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Allentown, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2. 1863.
The Rising Generation.
-' , Thorigh - uot tenatious of antiquated customs,
~onlooking around and cotriparing the present
t':Wjth the past, we, are not surprised at the ludi
'%hrOtis, expression of a• worthy old lady, when
:`she thought of , the spinning wheel, which had
given place to the piano. "Times are not as
they, used to was." The fact is, juvenile pro.
gress,htqi been so astonishing for a few years
past, that it causes the "old folks," to lift up
• thatr hands in wonder at the sight. Boys are
. ...nearly an extinct race. There is scarcely an
intermediate . stage between diaper and despe•
~~ ~' ..
5.,. . ,
radoism.
• The rowdy infant is no sooner out of his long
'elothes,.than he•exhibitsfhe'incipient traits of
thei./4laridiloafer," and by the time he is fair
li'itiaketadAlHer.wants a tobacco pouch, a pack
of cards,4iftl learns to swear like a pirate. At
the 0ga:of:lei:I pi begins to "run with the ma
. theen,lli'aho- • his:..niother generally knows he is
out,lft;eitiieebe.ia very seldom in. At the age
of twelve - , he - amekea,. drinks, and speaksof
bis - paignts ris;theliold man and old tvornan."
Atfifteep he WrMistia gold watch and a revel
verF and talks •abogt.."larnining . ' every body
•
that wont' keep out of his way : At eighteen
yOutfilbout tOwn talks of set
scribbles-Jove letters, and
becomea a perfect adept in games of chance—
can drink more charaptigne and'eat more raw
oysters than any man of his Mabee. About
this time, his father withholds Ida spending
money, and the young hopeful thinks
capital thibg to run away, where he can eiliCY'
his "liberty," and after sowing his wild oafs
abroad, he returns home, satisfied that•the old
folks'are not such fools after all.
We were highly amused, mot long since, at
hearing a young hopeful sun, some twelve
• years of age, when some person called him a
boy, exclaim—" Call me a boy, where are your
men !" Another little lad, who was sweating
'away at the stove, trying to light an old stump
of a cigar, on being advised to leave ofi the fil
thy habit, replied with the utmost gravity, that
"it was very hard to break off smoking, as he
had smoked over since he was a small boy."
Almost daily we see little three footers, with
lighted projections in their mouths, swaggering
along, puffing and spitting, after the most ap
proved rowdy style.
Great Explosion. .
On Thursday evening, of last week, at about
9 o'clock, a very serious accident occurred at
the Crane Iron Works, near our Borough, by
the explosion of Gas in the Receiver.
The explosion occurred immediately after
the Furnaces had run out their Iron. The En
gine being snipped, the Blast Pipes and Re-
L CauSei a ntirTellar CXi)IC~len. Mlle
Receiver was eighty eight feet long, and lour
feet diameter, situated over the root of the En•
gine House. The force of the explosion was
so great, as to entirely eemolish the root, and
blow out every window in the building, which
is three stories high. Pieces of the Pipes and
Receiver were blown in all directions, some of
them to a distance of five hundred feet. There
wore some sixty or seventy hands at work in
the immediate vioinity of the explosion. sortie
within twenty to thirty feet of t he lteveiver, yet
all, miraculously escaped unirjnrect. The re-
.Port was very plainly heard at Allentown,-a
distance of five miles, and we are lammed it
was heard at a fiistance of from eight to ten
miles. The Engine and Furnaces were in cx
ii" koeliant Working condition. One Furnace hav
ing,
made the week previous two hundred and
thirty five tons of Foundry Iron, and et the time
of the accident, the same Furnace was making
at the rate Of TWO HUNDRED AND Firry FIVE tons
per week, her last east being TWCNTY ONE TONS.
The lossto the Company is very heavy, being
estimated at from $40,000 to $50,000. Every
exertion is being made' to repair the damage;
and the Managers expect again to be in lull
operation ,im•the, flourse of four or five weeks.
Editing , a Newspaper.
