tie ILAi43I) Itcgig4r. Allentown, Pa; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16. ISAL CANAL 60MMI8SIONER. Moses Pournall, LANCAIiTrat COUNTY AUDITOR GENERAL. Alexander K. McClure, OF FNANKLIN COUNTY SURVEYOR OENERAL. Christian .ICI yers, OF CLARION COUNTY tohigh Valley Railroad, - • The different contractors on the I l ehigh Val ley Railroad are now all under pay and busy at work. It is expected that the grading of the - rxertilea:bei*olthrcriagh.with by the let of April next. , The contracts on the Philadelphia, EaS• ton,anck . Nrater pap road are given out and also about being put into operation, and in little More than a year's time, we will be brought within a few hours ride of New York and Phil adelphia. Should we succeed in getting the react:to Reading, we will enabled to travel t,Norfli; South, East and West by Railroads. 'say IYlEtking- Bonin of "our town and country farmers com menced-Mowing their grass last week, and the hay-making sealed will be at its height through out the county, being. mere than a week earlier than usual. The.growth of - grass every where has been very luxuriant, and should the weath er continue for a week longer' as it has been the-past r an-extraordinary-crop 2 a-hay—w ill-be gathered. . •-, . The grain fields present a very promisinifip• pearance. The ravages of the fly, which at one time was supposed to be very'destructive in tlita and.other counties, proves to have done bhi trifling injury; and although we meet a ham• er here and there ) who • complains of injury to hie wheat from this cause, the crop generally is in a healthrstate, and.promises anitb,undent harvest. The Rye crop,riever lotrettihriftier, so does Oats and corn:' • Agricultural Fair. At a meeting of the ('Northampton ‘COunty Agricultural Association"' it was agreed, that a Fair should be held at the Borough of Easton, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the sth, 6th, and 7th of October next. A committee of fifteen was appointed to make necessary ar rangements. We are pleased to see Old Blether Northampton" take advice of its fair daughter "Lehigh." We congratulate our neighbors for their good spirit and entOrprixe, nothing can further the interest of the•faitthg ••• . . . • • + •• - ••• + • • : • tslcinur Railroad Subsoript!on. . . , The citizens of Reading hayeßzed tiVin the 15th of Jude which is to-day; C` id' eel eb y a vote whether the city authorities 'may have permission to. subscribe 8200,000 to the capi tal stock of the "Lebanon/Valley. Railroad.— The papers of that city state that this subject en . grosses the.publio attention to the exclusion of almost .8%4)1'3r: thing else. • 'brthis vote depends upon a manner the re 'atilt of. the whole onterprize. If it should fail to carry,the project falls, and the connection of the Road from Allentown to Reading falls with it. if it carries the Road beßyeen Allentown and Reading is a fixed fact. Our readers will . therefore see that we are directly interested in the matter. A connection with the great Penn. sylvania Central road,- is what we. want and, a Ought to have. . • Good Advice to Boys. • Boys !,Itead .onniething . useful every day, -ilonietliing , torreflect upon and talk about while -at , yOur work; or on the road to the school. Be inquisitive, find:out things, don't lot the blood pass from your heart to your fingers' ends thousituda - of times and you know nothing of ita *Hone. Store your minds early with wis •'.doin., ..c.rowd in a little daily. • .11-anietuber Roger Sherman. Ile was one of -,%-titejneblestAntomples.of how'much selfoulti 'lreton onty.dcl to,thaltott great man. his school ;priirilegelware . of . the most ordinary kind. in life he was. apprenticed to a shoe - makerand instead of joining in the vulgar eon- . • venation ao.oemmort to .many of his compan biluthat'would it at his work with an open book beforeliito r and devote every moment to study that his' eyes could be spared from Iho nocuPation in whiCh ho was engaged. ie saving of you: little allowances, and hily -hdoka: Lives of good ,and groat men—men, such as Washington and Howard, and a host f others, whose virtues have rendered their natnetc:immortal. Cultivate Oast() for reading. • 'rile-field of. interest and instruction - 10411kb it will:lead you is boundless. • • • What Railroads Do • The' Itestding Railroad Company expended . ..p)uiingtbo:month of 41;ay in that eity,•423,000 tio.ii ! tr fAv ork, . moody engines..and ears, and otiof.