. ,
4
holdipepo persOnS '-<aciw, A gentleman,
whotia.nanie yiro4hd not jeßtn, attempted to
swire witliAis'obildrupon his back,
a nd dupportiei his Wife hy a handkerchief
to which ; she was torn away, but
manilged.io'lclitig to a rope, while he pro
ceeded:llnd axed the child. He then re
,.
tUrheeto his .wife, and they both started
' Just then, a . perion jumped from
the ship, and falling, struck the lady upon
the head.; she was stunned and immediately
4ank, despite her husband's efforts; the latter
floated to sea upon a spar ; he was an Eng
glishman, and a good swimmer,' but was ex
hausied.With his efforts ; he was about to let
go• in . :despair, when a fellow passenger,
hard by, cried out to him to hold, a boat was
coining. Ho did so,' and wa's saved.
A great number of passengers sustained
ernselves_icahtiLwater by clinging to the
cable stretched to shore. This Cable was
suddenly slackened, letting the unfortunate
"....down_into the water.- -Many were-drowned
..by this, including several ladies ;but few
. were saved by clinging to the rope.
Capt. Sampson and Dr. Watch, a passen
-ger_onloarcli_throw_over doors, trunks amid
~other- articles.to the swimmers. Many of
„those in the water were continually crying
' shrieking ' and-Praying, rendering the spec
-male-piteous in the extreme.
..P_The,Captain behaved with presence of
landau(' courage ; he was the last man to
leave the ship ; most of the crew left early.
Those whirfirst reached the shore did all
that lay in 'their power • tcr assist the others ;
thirateward, James Herron, ,among others,
was indefatigable in his exertions.
Ad the swimmers approached-the shore,
pranks'. were out to them, and those
that hadjcgained a little 'strength waded out
Antalre:surf to lend a helping liand to their
!iontradcits ; many, as they came in, fell ex
,hausted,upon'the sand, where they lay mo
licnle4 for 'halt an hoar, completely pros
trated with exertion.. The ladies
displayed the utmost:kindtrassid consider
ation ; they attended itiPonliiitrAfflirers, sup
plied them from thi s i•Seiinty wergebes'they
had saved with aiticles of clothing;wmany
of the poor wretches came utterly.'ngked to
land) and made canvas shoes to
,protest 'their
feet while tranversing the island iii serch of
succor.
They remained on the islanitilfree days'
and two nights during which time they sul
fered much from lack of water several water
casks floated ashore, but the liquid they con
tained was found so impregnated with salt
as to be useless. On Thursday they obtained
n barrel of molasses and ahother of vinegar;
they mixed the two, and it answered the pur
pose.of quenching their thirst. Afterward
they managed to drill a hole into a rock with.
spikes, which furnished a scant supply of
brackish water, which they sucked through
quills. Eight miles inland some more water
was discovered, and several went thither in
search of it. The island is barren and des
titute of all vegetation, except a species of
prickly pear ; several coyotes were seen, but
no other signs of life.
About fifty of the passengers carried one
of the ship's boats, weighing about a ton,
across 'the island on their shoulders, and
launched her in Marguerita bay. They
•
also•carried across a small cannon, procured
from the wreck, and a little powder, which
by chance was brought ashore ; there was
sufficient to fire the piece , twice, whereby
they attached the attention of those on board
the whaleships, , who were lyitig some twelve
miles off. The captains of those vessels im
mediately dispatched boats ashore with pro
visions find water. The shipwreck party
*ere taken ofr in the boats and distributed
among the different vessels, aboard which
,they . reinained fifteen days ; the Meteor was
thin chartered, and all went aboard except
ing some twenty, including several ladies,
who porferred to proceed in another Chip to
the Sandwich Islands.
Many acts of individual courage were per
formed, many that probably will never come
to light. One gentleman, after reaching the
shore uninjured, swam out again to the
wreck and brought off a child ; ho had no
family on board—nothing to tempt him to
return to a danger once passed, except the
noble desireto preserve human life. Anoth
er threw his three children overboard and
followed after them—they were all drowned.
It is supposed.that three or four perished in
the flames or were suffocated by the smoke.
The, ship was burnt to.the waters edge.
It has been stated by several of the passen
gers that an many as 159 persons, exclu
sive et children, were lost. Seventeen child
ren and fifteen females perished..
Gold Brides .- Throu g h the.politeness of Mr. J.