Mar what the National Intelligence'. says
, .
about'editing a newspaper :
gqiini. people estimate the ability of
newspaper, and the inclestry and talent of its
editor by the editorial matter it contains. It is
comparatively an easy task for Et lordly writer
to pour out daily or weekly columns of words
.—words upon any and on all subjects. Ilia
ideas may flow in one wishy washy everlast.
ing•flood, and. his command of tamping° may
enable hint to'erring them together liko bunch
es of unions, and yet his paper may be a mea
. gre and poor concern. But what is the toil of
cinch a man, who displays his leaded matter
.largely, to that imposed on a judicious well in•
- formed editor, who exercises his vocation with
, ,
an'hourly °eminences of his responsibilities
and duties, and devotes himself to the conduct
of hie - paper with the-same care and assiduity
that a sensible lawyer bestows upon a suit, a
humane physician upon a patient, withent ro.
gard to show or display? Indeed the Mere
writing part of _editing a paper, is but a small
portion of the work :.`.; The care, the time em
ployed in reflectitnie far more important, and
'the faei . of a good editor, is better known by hia
selectiOna than anythi4, else,.and that wit all
know,is half the battle: llnt.as we have said
An editor ought to be estimated, and his labors
understood and appreciated, by. the general
conduct of hie paper, its toms, iii terriper, he;
uniform and' consistent course, its principles,'
and its aims f its manliness, its dignity and , pria
priety. To
, tweserve dieser ee they should be
preserved, is enough to . oecupyllully the time
and attention of any man if io thie'be added,
the general superilsion, of the newspaper"es.
lablishment, which moat editors:have to in.
epunteri the wonder. only' isi.hokr, they find
s• rsi to write at all •
Tha TlirentySeoond.
. .
The birth day of the immortal Washington
- was celebrated with recollections that naturally
fill the minds of the friends of liberty and free
government with peOuliar leeffngs. At o'clock
in the forenoon, the Brass Band, ander the di
rection of Major hangei, enlivened the chi=
zone of our Borough with their chiming music.
At 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the "Lehigh Fen
cibles" paraded the streets. The Fleeter was
the strongest we have ever soon of the corps.
We learn that a number of young men have
added their names to the list, and more intend
doing so; this is as it should be, we have ma
terial for two Volunteer Companies of a bury
Bred won each in our Borough, and only re
quires a few energetic men to take hold of it.
In the Evening the "Allentown Brass Bands'
Second Annual Ball, came off at the Odd Fel-
lows'. Hall. It was largely attended, More so,
than could be accommodated on the "light fin•
testis too"; the very efficient Man a gers, how
ever, done all in their power to render satisfac
tion to the company.
Railroad to Reading.
We learn that on Friday last, Mr. Slifer from
the Committee on Corporations, in the Senate,
reported:Mversely the Bill for granting a char
ter to construct a Railroad from the Borough of
Allentown to the City of Reading. We trust
Mr. Fry, the Senator from Lehigh will not
suffer the interests of his district to bo passed
over so lightly; his constituents expect him to
use every exertion in his power, in bringing
the Bill before the Senate, and if possible pass
it. This being the only connection required,
to give us a direct Road with the great South
"and West.
Catasauqua Railroad
..The House of Representatives at Harrisburg
on Friclay, morning the 25th of February, took
up the bill to authorize the Crane Iron Comps.
ny, to build Rifilroad from their works, at
Catasanqua, in:Hanover township, to Fogels
vine, in Upper Mittningy township, along the
route of whjotttheir ore in principally mined.
The bill wes;otiposed by Messrs. Lauri, of Le
high, StrUthers'of Carbon, and Cook, and was
advocated by Messrs. Strong, Barr and Dunn
ing, and upon the finalamion on it, was de
feated by a vote of 49 to 41. sA tymtion to re.
consider was made and postponed, so that the
probabilities are that the bill - will have another
chance, whether the friends able bill will suc
ceed time will develope.
New Silver COin
The New Orleans Picayune notices a Swed
ish Silver coin of 1852, under Ring Oscar, a ve
ry large quantity of which has been recently
brought to that city, and now floods the market.
Their intrinsic value is six cents; they are of
the size of a dime, somewhat.thiner and much
lighter. There is a possibility of these coins
being passed oft as dimes. The slightest exa-
UrrThe bill for the coinage of small silver
coin, of a reduced rate, lias been approved by
President Fillmore. The law will go in opera
tion-tho first of June next.
Business Notices.