**1;01? p :"Tor. wages of workmen residing ilPfliqtlingoiritployed in the Shops and upon the road ' The total . mptithly, payrnpnts of the tiorniianyial}kbatlf tation,aly,a.the thFclie, have average4-0111fin he last ,yoar i libout e 60,000 PORI , thpinE,* nt Xponditus, a•portkon- , of • hodeltii Wafinto..the pita:al:of ,evety business ;roan, Soma idea.critty by tOrrnnchof:lbe.,aubstan., tial benefit derived by Akre ettpOLifearl tog from the location there of %lit. - principal :Workshops of .the:A:Ralfreati, , Compsukti.; We, have those figurer tram .an ottiC.er - of ,the road, and give, them aslaots itihwhiehlopr;'veaders.are"notifig, all interested. - .." Peni4/frinia ..fournof.—The Julie Nti: of the Journal hes been received. This publi sation is rapidly melting. favor. among the farmers of our State, and justly so, for from its pages much information is to be gleaned that will vastly benefit this clues of our citizens. Yes—So We Go. The banks of Philadelphia, : havo givenno• lice that the "stoCkholders are not subject to the levy of county, poor or corporation tax, on the, stooks held by them." 01 course not ! A men who gets ten per cent for his money, can't al. ford to pay the same tax as ho who gels but five per cent,—it would be great imposition upon the capitalists! Then, it most be remem bered, too,.that tho owners of houses and lots, are the boys to stand the brunt of. taxation.— Clever fellows they are, for sending men to the legislature, year, after year, to make laws them selves. Good souls as the land holders are, they don't need it all, if they can only make three per cent out -of their farms and houses, if they must pay all the taxes for school and coun ty purposes? It would be too bad for thorn to ask the owners of the stock which yields treble the per cent to the %elders, pay oven a like amount of tax , upon the hundred asthemselves! - All rightz-Lmake - the tax- low, and as- unequal as possible. A few more provisions like that under which the above exemption is based, will work out a . 'speedy . cure. An evil must reach a certain degree of intensity, before we can expect a-reaction. We doubt whether the law exempting bank stocks, as__lttforesaid,__wilL stand the test of judicial investigation. Hartford Convention. The little town of Hartford, Connecticut, is becoming notable for the conventions held there at different limes.• In 1815, the convention of AntiWar.men, so prominent in our political his. tory, met there, and passed resolutions against the Union, and in favor of its dissolution.— Last week an Anti Bible Convention was in she, 'aim) 'there 'for three days. Andrew Jackson Davis, (the Great liarrnonian.) WmAleyd Garrison and Mr. Theodore Parker are the on-, l' names mentioned by the Hartford papers in connection with this Convention. The Bible, it is said, halbeen attacked by the Convention, chiefly on the ground that itis not harmonious iii itself-;—that -- it: supports slavery, polygamy and other sins.' These reformers have got rid of the Church and the State,. the Sabbath and the peculiar ordinances of religion, and there is nothing now left for them to fight and throw away but the Bible. - An Example for Whigs to Follow The Locofueo State Central Committee at a meeting held in this city, decided on their =- dos operandi for the ensuing fall campaign; and from what we leant of the programme agreed upon, it is manifest that they have determined upon making thei? organization very thorough and complete. A State Committee of Corres pondence was resulved upon, intended,to eat britee in its confidential and important opera., tions every county in the State. During : the month of August, the members of the comniit, it the different counties officially. Lst the ‘Vhigs profit by this bold example of their op ponents. It cannot be denied that the Whig party in this State have suffered defeat often er from imperfect organization than any other 'cause; it is a question for consideration of our new State Central Committee how the very best Whig organization can be effected.