Ml l e teliigl) Register.
Allenlown,.Pa.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1853.
CANAL COMMISSIONER.
Moses Pownall,
OF LANCASTER COUNTY
AUDITOR GENERAL.
Alexander K. McClure,
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
SURVEYOR GENERAL.
Christian Myers,
=EI
larThe remarks of the "Patriot" respecting
acertain marriage notice, that made its appear.
ance in the "Register" and "Friedsnsbote" of
the 13th of April, is couched in language so dis
reSpeetfelit-nd ungentlemanly, that they deserve
no further notion.
The Break in the Canal
The break at one of.the new locks, at Uhlers•
villa, on the Delaware Division of the Penn
sylvania Canal, appears to have been quite a
serious one. The water ran in behind the wing
wall and undermined it, the whole of which
bad to be taken down and rebuilt. As our Mar'
chants, Millers, Distillers, Mechanics, &0., are
debply interested in the matter at present, hav
ing either goods on the canal, or ready for
shipment, and particularly, us so many exag
gerated repafts have been circulated, any cor
rect information concerning the break is anx
iously looked for. A gentleman of Allentown,
left on Saturday for Uldersville,- Mr. Burns, the
Superintendent informed him that the breach
could be so far restored, as to be able to pass
Boats on Wednesday or Thursday, of the pre
sent week, so that they may be expected in
Allentown by about Friday or Saturday next
Public Works—Banks.
Mr. Strong's bill for the sale of 'the Main Line
of the public works was up in the House of
Representatives a few days before the final ad
journment, providing for the organization of a
company to purchase said line for fifteen mil
lions of dollars. There was evidently adecid
ed majority of the House in favor of the prop.
milieu, but the late hour at which the bill was
got up, prevented final action on it
'our Bank_l3ills_w.ere_passed—the-Meehan—
ice and Girard of Philadelphia were re•charter.
ed, the capital of the Chambersburg Bank was
increased 650,000, and the Erie Cily. The first
three were old banks, the latter a new one.
Relief Notes.
A section was passed in the appropriation
bill providing for the speedy cancellation of the
Relief Notes. The greater portion of those
notes have become so filthy and tattered that
their cancellation was urgently demanded by
every consideration of decency and comfort.—
The large number of counterfeits in circula
tion is also a 'strong reason for the withdrawal
of the whole issue from circulation.
An Improvement
Oar enterprising friends Mesere. W. 15 . C. Edel
man, have lately built an inclined plane from the
wharf of the Lehigh Basin to their Coal Yard,
a distance of several hundred feet, and by the
aid of one horse and three men, they are enabled
to unload a sixty ton Boat in three hears. The
expense of unloading is reduced one-half, and
will be the means of reducing the price of coal
to that amount.
A Mouse Caught by an Oyster.
Whoever heard of a mouse being caught by an
oyster? Yet such is the fact, it we are to be
lief our friend Mr. Aaron Wint, the proprietor
of the Resturaunt, in West Hamilton street, Al
lentown, who by the bye is a man of truth and
veracity. Mr. Wint, one evening last week,
left a few oysters standing in a basin on the
floor, from the heat in the room they partially
opened ; during the night it appeared a mouse
undertook to creep in between the shell, when
the oyster fastened on the mouse and made it
a victim. In the morning the oyster was pick
ed up with the mouse tightly pressed between
its shell.
New York Tribune
The New YorliTribune commenced its thir
teenth year on Monday, the 11th of April, by
an "enlargement which will fully add one third
to its erear require its proprietors "henceforth
to pay more for the white paper on which it is
printed then all they receive from its subscri
bere,".and will add $50,000 a year to their ex
penses, making their expenditures next year
larger than their annual income has over been.
This enlargement has been made in order to
avoid all complaints about fine print and bad
type, to give more room for news of. every de.
eoription, enable them to publish their Foreign
and other . correspondence, with more prompt
ness than heretofore, and introduce a number
of new features by which to make their paper
more than ever attractive and valuable. We
have two daily mails from New York, one in
the fore,• and. the other in the afternoon, and
often have we perused the Tribune, before the
Philadelphia papers came to hand. We have
only to add, that the Daily Tribune. in its
present form carefully filed, will make a per
fect Library. The termer)! the various editions
are as follows :—Daily, five dollars per annum
in advance ; six months, two dollars and fifty
cents; three months, one dollar and fifty cents.
