TM't fel)igl) Re.gisteT. Afielatown, Pa. WEDNESDAY, AIARCII 16, 1853. Whig State Convention. It is to be hoped that the Whigs of every county in the State, will attend to this matter and have themselves represented in said Con vention. It is true we. were badly defeated last fall, and the Convention about to assemble at Lan caster will meet under somewhat discouraging prospects of nominating candidates who will bo able to command a majority at the polls in oo bW:tr next. ffiit7those cirmn-stancertwhen viewed in their proper light, are after all not so discouraging as to dishearten Whigs, who cling to principles, se= cure their success. The power and patronage ofthe State and National Administrations will be used againstue we full well know, and we have no disposition to deny that the possession of that patronage mill give a great advantage to our opponents; but it must be borne in mind that it brings with it the seeds of discord and strife among themselves, and that it is altogeth or likely of contributing more to weaken and disorganize them, than harmonize and add strength to their party. Long before the Sec ond.. Tuesday of October next, the murmurs of dismtipfaciion will be loud in their own ranks, arid hundreds, if not thousands, dissatisfied with the conduct of the National Administra tion, be ready to unite in administering a re buke. Already do we hear those murmurs throughout the state, against the selection' of at least one confidential adviser of the President. Let a few weeks more pass away, and the ap pointments of Collector, Postmaster, Marshal, District Attorney, Surveyor, Naval officer &c, be made, and strife of the bitterest kind will rule the day in the ranks of the so-culled Democracy. Certain as every close observer must he, that the Locofoco party in I'ensylvania is destined to be environed with difficulties during the next fall campaign, of an almost inconceivable character, and that the Whigs, if active and well organized, may even under the influences of lust year's defeat be successful, care should be taken to have every county represented, and to nominate the very best men, who can be in duced to serve as candidates for Canal Com missioner, Auditor General and Surveyor Gen eral. When the State Coniention assembled at Harrisburg, in the Spring of 1846, to nominate a candidate for Canal Commissioner, the pros pects or success were if possible, more unprom ising than they now are. The year before no State Convention was held. So hopeless was success deemed, that a sufficient number of Delegates could notbe brought together to nom inate a candidate, and the duty of placing a candidato before the public, had to be perform ed by the State Committee of 1844. And yet with all these discouraging influences, and not withstanding the want . of confidence in our strength, and the unceasing croakings of the timid and the drones and camp followers in our organization, we elected our candidate for Canal Commissioner, a majority of the delega tion to Congress, and to both branches of the State Legislature. What has taken place in the past may again lake place. Whigs ! take fresh courage then, see to your organization, select good candidates, and he prepared to strike when the occasion favorable to your success presents itself. Surveyor General Among the numerous candidates spoken of for nomination us the Whig candidate for the office of Surveyor General of Pennsylvania, at the next general election, we are pleased to learn, is that of Capt. JACOB D. BOAS, formerly of Lehigh county. If Mr. BOAS were as well known throughout the state as he is in his old Senatorial dictrict, there would be little difficul: ty either in his nomination or election. In 1846 when there was, (as we are sorry to say there Mill is) a majority of more than a thousand democratic voters in the district, the Captain was elected a Whig Senator from Lehigh and Northampton. A stronger evidence of popu larity is seldom seen. Distressing Oopurence On Thursday last, the 9th instant, Mr. ISAAC Men, a laborer in the otittploy of Mr. Thomas Yaeger, at his Steam Saw Mill, near the Lehigh Basin, in Allentown, met with the frightful mis• fortune of having his right arm below the el bow, neatly sawed off. The• radius or large bone, together with the muscles and arteries be ing cut through, leaving 'only the tdna or small bone and a little skin. It appears the unfortu- nate man was attending to one of the.circular saws, and by some means or other, carelessly got his arm into it. Doctors T. H. IVIAIiTIN and 3. Roane, were immediately called, who skill fully dressed the wound. They expreis strong hopes of saving the arm, so that Mr. Raub will be able again to use it. Coal near Allentown We have been 'informed by a number of gone demon, that a black substance, resembling coal very much—and pronounced as such by some —was found last week, on the summit of the Lehigh or South Mountain, near the road lead ing front Allentown to Philadelphia, on the property of Mr..losErn Alonnv, of Upper &n -eon township. Mr. Morey, has been at work for some time in sinking a shaft, and on Thurs day, last met with a substance which somewhat resembles coal. It is said to burn very free ly and is of a bituminous mum. We must con fess that we have very little confidence in coal being found in this district of country. It would however be equal to the best California gold mine, should it prove to be true. We hear, as soon as the weather permits, 'Mr. Morey, in. tends going to work in earnest. IVhat will be the result time 'will determine. Ex-President Fillmore In retiring from the office which he has fil led so worthy, ex-President Fillmore carries with him; we are suit), the esteem and respect of all parties, and of every true American.