—Phil. News. Marrying Nieces The whole community have been surprised by a report from Dr. Cox in the Guttural sennbly, countenancing marriages between per sons so nearly related that, in most of the State the civil law +would punish it as an offence against morality. That report allows a man to marry his sister's daughter. It has not yet been adopted by the Assembly, and we hope never will be. It should not, however lie upon the table. It ought to he negatived by a unani mous vote, and it cannot fail to bring odium upon any who neglects to make an effort for its rejection. The 1, conservative" people who have petted Dr. Cox should take him in hand. Stand frond Undor. Collector Brown has published a circular ad- . dressed to the employees in the Custom House, in which he says: "It is expected that all who aro employed• in collection of the revenue will perform their duty promptly cheerful) , and faith fully, and will entirely abstain from the use of in• toxicating liqours while in the public strvices."— .Can any body tell Whether or not "Schiedam Schnapps" or Lager Beer comes onderthis pro hibition, and is it lawful under this edict for a tavern keeper to be a Custom House office' ? Knithcrbocken—The Juno No. closes the for ty.first volume of this excellent magazine.—lt contains nineteen original papers, three literary notices, and nineteen pages of delightful Gos• The forty-second volume will commence with the July No.—to be printed upon now typo in all its deptirtinents, with an addition of sixteen pages to the Editor's Table. This will make the now volume batter than any pf its predecessors. Terms 5-3 per annum, or two copies for $5. S. Hueston, 138, Nassau st. N. Y. Publisher. Subscribers received at this office. The Harrisburg-Pod o,ffice,—The-lerce war of . the roSes'between the houses of York and Lan caster, has been settled - in - a summary way by the administration. All the old applicants .for the Harrisburg Post Office have been passed over and a new one selected, Mr. John H. Brani,,- Thus the gentian knot has been cut, anh we pre. mime our friends McKinley, Parke, Barrett, and tho rest, will be stiatfled that like Kilkenny cats, they have destroyed each other. 'The successful do , tt..e not know, but we congratulate hltittikftis,gpoi fortnne.' • . . litdiina furlhc-World's Poir.,--The St. Lou is • *jcpublicait . .an abut:ices the arrival at that city of •Utglitliadiand; al!,llhlefs and Braves, from St. Joseiihs, iMend 'to :visit , tho Ntroild's . Fair. 'atNew York - •.! ' • , Railroad Iron in the • 1444.--The Zanesville (Ohio) Courier states that the necessary arrange. : ments have been made for the erection 04 roll' ing mill in that place for the manufacture of railroad iron. Nevi Religious Seot, A lew days-since,' agreeably Mpublic notice a general conference met at Kennett : Square, Chester - county, for the purpose ot,organizing, a new religiouS sect, to be eiyied MO /"Penn— .eylirania Yearly Meeting of Progressiv.e friends. The conference, we learn, was largely attended and continued four days. The complexion of the crowd and the objects they have-in viovi can be seen, however, by the following pro• oeedings, which we copy from an exchange paper: The Convention called to meet at Old Kennett, Chester county, opened their .meeting on Sun. day morning, the 22d ult. The call signed by upwards of sixty of the most influential and intelligent among the Sticiety of Friends and and others, was responded to in a manner, that showed an earnestness of the conviction, that the limo had arrived when men and we , men, feeling their responsibilities to the great duties involved in the presentiagainst - priestly authority and tyranny of organization, calling themselves churches, the building was crowded to'overflowiug, and it was a pleasant sight to behold among that reforming asseinblage, not merely the young and sanguine, but the old and experienced, giving assurance that the re sult of their deliberations would have the ben. efit of grayheaded wisdom, as well as youth ful energy and hope. An old man offered a prayer to the universal Father of all, and the meeting organized by selecting Joseph P. Dug dale and Sidney Pierce as clerks, pro-tem. The objects of the call were than stated to be the for mation of an organization, whose object should be the illustration of their faith in God, by good works to their brethern, putting aside all creeds of technical theology, and taking hold of the great question of the age, which are in volved in moral responsibility, so to act that true religion may he shown forth to the world as a thing of practical benefit to the oppressed and down trodden of