Semi-weekly, three dollars per annura; , , 2 cop
ies, five dollars; 10 copies, twenty dollars.
Weekly, two dollars per annum ; eight copies,
twenty dollars; twenty copies, thirty dollars.
Three Cent Pieees,—The United Stales Mint at
Philadelphia has stopped coining the 3 cent
pieces, having made thirty-six millions since the
begiaing of the issue. They made enough in all
conscience. The 3 cent piece is a miserable
coin, and not fit for circulationimang a decent
and Christian people.
Vice President King is Dead
We announce with profound sorrow, the
death of William R. King, the Vice President
Of the United States. Ile died at his residence
in Alabama, on Monday evening, the 18th of
April, where he had only arrived the day pre
vious. Though this intelligence has been long
anticipated, now that it has come, it will be re
ceived with deep regret. •
Mr. King was a native of North Carolina, and
represented that Slate in early life in the Con
' gross of the United States, but reeigned his seat
in that body to accept the post of Secretary of
Legation to Mr. Pinckney, at the time that die
thiguished Statesman was commissioned all
ernbassador to ono of the European courts. Mr.
King spent several years abroad, and on his
return home, settled in Alabama, where he was
an active member of the convention which
framed the Constitution of that State, and soon
thereafter was elected otte SetiatorS'ili
Congress. lie continued a member of the; U.
S. Senate until 1844, when he was a tainted I
Miri>ter to - France.: liritis 'return, in 1847, he
was again elected to the Senate, and remained
a member of that body until his election as
Vico President.
Few public men have had so uninterrupted
and successful a career as Air. King, and few
have sustained through life a brighter reputa 7
lion for personal honor and unswerving integ
rity. Though he never could be ranked among
the first Statesmen of his day, he was a man
of more than ordinary talents, and always oc
cupied a respectable and influential position as
a member of the Senate.
. It is said he dreaded to die in a foreign land,
and that his heart's wish while in Cuba was
that he might he permitted to return to die in
his own country. It pleased a kind Providence
to gratify his wish. He was enabled to return
to his own heme, nod died within twenty.four
hours after he reached it. Ills death will he
deeply deplored by all who knew him.
Clothing. Emporium.—Our enterprising neigh
bors, directly opposite our office, have just re•
turned front New York and Philadelphia with
a very superior Stook of Spring and Summer
Goods, embracing all the new and fashionable
styles. The good judgment these gentlemen
are known to exercise in the selection of their
goods, is so well established, that any thing we
might say in their behalf, be considered super-
Th - ey have also just received a splen
did lot of Odd Fellows' Regalias ; those who
would like to appear in procession in 11lay
next, would do well to give Kick and Lch a call.
Advice to Young Men
Owe no matt anything. Keep out of debt.
Avoid
. it as you would war, pestilence and
famine. Shun it as you would old nick. Hate
it with a perfect hatred. Abhor it with an en
tire and absolute abliorence. Dig potatoes,
break stones, peddle in tinware, do any thing
that is honest and useful, rather than run in
debt. As you value comfort, quiet and inde
pendence, keep out of debt. As you value
good digestion, a healthy appetite, a placid
temper, a smooth pillow, sweet sleep, pleasant
dreams and happy wukings, keep out of debt.
Debt is the hardest taskmaster, the most cruel
of all oppressors. It is a mill-stone about the
neck; it is an incubus of the heart; it spreads
a cloud over the whole firmament of man's
being. It eclipses the sun; it blots out the
stars; it dime and defaces the beautiful blue
sky. It takes the soul out of its laugh, and all
stateliness and freedom from his walk. Come
not.under its accursed dominions. Pass by it
as you would pass a leper, or one smitten by
the plague. Touch it not. Taste not of its fruit,
for it shall turn to bitterness and ashes on your
lips. Friendly, Nay to each and to all, but
especially to you young men, who are begining
business, keep out of debt.