Sswxze, agent of A 117411 & Co.'s Express,
-,•we had on the 10th inst. an opportunity of in
apeeting two samples of the bars of gold recent
ly authorized by act of Congress. Each was in
the 'forth of a brick. The larger one was about
two-thirds thts size of a common brick, and con
tained 220 and 24.100 ounces of the precious
metal, which,weixttt was. stamped upon it. On,
the.opposite aide wee paated a paper label, stat
ing the of the ingot to be $4,501-
p 7. ; .: and that. th*ll,4tiction of a half per cent. for
~)41LPAirA_AlitiOhilktiStampingjeft $4,482 45 as
tive!prieemlOCht.eltourd,be.paid Cur it in gold. coin
atahec *Diller or miniature brick,
ittiOnitiOiret-*oo....liontained 14 ounces and
Wee iporNs2ap.7l ; fltiim which deduct the half
Per Oellfeleavep42lll A:it as the price which will
be pa id , in, etiin
tor it et the 'mint:. WejannY
there is here and llieie a stout individualwhia or
this kind of brick itioisidi:l'ot object for Short
time to cprry "a' brick la' 'hie hat, 4 and iteisier,
etas others, robust and 'feeble, who woulelliger
very i well to have their strong boxes: wailed
on the Inside withthem
April Fosls.—lt is a pravalent - custom among
,
all classes. the.first of April , to E practice de"'
oeit4i of , some kind upon their' associates
in order to make them ridiculous. Many are
yearly in the hahlt of exercising the priviledge
without knowiag, whence the custom is derived It
and for the information, of such•We 'would refer
theM.to thebook of Habakkuk in the Old Testa-
Melf„ti3d ebapter and 99th velve t where they may
•
arl)t Lehigh itiegieter.
Allentown, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, 154Y ' 4, 1863.
CANAL COMMISSIONER.
Moses Pt)wnall)
OF'LANCASTEA COUNTY.
AUDITOR GENERAL.
Alexander K. McClure,
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
SURVEYOR GENERAL.
Christian Myers,
Duty of the Whig Party.
There are - some among,the now dominant
party, who affiot, peliapa feel, a great joy in
the defeat of the Whig party in the late
- election for 'Prenident, 'not. only because they
believe—Or rather hope—that with the election
of the Democratic nominee to the Presidency
the Whig party was killed. And there are
sometocy - who - flatter - themselves - that - they
were Whigs, who are disposed to agree that
the Whig party was then obliterated.
They may not "lay that flattering unction to
their souls." That sterling sheet "The Balti
more Patriot," is right when it says : The Whig
Tarty cannot die whilst consitutional liberty
and the freedom of legislation lasts.—lt belongs
to no man. It is not identified with the suc
cess or failure of any election. It is founded
on principle; atiel while there is a Union to be
preserved, law to uphold, right to maintain and
good in legislation to be done, the Whig party
call it by what name you will, can never die.
It belongs to the people—is of them, and works
for them—and le, therefore, in no sense, depen
dent upon the power and patronage of the gov
ernment to give it life : The maxim that had
its origin in the pristine days of republican gov
ernments—and which "through long reverbera
tions reaches our own"—tells us :lint 'the price
of liberty is eternal vigilance." It was for this
that the Whig party was organized—it was for
this that it has struggled—it is for this that it
must live—standing as a sentinel on the watch
tower, to guard and protect the liberty and rights
of thepeople, and to uphold the responsibilities
of the government.•
They oan have, as a party, no hope or desire
apart from that which looks to the good of'the
- country.—They cannot, then, be actuated by
any spirit,,Cif disappointment in opposing any
.public' office or the administration of the gov
ernment ' They look only to what Is right, and
that 'they support. And so, President Pierce
has nothing to fear (COM ihe 'Whig party if he
knows the right and does it. In so acting he
may well lear—as the experience of his party
predecessors in office admonishes him—that
he will engender • opposition in the ranks of
those who aided in his election—but he has
nothing to fear from the Whig party.
Will he then, do the right? Are our fears
idle, that he will not, when we look over
the remorseless spirit of proscription which
has been evinced by him, and his Cabinet ad
visers, in the removel of good and faithful offt•
cars? Our fears are not idle, and the Whig
party will soon find—has already—cause enough
to continue its organization, and occasion to de
mand of them their best exertions to stop the
wrong and to uphold the right. Let then the
Whigs, every where, keep themselves ready
to do their duty, which the principles on which
their party rests demands of everyone to do who
truly deserves to becalled by that honored name.
Frightful Stage Accident
We learn that on Wednesday last, the Mai
Stage, on the line between Allentown and Phil.
adelphia,loaded with eight inside and five out
side passengers, upset before the door of Mr.