the world. Communications expressing sympathy and hope were read from Theo. Parker, Lloyd Gar. fiboll, Cassius M. Clay, the Progressive friends in Ohio, New York, &e., with numerous others equally interesting and valuable. Many excellent addresses were made by Oii. ver Johnson, Lucretia Mott, Joseph Dugdale, Cyrus Burleigh, Ernestine Ruse and .others. The :Cenvention continued fuur days, and resulted in forming an organization, calling themselves the "Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends," adopting no, religious l creed for membership, knowing no distinctiOr., l , of sect, sex, color, requiring only a life of prao - i tical goodness, offering the hand of fellowship ) to all who labor for the removal of the evils of slavery;_ runt, tobacco,, war, capital punishment and the advocacy of the rights of this body of of earnest and true minds sown in the earth that it may spring up and flourish towards [leaven Arraignment of a Girl for the Murder of her Lover,Agnes Anderson, theloung.woman now in confinement charged with the murder of Mr. Taylor, was brought up for arraignment this morning, in the Filth district court. The court room was crowded on the occasion. Agnes had on a black silk dress, a bonnet, and a green veil, and looked fatigued and care worn. When call ed to the bar, she advanced from her seat with a steady step, but when the clerk commenced read. ing the indictment and the finding of the grand jury, her assumed fortituty gave way, and before the document was read she became terribly agi tated. When the clerk had finished reading the indictment, he put the usual question, "Are you guilty or not guilty?" to which she teplied;olam guilty in self defence, and I wish I' was hung and., be done with it. I'll die for him ; I love him ; I wish I was hung for it; I don't want. to live In chains." Her language here beenuielneohereah. and in the midst of the excitement Of the scene o the Judge very properly ordered the officer to re move her from the court room..—Georgia Sentinel. Lancaster Enterprise.—T4 Lancaster Loco. motive Engine Company have purchased the lot known as Duchman's meadow, for the purpose of erecting thereon buildings suited,to their put. poSes. The lot contains six acres.' The manu factory will be of brick; its dimensions 671 by 50. Five or six hundred men have room to work in it. • The papers anticipates a large addition to the . population of Lancaster city, within the period that will, elapse before the taking of the next census. Twenty thousand souls, it thinks, will be found there in 1660. The College and the Engine Manufactory are expected to aid materi• ally in swelling the number. The Gardiner Ca4e, at Washington,has at lest been brought to It close, by the jury failing to agree, after being out about two weeks. When they came finally into court, they stood exactly as.they .did when they went out—nine fur ac quittal and three for conviction. They. said there was no prospect . of agreeing if kept out until next Christmas. It is understood that this is the end of the matter, the Government nut be ing disposed to renew the prosecution. So, Gardiner will retain the trifling damages he re neived far the destruction of his silver alines in Mexico, which mines the jury could not . decide whether or not, they ever existed. ' • A Death from Oduroforns.—A lumberman named Fritz, receatittlieil under the following circumstances, asftmorded by the Allegheny Enterprise : "About three weeltis ago he cut his leg with a. broad axe at Sharpsburg, ned the wound, being neglected, or insufliciently eared for, gingroned end when mortification of the limb was far ad vanced he decided to submit to amputation. The surgeon had little or no °epee:Lotion ofsaving.bia life, but acceded to the wishof 'the pMieni,and. decided,o,amPulitis,,(ir.st'admirthitering "chloro. form hvobedianalio the lain O' the sufferer.