A Nall MUMlZlCittrin g Establishment.— From
the notice found in our advertising columns, it
will he liven that Messrs. Balliet, Saegei• f Co.,
have established themselves in the now build
ing lately erected by the IVlessrs.Prelz/j• rreins•
heimer, adjoining their Mill property at the Joy.
doll Bridge; East Hamilton street, Allentown,
where they are prepared with their Steam Slit
ting :OW, Sash Machine, Stave Machine, Turn
ing Lath, Circular and Whip Saw, to fill orders
from Builders, Carpenters, Cabinet Makers and
others, at the shortest notice, and upon the
most reasonable terms. Persons wishing to
build the coming season, will do well to give
these gentlemen acall, and profit by it. They
have prepared themselves to furnish the lum
ber requisite to house building; all but the Cit
ing and finishing, without loss of remnents to
the builder. Give them a call.
To Country illercha»ts.—Messrs. Pretz, Guth
& Co. have just received three hundred dozen
Corn Brooths, bound with tin and wire, which
thep • ofter for sale ut 'wholesale and retail.
Lehigh I'alley Railroad.—The stockholders of
this road aro requested to meet at the office of
James 111: Porter, Esq., in Easton, on Saturday
tlto 19th of March next, to decide upon the pro
prielY to increase the amount of mortgage -loan,
A Revolutionary Hero
Mr. James McDonald, one of the oldest sot
Biers under General Washington, Was in Cin.
einnati, February 18. He is returning from a
western visit to some friends, to his home in
Richmond, Virginia. He was born in Glasgow,
Scotland, on (ho 12th of September 1798, and
is now 101 years old. He enjoys good health
and has a vigor common to men of 50. He has
remarkably good sight and hearing, and has
never been sick but once in his life. He was
engaged in all -the principal battles in North
and South Carolina. Ho lost an :eye at the bat
tle of the Cowpens, under GenerOdorgan, and
received two wounds at the battle• of Brandy
wine, under Washington qad Lafayette. He
was at tire battle of Trentori and .Princeton,
where the brave Mercer was shot. He saw
General.. Worrell , kit M. Bunker Hill, .while
cheering on his troops to victory; and to sum
up, he fought- in• sixteen battles in New Yotk
and Vermont, under Gan. Gates. ,
.• Lots of Api4iOnts.—The Albany norrespond
en t of the New. York gyeti ing Poet, states, that
there, are no less, thim four hundred and fifty ap
plicants for• the , eight hErhor master , appoint
tennis, in , the luta& of Gek Seymour, and adds
that Milan he makeii his selection. shortly, the
list will inartiaseto
tar Eleberiing,'Esq., was appointed
Postmaster at Weisint, Carbon county, in :'the
14cF,01"19.0 Flou t rata ,
Agrieultued Meeting.
Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the
ltLehigh County Agricultural Society, was held
at theelionqe of John Y. Bechtel, on Saturday the
26th of February, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
' EDWARD KOHLER, in the Chair.
JESSE M. LINE, Secretary. -
The minutes of the meeting held on the first
of February, .were - read, and on motion were
amended, so as to "change the time of meet
ing from Monday the 2d of May, to Monday
the 16th of May next, (Whitsuntide) and the
• dace from the Courthouse to the House of Mr.
Samuel blilkr, in Mechanicaboro) South White•
hall township," the minutes thus amended were
then unanimously adopted.
The Committee on Incorporation, reported
•
the outlines of a Charter; embodying the char-
attar and object of the Society, which was read,
amended and finally adopted, and ordered to
be sent to the Legislature for passage.
Resolved —That the Society deem it expedi
ent in order to urge on competition in the pro
ductions of the soil among the farming commu
nity of Lehigh county, to adopt the following
premiums on field crops, viz :
For the best five acres of Wheat, 310
For " 2d best de 6
For the best one acre do 3
For " 2d best do 2
For the best five acres Rye 8
For 1 ‘ 2d best do 5
For the best ono acre do 8
For " 2d best do 2
For the best five acres Corn 10
For " 2d best do 6
For the best one acre do 5
For " 2d best do • 3
For the best five acres Oats 5
For " 2d best do 8
For the best one acre do 2
For " one acre Potatoes 5
For " quarter acre do. 3
For " one acre Cloverseed : 5
For " one acre Tinfothyseed 3
In order to test the correctness of field crops,
competitors are required to present certificates,
signed by three honorable and disinterested
neighbors, certifying as to quantity, &c., and
produce a sample, together with the mode of
culture, to a Committee, hereafter to be ap
pointed for that purpose.