Snyder, in. Line Lexington ; Mr. Lewis Smith of
Allentown, who happened to be one of the
passengers, gives us the particulars as follows :
Upon arriving at Quakertown, a change was
made, and John Wambold a new driver took
the reigns. Before leaving he had threatened
to flog the driving that had just arrived for lose
ing time, as he called it. He started at a very
rapid gate and continued to drive faster until
some of the passengers remonstrated, but he
did not seem to heed it; when 'coming near
Line Lexington, a sloping place, Mr. Smith,
who was seated behind him on the top, again
earnestly cautioned Wambold to drive slower
and more carefully around the corner of the
tavern, he however, did not appear to listen to
kind advice, and in fact, before the words of
caution were fully spoken, the stage with pas
sengers and baggage was precipitated into the
street, the call for assistance and groans of the
wounded was truly frightful. Among the num
ber that were hurt, was a poor old lady named
Abend, residing in Salisburg township this coun.
ty, who had the flesh torn from her arm up to
her elbow, and whioh was hanging down some
four or five inches, when they picked her up, a
Quaker lady received a deep gash, near one of
her eyes, and had two ribs broken ; a Mr. Blocs,
from White Haven, had one of . hie legs frac
tured, and other wise::' injured; a boy .had both
his legs shockingly lacerated. «Those on the
top were but slightly, Injured. We hear com
plaint of much careleso' driving,mn thePhila.
.'delphia road particulaily on the middle . portion,
vvltimst the proprietor& ori,theionte, will make
amenda honorable, Ind' cautiously guard
.against airnular bcoUrmnces.
Bounty Land. Meeting.
Quite a largo meeting of the old aoldiers and
others interested in;extending Me grant of boon •
ty Mod front forty to one hundred and sixty
acres to those who have, reOeited or are4enti-
MA
Bed to fess than the larger amount ender ex-
Jutting laws, weeheld at Phyaielphia oxfThun
day. evening. of resolutions was
adoptadi . oornplaining of the present Astern,.
and compliatentary to the ,Bon: B. Sutherland
and John•NlTilson, esq,, for. their eervieeeind
recommendations isr bohaff of • the "
OF CLAIUON COUNTY
dourt Proceedings.
The Court commenced its session on Monday
morning at to o'clock, the Hon. Washington Mc-
Cartney, President Judge, and his Associates,
Peter Haas and Jacob Dillinger, In - their seats.
The Grand Jury being Called, and those present
retired to their room, elected ./. L. Rude, as their
foreman, and reported themselves ready for,bets
iness. After the Court charged the Grand 'dry
in a clear, and forcible manner as to theirduties,
the dictrict Attorney presented a number oiler.
dtctments upon which respectively "True Bills"
were found. After the transaction of some mis
cellaneous matter, the Jury was discharged on
Tuesday at 11 o'clock. Proceedings next week.
Business Notices.
• New Paper Ranging Establishment. —At this
time of the year, when Housekeepers, feel in
the notion of fixing up and making new im
provements for their comfort, it will not be amiss
to direct their attention to the now establish
ment of MOSEIrd.. LONOSTRETH AND BROTHER, in
Third street, above Market, whose advertise
ment will be found in another column. Their
assortment is perhaps. one_nf the finest_and
most beautiful to be found in Philadelphia; and
when any of our, friends visit the city, will do
well to give this establishment a-call berme they
make:their purchases elsewhere.
House and Lol for Sale.—Particular attention
is directed to the sale of a very handsome House
and Lot of Ground, the property of Mr.,Puriar.
KLAY. The situation is a very pleasant one,
the House being new, and we think we under
stood Philip to say, that he would sell right, as
he has an idea of going west. Persons wish
ing to buy property of this kind;will do well to
examine it. See sale in another column of
to-days paper.
A Ball at the Union Muse. By a notice in
to-days paper, it will be seen that the proprie ,
tor of the "Union House" Mr. HENRY C. ROTN,
will give a German Ball on the Evening of the
16th of. May, (Whitmonday evening.) Gala
pades, Waltzes, Hops, &rt., will make up the
programme on the occasion. Mr. ROTH, who
knows how to do up things right, has engaged
a full band of German Musicians, who are able
he thinks to give full satisfaction. HENRY will
also be fully provided with othei. good 'things
necessary on such occasions.
Improving Stock.—lye learn that Mr. Reuben
Glick lj• Co. have lately purchased a full blooded
Devonshire Bull, for the pdrpose of improving
the stock of cattle in this county. He is bred'
from Gen. Patterson's celebrated imported Day
-
on shire Burl, and in point of beauty
be excelled. We trust the friends Of OW stckdk.
will this fact in mind. He is to be seen on the
.
farm of Mr. Glick, in South Whitehall township.'