— Called unexpectedly to administer duties for which he had not been prepared, and ate time when the affairs of country were in a most crit ical condition, he exhibited d peculiar oapabil: ity for his position, such as extorted even the compliments of his original adversaries. With out wishing to draw says the Evening Bulletin, invidious comparisons between him and other eminent statesmen we may yet say, that no Prot;Wont could poisibly havecarried thernation more successfully through that dark period . of lf•Cnibliromd - wtren - we - have - said - this-wo-have substantially exhausted the terms of eulogy.— The patriotism of Mr. Fillmore in that emer gency cannot 'be too highly extolled. If he had followed considerations of selfish interest ho would perhaps, have much better advanced his personal ends, but he would have lost the esteem of the honest, and sacificed his repute. tion with history. He chose the more noble part and followed his convictions of duty.— Even those who differed from him, if of large and generous natures, must value him more for his loyalty to what he regarded as the right. Mr: Fillmore, if wo judge him correctly, pos sesses intellectual qualifications also, which fit him peculiarly for the Presidency. The char acteristie'of his mind appears teas to be sound judgment. He is not a brilliant man, but neith er is he an unsafe one. He is not perhaps a very original man, but neither is he despotic over-bearing and dogmatic. It was never in the contemplation of the Constitution, that the President should be the state; it was always intended, on the contrary, that he should be wise, prudent, and republican. An executive who gathers around him a cabinet of able men who asks their advice on able matters within their department, and who has the sound judg ment. afterwards to weigh, all opinions, and chooie the best, is manifestly the sort of exe cutive intenteli by the founders of the nation. Washington was eminently a President of this description. The distinguishing feature of his mind, indeed,'Was his judicial quality, if we may so speak. He listened to all, carefully pondered on the differing sentiments and then maturely came to a decision. in consequence he was rarely wrong, and even when he was, the error was to be ascribed rather to insuffi cient information, than to any defect in his judgement. Few Presidents since have more nearly approached to Washington, in this re. specs, than Milliard Fillmore. He carries with him, into retirement, we are sure, the good ' wishes of every true American. Literary Notices. GRAHAM'S MAGAZINE. The April number is already before us—and it is certainly the very best number that hasyet been furnished. The articles are mainly original, and from approved sources. The illustrationsdlirtnmwrx chal lenge admiration, and a comparison with those which appear in any other American Periodi cal, will satisfy their great army of readers of the superior beauty of these delightful sketches. Graham's Magazine, since its enlargement, contains more reading matter than any other, as its printed page is larger; and the quality of matter speaksior itself, so that Graham contin ues to occupy the front rank in merit. farm Journal. The March number of the "Pennsylvania Farm Journal!" is received, and closes the second volume of this valuable agri cultural periodical, accompanied with an index. This when bound will make a book of much valuable matter and practical experiments and suggestions, far more than remunerating them for the small price of subscription. This Jour nal, since its passage into the hands of its pres ent proprietors, Messrs. Bowen, Meredith 15. Co., of West Chester, has been very handsomely improved, and these enterprising gentlemen promise to make the New Volume still more in teresting. Single copies of the Farm Journal will be sent for i dollar, five copies for 4 dol. lars, ten copies for $7 50, and twenty-copies for fifteen dollars. La'"Will our friends Bowen, Meredith& Co., oblige us by sending numbers 2, 7 and 9, to complete volume two? California Fever Still Raging. Fifteen hundred and thirty one passengers left New York on Saturday last, in the Califor nia steamers. It costs $2OO to $350 per passage. The passage money received from these pas sengers must therefore have exceeded thirty one thousand dollars. A goodly number of en terprising Yankees are preparing to go to Aus. tralia in steamers which are getting ready to sail for that country. The "Golden Age" pro mises to start by the middle of May next, and will carry passengers all the way for $2OO to $350, according to the accommodations afford ed. The "City of Norfolk" is getting ready to start, and will take passengers at reasonable rates. It will iake these steamers from GO to 90 days to go to Port Philip. The fact is be- yond doubt, that gold is twice as plentiful in Australia as in California; but it is the mean est place on the earth to live at. Civilization is hardly begun there yet. Free Negroes in Illinois.