Master and Apprentice
1 A ease was tried in the Ilerks county court,
several weeks ago, involving the obligation and
rights of the parties under the apprentice sys•
tern. The contract was a verbal one. Reuben
Prelz, was to serve one year and ten months
under Jonathan Butz, to learn the mysteries of
cigar making. The boy left at the expiration
of four months, alleging that he could not stand
the trade, but afterwards worked at the busi•
ness at home and elsewhere. Therontruct was
made on Sunday, but the jury found a verdict
in favor of plaintill for twelve dollars.
The Judge charged that "ille,e contracts are
highly important a..d that the interest of socie•
ty. require that they be kept in good faith. The
apprentice must stay long enough to compen•
sate the master for his trouble in teaching'him
his trade."
KrWe have seen a number of cases decid
ed upon the same grounds in Philadelphia and
other places. In Allentown, however, wisea
cres have a different opinion of the law. We
know of a case decided not many years since,
where an apprentice by verbal contract agreed
to servo 5 years to learn a trade, after 1 your
had elapsed, for which he was to receive $9O,
the boy saw fit to leave his master. Some five
or six dollars was coming to Mo boy, at the
time he left, which the master refused to pay.
Suit was brought before uJustice, decisions sim
ilar to the nbove were quoted, but all to no pur
pose, judgement was given in favor of plain•
tiff; "Doubtful things are very uncertain," so
is the law.
Holders of Silver Coin
The following paragraph from the Baltimore
Clipper gives timely warning to a class of peo•
pie who will do well to heed it: -
"Silver Coin. Spanish quarter dollars are
only intrinsically worth twenty cents. Govern.
meat is preparing an enormous issue of new
quarter dollars. The banks will be supplied
next month. The Spanish quarters will then
be "called in"? at twenty cents. Those old fo
gies who have been huarding up Spanish coin
had better put it in circulation, or they will
lose twenty per cent."
Marriage in Pennsylvania
A New York - cotemporary appears to be
shocked that, in this state, "a man and woman
may enter into a mutual agreement of matri
mony, untrammelled by religious ties or cere
monies." We cannot ourselves see any cause
for horror. Marriage, says the Evening Bul
letin is regarded as a civil contract merely, not
only in this State, but generally in these United
States ; and that civil contracts should be enter
ed into, without "religious forms," is surely
nothing astounding. Nevertheless, though the
law does not require it, a majority of marriages
iri Pennsylvania are propably celebrated before
a mini.ter. The reason is, that miirriage was
considered as a sacrament forso many centuries
requiring the sanction of the Church, that even
the-change of the law has not sufficed to abol
ish the old practice. There are thousands, in
deed, who would scoreely think their_nuptials
_
perfect, without the blessing of the preacher;
and there are lens of thousands more, who pre
fer the religious to it merely civil ceremony, ue_i
more decent, if not more fashionable. Weth
er or not Protestantism has done wisely, in
making marriage a civil contract only, we do
not pretend to say. If there has been any er
ror, Pennsylvania shares it with other States,
and even many foreign nations
While matrimony remains a civil contract,
however, our system is unquestionably the best.
That is to say, any testimony, by which, a con
tract can be proved, should be adrnissable so
long as marriage IS regarded as merely a civil
contract. If two persons agree to live togeth•
er as man and wife, and do so notoriously live
together, this is a marriage, and ought to be, it
good morals are considered. Were all commu
nities governed by a rule like this, week young
girls would not so often become the victims of
designing betrayers, for many a confiding fe
male, would then find himself compelled to
support her as his wife. Whether two given
parties are married or not, is a mere question
of evidence. A certificate from a justice of the
peace or from a minister, or a sufficient num•
her of oral witnesses, is as good proof as the
official seal of a bishop, or the notoriety of
thousands of spectators. Of course, the more
public the ceremony, the more solemn the
form, dire easier it will be to authenticate the
marriage. The Quakers, who not only marry
in meeting, but have parchment certificates
b friends_ancLother-spectatorsi-often-to
the number of hundreds, excel all other sects
in the completeness of the proof they afford of
a marriage. But it does not follow, because
religious ceremooies, or the presence of hun
dreds, makes the evidence of a marriage
more conclusive, that it would be wise in leg•
islators to declare such forms and spectators to
be absolutely necessary to legal nuptials.
