressor, will inflict such punishment on their son, as the character of the act demands, and the safety of the public requires.• Agricultural Meeting. Our advellising columns present the call o n meeting by tho "Lehigh County Agricultural Society," to be held on Saturday, the 26:h of February next, at the house of John Y. Bechtel, in Allentown. At this meeting Delegates are to be chosen to represent the society in the Ag- ricultural School Convention, to bo held at Har risburg, on the Bth of March next. The pro- priety of fixing premiums upon field crops and other matters of interest is to be discussed. It .is to bo expected that the meeting will be well attended by all who take an interest in the af fairs of the Society. It is gratifying to observe the. interest that has been aroused upon the subject of Agricul• lure in many of the counties of the State, through the organization of Agricultural Sock+. ties. A spirit of rivalry is manifest that bids lair to result in much permanent good to the farmers, in their Agricultural pursuits, as well as in the raising of stock, poultry, &o. County Societies have been formed in a num— ber of the (qalities of the Commouw•ealth, and county fairs are becoming quite common. Where societies have been formed, and Fairs held, they have been largely attended, and gave the most promising evidence of future good, resulting from the meetings of the Societies and the holding of Fairs. Cancellation of Relief Notes. Mr. Skinner, of the House of Representa• lives at Harrisburg, has reported a bill for the gradual am:collation of the relief notes. This bill makes it incambout on the State Treasurer ~ on and after the first of June next, and every three months thereafter, until the cancellation is complete, to ascertain the amount of money in the Treasury duo to the Commissioner of the Sinking Fund, and refund the same to that officer, to facilitate the redemption of all relied notes Which have become defaced and worn. Tire bill also orders all hanks that have issued more paper than seems authorized by law, to proceed to cancel such Surplus as fast as pre• rented—and declares that on and alter the first day of June, 1855, it shall not be Inw ful for any kink to pay out such notes at their counter, nor shall any County Treasurer, toll collector, or any other receiving officer, pay out such notes—they only being receivable for debts due the Commonwealth, after which receipt they shall at once be destroyed. . The Railroad Prcdeot The Board of Managers of the Lehigh Valley Road, held a meeting at Easton, on Saturday lust. What was done at this meeting we have not heard. It is generally known though, that the road is commenced, and that many hands are employed on it at different places. Tie settlement for the right of way, with the land owners along the route thus tar, has been made upon very favorable terms, all are free to ad mit that the road if constructed, will he of the greatest interest to them, consequently feel will ing to compromise matters upon favorable terms. We trust that the land owners in our county will consider things in the same light, agree upon terms, and our word for it, the work will be put.hed on vigorously to a completion, end the lrt.n Horse will be heard 'Abrading its way from the Lehigh and Schuylkill Coal re glens to the great Emporiem in less than twelve months. Murk our ruediction I Shakespeare Lyceum. ‘Ve are requested to state that the next Lee• lure will be delivered by Rev. W. H. Baursertg, on Thursday evening, Feb. 17th, at 8 o'clock, at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Butjpoi,-"The Nine firentheentary in Its Political, Moral mkt &nevus rVphl." Tht pnblto em invited mo totemi. • • Court Proceedings. Otto Meisner vs fleas & Neumoyer.—Trespass for.detaitting plaintiff's goods, and selling them on an execution after the lien had expired.— It appears by the evidence, that Neumoyer the constable of Lower Alacungy, had an execution against the plaintiff at the suit of Haas, upon which he levied on the goods of the plaintiff in this suit, and detained them in his custody till the lien of the levy had expired. The goods were then sold. Th 9 jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum of 52 50. Mayes vs Neil.—An action to recover dama ges for obstructing plaintiff's right of way. It appears in evidence, that the plaintiff and those under whom he claims, have engaged the right of passing over the land of the defendant for upwards of thirty years. • For a long time this way bad been enclosed by a worm fence. A few years ago defendant had removed a post of the worm fence, and erected a stone fence in its stead. By this it was alleged that the plaintiff's rights had been encroached upon, and this suit was accordingly brought. The jury (who-had—been-over -jo-view—the-ground, in Salisburg,) rendered a verdict in favor of defen dant. Iloates & Wife vs Wolf—An . action on the case for slandering plaintiff's wife. Versliel for plain- tiff $5 00. Each party had to pay its costs. John Wagner vs Rebecca IVagner.