-:= Tha chloroform Wait 'pdailalstered on - Moiday; • and the operett egoup but Mr. Fritz di e is • thOught,,Moie- ImmedittelY from' the ;, the chloroform. it."Eiitortere' inivast was hold' and a verdict found in accordanciwith the facts as we have stated them." • Arthur Spring and his Son The Evening Bulletin says: On Saturday we furnished our readers with the details of an in terview. we had on Friday with Arthur Spring. Thi - condemned man told us at that time that although his son was his murderer, he would freely forgive him, but that he would not see him. The authorities deeming it proper that an inter view should take place between the boy and his wretched parent, telegraphed to Washingiontfer the former, who promptly responded himself nt the prison. The fail was introduced into the cell of the doomed man in company with Rev. John Street, Rev. Mr. Kenai!, and Mr. Alexander, the moral instructor of the prison. The countenance of young Arthur betokened the mental agony he was suffering. Upon entering the cell he look ed at his wretched parent fora moment and then threw himself upon his breast and sobbed con" vulsively fathei I my dear father I" The criminal was also much moved, he em braced his son _ - fondly,,-and_kissing ham bestowed upon him the most affectionate and endearing terms. BUM the father and son wept copiously. The latter appealed tendetlY to his father to tell the truth concerning the murder, and say that he—the son—was innocent. The boy was most earnest in his appeals, and the determined, will of the condemned man seemed to give way to the promptings of natural affection for his off spring. He groaned, and pressing his son to his breast said, "my darling, I will tell the truth. The son eagerly upon this declaration, and with his voice broken with sobs continued to be. seech the father to save his reputation. aYou know," continued he, had nothing to do with the murder of the woman ; do have pity upon me—do say I am innocent." Those who were present seconded the efforts of the boy to induce thefather to the truth biit Spring answered them obstinately that he knew nothing about the murder. To the boy he made no admissions, nor yet did he plainly re fuse to save his -reputation from the dreadful stigma he had cast - upon It. 'Phe criminal an swered With extreme caution, and assured the son that ho would do what he could for him— that he was willing to die for him. • Reference was made to the money which had been taken from the trunk of Mr. Lynch. Spring said he had never seen it, until the son gave it to him. The latter rernonstratea' with his father for telling such a falsehood. The boy continued to implore his parent to confess the. 'tini47;;'44'.i 3 reserve him from the misery that must be - the lot of the former in after life if this load of imputed crime was forest upon him. After many'affecting apPeals on the part of the son and fervent Protestationsthe de sired effection - from the father, without, liowiver having the desired efftikt oleliciting a confession the persons present deemed it best to retire and leave the unhappy pair together; before leaving the cell the reverend gentlemen knelt in prayer for the wretched criminal and his agoniied son. When the persons who where present were about going, they said—ttArthur, the world has condemned. you as no, longer . fit to live. It has been reported-that you said;th4t itytifiisotdd get hold of your son, you would kill him. now give you an opportunity to' show that you are not the heartless man you are reported to be." Spring embraced his son, and in terms of endearment protested he would not - injure a hair of his head.. The father and son were left alone for an hour when the party returned, both were calm. , The. parent soothing the anxious boy by promising to do all that lay in his power to gratify him:— At the close of the interveiw the condemned man requested the son to cut off a luck of his hair. to carry to his more than orphaned daughters.— This was done by the Our youth, who was al• most blinded by his tears. • It was designed that the meeting which had taken place should be the last on earth between the two, but circumstances brought about anoth er interview in the afternoon. Spring had re, ceived some intimation that his body was to be handed over to the physicians for dissection af- ter his execution. This disposition ofhis remains seems to have caused him much trouble. The son, before going to the prison, made application to the authorities to have the bodygiven into his hands afterall Was over. This request was, granted. It is believed that'during the interview yesterday morning the father told the boy his fears concerning the disposition of the remains and the latter determined not to leave the city without some further assurance that the prom ise made him Would-be fulfilled. Accordingly, after leaving the prison with the Rev. Mr. Street