Important from Mexico.
A telegraphic despatch from New Orleans,
dated April 20, states that news had just been
received iu that city from New Mexico, which
promise to embroil this country in another war
with Mexico. The accounts state that Gov.
Lanehad issued a proclamation claiming theMe
cilia Valley, now held byMexico, as a portion of
the American territory. The Government organ
asserts that this Valley was left out by the neg.
lest or oversight of Commissioner Bartlett, and
that it clearly belongs to the United States. He
has therefore, under this confident belief, or
dered Col. Summer to proceed to the spot with
an armed force and take possession of it. Col.
Summer, however, it is stated, refused to obey
the instructions till he receives positive orders
from Washington. In the meantime the Mexi
eau authorities received notice of the move
ments on foot, and immediately sent a body of
several hundred troops to the Mecilla Valley,
who where commanded to assist at any sacri
fice:all attempts made by the United States to
sieze the Valley which the Mexican Govern
ment looks upon as a portion of its own pos
sessions. When the above accounts left, the
most intense excitement prevailed, and as it
was expected to embroil the country in another
war with Mexico, bloody work was anticipated.
A Queer Feature in Banking.—The Bank of
Chester County, some days ago, refused to re.
ceive any more money on deposite, much to the
astonishment and inconvenience of persons who
have been in the habit of using this means for
the safe - keeping of their superfluous change.—
The reason is that the charter provides that the
total liabilities of the bank, exclusive of its car
Intl, shall not forany period of thirty consecutive
days, exceed three times the amount of the cap
ital stock paid in, under penalty of a forfeiture
of its charter. The coffers were full, and the
officers retnainded inexorable.
The directors of this Bank seem to be more
conscientious than some Bankers we have heard
tell of.,
Grand Indian Council.—The Fort Smith Her
ald learns that the Grand. Indian Council of all
the Indian tribes is to be held on the south side
of our Canadian frontier, in the neighborhood
of the Red Hills, about three hundred and fifty
miles from Fort Smith, about the middle of May.
Copper in Berl,•s Counly.—The copper and
lead mine lately discovered upon the property of
Mr. George Focht, in Windsor township, Berks
county, is to be worked during the approaching
summer, by a Pompon:) , from Philadelphia. It is
believed that the enterprise will not only pay ex •
penses, but yield a handsome profit.
OS/c.c.—Alt Iletlts, it seems, expects a liberal
share of the crumbs which shall fall from Col
lector Brown's Custom house table. The Read
ing Journal says that a strong deputation of the
' , Democracy" of Old !Jerks visited Philadelphia
last week, and waited upon Collector Brown for
a share of the spoils within his gift. Thus ftir,
we believe, no appointments have been made
from, this region.
LirThe richest unmarried young lady In
Boston, Miss Shirn min, is taxed for $320,000.
Now, young gentleman, smooth down your
faultless liyons,,and lay siege to the umtnate.
able (horrid, word) "figure."
A Man and Five Horses Killed.
On the 31st of March last Mr. JOHN ICEPPLEII,
aged about GO years, of Stet•cnson county, Illi
nois, formerly of Centre county, in this State, and
father-in•law of Mr. Peter Lichten Walter of this
county, accompanied by three of his sons, were
engaged at ploughing and sowing oats, and about
three o'clock in the afternoon a thunder storm
came up; the old man ordered the horses to be
unhooked, and said they would go home, and
wanted the boys to come and ride the - horses, but
they said they would walk; they did so with the
exceptions of Henry, who mounted one of the
homes and led one by his side ; so did the fath
er, and one horse was loose and walking after
the others. After they got within two hundred
yards of the house, a streak of : lightening struck
the old man on the head, tearing his cap to pieces
opening the skin somewhat on the left side of his
forehead, scorching his hair and eyefirows,.and I
killingliim and'the five horses instantly, while
the boy Henry miracuously escaped by being
stunned for a few minutes. The horse he rode
was-instantly-Atilled-under:him7--Eashm—Argu-sTI
Gold.—The New York Journal of Commerce,
noticing the prediction Of the remarks on the
depreciation of gold by Chevalier, who stands at
the head of political economists in Fiance, says
very sensibly ; °We do not ourselves believe
that there is going to be any great depreciation
in the value of money. The quantity of gold
produced is indeed large, and so is the world
large over which it is to be scattered. The in
creasing population and business of the world
require an increasing wealth, the world absorbs
increasing quantities in jewelry and the arts. A
modification of our banking system, so as to with.