—A feigned issue to ascertain how much, if anything was due to the plaintiff from the estate of his son William W. Wagner, deceased. The jury ren. dered a verdict in favor of 'the ilefemlaiii. Stephen Balliet & Co. us Jeremiah Ritter.—An action of [rover to recover the value. of Iron ore. The plaititiff's'claimed under a lease from_ Peter Troxell, deceased. The defendant is the present owner of Troxell's real estate, and in- sisted that the plaintiff's lease was void, and that it had been given up. The jury rendered 11 , verdict for $53 00, in favor of plaintiff's. • • Public Land Speoulation. Within. a y ear or two past, the Bounty Land Warrants of the General Government have rap idly advanced in price, under aspeculative de. mend from the West, and the 40 acre script sold as high as $43 50; the 80 acres at $B3; and 160 acres at $l5B. - The prominent deal , ers in Wall street, New York, are paying $42, $Bl, and $156 from first hands. At the Go vernment rate for the public lands, the War rants are nominally equivalent to $5O, $lOO an d $2OO, or $1 25 per acre. They have sold, how ever, as low as 50 percent., prone half ()ribose respective rates, and never higher than the cur rent tams, for cash. The cause of the present advance is attribu ted to the demand from the neighbdrhood of the new lines of railway in Illinois, Wisconsin, &a. The entries are made chiefly for speculation. The contractors, civil engineers, and even la borers are engaged on these works, all partici pate in the general disposition to secure part of the public domain still subject to entry in their immediate viciinity. Atter the warrants are exhausted or run up to par, the Treasury may begin to feel the effeete of the 1110Vt11110111 in the increased cash receipts at the Land Offi ces. And in turn, turtherpurchases of the Fed , oral loan of 1857, will be made with the pro ceeds. Degree of Rebecca The Independent Older 010.1 d Fellows, have instituted a new degree,called the "Degree of Rebecca," it is to be given to the wives of those who belong to the Order; and is highly spoken of by those who have become acqnainted with it. We are informed that on the evening of the 10th instant, in Allen Ledge, this beautiful Degree was conferred on twelve ladies of this place, all of which were highly pleased with the ceremonies. Gleason's Pictorial This popular Journal for the past week contains, among many other fine engravings, eighteen portraits of United States Senators, be'• ing the commencement of a Senatorial Gallery, which will be continued from week to week until the whole is publi-ied. These portraits are engraved from daguerreotypes taken by J. Vanneron, and accompanied by biographical sketches from the pen of Charles H. Brainard, of New York city. The North Branoh It is now reduced to a certainty that the North Branch Canal will be finished by July or Au• gust, to the State line, and from that point a company has beet: incorporated by the State of New York to construct a canal from the ter. minus of the North Branch Canal to Elmira, whore it unites with the Chemung canal, which extends to the Seneca Lake. By the means of that Lake and a short canal at the outlet of the Lake, a connection will be made with the New York and Erie Canal ; and when these works, now rapidly progressing to completion, shall he 'fin kited, there will be one continual canal from the Chesapeake Bay to ihe great northern lakes. The locks and the canal will he of tho same ca pacity from Columbia to the Erie Canal. The Brie Canal is of larger capacity than the Penn sylvania, but that will not be quint's to the passage of the boats 'from the canals of Penn vania. The "completion of the North Braneti Canal has been greatly delayed by circumstances to which it in unnece4sary now to refer. Its com pletion, says the Philadelphia Evening Bone . . tin, is now rendered certain, and it must proie a source of a very large revenue to the State. In addition to its forming a continued water communication from the tidewater to the lakes, it will open an outlet for the immense coal •fields of the Wyoming and Lackawana Valleys to the north, where the anthracite coal is wan ted, and will be used to any amount which can be obtained at a favorable price. The fact is .well known that the consumption of thin kind of fuel has steadily increased wherever it has been introduced, and it will continue to do so aatil other kipde of fikslirillbothintojgoimait, Mexico's last Revolution The crisis iu Mexican affairs, growing out of the differences between President Arista and of the Congress, has come at last to a head.