Fritz, Guth ¢ Co.—We refer our readers to the
Card of these gentlemen in to-days Register; in
which they say "th e y were so much engaged in
selling goods this spring that shay forgot to adver•
tise ;" all a mistake gentlemen, it was the stand^
ing advertisement in the "Register" that filled
your store with customer. Be this as it may,
Prelz, Guth 4. Co. know how to do business, there
is the Old Boss attends to the outdoor affairs;
William, has charge of the books and the finan
cial department ; Henry takes care of the sedate;
Charles, has charge of the boating business;
Hiram and Franklin, attend to the Ladies depart
mem, and two capital fellows they are to sell
goods ; there is Jacob and Philip, who attend to the
younger portton of female customers ; little Phil
ip, has charge of the rising generation ; and there
is Old Honnes, who goes ahead of "the rest of
mankind" for tapping "lasses" and catching
mackerel & scale-fish ; on the whole a more oblig
ing set of clerks can not be found in any country
store; and, we can assure our readers that none
will, go away dissatisfied.
Legislative Dinner•
The Philadelphia Argus, a leading Demo.
cratic proper, published in that city says: "We
are amazed at rumors front Harrisburg
the coat for the Legislative dinner and cham
pagne at that place on the 16th. It is reported
says the York Gazette, that the public treasury
must bleed to the amount of six to eight thou
sand dollars for the frolic! This is montrous?
About thirty dollars a head for each member of
of the Legislatures ef.Penntsylvania and Mary
land ! Reader! have you paid your State Tax 7
Hurry up! The money :is wanted."
Does our neighbor remember that this was a
' movement of Gov. Bigler's and that it was ear
-1
nod out by a Democratic ! Legislature!' We
never heard a reason assigned for • getting up
this blow-out—but presume it to have been in'
tended for the good of the party.
New Method of Roofing.
The Lancaster Tribune, speaking pf /Warren's
improved fire and water proof domposition
roofing," being introduced in that Ci ty says :
It consists of board sheathing laid on the rafters,
as if prepared for a tin roof. The boards are
covered with coarse paper, in regular layers
and then coated with a preparation of tar or
pitch, which is well covered with gravel. This
completes the roof, which is said to be perfect•
ly water and fire proof. To make a roof of this
kind, the inclination of the rafters should not
be more then about one inch to the foot. The
cost of the Formdry roof is foi cents per square
foot.
Business at the U. S. Mint.
It seems to us very absurd that the National
Mint should be located in' Philadelphia, while,
nearly all the precions•metals to be coined are
owned in New York. It is'new less than 'a
month since the the law reduoing the standard
of silver coins, pawed;ponkress, and yet some
two and a half Millions, in sliver, or, ovt . aix
tons of that have been ion! him:l-New.
York to' fibilarlelPhitcto This
snore; than four timmt as mach as•has been,de.,.
Posited in the, Min; from all other plaoes iu the.
United. States. When WiCiodai prejudices
cease to influence jusfleitielation p The'Mint
rif the United ought ¶b beitamted•in New
Yorkihe sooner theilietttr:lNVe thinfenot:.
CalifbrniaGold Mine
Is highly, encouraging, so far as`mining op
erations aro concerned. The yield of the veins
of quartz has been so remarkable late, as to
call in some measure the wonders of the early
days of the State. As a natural copsequence .
of success in‘digging, new enterprises on a gi-,-
gantic scale are projected—among others the
tunneling of the mountains and a diversion
of the gfreamot the Stanislaus into new chan
nets, with a view to the prosecution of investi
gations the present bed of that river. The
occurrence of new floods in the vicinity of Ma
rysville has served to retard business; operations
in the interior; but the waters'are subsiding,
and no great damage was to be anticipated.—
We learn from San Francisco that a temporary
stagnation in mercantile circles had beeh occa
sioued by an annual iuflux of merchandise
from abroad. The suspension, however, was
probably transient, and with , the news of the
next packet;- we may expect to hear of renew
ed activity and enlarged series. of operations
among the busy population of our promising
new State.
Post Master.
Some Postmasters and newspaper subscribers
are under the impression that the law authori
zing newspapers to circulate, free of postage
in the county where they are published, was
repealed, by the late session of Congress.—
This Is ainistake. Congress passed an amend
ment to the Post Route bill, allowing Postmas
lers whose compensalion does not exceed $5OO
a quarter, one cent for every "free" letter de
livered froth their respective officers each news
paper not chargeable with postage. The'se
amounts are not to be oolleoted from the pub
lic but are to be allowed by the Government to
the postmasters in the settlemeet of their ac
counts. Between subscribers and Postmasters
the law remains the same as before. It is on
ly between the Postmasters and Government,
that a change has been made.
A Good Beginning.
Virginia deserves to be commended for pro
viding an annual fund of $42,000, to be devoted
to the cause of colonization. This is as it
should be, and , we hope is only a beginning of
_what is to come. We hope that sum will soon
be increased to a hundred thousand. annually.