On motion it was unanimously
Resolved—That a Committee ritencifrom each
Ward, Borough and Township, "of Lehigh
county, shall be appointed, whose duty it shill
be, to select competent persons to serve upon
the respective' premium the
Second Annual Fair of .the .Society.,,jfirs.fol
lowing gentlemen were -selected'.lo,!er,ve on
said committee, viz: Angs. L. Rehrianhn.:Y;
Bechtel, Hiram J. Schantz, Charl4' Wit Mart,
Paul Balliet, Charles Foster, Selman L. Keck,
Jesse Knauss, Reuben Helfrich, Henry Kram
lich, John Gross, David Knerr, Joseph Moser,
Benjamin Jarret, Godfrey Peter, Jae , Fmister.
het, or any five of them shall constitute a quo
rum to transact business.
Resolved—That this_tneeting now adjourns to
meet again on Monday, (Whitsuntide) May
16th, at the I-louse of SAMUEL MILLER. in Me•
chanicsborough, South Whitehall township,
Lehigh county.
EDWARD KOHLER, President
JESSE M. Lurr., Secretary.
General Pierce's Journey.
Moro honorable than the most pompous pro
gress could have been, was the resolutely un
lostentatious manner in which the President
elect journeyed- from his home in Concord,
New Hampshire, to his temporary residence ,io.
Washington City. His conduct in this respect
says the Home Journal, reminds us of Goethe's
advice to brides and bridegrooms, not to make
a wedding the occasion of festivity; for the be
ginning of anew career, should be entered up
on with seriousness and even with a certain
degree of awe. Festivity and display are for
I the day of triumph, when the work has been
done, and the conqueror returns home with the
laurel on his brow. ' It is to the credit of our
citizens, also, that little attempt was made to
frustrate General Pierce's purpose. A thousand
nr more of his political adherants and personal
friends left their cards at the Astor House, and
made no endeavor to penetrate hie seclusion.
HOpe is high in all quarters, that Gen. Pierce
—to use the language of one of his political op
ponents in high place—will be ''the President
of the United States !" Elected by acclama
tion as much as by ballot, to an office which he
neither sought, expected or desired, he enters
upon the discharge or his duties, untrammel
led, and strong in the confidence of the coun
try. His conduct so far, gives promise that the
honor and the interests of the nation will suffer
no detriment while he is their chief gardian.
Indiana Free Banks,
A Committee of the Senate of Indiana, to
which the subject of Free Banks was referred,
have made a report with a bill. The bill, they
say, is designed to give a sound currency to the
people, a fair profit to the Banker, and an un
doubted security, to the bill holder. It limits
the State stocks to be received to the stook now
created by the States of Indiana. Ohio, Mehl.
gon, New York, Massachusetts, Tennant+ and
Kentucky, or such of them as continue to pay
their interest semiannually or oftener. The
Banker to obtain circulation, transfers the stock
to the State Auditor, and can only receive one
hundred dollars of circulating notes for every
one hundred and twelve dollars of stock' depo
sited. There la a proviso limiting the Banks to
loan and circulate their notes within the State•
of Indiana. Banks already eskablisked are re
quired to comply with the new law in sixty
days, or forfeit their charters.
• filisioiso—The New Liqtior. Law in Illinois,
provides that licenses for,the saps , of into:lnv
ling drinhs, shall.rangefroA.slso to 81100,..und
ab liquor to be sold lesslllol e ns gat ou Is qua'
tits *ithout Haim. ' •
Lbetilatuiv.
EARILISBURII, February 28
Senate.
February 17. Mt. Fry presented several re
monstrances against the Lehigh Crane Iron Com
pany's Railroad. •
The supplement to the act incorporating the
Formers' Bank of Schuylkill County, came in
order and passed its final reading. •
February 18.. Mr. Hiester presented a remon
strance from citizens of . Schuylkill county,
against any legislation in favor of the Farmers'
Bank of Schuylkill county.
February 21. Mr. Fry, submitted a resolution,
that when the Senate adjourns, it will adjourn to
meet to-morrow morning at 12 o'clock, for the
purpose of repairing to the ball of house of Rep.
resentatives - to -- hear - the Farewell - Address of
General Washington read.
•
Mr. Fry, called up bill from the House No.
241, to incorporate the Kuntz's Ford Bridge cow.
pony, for the erection of a Bridge i over the Lehigh
River, in Lehigh and Northampton counties.
The bill passed committee and:second and final .
reading.