— For once, however, a military usurpation has been averted. While Santa Anna was hasten ing to seize the reins of power; while Uraga was preparing to anticipate hint in this outrage ; Arista suddenly resigned his office into the hands of Congress, and the Congress as sud denly elected a successor in whom they had confidence. Ceballos, late President of the Su prerne Court, is now the Mexican Executive; and the revolution, which threatened such clarl gers, has been peacefully achieved. In this transaction the conduct of Arista ap- I pears eminently patriotic. ft was the fashion, during the war between the. United States and Mexico, to speak disparagingly of Arista; but he really seems to be a man of excellent parts, moderate in character, lull love of country. As the opposition to him by Congress was princi pally factious, he would have been justified, in the eyes of many, in pushing matters to ex rren3ity.., .A merely. ambitious_man_would_have. done this unhesitatingly. ' But when 'Arista found that the Chambers would not yield, and that a military usurpation was inevitable if he persisted, he preferred to let his immediate en emies triumph, rather than that the nation should fall a sacrifice, arid consequently peace fully withdrew. All honor . to this honest pa triot! The conduct of Congress has been less praise. worthy. That body - virtually brought on the late crisis, by requiting to Aiista the support ne• cessary locally on,aflairs; had he proved equal ly factious, a military_revolution, to-be-follow.- ed by proscription and blood, would have been inevitable. That a usurpation was avoided, that for once the executive was changed with- out a breach of the Constitution, was owing en- tirely to Arista's forbearance, not in the least to the Chambers. If the Congress will now, however, abandon faction; if it will honestly aid perseveringly sustain the President it has chosen; the revolution will be completed at this point, and bath Uraga and Santa Anna foil ed in their designs. Ceballos is considered a mart of ability, energy and moderation. lie is said to enjoy the confidence of a very large majority of the Chambers. The pripulation of the capital is known to favor constitutional go• vernment, and to be ready to support this con stitutional executive with all their influence...— It is probable, therefore, that the intentions of Santa Anna and Uraga will undergo a change; that these two leathers will each consider it wis. est to abandon his schemes; and that dissen sion will cease in Mexico, at least for a time, and a united ar•.d consequently vigorous feder al government will be WWI there. If this for tunate result should be obtained i it will be be cause Arista preferred to see faction rule under the forms of law, than usurpation rule by tri. umphing over law. Later from Merioo. NEW 011LEA.NS, Feb. 9 The schooner Aquilla, from Vera Cruz, brings dings front Mexico to the 20th ult. The news is highly interesting. The city of memo has filially pronounced in favor of the revolution.— Oii the evening of the 19th ult., President Ce• valor, finding Congress refractory, played the part of Cromwell—introduced a large body of soldiers into the hall, and cleared it of the MOM. hers, at the point of the bayonet. On the same evening, he issued a decree, calling a National Convention, to meet in the Capitol, on the 15th of June, to :eform the Constitution, elect a new Pkesident, and exercise legislative powers. lie also gave orders to the government troops to cease hostilities against the troops of Uragua. Two new paperer have been Started advocating the return of Santa Anna. National Agricultural Soolets" The National Agricultural Society met at Wa..hington, on the 3J inat. Nineteen States were represented and about 100 members were present. A resolution memoralizing Congress to establish an Agricultural Department, was unanimously adopted. After electing their of. fixers for the ensuing. year, and listening to several . addreoies, the Society adj limed to the last Wednesday in February, 1854. Pennsylvania Farm Journal, is now published at West Chester, Pa. Messrs. Darlington and Spangler, Editors. It is a well conducted month ly, and must be highly valuable to the farming interest. 1247'11111 the Editors do us the lavor to send the May, October, November and De cember numbers, to complete our file. Cana/ Commissioner.—A number of names are mentioned by our Whit; cotemporaries fur (he office of Canal Commissioner, among which are those of Jacob Gassier of Philadelphia, H. Jones Brooke, of Delaware, Moses Pownsill & ol Lancaster, Joseph W. Milli, of Cumberland, and W. T. Wilson, of Clinton. For Auditor General, a correspondent of the Harrisburg Telegraph mentions the name of A.K.McClure, of Chambersburg. The Last Cast of the Cabinet.