—By a recent law free negroes are entirely exiuded from Illinois. They have the right to pass freely through the state. and that is all. And even is not quite so heath. enish a law as our New Jersey neighbors keep in operation. They demand toll from the poor der. kies, as well as from every white man who dir ties his shoes with the red mud of that dirty soil. It looks unreasonable at a glance for any state to exclude people of color; but we suppose It is a measure of necessity. We believe there are such laws In almost all the free states bordering the slave territory of the south. Negroes freed from slavery arifnaturally lazy, thieving, worth less fellows . ; hence it is right that the states who kept them in slavery should bear with their vices, rather than.to inflict them on neighboring cow , munlitee.' • State Agricultural Meeting The State Agricultural Convention, to consi der the subject of the establishment of a State Agricultural College, and to determine upon some plan for that purpose, assembled in Har risburg,on Tuesday, the Bth of March. There were a very large attendance of delegates, rep resenting almost every county in the state) The Convention was temporarily organized by the 'appointment of the Hon. CHnumAN My- Ens, of Clarion county, as Chairman, and on mo tion a committee was then appointed to select officers for its permenent organization. The Committee soon after made report, hav ing selected the Hon. JOAN amorist, of Lances. ter, a. President, with a large nurnber of Vice - Presidentsrand-several-Seoretaries The report having been accepted, Mr. Strohm took the chair, and in a brief but very appropri ' ate speech, tendered his acknowledgments, al hiding also to the commendable object which is to be brought before the meeting. The Convention then adjourned to meet the next morning. March 9. The Convention re-assembled and appointed Messrs. John Strohm, Simon Came ron, and others a committee to draft a bill to be presented to the Legislature, for the establish.. ment of such an institution, and then adjourned. The subject was fully discussed by the Con vention, and great unanimity existed in refer ence to the object, which is held to be at the present time specially urgent, while a new and lively interest is felt in promoting the science of agriculture. George H. Goundie. On Thursday evening last a very large meet ing or the German citizens of Philadelphia, was held at the Commissioners' Hall, for the purpose of adopting measures to secure the ap pointment of G. H. Goundie, Esq., of Bethlehem, Pa., as Charge d'Affaires to Switzerland, A set of very strong resolutions were passed asking the President, in behalf of the German citizens of the United States, to make.this appointment. In order to show the high estimate in which Mr. Goundie is held by his German friends, we annex One of the resolutions adopted at the above meeting. Resolved, That whilst we feel proud as citi zens of Pfinnsylvania, thus warmly to recom mend one who is a valuable son of the Key stone Slate, we are assured that hundreds of thousands spread over the vast Union, join with us, heart and hand, in recommending a man who during the memorable administration of President Polk, as American Consul in Switz erland, was the friend and assistant of the poor est emigrant, the judiMoUs and inuderatu advi ser of the uufortunate exile, the untiring pro tector of the American citizen abroad, the- pro; muter of commercial and industrial interests, and laithlul, firm and uncompromising servant of a free people and a republican government. Finances of Pennsylvania. We are indebted to a friend at Harrisburg for a copy of the Annual Report of the State Treasurer on the finances of Pennsylvania. We have already given the principal facts, but the following conclusions will be read with inter. est. The total public debt of Pennsylvania on the Ist of December, 1852, was $41,524,875. This consisted of the following items : Funded debt, viz: 6 per cent loans, $1,131,168 66 5 per cent loans, 39,140,437 65 p.. cent loans, 398,200 00 4 per cent loans, 100,000 00 Total funded Debt $40,769,805 71 Unfunded debt, viz: Relief Notes in cirou• lation, . . . $650,163 00 Interest certificates. outstanding, . . 51,626 47 Interest certificates • unclaimed, . . . 