draw a portion of our immense volume of paper
promises from circulation, would soon show
whether gold is worth any thing or not. At pres
ent, we ate living, to a great extent, upon artifi
cial stimulous. The case is somewhat different
in Europe, we admit, and the over. action is con
sequently
less. The current will work itself
clear by and bye, and we shall see where we all I
stand."
Girard Will Case.—Judge Grier, of the U. S.
Circuit court, has refused to grant a new trial in
the case of the heirs of Stephan Girard vs the
city of Philadelphia. . The heirs claim certain
lands of great value in Schuylkill county, held
by the city of Philadelphia, under the will of the
late Stephan Girard. The Judge, on the trial
charged the jury that as the title to those lands
- was - perfeCted - ti - Thihe date of tlast
codicil to his will they could not pass by it.
The jury found for the heirs, and the defendant
moved fur a new trial. This Judge Girer has
refused to giant.
Tobacco and Brandy.—The New York Times
calls attention to the astonishing fact revealed
by the Treasury tables just Issued, that We smoke
up, in Spanish cigars, our whole export of Indi
an corn. For the rest of our breadstuffy, the Door
sent abroad suffices for something like two - thirds
of the interest on the foreign debt, leaving the
rice of South Carolina, and the deferred faith of
the repudiating States, to settle the remainder.
Two Great Discoveriee.--The Boston Transcript
is told that two important discoveries. have re•
cently been made in the manufacture of oil and
the production of light. Although probably known
to quite a number of persons, the details have not
yet been spread before the public. Ifcorrectly in
formed, the oil is obtained with singular economy
and abundance by an improved proces to the dis
tillation of coal, while, with a like degree of econ
omy and abundance, benzoic., which is also one
of the products in the distillation of coal, is by
an improved apparatus, converted into gas for
illumination.
Specie coming East.—The Weeling Tildes says
that the Falls City, on Saturday. had $150.000 in
specie on board for the East. The Virginia, on
Friday, had about $40,000, and during the week
past $400,000 have been forwarded to the same
destination by Adams Sec's. Express.
A LessoN TO THATIEBNIEN.—When old Zacha"
riah Fox, the great merchant of Liverpool, was
asked by what means he contrived to realize so
large a fortune as he possessed, his reply was—
.. Friend, by one article alone, and in which thou
mayest deal, too, if thou pleases; it is civility.
The Wheat Crop in Pennsylvania.—Up to within
ten days past, the wheat fields did not look over
encouraging; but the late warm rains have had
a most invigorating influence upon them. Their
spotted appearance has given way to one ex.
panse of "living green" so that, to keep within
reasonable bounds, the crop for the preserit sea.
son, gives promise of a full yield. The informa.
tion from other quarters of the State, as well as
from other States, where this crop is more ex
clusively the staple one, is of the same cheering
nature.
Fire in Mount Bethel.—eit Friday afternoon
last the barn of Daniel H. Snyder, Esq., in Low.
er Mount Bethel township was destroyed by fire
with all its contents consisting of about 200 bush
els of oats, two voluble horses, one cow, togeth
er with a quantity of hay and straw. It was set
on fire by one of his little boys, who was play
ing in the stable with a parcel of matches.—We
learn that there was only about $lOOO insurance
on the property. Parents cannot ts too careful
in placing matches beyond the reach of the'•
children.—Euston Argue.