—lt is now ru mored that General Pierce's Cabinet to to con• t.ist of the following named gentlemen : R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, Secretary of Some. Howell Cobb, of Georgie, Secrettiry of the Treasury. Robert M. McLane, of Maryland, Secretary of the Interior: Robert F. Siockton, of New Jervey, Secrete ry of the Navy. • John L. Dawoon, of Permaylvania, Secretary of War. • • Samuel Medary, of Ohio, Postmaster Gen eral. John Slidell, of Louisiana, Attorney General Catawissa Railroad.—h Milton paper says the? . the engineers on the Catawissa railroad are sur crying the route from tlatawissa to Milton, and that it is thadetarmination tomtit:so ibe 'hobo" ry reihttstliu lire liner price. Pennsylvania Legislature. HARRISDURG, February 4 Feb. 7.—Mr. Fry read a bill In place to incor. porate the Donowsky Gas Company, of the Bo rough of Allentown. Feb. 9.—Mr. Fry presented a remonstrance from citizens of Lehigh county, against allowing the Lehigh Crane Iron Company to erect a rail road. Feb. 10.—Mr. Frick read a bill in place to the act incorporating the Norristown and Freemans burg railroad company. Also, one to authorize corporations to • subscribe to the stock of said Company. Feb. 12.—Mr.Fry read a bill in place to incor. porate a company to construct a railroad from Allentown, in Lehigh county, to Reading, !Jerks county Feb. 7.—Mr. Piper reported a supplement to the act incorporating the Philadelphia, Easton and Water Gap Railroad company, approved Bth day of April, 1852. The following joint Resolutions, relative to the - Public-Lands; were - submitted in the' House of Representatives to day, by Mr. Flanigen : Whereas, There is now pending before the Senate of the United States, a bill entitled ..An Act making. grants of Lands to aid in the con struction of Railroads, and for other purposes," with an act that passed the House of Representa- Ives, and prot;ides that there shall be severally granted to the States, herein named, the follow ing parcels or quantities of land for school and improvement purposes, viz: To Missouri, three million acres; to Alabama, two million five hundred thousand acres ; to lo wa, three million acres ;.to Michigan, two mil. lion five hundred thousand acres; to Wisconsin, two million five hundred thousand acres; to Lou isiana, two million five hundred thousand acres ; to Mississippi, two million acres; to Florida, two million acres; to Arkansas, three million acres; to California, three million acres; to Illio nois, one million acres; to Indiana, all the pub lic lands not sold, located, or reserved, lying with in her limits, and one million acres in addition thereto; to Ohio, all the public land not sold, lo cated, or reserved, lying within her limits, and two million acres in addition thereto, and lc each of the States of Maine, New Hrmpshire, Ver mont, Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela ware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, at the rate of one hundred and fifty thousand acres, for each Senator and Representatives in the thir ty second Congress, from said States respective• ly. And to each of the organized Territories and the District of Columbia ono hundred and fifty thousand acres And whereas, The Public Domain is, until parted with by the government, a source of rev enue in which all the States have a common in. terest, each having contributed in their propor. Lion to the acquisition of the same, whether by fields or purchase and the policy of individuals, or separate State grants having been recently largely extended; therefore Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Ilip rec.ntatives of the U0minu0..."1.6 ..r Pennsylv2 via in General Assembly met,That it is the opin ion of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, thht grants of land by the Government of the United States, either for improvement or other purposes, should be general in their character, and not for the spe, cial interest or profit of,individual States. Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be and they are hereby instructed to aid by all proper means in their power, the passage of the bill above referred to and generally lecown as the Land Bill. Feb. 10.—Mr. Struthers presented two remon strances against the Macungy railroad; petition of Aaron Guth and other citizens of Lehigh coun ty, in favor of a law to authorize said Guth to lay out a race course. Mr. Laury presented a remonstrance against the Uatasauqua and Fogelsville railroad; one asking that a race course may be allowed in Le high county; and one asking for a railroad Crum Reading to Allentown. Great Southern Raitraud.