We wish that every Southern Siete would fol
low the example; and that the general, govern-
Meat would appropriate a couple of millions
annually for the same purpose. We also wish to
soon see every free State appropriate a liberal
sum t0,047,1411ee persons of color vihoT,are
disposedAri i fej.tziymt, giving : each . a:euffi-
ci int ikkriftlit!pffivjd,e4frfeitni#oate;necessities ,
when 'll4l.44 , tuftcocilin l .4,loogfg iiasitjoo ,to
earn a li s velihoodf:' Wellajni 4 tEie public IPri3ks
every,wheici will. lay the - subject and its merits
before the people. That the eause-the only
cause that can restore the black race to a posi
tion of true liberty and equality—may become
magnifieently:sustained and hilly effectual, de
pends upon the united efforts dell who wish
to see justice done an .oppressett race. Keep
the ball moving. ,
Chinese in California.
A letter from California to the Whig, State
Journal, of March, 15, contains the following:
"In many parts of the mines;the war , of ex
termination is being waged against the Chinese
The miners contend that their- work is equiva
lent to slave labrip and that they do the coun•
try more harm. thttn good, because they let
none of their gold pass into the bands of any
but their own countrymen. 'ln Chine they hire
themselves fora sum equivalent to four dollars
per month, to men 'who bring their" here.—
Their passage coat $25 per head, and as their
chiel food is tea and rice—which they import
from their own country—the consequence is
they can work in diggings" which would not
pay other people at present. -
"The Chinese New Year commences on the
12th of our February. They celebrate it . .by
fire works. About six times a yeir they carry
ride and tea; cooked to the gravesof their'corm.
trymen. Their erth, in
_swearing in a court
is burning a piece of red or , yellow paper. A.
great many. keep resteurants,,and when they
first arrived here, they offered , "rat pies" for
saleibet.upon. finding that the Americans did .
not eat them, they changed their sobriquet to
"squirrel pies;' under this name they went off
like "hot Oakes.n Other restaurant. keepers
upon seeing thdt squirrel pies-were so remun•
erative, endeavored to get Squirrels; but found
there were . none in the country: :At'liree the
truth was forind out, and it is to airy; that "squir
rel pies" were at a diaconal ever after. yVben
a Chinaman-commits any. heinous crime, his
countrymen punish him by boating and some
times bilintliog of his
. quene. ..The latter is
the. most disgraceful infilictirih, their esti.
Motion: r.
RitUroad Competition.
The New York Herald 13411—" From this
time ofilthere Will be greater competition for
Western traffic and travel than has heretofore
been knOwn, and we look,fosiloh rednoti ons
• noti
in charges as will prova Ninon!' to nearly all
oonierned.:,, Adu4,year. we had but• two lines
railroad conneoting the,*tlantio seaboard with
the Weat.rwe hay, ator'fotir. The Parker
Vela ! stearnsfilpk,in connectioti- with, the, Willi
more and. Ohio Ittdinnids , will take an immense
quantity of freight winch has heretofore : titian
taken over: ilia , Erie ffiiiiroad.?'The.cert(iii line
thre"gh'PPlinaYlval!liAlkl tak9,a l oB o m# o *
of freight. - Ttiese. roads, will draW'eripiinoriiy
from,'the Erie road; and !aiaralitqanun'tietv,lß,
the' tumidity returns of that company, the el"
facti on its revenues.
4 4
Cholera. - The Wlldettr(4TV4 etalas
that the choler& leeliging m
I*l r <4od,toien r Anllt,
Mateo, and'ibiVeilalw or afael)piti,
It it: lssee;#o4l,Nee:
eitiiii hid',
held a :peeling and , requested alilittegligea
ceding them, to stop the biliktr* .: `" ;'
The N'atherof the Bar
On Saturday last the Hon. James M. Porter,
completed his fortieth year ass member of the
Rar. He .having first been admitted to prac
tice at Philadelphia on the 29d of April, 1853.
.He celebrated his fortieth anniversary by giving
an entertainment at his mansion, on Saturday
evening, to the members of the Bar, officers
of the Court and a few personal friends. The
evening was' very pleasantly spent and we
have.no doubt but that all heartily concurred
in a sentiment offered by one of the company,
"that the next oldest member's anniversary
might soon arrive."
Sim:m.ll4r. Porter's admission to the Bar, he
has filled many public stations of importance
and trust. He having discharged the duties of
Secretary of War under President . Tyler, a
President Judge, a member of the Convention
to revise the Constitution, a member of the
Legislature, attfifierent times, and other respon
sible positions. -- He is the senior member of
the Bar at this Court, and is unquestionably
one of the best black letter lawyers in thetni
ted Statei. May he live to see many returns
of his admission anniversary and may many
years yet pass away ere the judiciary of our
country shall loose the services of so ripe a ju
riet.—Easton Sentinel.