Britian's floppy Family.—The Queen, Alex
andrina Victoria, was born May 24,1819.
Prince Francis Albert Augustus Charles Eman.
uci of Saxe Woburg and Gotha,. was born Aug.
26, 1819..
The twain were married at the age of 21, on
he 10th of February 1840. The issue has been
Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, bunt Nov, 21,
840.
Albert Edward, born Nov. 9, 1841.
Alice Mout Mary, born April 25, 1843.
Alfred Ernest Albert, born Aug. 25, 1844.
Helena Augusta Victoria, born May 25, 1890.
Louisa Caroline Alberta, born March 18,1898.
Arthur William Patrick Albert, born May 1,
850.
A son not yet named, born April 7, 1853.
Eight children—four sons and four daughters
In thirteen years, and all alive and well,
Bible Statistics.
More than once have statistics of its of the fol
lowing character found their way into print, to
the delight of both young and old; this fact will
not prejudice the insertion of the statement here
with presented by a correrpondent, inasmuch as
the accuracy of its details, dithering as they do
from those of similar statistical papers,' may be
relied upon. It is mainly taken from an English
Bible, as given by the indefatigable Dr. Horne,
in his introduction to the Study of the Scriptures
(Vol. 31., p„ 38, last Eng. ed.,) and is said to have
occupied more than three years of the compiler's
life. As it will be found both useful and inter
esting, its length will not be regretted.— P. Sun.
Old Testament. Nem Test. Total,
39 t 27 60
929 260 1,189
23,214 7,959 31,173-
593,492 - 181,253 773.746
2,728,100 838,380 3,566,480
Books,
Chapters,
Verses,
Words, _
Letters,
Apocrypha.
14 Words,
Books,
195 I Letters, 1,00,87 G
Chapters,
Verses,
The Bible.
The middle book in Micah
The middle and smallest chapt. is Psalm 117
The middle verse is the Bth of Psalm 1151.
The middle line is in 16 verse of 2 Chronicles 4,
'l'be largest book is that of the Pslams.
The largest chapter is Pslam 119.
The word Jehovah or Lord occurs 6855 times,
The word And occurs 46,227 times.
The number of authors of the Bible is 50.
The Old Testament.
The middle book of the Old Test, is Proverbs
The middle chapter is 29th of Job.
The middle verse is in 2 Chronicles, 20th chap
ter, between the 17th and 18th verses.
The shortest book is Obadiah.
The shortest v. 1 Chronicles, Ist chap. 25th v
The word And occurs 35.543 times.
The 21st verse of Ezra, 7th, contains all the
letters of our alphabet. The word &hzh occurs
73 times, and only in the poetical books. 2 Kings
19th chap. and Isaiah 37th chapter are alike:—
This fact is on internal mark of the truth of
these Scriptures being transcripts from public re.
cords, by two different writers, who where not
cotemporaries. The same may be said of the
following two coincidences. The book of Esther
does not contain the words God or Lord. The
last two verses of 2 Chronicles, and the opening
verses of the book of Ezra are alike.
Ezra 2d and Nehemiah 7th are alike.
There are nearly 30 books mentioned, but not
found in the Bible, consisting of civil records
and other ancient writings', now nearly all lost.—
They never formed part of the holy Scriptures.
About 26 of those are alluded to in the Old Tes
tament.
New Testament.
The middle book is 2 Thessalonians,
The middle chapter is between Romans 13th
and 14th.
The -middle verse is Acts 17; 17th verse.
The smallest book is 2 John.
The smallest verse is John 11th ch. and 35th v.
The word And occurs 10, 094 times.
The name Jesus occurs neatly 700 times in
the Gospels and Acts, and in the Epistles less
than 70 times.
The name Christ alone occurs about 60 times
in the Gospels and Acts, and about 240 times in
the Epistles and Revelation.
The form Jesus Christ occurs 5 times in the
Gospels.