—A Convention of the friends of the proposed York and Gettysburg Railroad, was held at York, on Tuesday last.— Resolutions were adopted urging the construc tion of the road. The cost of the work is estima ted at $OO,OOO. The probability of a direct line of Railroad from New York through Easton, Al• lentown, Reading, Columbia, York, Gettysburg and Harper's Perry to the Southwest, was allu. ded to at the meeting. Cliineze /adutdry.—Parrot's building in Ban Francisco, pf one hundred feet front, seventy or eighty feet deep and four atones high, all of solid granite, was put up in Camon, block by block, by Chinese tvorktivn ; and the blocks being-all numbered, the building was then taken down, put aboard ship, brought across the Pacific, and erect. ed in Ban Francisco by the same hands. • New Jersey.—Com. Stockton has resigned his seat in the United States Senate to the Legisla ture of New Jersey, to give that body an oppor. tunity to choose a successor before its adjourn• ment. The Commodore has given evidences of high ability as a legislator, though we always supposed that the companionship ,of the •land sharks" was not congenial to the ~ o ld salt." We should prefer to have more practical men like Stockton in the Senate and fewer gaseous exhal ations, who talk much, but never originate any measure. Belvidere Railroad.—This road is now crimple. ted as far as Milford, and the passenger. trains will be put on it in a few days, when we shall have but fifteen miles. of staging between here and Philadelphia. The first locomotive and cars came up from Lambertville to Milford on Friday . last. The cars were loaded at Milford with iron and returned the same afternoon. The iron horse created quite an excitement as he snorted through the Delaware valley, and we have no doubt was looked upon as the forerunner of an auspicious epoch, that is to create an opening through which the long pent np mineral and agricultural wealth of this section of the cwaniry le N dud a market. N-agrion BMW. - ' - Senate. House. The Third Ilouse..--We see by the Harrisburg Item, a copy which reaches our sanctum occa• •sionaliy, that the members of the "Third House" alias "Borers" have rather a dry time of it this session—no divorce cases, nor private bills of any kind worth boring for. At a recent meeting of these •professional" gentlemen we notice that the handsome and amiable member from North ampton, was in the chair. Before the adjourn ment, it was unanimously resolved, that in con. sideration of his capability and partiality, he should be allowed the privilege of putting the House through with oysters and cigars. Go ii J—, you will become a "lion" yet, before your term espires.--Easton Sentinel. The liempfkld Railroad. The borough of Greensburg, Pa., about one fourth the population of Allentown, subscribed $511,000 to the Hemp field Railroad, and the citizens subscribed about $lOO,OOO more. The borough of West Newton has also subscribed f 30.000. Maine Board of Agrieullure.—The Maine board of Agriculture is in session at Augit.ta, and has under discussion plans for the estabtishment of a model State farm, or farms, tory n agriculture clubs, agricultural instruction in schools, a gen loghsal and agricultural survey of ifie and 'other Sahjetts Of like Irlipailinee. GLEANINGS. rg"Oheap—Our Paper. 'Jr Cheerful—Our fireside. OGloomy—Defeated office seekers. Or Ahead—Graham for February. Scdrce—flonest men and rich printers. 159'Itt Demand—Overcoats and the Register. 1311^ Wanted—Money at this office. larGrowing light—Our purse. • larLitile snow and no sleighing—;s it not pro- voking, girls. L_V'The Road to Wealth—Advertising in the °Register." Vety Acceptable—A little cash now and then. honorable—To take the Register, and pay fur it. or Senator Douglas, after his re-election as Senator of the United States by the Illinois Leg islature, gave a grant entertainment in the State House at Springfield. It is said to have cost him about $3OOO. la'Col. May, U. S. A., who distinguished him self in the Mexican war, is about to marry one of the most wealthy and accomplished daughters of New York. • I -Clever Fellows"—People who spend two dollars every time they earn one. la'They have succeeded in growing lemons in England, in the open air. (''Catching rats is an established business with some in Cincinnati. Dealers pay three cents a head for them. lar No one has more enemies in this world than an upright, proud and sensible man, dispos ed to take persona and things for what they real ly are, and not for what they are not. 1.0.'A brandy manufacturer in New York has been_brought to_trial for putting_French names and custom marks on stuff ihat never saw France. An Extraordinary