he called upon District Attorney Reed and re• ceived written authority to demand the body af ter the execution. • 1 With this document in hiS poisession, young Arthur again visited the prison in the afternoon, and spenf two or three hours alone with his fath er. It is said that the must kindly and affection ate spirit was exhibited by Spring at the second interview ; and from the fact that the son said, after leaving the cell that he was now satisfied, it is belived that the murderer has promised to confess all. • Young Arthur returned to Washington . last night. It is arranged for him to come back to this city on Friday in time to take charge of the lois• crable parent. It is now bclived that the condemned man will make a full confusion under the gallows; the obstinacy he his displayed hitherto in denying his guilt, was in the vague hope that this story would excite dpubts in the minds, of those who have the power to pardon him from his doom.— Although an uneducated man, Spring is far from stupid or ignoraat;:he;is well aware that in ca ses of .conviction on strictly CircUmstantial'evi denca Meta: are always in the minds of some. persotie,,tufd ifaiictinuing enough to know that, if. he, petsist u s • the 'same story from first to last, theeclingering do.ibm may be so confirm, ed.and , strengthened as to uperate cven.with the anthorities. ' lipon :this. ground he has, we be lieve; based stimaylegree;of a hope of twits or ; pardon. Whin he finds this hope useless, and Sit gallchit probably con. fees all. - As lying elm then no longer avail him; be will,perhaps,telf'the truth for the sake of his son: -He laves inmself anti . his own life beyotidill other shadow of a doubt, some secondary objects of his affections .will receive partial justice at his hands. A letter directed to Spring was received at the prison some time since. It was of •course opened .by the Superintendent. It was written as though it come froin a friend of the •prisoner, in it he was urged to keep up his spirits, with assurance that he should not be hanged; It is probable the letter was written by some individ ual who is anxious to create an excitement about nothing. A number of bouquets hay . e recently hien sent to the prisoner. they have been stopped by the Inspector in consquencc of an intimation that there was adesign to cheat the gallows of its due through their agency. Thi< fear may be groundless, but it is better to exercise prudence in such matters. . For some time past great numbers of visitors have been permitted to see.and converse with the condemned. This practice has now been . discontinued. No perstion whatever, excepting thc prison authorities and the spiritual advisers of the prisoner, will be permitted to visit him. A great desire has been manifested on the part of a great number of persons to he present at the execution, and Sheriff Allen has been fair ly besieged by applicants for admission to the dread scene. The gallows will be erected to - day, —every nail driven in the scaffold will be heard by the criminal in his cell. °The way of the transgressor is hard." Arthur Spring was hung to-day June 10th at 16 minutes past 11 o'cloak. The wretched felon up to last evening, continued to exhibit a hard'!" hood and a recklessness of demeanor that were almost incredible, in view of his awful situation. Yesterday he expressed a fear that he would loie his firmness under the gallows, but still buoyed himself up with the belief that he would —to use his own words—t.tread the scaffoldlike a monarch, and die like an Irishman." On the gallows, he denied to the last moment, the murders of Mrs. ShaW, Mrs. Lynch,- and Mr. Rink, and said his son Arthur had no more to do with the murder of the women than he had. Large Arrival of Emigrants The following table will show the number of emigrant vessels and passengers arrived at this port from Europe within the past threedays, from May.2B to May 30, inclusive:— . No. of Vessel, Name. Where From: Passengers. May 28.—Hannah Kerr Londonderry • 141 James Wright, Liverpbol, • 445 a Figaro, Bremen., 101 a Mary Morris, Glasgow, 200 29th.—Isaan Webb, Liverpool, 120 " Admiral, 7 . : Havre, ' 870 a London, ' London, 440 " Commerce, Liverpool, 619 do 562 P.remier, Newport Wales, •12 .Roger Stewart, • Antwep, 41 a, , ;nein Hamburg, 190 -a CO6MO, • . Bristol, 141. a Leander,: Bremen, 119 4 1 Ebenezer, Norway, 85 30th.