4,448 38 Interest on outstand• . ing and unclaimed certificates, when funded, . . . . 2,594 22 Domestic creditors, 43,237 59 Total unfunded debt, Total funded Debi, The estimate of the revenue for the year en ing Nov. 30th, 1853, is given at $4,626, 500. Thet estimate of the expenditures for the same period, at $4,028,670. Excess of receipts over expenditures for 1853, $597,829. It will thus be seen that the finances of the State are in a highly flourishing condition. The debt, how. ever is still largo, and the system of reduction by means of a Sinking Fund cannot be too ri gidly adhered to. Monument to General Harrison.—A public meet. ing was held a few days since, at Vincennes, Ind., with a view of petitioning the Legislature for aid in erecting in that town a monument to Gen. Harrison, the first Governor of that State. A further meeting will soon'be held to carry out the project. The Vincennes Gazette thinks that town is the only proper place for such a memo rial of the departed General, both as the place of his residence and the scene'of his numerous Councils with the Indians. The Next State Fair.--The Executive Commit. tee of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Sod. ety, held a meeting on Monday, and fixed upon the city of Pittsburgh as the place for holding the next Agricultural fair. The time of holding the exhibition has been settled upon to be the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th days of September next. Ohio.—The Supreme Court of Ohio has deci ded that Charters to Banks, (and of course to all other private companies,) are not contracts, and may be repealed like any other law, at the pleas ure of the Legislature. Chief Justice Bartley has reviewed the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the subject of Charters, anti declares on the subject of Charters, and declares them, and all similar business 3n the • highest goons of the other States, to be founded on mis lakes aptiontat the law. Pennsylvania Legislature. HAnnisnuno, March 12 March 8. Mr. Fry, read a bill in place, to in. corporate the Easton and Nazareth Plank Road Company. ' March 9. Mr. Fry, presented a petition sign ed by over 200 citizens of Bethlehem, Northamp• ton county, for a free bridge over the Lehigh. March 10. Mr. Kunkle, presented a remom strance from Lehigh county, against authorizing the Crane Iron Company to make a Railroad. Mr. Fry, presented a petition from Northamp ton and Lehigh counties, for a bridge over the Lehigh river at Bethlehem. Mr. Frk, read a bill in place, to incorporate the Allentown and Trealertown Plank Road and TifriTiiilcCompany. March 11. Mr. Fry, presented a petition from citizens of Easton for the repeal of the act author• izing said borough to subscribe to the stock of the Philadelphia, Easton and Water Gap rail road company. Also one from Lehigh county, to prevent hawking and peddling in said county. Also one to authorize the supervisors of Upper vlilfo,d, Lehigh county, and Hereford, Berks county, to subscribe to the stock of the Becks and Lehigh Turnpike Company. • Mr. Fry, moved to change the places of hold ing the elections in Upper Bannon and Upper Milford townships, Lehigh county. All the bills which were prepared tor a second reading during the morning session, were taken up and passed finally; except the bill to incor porate the Ncrthampton county Agricultural society. When this bill came up in order, Mr. BARR moved to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert a bill incorporating a railroad corn. pany to build a road from the Crane Iron com pany's works, in Lehigh county, to Poglesville. This proposition was spiritly opposed by Mr. Laury, of Lehigh, and as warmly advocated by Mr. BARR. Mr. Laury moved to postpone the bill for the present—yeas 35, nays 40. Mr. Laury, moved various amendments which were voted down, 40 to 35. Mr. Fulton, moved to submit the bill to the up^ propriate committee, who should report thereon. Mr. Laury, was willing the matter should take that course, as it would then come properly be. fore the House. The motion to refer carried. Washington Territory.—This territory created by the last Congress, comprises that part of Oregon which lies north of the channel of Co lumbia river, to where it crosses the 46th de gree of latitude, and thence along.said - degree, of latitude, to the top of the Rocky 'M'oun . tainti. The land occupied by missionary stations, not exceeding 640 acres to each, together with the improvements, is expressly confirmed to the Missionary Societies respectively which estab lished the same. ' Stations that were so occu pied prior to the passage of the Act authorizing the Territory of Oregon are also confirmed to the Societies which established them, even though they have since been abandoned. The Cabinet gives general satisfaction. There is, however, a s considerable outcry against Jef ferson Davis by the Southern Union party, and we may expect a renewal of the war between them and the Southern rights men. It is supposed Chat Cushing will soon abdicate the Attorney Generalship