Case. Mr. Weber has reported a bill in the Senate of Maryland, "explanatory of the act of 1717, chap, 19, relating to servants and slaves," to meet a most singular case, the particulars of which a correspondent of the Argus thus explains: "It appears, by the law referred to that any white person found guilty or marryinewhat is commonly called a colored person, the parties are liable to be sold, and man and woman for a term of years (I believe seven) into servitude, and their issue, if any, as slaves for life. The case referred to is somewhat after this fashion narrated : A white citizen of this State, some years ago, married a female whom he believed to be of pure white descent. The woman is said to be handsome, of excellent qualities, and does nut bear in any way the slightest marks indica, live of her being otherwise than of the purest An gloSagon race. The man has acquired fine property and is held In great respect by all who know him and his family. They have three chil dren. Some person having undertaken to trace out the pedigree of the wife, alleges that her blond is tainted--some of her grand or great grand pa rents probably have been of the colored specks; and the parties have accordingly been in' dieted in one of the circuit courts of the State.-- A tainture of blood works the serious penalty mentioned. The indictment Is said to he the re sult of m•+1:-.. The neighbors, ail who knew the family, have taken a deep Interest in their behalf. It is said that Governor Lowe, upon due representation of the case, has offered to grant a nolle prosrque—which would relieve the parties of the process of the court; but the parents, feel - anxious to redeem their offspring from all lin in public estimation, have preferred stand a trial, and hence the present action of the islature. .This is not only a novel but most ing sta, ing legi severe case." Banko of Missouri.—The Legislature of Mis, souti has discarded the old set of Directors of the State Bank, and elected Bernhard Pratt, Esq., (Whig) President, and seven Whigs and four Benton democrats as Directots. They have al so elected a majority of Whigs in several of the Blanches of the Bank. The Benton democrats voted for the. Whigs in preference to the old An ti Benton Directors. Rejoicings at Drie.—The Erie Observer, in an. pouncing the City subscription to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, says: This is truly cheering news to our citizens who have.waited so long for this result—cheering, because it will result in the immediate com mencement arid speedy completion of the road, and place Erie at the terminus, on the lakes, of the shortest and hest Railroad to the Atlantic ci• ties. Nine cheers, then, say we, for the city of Philadelphia I The bells of the city were rung and filly guns fired in honor of the subscription. Well Soaked.—An iron safe, belonging to Col. William Peacock, of Reading, which was wash ed away with his cnal office, in the great freshet of 1850, was fished out of a bed of sand, a few days ago, in the Schuylkill, just below Lutz's Dam. It was hut slightly injured, although it had been under water some twenty eight months. More Iron Ore. We are gratified to learn that valuable depot its of iron ore are being developed along the iron region between Boyertown, Berke county, and Allentown on the Lehigh. Mr. James Ritten house has shown us some specimens of splendid ore, found upon a property of his in Berke; coun ty. It is of the primative magnetic order, and exceedingly rich. Such ore is worth $4 a ton, anywhere on the Reading Railroad. The dis• tance to the ore beds, however, makes it expen sive to get it to the Railroad. The character of the oro and the easy access of mining (as it is said the veins discovered upon Mr. R.'s property, extend to a foot of the top of ground,) however, remkr it possible nosy to cart the ore from 7 to 10 miles to Pottstown, and then convey it to the anthracite furnaces at Phcenixville, (where the Boyertown ore is now used,) or the furnaces of Conshohocken, Springtnill and Swedesburg. with profit. The mixture of this primitive magnetic ore greatly improves the iron of those localitie e where the hog or hematite ore is now principal ly used, there being no other kind in that neigh borhood. The proposed Railroad between Pottstown and Allentown, passes through and near to the iron. beds, between Boyertown and Allentown, and if constructed, would give access to a supply of ore of the character most needed by tho exten• sive iron works between this place and Philadel phia. With a stock subscriptiou of $200,000 this road could be made to Allentown, where it would tap a region of country furnishing a great amount of the most profitable kind of freight and be of an'immense advantage to the iron men of the Schuylkill valley, both East and West, of us: "A. word to the wise."