—Union; • Liverpool,. 231 Mercury, - Havre 538 ".Liberty, •sn do 272 ~` Caroline, do. -` 584 " J. G. Costar, do " 403 Ages-Leeds, Liverpool, 297 Western Empire, do 807 4 , Equator, • do _ 304 ~ Copernicus, Hamburg, 209 Page., do 202 a Adonis, Greenock, . 277 Hansa . Hamburg, 211 Copernicus Bremen 230 Oceanus. do. . 135 a Sophie do. 130 1, Lawrence Forestal Waterford 89 Total number of passengers Total number of vessels Accy!etit.—A premature 'explosion took place at one of the sections of the Lehigh Valley. Rail Road, last week, below Mauch Chunk. A map by the name of tiolomon Blose, was killed, and several others were more or less inPired. ' Col. Benton on the Federal Appointments for ; Missouri.—Col. Benton, in a late letter to the 0,41 liens .of Springfield, Missouri, speaks strongest term of some of President Pierce's IP.; pointrnents for that State ..'Ths President," he says, "was deceived by false representations to give offices to scamps, whose legs were never seen crossed under a gentleman's table—whu were the scum and dregs of all parties—who were fugitives, from routed fields, or deserters from pledges given to the people, when they ob, tained thene.apilotnttpents." • . , A flog for' Pii.:Worldv , aFair.—The Milwaukie Daily Sentinel says . , a: inenstex hog, weighing eleven hundred , and. nine pounds, waslately shipped onrbparcl , thesteemer Arctic, on his Ivey to the World'irFaii•erNew.York. He waspur chased by Messrs. R. Bugg & R. Stewart, of Niagara county; N. Y., for $2OO, from Mr: 1191 r, lister B. 'Thayer,' of Troy, Walworth 'county, Wis. His actual measurement was. as follower: Girth behind the shoulders, 6 feet 7 inches; ex! , treme length, 9 feet I l inches; height to top of the back, '3 feet 10 inches. lie was perfectly white, and only twenty mtinlhs old. The hind, wheels of the wagon were taken_ off, when `the animal walked off of his own accord on board th&boat, and laid down on deck contented. The owners are confident of making him weigh eigh- teen hundred pounds, when fatted live weight.- 'his is one of the specimens Wisconsin sends to the World's Fair; it will be hard te beat. A Quadruped Chicken.---One of our subscribers in this place, has furnished us the folldwing e*; tract from a letter recently received by him froth a gentleman at Columbut t Pa. ""One of my Shanghai hens has itfew Chicks, hatched a few days ago, and one of. them, which toddles atiou . t and eats heartily and s e e ms thrive,:haU font legs. • For the first .day,.•;Quaddy" (as . we call him, froth quadruped) didn't kno,v which pair-to gp upon.—The hind , pair made him rear upatail the frontpair, made;him kick up 1104:after hat .(arcing the thing is his mind over nighl.,.flaail,l•: led dOwn next morning on his all iburarhdditt mid persists in thautmAgroflopopption." — GCr .: mantottin Tefre p ropA. • GLEANINGS - tar Tho-Illinois Slate Fair is to be held on the 12th, 13th and 14th bf October. CS Prospects are said to be fair for an abun. dant fruit season this year. 12'The Pennsylvania. College at Gettysburg; opened its summer session on Thursday last.— A large numbee of new students were in atten dance. lar A late writer says, he has found out the secret of success in life. It is—take a paper, ad vertise, and pay as you go. WA re you a subscriber to the Register 1 If not try it a year. If you are, gel a neighbor or friend to subscribe. It each one would do so what a glorious list we would soon have. M — rho Lancaster town clock was put up id 1784 at a cost of .£550,. Sinee that time the' clOck has been cleaned twice, and with the ex.; ception of new weight ropes has never cost Me county one cent for repairs. _ H. Streeter; Mil:, Modtrose, had been selected as Solicitor of the Treasury of•the Upii ted States. W'Ole Bull is fitting up a concert room at hiS i residence in Potter county, Pa., and intends to celebrate the Fourth of July on a magnificen t` scale. lie expects the presence and aid of large number of his musical brethren. EV' In 1850, Dayton. 