February 25. Mr. Slifer, from the Committee
on Corporations, reported negatively upon the
bill to incorporate the Berks and Lehigh Rail.
road Company.
House.
February IS. Mr. Horn reported an act to in•
corporate the Northampton County Agricultural
Society.
Mr. Herr, an act to incorporate the Columbia
Reading and Allentown Railroad Company.
Mr. Lanry, of Lehigh, an act to extend the ju•
risdiction of Justices and Aldermen.
February 2t. Oa motion of Mr. Horn, the
House went into Committee of the Whole, on the
bill erecting a new county out of parts of Schuyl.
kill, to be called Penn. The bill passed corn,
mittee, and comming up on second reading, Mr.
Strong, moved - to amend by striking out the Bor-
ough of Pinegrove, and all territory lying west of
said Borough, which was agreed to. •
Mr. Zerby, offered to amend so that no portion
of Berks county shall ever hereafter be attached
to the county of Penn, which was agreed to, and
the bill granting the county passed, 53 yeas to
22 nays.
Mr. Laury, of Lehigh, presented two petitions
in favor of a Railroad from Catasauqua to Fo
gelaville, in Macungy township, a motion was
made by Mr. Lamy, that one of theremonstrait
ces should be . read, whichwAiritgreed to. '
Februnry 29.' The bill tw authorize the Crane
Iron Compaq to Construct a Railroad was taken
up, on motion of Mr. Barr, debated at some length,
and was finally distigreld'io. Yeas 49, nays 41.
Use of Gas itt
The citizens of Reading, field s * inee!itilLa
short time since, relative to the pride they ; were
paying for gas, and protested agiinet the char.
ges of the company. A committee was appoint
ed to present a petition to the gas company,
asking a reduction of the price. The reply of
the gas company was read at an adjourned
.tha lAtitaf Fahrnajsr.
The company in their report refuse to accede to
the demands of the consumers, (which is we be
lieve to charge $2 80, instead of 84 per thousand
feet,) in consequence of .which a resolution to
adhere to the determination to discontinue the
use of the gas after the let. of March next, was
unanimously adpted. •
Dr. W. F. Danowsky, proprietor of the Gas
Works, at Allentown, was present,and upon re•
quest, communicated some interesting informa
tion relative to his success in the introduction of
portable gas, and the practicability of supplying
the citizens of Reading with light upon this plan,
at an exceeding small coat.
Important from Europe.
The Steamship Arabia arrived at New York
on Wednesday afternoon, having left Liverpool
on the 12th instant. The news is important.—
An insurrection occured at Milan on . the 6th and
Bth of February. The Austrians say. the revolt
was quelled with the loss of 6 lives, but the Pat
riots say that 800 were killed. The Patriots, it
is said, attacked the barracks and massacred the
garrisson..* Proclamations of Kossuth and Maz
zini had been posted in Milan, and Mazzini had
gone to Switzerland-tR watch events. Many ar
rests preceded the revolt. France sending troops
to Lombardy and Rome respectively. The ac
counts of the Milan out.break are vague and con
tradictory, but other rising of the people against
the goverment were looked for. This may prove
but the beginning of a new and formidable out
break.
Discovery of Geld in Virginia.---We learn from
the Lynchburg (Va.) Express char a few days ago
a party of Empire engaged in digging aftir a fox
which had burrowed in a cliff. 'on Pine Creek,
discovered a vein'of quartz mingled with a yel
him, mineral. A specimen of the mineral was
sent to Mr. Scott; a silversmith, In . Jacksonville ,
who, after saying it, pronounced it gold. The vein
is eight feet ,wide, eleven inches thick and of un
known length. A Solid foot of the quartz will
yield,.• upon on average, sixteen dollars. The
fortunate owner of the cliff is Mr. J. Epperly.
Indiana Legit;laturer—The following notice in
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traduced in the Jadiina Legislature is taken from
the official proceedings. it is,what we would
call bringing Liglslation liome la tie family air.
ale• . • • .
By Mr. McDonald, of ,L., bill to' compel old
bachelors of 50 years of age, to marry or pay $5O
a year into the county treasury, to go to thettenefit
of the first lady who shall marry atter , the Ist of
January. • The provisions of, the bill apply to
widoWers of one years standing.' .'
We'll'• bet that Mal/mild has been reading
“Reveries of a bachelOr."...