Terrible Railroad Accident
Cam Aim, April 28.—The express train which
left here at 9 o'clock last night, on the Michigan
Southern Railroad, came in collision at the cros
sing of the Central 'timid with the emigrant up
train, and the most disastrous consequences en
sued. The locomotive and baggage car of the
express train, were smashed, and it is thought
from twelve to fifteen persons, were killed, and
fifty to sixty injured, some of them fatally. The
emigrants on the Central Road are the principal
sufferers, no person in the first class cars being
seriously injured. The engineer, fireman, and
conductor of the express train escaped. The
tracks 'cross each other at nearly right angles.
Adrian, Mich., April 28.—A gentleman just ar
rived from the scene of last nights disaster, re.
ports That there were twenty dead bodies when
he left, and the injured were dying almost every
minute. Conductor Whiting, of the express
train, was seriously hurt. The cause of the col
lisinn is beyond conjecture. The night was
bright, tho moon being near the full. The tracks
ran for a long distance on a straight line.
The Vice Presidenoy
The Vice'Prasidency has been.seinant 'before
this time, on the following occasions, viz;
Twice by the death, of the Vice. Presidents,
viz :--Optrge 1842;'.his term ex^
Plying :March 3, 1813.. Eldridge Gerry, Novem"
ber, 181.4; his term expiring
Ouse by the resignation ofJofitii. , Calhoun, De.
camber 28 1832, his term expiring'lltaith - 3,1833.
Twice by the death'of Presidents , Harrison and
Taylor, and the consequent accession of *Vise
Presidents Tyler and Fillmore to the Presidency
—the former in April, 1841; the later in July,
1850—leaving the Vice President vacant for the
remainder of their repectfre terms, end the Pres
ident of the Senate with the right of •succession
to the. Presidency. ' The powers and duties of
the Vice President and the Preaideni of the Sen.
ate protem, are precisely the same, except , that
din latter;:otes as a Senator and has the
'vote. • •
A Bit of Romance.—A Cirictinnati gentleman in
affluent circumstances finding himself in need of
a wife, and indisposed to submit to the usual te
dious formalities of courtship, paid a visit to his
sister at Brownsville,,About a week ago. Reveal
ling his deteyminatien to marry her, as one in
whom he could Confide, she set herself to work
to:help him• to accomplish. his purpose. Con.
ningjaver her lady acquaintance,. for a moment,
in her mind, she soon.settled.,upon one whom
she considered suitable. She immediately called
on her, invited her home with her, which Latina-
tion was accepted; and after introducing her to
'her blether, left them to theiuselyes: The mer
chant abruptly declared hitt:lrisli k. and popped
the question as calmly stalPprehintinit
a bill -to.a Customer: Aft 4 a littlaistlOotisbii, the
mind trembling as a surprised fatii,iccepted hii
proppsal•l* reluctant-" Yes," and .that, same
evening ; the thirdiati, knot was tied and they
"twala.beCaMe one" to' in tentii. and' p urposes.
They arrived the eiti'en the "Winchester!" and
left last nightuatlietivan" for Porkopol is. That
was . ahargld Icon struck.— Wheeling Times.
Red Anta.—How to be rid of the little rascals
who run out upon china,and climb the lumps of
white sugar when company is in to tea, jest as
if they were invited—this is the question with
many a householder. A correspondent. of the
9ultivator—A piece of hickory bark was laid up*
en thhhelf in the pantry where they' seemed to
be thickest, and it attached them—indeed, it seem.
more of a•favorite to them ,than anything they
could get. The piece we had; about four inches
wide andtwo feet long, was red . with them In an
hour or two, when with a sudden jar they were
shaken into the fire, and the bark set as .a trap
for them again. In our case thiswas an' entire
exterminator,
Franklin's Will,—The $l,OOO left by Di. Fritili.
lin to the City of Boaton, to be let at an interest
to youog unmarried artisans biomes not exceed.
ing $6O sterling, now amounts to $15,280,56;w.p.
'Franklin estimated that it would reach $561,640
in one hundred years, but owing to lossesioelll
probably reach about 440,000 One provision
of the will was that whiti the iO4d should amcipi!
to $561640 half a millioD dollars shoujd 114 op:.
Pr9Priilted , to some plll:lie;*!.*pr!filklohl 8 . , Ot.
be judged to lie of tbc.sollsl l ooll l tX:*Pr i
inhabill;!#*9f.Posoi . 4.n?)...sp o . l*oi n o. ! l lo7
iy,# l oo :ifire k i; aN50309410041.14 th.t.,.oe ,
.111340446-Peg.tin44li4 ' 4. 1 0 1 **0 1 1.4 1 : 114 01k
.1,110 )/40411, t 7., ' ` ii4n4Y , oo l l.."loog
Banks c)tanillenil'''',;:• 4t itt44. , .;!m , ..i'.** - A"
- . - ...v.: 4,
-i.04.0.0 0, 01 i'SAKIWO°P.A.trOI#O.