I. The Bible was not until modern times divi•
ded into chapters and verses ; the division into
chapters has been attributed to Lanfrane, Arch
bishop of Canterbury in the reign of William I;
and by others, to Archbishop Langton, of Canter.
bury, A. D. 1206 ; but the real author of this di
visors was Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Caro, about
thirty years later. •
The facility of reference thus afforded was fur•
ther increased by the introduction of the present
system of verses ; this was done for the New Tes
tament, in 1545, by R. Stephens, a French prin
ter it is said, while on horseback ! But lone before
this, the Hebrew Bible had been divided info
verses by a Jewish Rabbi, Murdecai.Nathan about
A. D. 1445.
2. The number of languages on earth is esti
mated at 3000 ; the Bible or parts of it have been
rendered into only about 180. The two 'princi
pal English versions are those of “King James,"
commonly called the Protestant Version, and the
"Downy" or Roman Catholic. The fortner was
translated from the Hebrew and .Greek in the
reign of James 1., A, D. 1609-1611 by 47 Epis
copalian Bishops and other clergy—the most
' learned English divines of their time. It is uni
versally esteemed as the best translation ever
made. The Downy version was translated from
the Latin Vulgate, collated with the Hebrew and
Greek. by lour Professors of Theology in the
English College of Downy,. in A. D. 1709.
3. The Latin Vulgate is the Latin translation
of the Bible in common (Ur vulgate) use, in the
Roman Church. It was made, A. D. 384, by St.
Hieronymus, a learned monk. It is highly es
teemed by all.
4.
- The earliest translation known of the Bible
was the version of the Old Testament, called the
Septuagint, into Greek, make in Egypt, 285 years
before ChriSt by 70 learned interpreters, from
which it has derived its common title, Septuagin^
to meaning 70.
5. The Apocrypha is not a part of Canonical
Holy Scripture, but is read nevertheless for ex•
ample of life and instruction in manners, but not
to establish any doctrine." It should be printed
with every edition of the Bible as all the old L'ag
lish and German Protestant Scriptures are.
6. The first English translation complete of
the Bible, was by Wiclif, in A. D. 1380. At
tempts, with partial success, had before-been
made by the venerable Bede, A. D. 785 who died
as he finished the last Word of Si. John's Gospel
King Alfred, A. D. 900, continued it. It had in
part been translated into Anglo - Saxon, even.be^
fore Bede. In French a version was made A.
D. 1160, for the Waldenses, by their great leader
Peter Waldo. In Spanish,.there was one made
A.D. 1280, by order of Alphonse, King of Castile.
In German, a version was made about A.D. 1460.
Luther made a new translation into German of
the New Testament, about A.D. 1522 and of the
Old Testament 10 years later.
7. The first American edition was printed in
Boston. A.D. 1762. The second was printed by
order of the Continental Congress, under super.
vision of their Chaplain, the late good 'Bishop
While. This was printed in Philadelphia, in
1761, by R. Aitken. Many copies of this edition
arc in possession of our citizens and will be pre.
served as a relic of the days of the Pater Patria.
8. In the time of Edward 1., A. D. 1250, a copy
of the Bible was valued at $164 of our currencY
now millions of copies are yearly distributed.—
From one depository alone (British and Foreign
Bible Society,) in 1851.2 the issues were at the
rate of three Bibles and a half every minute, at the
cost-of one cent. per copy ! Such is one class
of benefits arising from the invention and pres^
ent advanced state of the art of printing. Truly
it is, as it has been styled, "the lever of the world."
EP"A clerk in a city establishment writes to
hia friends at home, "I have a plaguy easy time
of it now a days -- very little
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firm don't advertik,. •
Well, Pat, which is the way to Allentown.,
"How did you know my name was Pat ?'t
I guessed it." "Thin, be the powers, if ye air 30
good at guessing, ye'd bethur guess the way to.
Allentown.
IV"Judge Reid, fermerly of the Supreme Cuarr
of Ohio, has taken a final leave of the bar of that
State, and started for California.
W' Gen. Arista, late President of the Rt.public
of Mexico, has arrived at New Orleans.
OrThe Clay Monument Association. of' Ohio
has received a donation of $l,OOO from a former
of Hamilton county.