'Sinking - Funcf,'—Tho Upnetniesiottere of the
Sinking Fu nd
. of, the State hero: : reported to the
Legislature that dur ing . theiyeir ending Nov, 30,
1852, wily' paid $20;411,85, to .the ponthese„of
Loans to.the Siete, and with that sum Pc4lo4ll#
Loan to the inottot,,ots2lol9,ll3-414,,
gain to g!inns'iii,thn,cippeFailtin of .411,1192;f :
Tin!lneaniiiiiitiholoind in the initi ilithiltlitny.
itianiono of the ehd tyt Ifiti*iowas.,lo,4l.4
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CIMMiNINGS.
Cir Pennsylvania coal is advertised for sale in
the San Franciseo papers, in considerable cjaan•
Mies Schuylkill, Lehigh and Lackawanna.
Regular Coal Depots for the sale of it have been
established there.
@'The constable of Lebanon, Pa., has made
out a list of the tupers to that place, and given
notice, that no more liquor should be sold to
them. This example is well worthy of being fol-
lowed elsewhere.
czyAlthough pleasure is said to be a mere
shadow, if requires a goad deal of substance to
keep it up.
Or Whatever trials a man may be made to
suffer, we hope he may never experience the
trial by jury. •
George - Washington was born on the 22nd of
February 1732.
127 - Congress has just eight days left of the
present session.
EV - The area of Oregon is 941,500 square
miles, about five times the size of New York.
. tar Napoleon proposes to build an imperial
palace at Marseilles, and one in each of the
principal towns of France, and to reside altern
ately at each.
larEs•President Van Buren will sail fur Ea
this m^ - th, in "- -ith
rope this month, in company with his son ?Aar
tin Van Buren, jr.whose healtb is much impair
ed. He will be the first Ex-President that has
visited Europe.
. IW_Robert Lucas, Ex. Governor of- the-Terri
tory of lowa, died at lowa City, on the 7th of
February, in the 72d year of his age. He was
twice elected Governor of Ohio, and was the first
Governor of lowa.
WU you dont wish to fall in love; keep away
from the woman. It is impossible to deal in
honey and not taste of it.
Vir..You have destroyed my peace of mind,
Betsy," said a despairing lover to a truant lass.
4 .1 t can't do you much harm, John, for 'twas an
amazing small piece you had any way.
10" The pocket handkerchiefs of the new
Empress of France cost 2000 francs per single
one.
Kir Franklin Pierce is the forteenth President.
His initals stand for it, and his name in full
counts forteen letters.
Pi" The Illinois Central Railroad is 700 miles
in length, and has 626 miles in a straight line,
which prepares the road for a speed which ho
other road in the United States is capable of.
OrThe fare from Philadelphia to St. Louis is
now only SI9. Four years ago it was $9O.
Indian Brea.—An exchange gives the follow
ing recipe for making the celebrated St. Charles
Indian Bread, as prepared at that famous Hotel,
in New Orleans :
two eggs very light, mix . alternately with
them onetrint• of sour milk, or'buttermilk, and
one pint of fine Indian meal, melt •one table
spoonful of butter and add to the mixture, dis
solve one table spoonful of soda and saleraius,
in a small portion of the milk, and add to the
mixture the last thing, beat in a pan and bake
very hard in a brick oven or stove,
PlinitieranigFatton - mro Vlrt.An ftitar- .A."-aussi
sually large number of females arrive weekly in
California, The Ilacer Times says, their Influ
encefor good can hardly be estimated. At their
presence the gambling house closes, as though
some magic wand had been waved heftire its
doors, and the people are won away froin the
arinking saloons and houses of dissipation by an
attraction which though apparently gentle, is all
powerful. At the incoming of every steamer
now a days,the dawn of California grows brigh
ter and brighter.
Ilkoke Jail. Lewis O. Hause, and the other
prisoners in the Montour Prison, at Danville, Pa.t
broke out through the. Jail yard wall, on Satur.
day evening, the 12th of February, and escaped.
Hausa was under sentence to the Penitentiary
for fifteen months, and the other prisoners were
sentenced to the county Jail, for two and three
months, forztealing. Sheriff . Frazier has been.
endeavoring to find the track of Haase, but up
to this time, we understand, remarks the Dan
ville Intelligencer; there is no account of
For various reasons, this is a very unfortunate
I=l
Cincinnati. -- Mr. Cist has just completed an
enumeration of the population of Cincinnati.