4
1#”0444iN 3 / 4 14 yi s 9p, j,019,..- -.
fri"4:w.op'4ts ! ;+.94iii,c )re - - . : , T.1i: *it
t
t#94#9:40‘..10:490460.f' 744.:)1( 3.1101 , 14!
AviOint fo l tiiOifei:i t jvii,4; *OA tk,lkiich
fris.itiliciiilkii 4 igyptegisiifit* iiiiol6ol l o l /.0
. $4164 '4iet 4909 , 10 4 460 1 40 inks away.
Meroantile Smartness.
The general idea of increasing prosperity in
our large cities induces greater expense in the
style of living,
a whiet .;
!;Involves disaster. A fail
ure of this nacre t ook place recently in New
York, being that of a firm in the dry gopds job.
bing trade, whose aerate! had been a year since
$12,000, and whose liabilities were $898,000.
The personal expenses of the two members of the
firm are given at $87,000 for eleven months, or
three times the whole capital in the basiness.--z
These persons.were known as “Very smart young
men" to the trade, and were favored by. the ofdet
houses, from their supposed abilities to sell d
large quantity of goods. This kind of I•smart
ness" is generally all on the surface, and is pre.
valent (says a letter from New York) to some
extent in the dry goods trade,more than in others..
It is employed. in ..drUmming" customers ; and
when young men, by flippanty, impudence and
recklessness, impose upon busineas men so far
as to require a reputation for_Heinartness" they
are esployed at high - rates as ~ d rummers" as
clerks at high salaries, proportional to the bust.
ness they are supposed to influence in favour of
the employers; and if they can raise a small °Bpi.
tal to go into business, they receive large credits
from persons confident in their smartness," on
terms which usually causes the creditor to smart.
This feature of business was formerly the cause
of much speculation by forcing off goods on
cheap credits. The older and more judicious
films have become cautions in the employments
of such means.
Rattlesnake Bite Cured.—The Southern Medi
cal Journal contains the description of a case by
Dr. T. A. Atchinson, in which a girl seventeen
years of age, bitten on the left in step by a rattle
snake, was cured by bathing in hot salt bath,
and whiskey and carbonate of ammonia admin
istered to her, until she had taken three pints of
the former and eighty grains of the latter. It was
two hours and a half after the bite that the Dr.
A. visited his patient, when he found her sight.
less, her face swollen, and her mind wandering.
The liquor caused no intoxication, and the cure
was complete.
A Round Salary.—The N. Y. Mirror states:that
V.K. Garrison, psq., has been. appointed agent
of the Nicaragua Transit company, at a salary.
of *60,000 a year; in addition. to which foni In
enrance 'Companies have agreed to pay Iiik'010"
000 eack a year—making s4o,ooo:jotftkimonitt
of salary per lotion?,. Poe iltelierree(.,',TAeo?land
Dollars! ThiS.:gcntlernatti takes nnt,letiers of
credit to draw cor one million 1 41ne04 on ac*
connt.of goid dust, and has , cincionrthpierest
in the ~
profits.
Laudwium Pundt.—We haVe never drankauY
laudanum punch ourselves, but ; judging: fr om
the laudations.of Parson Scoville editor of ”The,
tve"shotild infer it to be a - viiy . delectable
sort of beverige: -the same dlskinguished au
thority informs ns that not. nly laudanum punch !
.es, but sangarees of cantharides may be °Wei:tell
at the various fashionable ice, creameries in
Brooadwdy, where young men and woman go, to
get their srog.—B. Jonathan.
Prellgr iwort Wt,go.—The pc - oder and In En.
quirer. of New - toili; 'jives the names of eight
13;Pc..siitikers who:work on that ,paitell:and
who during one week, tiarned:.from.tivenly tip
to twenty nine dollars ai,tlic 'priee 'of
`25 c ents.
per 1000.ems;,..,The.CiUrier says, there arc be
sides, eight others who have earned over $l7 a
under,l4o,.daricgOl m
Or, Sae: period; Save
the.new handsWho' have 'workitt but
four 'daps; liave eirn'ed Much assq
pet day'. . . This looks Well on ' , pap ,
many hours , did these,compoliqj
so much • Mirri4l' Thit'a'the
ee or
rod SIYSO
,;, inal 401,
,work_ to: earn
',.::,..- "'•
Florida.—The 'white' pc)Oclitioir'oii'lifitlei is:"
less than 80,006, ,smal , le: .than atm44 4 ; r
, c ;f... t h e :.
thirtrone Sates of 'thy? Union ;,,fetetti,Au gu i s ili, e ,
is the•oldest town 10 ,thi,lifiiited'ettdei, haring':
been founded in I iltuCancl the ..city'! of:Kai:Weir
is the most pepulOnti :idly in the Stale, and is ti n i
Southernmoit-stallement in the finiteci.-in!ne'.?", - ,..