12P" Vice President ICine, it is said, owned an
estate of 2,000 acres of r;ch land in Dallas cowl , '
ty. Ala., with 150 slaves. It is also stated- that
he has left the hulk of his property to the poor
est of his relations, though all are comfortably
provided for.
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tom' Among the late counterfeits are s's on the
Trenton Banking Company, N. J. vig figures 5,
with two female figures, cupid anti a small eagle
entwined in it 3 each side of vig.— head of
NVashingion on right hand.
CrThe O!d Fogy is au individual that sits
upon the shirt tail of progress—looks backward
and cries whoa ! whoa
Never reproach a man with the faults of his
relatives.
IV - Cuba tobacco seed, planted in Texas,
proves to be an abundantly yielding crop.
It - wouldn'rbe - surprislng if Texas seed should
yield abundantly in Cuba one of these days.
Amalgamation.—Married, in New York city,
March 30, by Rev. ThOmas Henson. Prof. W. G.
Allen, of .McGrawville, N. Y., to Miss Mary E..
King. of Fulton, N. Y., daughter of Rev. Lyndeu
King, of Fulton.
A case of amalgamation 7 The parties are
the same who were concerned in the attempt
at the feat they have li.ially,accomplished, some
time ago at Fulton. It created great excitement
there at the time. Allen, the colered gentleman
denied that they wished to be married, and she
went utr into Pennsylvania to teach school. Al.
len is said to be unworthy of and ashamed of his
color, and has always said that when he :named
he would have a white girl. He was at one time
at the Institute at Whitestown, and afterward.,
studied law in New York. His airs made him
unpopular with his own people and with those
abolitionists, who noticed his conduct at
McGrawville. His marriage, it seems, is now
a fixed fact, in black and white.—Utica Gareth,
The Manufizdure of Umbrellas, Parasols, 4-c.—
r This branch of business is carried on extesively
in New York, according to a statement in the
Journal of Commerce. It is chiefly, confined to
seven different firms, who by the aid of machin
ery manufacture anually about $15,000,000 worth.
One of the largest firms embloys '325 persons,
including 250 girls. Daring a considerable part
of the year, from 1,200 to 1,500 umbrellas and
parasols are turned out daily, and $75,000 worth
of silks and ginghams are sometimes consumed
in the course of three months. There are in an
umbrella 112 different parts, and before being
perfected the umbrella passes through 'nearly
as many different hands. The average wages
received by sewers of umbrellars is $4 50 per
week.
Extrordinary Matrimonial Case.—There were
several complaints for neglecting families, at the
New York Tombs Police the other day. One
was against a sleepy looking carman, nsmed John
sleDue; aged about 35 years, who was claimed
as the baser half of a fat, strapping, Irish dame,
of 55. John stoutly denied the soft impeachment
averring that he was a widower, and that one
night having drank rather freely, he found the
woman In his bed, claiming to be his lawful
wife. don't believe I'd do the like of mar.
rying her if I were as drank as-4" said John—
she's old enough to be my mother." The Court
thought there might be some truth in John's state
ment, and he was aocordingly dist:barged.
Hard.—The Pittsburgh Visitor learns that last
Monday a passenger in the accomodation train
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, told the conduc
tor he had no money to pay his passage, bat
wished him to permit him to come to Pitts
burgh. This the conductor refused, when the
poor man made no further remark. The cars
were stopped and he expelled. He sat down on
the road-side, dropped his head upon his knees
and died instantly. There were several email
houses near, but no one took the corpse in, and
the next day it was still there lying in a coffin by
the road side. This took place a few miles west
of Greenaburgh ; but we could not learn the
uame of the poor stranger.
Charcoal for Swine.—lt is not perhaps generally
known that one of the beat articles that can be
given to swine while in preperation for the tub
is common charcoal. Nutritive properties are so
great that they have subsisted on it without food
for weeks together. Geese confined so as to de•
prive them of !notion and fattened on three grains
of corn per day, and as much coal as they can
devour, have become fat in eight days. The bog
eats voraciously after a little time, and is never
sick while he has a good supply. It should al
ways be kept in the sty and be fed to the inmate
ill:Wail). like all oilier food.
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