—Poltsfown Ledger. .Reiailers of Applea &e., in the Streets.— „ A pples Itwo for three cents—peamuts, three cents half pint—lozenges, two cents a roll,” is the cry of many "poor old apple women," who are daily found on the corner of our streets and wharves, clothed in old dilapidated apparel, presenting an outside appearance of poverty, and offering for sale at retail a few apples, half a peck of pea nuts, a box of lozenges, a dozen sticks of candy, &c., dee. Appearances are sometimes deceitful. and although many of these women are undouht. edly poor, others have accumulated quite a com petence. The same may be said of'some of the male pedlera. Not a few of both sexes of this class have money hoarded in the savings banks, or invested in real estate, stocks, &c., and occa sionally one is found living at the expense of the city, during the wino r season, at one of the put.- lio institutions, being too miserly, lazy, or indo lent to continue the apple, nut, and I, zonge irado in cold weather. As Fill instance of how these people accumulate the coppers, the Chronicle re lates that a_pew was recently sold at suction ir, Franklin Street Church, and was bid Or by a woman at $450, As the, successful bidder hint not the appearance of being one who would be likely to pay so high a price for a pew, for her own accommodation. 51.111 e of the bystanders in 'mated that she could not pay f,,r it. 0, 1 hely ! : asked by the auctioneer when she w„/id settla the bill, she replied, "This a hem owl, or a, somi as I can draw my money." This she (lid, ant paid her egreeinont. "This womn," say, th • Chronicle,"has fur many years been known as an apple seller on Long wharf"—Bosten J, urn, Marriage of SlikerB.-Quite an interesting mar" rine tuck place on the evening of the 12th inst on Hawley street, in this city. It appears that two shakers, a male and female, belonging to a section between Schenectady and Troy, became enamored of each other, and determined to es^ cape from a place . wlicre they were dented the privilege of entering into wedlock. They ac cordingly came here with flying speed, and soon had all the necessary preliminartes arranged for a marriage. The great bruad - hrimed hat and Shake, dress were taken from the man, and a fashionable suit of black given him in exchange,, and the female arrayed in a neat fitting dress ot the latest and most approved Parisian style..— Thus rigged, they presented themselves before the hymenia I alter, and were made one flesh. A happier couple, those in attendance state, they never saw. The gentleman's name was L. Wicks, and the lady's Rosetta Hays, and their ages respectively, 38 and 17. Rosetta is pro nounced as a lady of uncommon beauty of per. son, as well as of great culti vattbn of mind. Al ter their marriage the bridegroom related fully. his experience as a Shaker, and the peculiar rites; he was bound to obey.—Syracuse Journal Curious Advertise/neut.—The following silver-. tiseineni appears in a Canadian paper: ••Ilori vatted Shaving and Ildir Culling Establishment —. D mid A Cook takes this opportunity to Worm the public that he has commenced the above. business in the shop next door to Bradford's Hotel, Lower Town, where a gentleman can be shaved in a new, and hitherto unattempted man. . ner, founded on principles of chemical science and animal magnetism, perfectly Elysian. In the haircutting department it is painful to witness what havoc is perpetrated on a head of human hair by the impirics of the day, and how 'the hu. man face divine' is often disfigured by a bad cut I hope, however, that the sign, .Comfort in Shay.. Mg,' will be sufficient without the aid of direc tors and runners, but leave the public to make their choice between a stump extractor and the Elysian touch." Heavy Dantaget."—Jobeph Delmont has roceiv ed a verdict of $7OOO damages, in the New Or leans Fifth District Cnurr, against the New Or• leans and Carroion Railway Company, for inju. ries caused to his daughter, Maria Cantina Da mont, by an accident on the railroad in October, 1851. The injuries were such that the unfortu nate young woman was obliged to submit to am putation of her left leg and three of the toee of tier right foot. A Fat Baky.—A Natural Curiosity, In the shape of a fat baby, was witnessed by s many of the ci. tizena of Salem, N. J., at the Nelson House, in that town, on Wednesday evening last. It was a male child, aged one year and ten months, weighing over 58 lba;•measnrement of waist, 2 feet 10 inches; thigh, 18 Inches; arm, 10 inches, wrist, 83 inches in circumference. • nestbtate !Orel/ o be field it ile.adlor,.Pa.
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