Coat of Publiehirstr i a Neaniiiaptiriir-40failii0 :,
out:of the l iittiliness'hav9 attilaitiV.WihrioVie tit%
06110104ra daily newsPeki:loo'o4ll`ol4,:
And most insignificant -46 . 11 Y Alitit' , llMidrels o f •
(loiter per w eek, ;while :iha 'exientfeiVtitriliche n e
the large Apess - is anOiirloli)l. ;:.• • '''',':''''''''',::',:‘,' ,;:..:
The editor of tt l i iicsl'or)e,7loo4'o:#oll'
followipg sails expistiamkkor theyrl weeft,wAteh
Is about the 'average 'Oest',Per:weelW;*riittitig
that journal :4raperil247oAtyprettinifittp
05, otherexpeeeeel42p, .R.Ptil . (iitop: . ": , - :: i # , .
Itw,Alf; be ll'e 1 i . 94 4ielC l : l st 44l *l th n eWli p a " .
petit tCtts:ittl
•r ',,,4l,#)o9l t eitle*:o3l:l•:4i; we are
i t
lure, lithey de here klll:ins f a:ol7.7.fi3; : #l::Mft. - ,
the small pri c e chariot fai i adver r tleittk ..: . :
Important to I Imastos. l =The Stiretrll,gouri '_
er of the 10th,4stant says t . ,:: z' .- -.-;. '-; .."iya• - •:'
' , A case was t led buoug Vie r4eit ' llOakin'O,f, , .
th e United State ciiiiiitaiiiiit:in•thisulty3iblub.„
ought to Vegelie 'illy itridirelooditiothiet e ee.•
pie and, thi's4lh3 rs'•whi.:, l ll4 4 :ebejrlie:ol!be ye"
rious peat.eicifee threughoui l .thei notietrY;,''he'
PastaOjr4titl,a Jee4,4 ll ols Si4eeitstounty,, 'sae.
arriifgeekhatt.tt eel,;llllt.dollers:lbedeteylog en
letter itittite .t o4l.-.. , 1 <:::,',: ~'..: ,',,:'- ''".„.
""The, fait make it the hoiaralle, , i, dill i?1: 4 04#:!:
o.o, o iiii i i) to. ,ik,
,ard allinitifloattir depqsj,tit;;
ot?ttiliheetr be 4 re the departure 0! the t 001044,.
tees'elliiiiee l it ,'. liiiiiniltlbt(ggiihigOkiheroetn'l
.tilisier General . *00014,111 of Illtailtillit tit:tke •
~. ,-, , '...,..-'1•Y.,,,
:otthte,." '',' '•-:.' `..':•,:*:.".•.t.
',..
Great if ii4c4f; ba*,;•=alier Liiik . mtibitelll7
gaaaeFVA . ' t .4u ', $ - '-• ."" I "'
1
,I° Vi ni lt i P4t 4 R . •1. , V,. ) AY , 4 ` hS . 4 or f".,
eilitk l , kiiiNie It - Ft ', , 111, Pittilitlefea,. .
it
rfiirlif" 1 4 : 4 . 1 ; 'iictiegin iii - #0 0 °; . Tl') .
i
41
'IV i 't* - :' 0 4 4,40Nere viiraiiitairdiy
5) ..t- c' 4 9 ' i' " ''' Olt'
Ittlx
___e_lt bY, r:/titiligi , PA' / ,1.f 1 .7,N. 7
i I I 1 *.4*li‘P *iifikei-':Ty44(44glk. gtllt .
1 414 • Vi -4 " Ole 0i1y,0 5 14 0,9, .4 4 . 1 ,E9ate 144 - -
L 44 1 ' ' 44 t; 416*!ttlk4C41A,Ire404°N0* ,
4 tilt 0 tat
c ! , : ‘
_ ,(4,1 ':;*:iittda.- 0 4 ' l !'t*,i,; 64 ; ll6' ; , ,t kti o do ,. , * '
..;:.: / .1 - 4ekiiala ' • ''
44 'P4r3 1 1i!t -ikt*p..! , .irikig.,
iiiiosi.iti*';l.24io itift;ol:,PAtoy yel#sasu-',
itioto T 4o4lniti* alloadettliOilt,titii )11j . heAbta
Iviti . :loi.o9. l, lh ;ci(it:lntitiq4#ll_llol3tle" .
4 114 0'01..tl!,1 11 13 40; t'. 0,f1X 1 :*, — ‘1 1 !: 114 " .
r ich .of iallaY a, ' 11,1!'::' , .; , .°,p- '.
ISM