0., had a population of 10,977—and in 1853 16,562, showing an increase' of 5,586. tar The Reading Railroad, it is estimated in five years, expends in Reading, for wages, &c., the sum of $1,600,000. This amount will he nearly equalled by the Lebanon Valley Railroad. Cr Cooking chickens in the shell has got to be very fashionable in town just now ; in conse quence of which, eggs as eggs should be,"for ta^ ble use, command_ a good ptioe. Er Wm. F. Miller has been appointed Post master of the borough of Bethlehem, in place of Mrs'. Rice, 13'"Tlfe birth place of Daniel Boone, the great Kentucky htinter, was Exeter TciOnship, Berks county Pennsylvania. Rip Van Winkle Again:—A full grown man, six feet two inches in hight, and 97 years of age, residing in the town of Clarkson, on the 9th of June, 1848, fell into. a long sleep, and since that time had' been awake at diferent periods, from a few hours to four months at a time. Thus, for five years, he has slept, with only occ9kional and brief intervals of wakefulness.t: The .name of this Meting is Cornelius Ilroomer, and none of the family from wkich he' has , sprung,havo ever before had any *ioi•affectiort. The fit comes uporuhinti, suddenly ( without any apparent warning, and during its• duration nothing. dan arouse him from the unnatural- lethargy. The man lives on, sleeps on, retains perfect health, with a pulse at 80; and. without variation. A little food is introduced iulo his • stomach - by pry ing open his firm set jaws. When he 'awakens he is totally iii;livjous of all that .'haa'tian'Apired during „his miner., and calfs for food tiiii - seta to with a will,. eating voraCiou:ry.':lt ask s e7qtYby he sleeps so much, he regards it as 'ad isi tion, just as any ,actiye man would regard the imputatipn of ,sluggishness. 'fhis phenomenon is in - dharge of Mr. Gardiner Davis, of Brockport, who inteddi to the, publiq,7-Jltocheater,Demociat: - •. - The Germequ. in qau, Franctsco.—Th!re aro about 5,000 Germans Irt,SanPiannisco. .;They are of-all .classes, anil from all, patti,:noerina ny ; irbm the inouniatas,..of : the, • Tyrol thellelta of the Wesir, from the.hill.#" , ocAlsitnelo thn,tands of the Vistula.. Manyl off thein;lutve4ong,been away from theirmati ad . 1312dt-some in . the. I.Toited States, and others .in Spanish America,- stud in the Isles of the-South Pacific.-- A great-many., of the foreign 'merchants:a. Mexico; •Chill,t , Peru. and tn- the Provinces on the .Easierix,Coast of. South Atiterica, - are Germans.; GeitiMhyhas no fore igti'.okilrinies, and)reV . there -is not.room for alt her:Eitlytiii - lit e gdthez: The SparftirdX'have a to former times Ger tritineaViettifiet reed ofilletiiiievEthpe-• rni,"ta.l:6;t ftiVelftkliggreltiit:Elii;s46,llncl, .thFiiiiii" . (hl, 4 yfoiry of tke Rt cr .pro ably the :meta cAup, ftzrtypiVerekc,iOf tlieffitiulards ;fur the , 110 po -I.llilmavPol4T,l;Ppu4 k P.. ° ? rine . 9 .KAC.o4. lt dPeL while the Epgljsh ,, renchAand t ~i are dangerous, on account then: mirrittuicpower,, as well as of their grasplng, 9,132 31 A notel--Sume idettOf lhiceipenVettßitending upon a large hotel, Ma l i Vi'gVAlVered from the 11)11 ilt'fr?rna.a;TeaPpodent of the New Heil. ford IStacqt4 wilovirites about die, U.S. Hotel to Boaton '-' • "The hplit l lAccupleili3,ooo,'illit'irr e .` feet of ground, has, qo .rviwats, easy : acconimodttions for 500 persons, a nd,ca p able of board. ing 800,',.Thqeire . 130 male . it . ndi:ensaie ems ploYes;dittlded-into to a different , tleptitike y ntsi each ,huvjng ,a,responcible hea . d,...such ro tiOary,oliice; porter, kitchen,litticOre&i. Tho amount. of _food, daily.consj4et,i,i,•ticormous t fack lbs. of animhl food .ioifr:ltie.•p?ui, 100 lbs. 'buttes, 100 doz. eigs, bushels of potatoes and. 60 gallons of milk. ,• The asparagus for last flair bath cost $4O. •Lights cost nearly $BllOll per our num. -Waterspouts into almost esery•room fro the liouse at an expanse:to the landlord. of WO.. per year... , To cook all. thlis-footrand, keep so. many people.warm ;it take; 800. tons of hard coal , 75 cords of woOds, an 1 $lOOO worihcf charcoal."' George l'eabody, Esq.;—The American banker fo Lonticin;is to be ivaithittinut flvi millions of dollars Hi was 'born . InMativers,-Mass., in 1 895, alie,lit'lfi,27 pro. v ions to which` inercantilo business Balti more oi : ence hi business 0 . 6i4i ;e - tmerl tieotgetown;fl V,alpo:engaged first att".a' clerk in the' Ary sei#ds",;itisineas with his • Burying ,l/se , DcadTliiiUliy -Government .uff deoided`thai there more ,butllls In tinibinFeyards within din:Piet:tints of !fieciiy.ithei"July I; anll;tiytin onlininileibo#fea ;cannot beiinnvied.,trcin'thibusicitiOiateyards ,, without epedial tieinaisidoc,ttevieen Are IJand gettibbr 1.
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