for a Foreign Mission. Mr. Benton has lost his temper, and filed a protest against the appointment of Juge Boutin (Anti• Benton) as Commissioner of Indian Af fairs, and remarks that his friends should in all cases be appointed in his district. Still, Linn (Anti• Benton) will be Collector at St. Louis. Those members elect to Congress from New York city, who are now hpre, held a meeting at the National Hotel, in reference to the appoint ments for New York city, about which there is reason to believe they will be consulted. They did not agree upon anything, but it is understood that a majority are by no means in favor of Maclay. It is undertood that the minor appointments will not be. made for some time, and that the present incumbents will not be disturbed till the end of the fiscal, year, in June. There has been no disposition as yet made of foreign offices. The contest for the vacant Judgeship is very se vere, Downs, and Eustis, of Louisiana, Union^ ists, and Campell, fire-eater, of Alabama, are the principal aspirants. Downs will probably get it. $41,624,875 37 Gov. Marcy, it is supposed, will disappoint the barnburners and soft shells. And it is believed that he will not favor free soil appointments.— The barnburners who were seeking office here have almost all left Ex-President Fillmore and family are now at Willard's Hotel, and they will leave this city for the South some day this week. They will pro ceed as far as New Orleans, and return by the river route. Mr. Buchanan is selected as Minister to Eng• . land, and lien. Dix is to have the mission to France. Mr. Guyrone, of Louisiana, is to be the minister to Spain. He has for some years been the Secretary of Slate of Louisiana, and is the author of a history of that State. It is Mr. Filmore's purpose, upon .his return to Buffalo, to oped his office as a counsellor, but not to appear again in the courts, as an advocate. The Hon. Elisha Whittlesey, Comptroller, of the Treasury, has resigned his arduous and re. sponslble office. There are to be no more charges of affairs.— They are to be ministers resident. This change is made in a clause of the civil and diplomatic bill. Unsling the two Great Oceane.—ln addition to the efforts of Americans to unite the Atlantic and Papilla by the Nicaragua, Tehuantepec, and oth er routes, we learn from the 'correspondent.of the National Intelligencer that a great company Is forming in London for opening a Ship Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific, through the Isthmus; of Darien. 'Capital, $l6,000.0d0.• The I/Watery le a most wealthy ited 'imputable one. Senate House Washington Items WASIIIMOTON, March 8. GLEANINGS. ['There are 96,000 tons of granite finished and unfinished, exported from the town of Rock port, Mass., annually. ar The error of an hour may becomes the torment of a lifetime. Er There ere two sides to a pudding—the in. side and the outside. Some people are selfish eriough . to prefer, the former. lEi"" If a body see a body carrying oil his wood. Should a body whale a body—if a body could!' r3r A young lady, with $lO,OOO, advertises in the New York Tribune for a "Presbyterian or Dutch Reformed husband•" EirA Cincinnati editor, being asked "what is the news!" replied, "Sir,[ sell my news at ten cents-a-weekl-don,t-bother-me." rv - ii is said That during the past winter quor ter, some forty thousand cords of fire wood have been consumed by families in Philadelphia. Ilar A late German writer says that the people of the United States can burst more steamboats and chew more tobacco than any other live na tions in the world. Jacob Hostetter, of Penn township, Lancaster, co., about 2 miles north of Litiz, whilst chopping wood on Wednesday last, fell down and instant- ly expired. rir The privilege of keeping gambling hou. ses • at Baden has been rented for the present year 162,000 florins. tom' In the new St. Charles Hotel, New Or. leans, there is a beautiful billard saloon for the use of ladies exclusively. 10" A taste for Useful Reading is a fortune to any young man. It is a wonderful safegard. OrThe Dank of North America, at Seymour, Ct., the Eastern Bank, at %Vest Killing; and the Woodbury Bank, all failed on the 11 th of March. 110" Queen Victoria, it is said, is haunted with an idea that she will be driven from the English throne by a revolution, and is therefore inves ting largely in U. S. securities. It is even said that Barings have purchased for her at least half a street in the city of New York. arPraise prepales the way for offence, at the cessation. The desire of flattery is an appetite that grows by what it feeds on. rirAt Danville, Ky., on Monday, 21st Feb. we learn from the Tribune, 35 two years old mules sold for $Bl each ; about 20 head at $BO, and 11 yearlings at $5l each. About 200 head of cat• de were sold at high prices. lareol Benton, it is said, is very bittter in his oppositton to Gov. Marcy and Judge Cashing, as members of the new Cabinet. Portrait at Washington The Washington Union calls attention to a portrait