The aggregate is 160,186: The increase for each
year is given since 1840;shciwing a regular in,
crease of 10 per cent. In 1840, the population
was 46,828; in 1845, 74,899; in 1850, 120,300.
Rapid Changes.—The Mexican newspaper the
"Orden" has an article headed "Six Presidents
in one month." It says that Arista was President
till the Bth of January. At 11 o'clock at night,
Cevallos took the government, ftorn Arista's
resignation. On the 6th, Chambers met to elect
some one to govern until the States ahoud desig•
nate some one for the rest of Arista's term, and It
resulted in the election of the .same Cevallos
against Almonte, Riva, Palacblo, and Alvarez,
Wages in Australia.—The wages of mechanics
and laborer's in cities ln Australia range from
$1 75 to a 9 75 per day, and in many of the . rural
distaicts they are not so high.. These prices.are
much lower than has been generally aupposed,
and on an average do not much exceed the rates
paid in the United States. : The coat of living,
however, is cheaper than inUalifornia.•
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Prophaying.—Jonas Welch, of Missouri proh
esied five year. ago, that on the, 2d of. March,
1852, he would.lose his eldeat daughter,olidl"!
on the 99th day of October, 1992, hq would lose
his wife. Qa the very days specifitid his wife .
and daughter .died I He now sajs,on 'the, 18th
day of August 1854, he will din himself Of 007'
era. HO' is considerably • distressed 'abOut'.the
matter and never for a. moment doubt's:bat' that
his life will then terminate Hirtafalieedy arT
ratigid,his worldly attain, as sell u apiritnal,
to beln readiness for the fatal period.
TcioperanearThe Friends of a prOhOitory . ll,-
gaol' law met in f.lOnvengan ikAtariloborg, OA
,I:hiiiniday." to
,ior:%l;ard Olt Oiltii#C ,, '' 4l l,er,e WA S
a lime attePdance....A State lral ljop e ttitittec'
018 .*o.4opcAted 01.404100W - elytaWibOri',
olioOagOlji 1a behalf Of the eithee,'-.l3thei!Mi,eo4l:i",-
was ralo*ctto
EWER
• -Ent arn Debt Akin: .
The operitions of the tank of Chicago, which
its proprietori 'have conducted in this city, for
some time past, affictini to have communication!
In regardjo it frouripiiit! of the departed, were
summarily closed yeiiierdsty by the interposition
of the law.
A commission of tafni4Phiving been issued;
and conservator appointed . .
case of its Pre
sident, Mr. Eddy, the medisfaif tecilithe metlerin
charge, and avowed that the tlfpfrfts"coutisellid
resilience even unto death, end funtide PUiposo
arms were provided.
During thekorenoon several personit" having'
business at the Bank, were somewhat fOuillilf .
handled, and put out by force. Mr. D. C. E`ddri
the Conservator, lettrcing.ot thetio-fectsTentefee
a complaint before Judge Rucker, and John Dry.'
dell, Charles Herrick, Ambrose Smith, Joseph
M. Arnold, Henry Pilgrim, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Her'
rick and Mrs. Ryerson, were arrested on a charge
.of conspiracy, threatening to take life, and for'
assault and battery.
Grant Goodrich, Esq., conducted the prosecu- -
lion. The prisoners being asked if they had
Counsel, Drydell replied ayes." The court eirr
quired who, to which he replied aGod."
We copy from the Press the followin. • no.-
sis of the proceedings :
John M. Holmes, was the first witness called.
He testified that he had been directed by the
"Conservator of the effects of Ira B. Eddy," not
to deliver up the keys ofthe vault to any person,
but Ira B. Eddy demanded them on Tuesday
evening last, and with a pistol in his hand, threa
tened to blow him through, unless he surrender
ed the keys. Witness then gave them up. lie
further said, he heard Drydell remark in the
Bank, about the same time, that there would be
no harm in Mr. Eddy's shooting a person now,.
as he had been declared "insane" by a jury, and
he could not be harmed for the acts of an Insane'
man.
A meeting of the mediums was held at the
Bank on Tuesday evening, and communications.
were held with Alexander Hainiltnn,Gen. Wash..
ington, and other deceased personages, who.
unanimously declared that Holmes was atraitor
to the Institution, and was working against them.
