~ ,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.
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