of Washington, now on exhibition in the rotunda of the Capitol, which is said to have been painted in the ye!r 1703, by. Westmuller,-a celebrated German artist, many of whose works —and especially his portrait of Marie Antoinette the Queen of France, now in the gallery of the King of Sweden--are highly valtr.tble. his mat. that this portrait was presented by General Wash ington to Wahrendorff, a Swedish nobleman, who was in this country from 1795 to 1797, and who in the latter year took the picture with him to Sweden, were it has remained in the possession of the Wahrendoff family, until, upon the, recent death of the head of that house, it passed into the hands of its present proprietor, a Swedish gentleman of high character and standing. The picture, which differs in' some points- from any of the portraits of Washington which we have seen, is in many respects a striking and meritor- ious work of art. If its history be that it is stat ed to be its restoration to our country, at this time is matter of interest and gratification. .4 Valuable Dead Leller."--4uite an important discovery was made by the officers of the dead letter office, in "Washington, on Monday last.— Last September a gentleman of one of the West ern States purchased a farm still farther West. He was going in person to survey his new -pos sessions, but, instead of carrying a sum of MON about him, preferred conveying it in the mails. On arriving at the place which was the terminus of his journey, he inquired at the post office for the letter which contained the treasure, but owing to the failure of the mail oh that particular day, or some other cause, he did not receive it. The alleged loss was communicated to the depart ment in Washington, and prompt measures were adopted to ferret out the cause. Oa Mon• day, however the letter, enclosing 5 five hundred dollar bills in good money, was received as a ntlead letter." The owner was immediately ap prised of the discovery, and will soon again be in possession of the funds. Alethodisapin the United States.—The editor of the Zon's Herald takes the following view of the progress of Methodism in this country. He says; "American Methodism is notyet a century old. In the Incredibly short space of eighty seven years it has built four thousand two hundred %id twen ty churches, (which is a little less than one for every week of her existence.) at a cost of four teen millions seven hundred and thirty thousand five hundred and seventy one dollars. 'lt has al so erected and endowed its colleges and numer. ous academies with large sums. It has built In numerable parsonages, and supplied itself with Church and'Sabbath School literature. Now most of these churches, having been newly erec ted, rebuilt, remodelled, and must of these vast outlays having been made within the last quar ter of a century, we think it no exaggeration to estimate the expenditures of Methodism in the United States for home purposes, at any aver• age very little short of one million of dollars per annum for the last twenty five years; in addition to that, it has paid for the support of its ministry." Coal and Iron Ore in Somerset County.—The editor of the Pittsburg Gazelle, writing from My. era' Mills, Somerset county, pa., states that im mense veins of coal abound in that neighborhood containing 300 acres of solid coal, twelve feet thick. This coal land has been lately purchased as a speculation, at $BO per acre, In prospect of the Connellsville Ilailroadbeing constructed. In the same neighborhood there is a vein of iron ore . six feet thick, and limestone' abounds'. In thr neighborhood of Myers' Md . % and the iron need ed ou the Vonnelleville road can be advantage ously throbbed. A • The Buenos Ayres Trouble The extended d etail se of the South American news lately received, need explanation, says the New York Mies: ~ T he expulsion of General UnnuizA from Buen os Ayres, which occured in in September was a victory of the Democratic party. With the reins of gtivernment in their hands, the first measure was to elect, General V•LIINTIN ALUM to the Presidency, and General ALSINI at once proposed to carry the war into Entre Rios, the province of the expelled dictator. His military measures were met with energy by EitunizA, supported by the rest ()film Argentine States, who rejoiced in his general supervision. The Federals had clearly the advantage. Hostil. ities, however, tehiained quite harmless until the December holidays, when a new demonstration _occured,_lending the Whole business a more inn_ teresting.phase. Rural populations are alt4aye less violent in then* Republican predilections than those of towns. Hence the inland States of tile Argentine are virtually despotisms with Republican disgui ses. The most thorough despotism in the wes tern world is Paraguay. Even in Buenos Ayres .the Democratic strength lies close in about the town, while the country people and guachos have little choice between anarchy and autocracy,— The rovers of the pampas sent Resits to warp that he might