He was accordingly told by Mr. Eddy drat he
must leave the Bank.
Mr. E. H. Haight, was the next witness exam.
iced. He testified that Ira B. BOY, in company
with Mr. Pilgrim, went to the store of W. F. Do
minick dr. Co., and enquired for a pistol. They
were shown Some, and while examining a lot of
revolvers, Pilgrim recbminetided to Eddy to lake
one of Allen's patent, as it would work; quicker
than Colt's, and therefore would be more usefiii:
The pistol was procured 'and they left. Shortly
afterwards Pilgrim returned for some powder
and balls,. and was supplied. The pistol was
to the store yesterday, and six ball car,
ridges drawn from it.
..lames R. Hughnin, testified that he went into
tire Baqk yesterday, to gel two one dollar bilk
redeemed. Tim acting Clahier, Mrs. Derrick,
refused him, to the ground thai . he had got a two
dollar bill redeeMed some half , hour ifievinusly,
.and the present money was not hts own. After
requesting an exchange several times, and being;
refused, he was ordered. out' of the bank by the
back doot, and was very roughly treated, and•
finally thrust out by force.
Other testimony was offered, but of a. charae- .
ter very similar to the above. • •
Mrs. Ryerson, one il l ; the mediums, stated the
hart never visited the
• twill Tuesday even..
frig, when she had a communication with the' '
spirits, who directed her, to inform . Mr. Eddy and
the, officers, that they must go on with their
Bank, although they would, find it up hill busii.. --
nees, but that God was at the head or it.. .
' SherfirEfradly testified that he found yesterday
forenOon houie,.op the. west side, a
lot of guld and silver coin, and a small amount
in banh bills, in all to the value of abont $3,600.
which had been carried_ :hither 'from the Bank.
a few hairs 'previous by , himself, and
was deposited,in a chest, the key,of which.was
immediately delivered on the,deinand of 'the
witness.
John M. Holmes was . again called, and lestlfi
.
ed that Ira B. Eddy's 'interest. in ,tbe ; Hank of
Chicago amounted to ,fr0re' , 44,000.t0'115,000,.
most of which was on deposit, and the balance
was loaned to the Insiitution.' The Tent. of the
building also belonged to Eddy..' F •;:. ' •
After the testimony was gone. through with,.
Mr. Goodrich commenced summing up, during
which Mrs. Herrick assumed to have u'a.e.ommu—
nication." The rules: o'f Conn - nig - riming proof
against woman's tongue, s:he was committed for
contempt and lodged iii jail lEthe.Will•have her
examination this meralitg;', From theavidencie
adduced, it would appear thatMes:'lterrich wee
the great High Priestess of all this'deluslos:aisd
folly. •
Upon the conclusion of Mr .Goodrich' s speech
Pilgrinkand Drydell each addressed the COttrt.
Ambrose Smith andratife t and.
yertiott.
were discherged,; Messrs.' Arnold, Pilgrim and
Dryden were bound ovq,,io;thiitiam,of Ave bun
-dred dollars each.
As, an addenda to the • aboVe. S.elh•Pain° wa s
arrested on-a charge of assauk sod battery alga
E. L. Sherman, and was committed in defaultot
hall. otfilte Indictment found against him for il.••
legal hanbing., He refused with- the Oa"
cars; When be.was carried to fair and , there Who
l y lod ge d. This we trust Will put, an end fo•it.
monomania which has ombraietimanistrOftbit•
peopie in its gritsP; and giVen- . 01 *felons and
depraved an tindue influende niet 4 thelti.•
It is a sadterminatioa o tt still Sadder
ticin.;to the,Vartlei, t'' d effiCient
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oteint,tlllso, wepinVe_feasan:to.tielieirC:bas pre t
.7entiik.thei44 ll lll'6i , the c r ime of murder
moianchoiy:i ; c4i* The,; unfortun ate victims
their own the pray o f the dishonest
and intrigneitig,lt 41140 ntai.he;brinight, bsCIC,
to the posseeeloatif their reason pi Ogg nrreft,
while those whO pave isfiedupon, them like vni t :' -
tares, for the purpose s of 'OPYtit 'hi to 40PloPi4.
will be•deelt Withlth the'utittnltt
t ! ,,: r ...„mks:. wgicy.:Amicko9oo , perc kFq . tha
Courttql*M"l: 3 :4l' .t;go44o:olt,tiftyPettf
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