rule there with the strong hand, and his mission was undoubtedly fulfilled. And this Federal tendency in the "rural districts" is the secret-of-the existing state of affairs. The anti federal pulley of President ALBINA found no favor in the fields. A counter revolution was con nived, urged, and urged, successfully. Buenos Ares, at the latest advises, was beset by the wild riders of the plains, and the farmers and cattle dealers of the villages. The over liberal President having been obliged to withdraw, a provisional officer, appointed in his place was endeavoring to make terms with the country folks and it is probable that the war with Ennui zA is by this time ended, and Buenos Ayres once more a decent, submissive constituent of the centralized States. The largest extent to which American enterprise just now avails itself of the newly opened navigation of the La Plata and Parana, renders the politics of the region impor tant. Some key to them is needed. -Daily Sun A Novelty.—My., Benedict, of Galveston Texas is engaged in the Manufacture of boots and shoes of alligators' skins. The Houston Telegraph says the skin's are tanned and prepared so that they reasonable the finest calf skip-in pliability and are beautifully mottled like tortoise shell.L. A pair of these boots he intends to have on exhi bition at the li:ew York World's Fair. of an Old D.ferider.—Obleon Emery for merly of Baltimore, died at Georgetown, Ran dolph county, Georgia,on the 25th ult., in the 8711, year of his age. Mr. Emory was the only son of the late Ur, John Emory, of Queen Anne's county Md., but early in life removed to Baltimore, and during his residence There many years of which he discharged the dunes well and faithfully, of an officer of the Batik of Baltimore; he acquired the respect and esteem of all who knew him.— Mr. E. was among the few survivors of the gal. lent corpse which, tinder the coromaltd of Ma jor Heath, and in the front on' the 12th of Sep tember, 18t4, gave the first check to the advance of the British troops. Snow one Hundred Feet Deep,--The St. Louis Intelligencer publishes a letter from an overland emigrant to California which gives a fearful ac count of a tremendous snow storm in the moun tains near Carson valley. On what is called the Second Summit, the writer says, he caught hold of the tops of pine trees, and was confident that they were one hundred feet in height. Diad Letters.—About one million of dead lel. ters for which the owners could not be found; were recently burned in a hugh bonfire at Wash ington. The Republic enumerates as a portion' of the contents of them—'.A horse shoe ; a gin ger cake, the postage on which was $2,10, a do-- nation to a church, being a small cake in a pa per bnx ; n quilt, a New Year's present to a bach. e lor, a Dutch pattern for a dress; a pin cushion, the stand of it in the bottom of a glass lamp, the postage $4, the intrinsic worth as many cents; a zinc five belonging to a galvanic battery, post age $l7 la stone, weighing two lbs., addressed to a gentlemap by 'Eliza," as a sample of his gen erosity; a pair of men's boots sent to a lady; a bottle of salve; and a bundle containing a coarse shirt, a pair of blue stockings, and a razor. Barnum's Last Projcd. —A new project has been suggested by Barnum, which 'we should like to see tried. In a recent temperance speech made by him in New York, he stated that there were 700 grog-shops in the city, with an aver' custom in each of probably $lO a day. He made the following offer to the city via:—lf.the city would shut up all the groggeries, and give him the amount spent in all of them he Auld pay all the city taxes amounting to $4,000,000; send every child to a good school; present every faM. ily with a library of 100 good books, three bar rels of flour, and a silk dress to every female, old or young, and give everybody a free ticket to. his museum. Prussia.—According to the last official slate. men t of the various religious confessions of. the• population `of Prussia, the Catholics number 0,008,170 the Protestants 9,087,27.7;. and Men nonites, members of the Greek Church, nod Jura 294,551•: together 16,285,0.11. Since this census the population has increased to within a very few of 17,000;000. One Hundred Niles Per Mar.—. A Maine Yan kee." announces through the National Intelligen• eer. the invention of a form of road and improved locomotive, which, he says, will safely transport the mails and passengers at the rate of one him dred miles per hour l The writer fuither says he has been made acquainted with the details of these improvements, °which are so palpably cer , rest in theory, and feasible In practice, that eve ry civil engineer and railroad man will, on ex amination at once recognise and admit, as the desideratum, even to the extent of safety and speed above indicated." The next Congreast it is satd, Is said, is to be Invited to securelts adv . . *fattened givi so the gimlet - he regent of 'the aral expeelmint. a
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