—Signers of-the Declaration. Of the fifty-sin signers of the Declaration of Isidepend_ence, it is stated that nine were born in Massaohusetia; eight in Virginia; five_in Maryland; fourin-Contiectient ; fOur in New Jersey; four in Pennsylvania; four_in Carolina; three in New York ; three in Delaware ; two in Rhode Island; one in Maine;three in Ireland, • two in England; "two in Scotland; and one in Wales. Twenty-one were lawyers; ten mer chants;; four physicians; three farmers) one clergyman ; one printer; arid sixteen were men of fortune. Eight were graduates of flarvard College; four of Yale, three of New Jersey; two of Philadelphia; two of ‘Villiarn and Ma ry ; three of Cambridge, England ; two of Edin burg, and one of St. Diners. At the time of their deaths five were over ninety years of age; seven between eighty and ninety; eleven between seventy and eighty; twelve between sixty and seventy; eleven be tweet, fifty.and sixty ; seven between forty and fifty; one died at the age of twenty-seven, and the age of two uncertain. At the time of sig ning the Declaration, the average ago of the members was forty four years. They lived to the average age , of more than sixty-five years and lob months . The youngest member was Ed. ward Rutledge, of South Carolina, who was in Ws twenty seventh year. He lived to the age of fifiy-one., The next youngest member was Thomas.4,nch l ohthe satne State, Who Was al. so in his.twerityr-seventh year. He was lost at sea in the tali of 1776. Benjamin; Franklin was the oldest member He wee in his seventy-first year, when he sign ed the Declaration survived sixteen of his ybunger brethern.-1— Stephen Hopkins, of Rhode,. Island, the neat oldest member, was born, in 1707, and died in 1778:. Charles Carroll attained the greatest age dying in, his ninety sixth year. William Elle ry, of Rhode Island, died in his ninety-third year, and John Adams in his ninety-first. Good Men Wanted in. Congress. We cot the following welf : timed expression froth a '4'a,shingtti Correspondent of the Phil adelphits-Presbparian "If I had , thtoetir of congre'ssitinal districts, I would say to Ihe:voters do not send to Con gress inexperienced and conceited boys—do not send men who ever get drunk—for if they get drunk at home, they will be apt to keep . drunk HZ_ the time they are ,at Washington there are here se many temptations. r Do not send blackguards'or profane swearers to Con. gress; a few such disgrace a whole nation and One such disgraces a district. Do nor send men ofrude coarse manners; they cannot have even in Congress, as much influence as a gentleman would have. If Christian men all over the land would firmly resolve, we will not sustain our party, unless our party nominate upright, sober, trustworthy men, the matter would.be re medied, for no party can afford to spare its Christian members. That political party would eXclude from it all the salt of the earth." toinicAt queans: • • There is wrangling 'end'quarrelling among the Democratic parcy. At Washington the ad ministration eatarmkplease the Minister to Eng land who modeitly Wants to assume the man - agetnent of all the qUestions between the two governments, and write his own instructions! Jn /Missouri acontest is goingon between Ben ton and Atcheson and their respective factions. In Nowd:lemshire Mr. Burke is still carrying on his war against the administration and its organ at Concord. In Ohio a lend has sprung up between rival pariies i in New York the old war of the Barnborners and Hunkers is revived and throughout the landlliere are 'minor squab bles on local issues, which excite the tielliger. cuts to an undue degree for such hot weather. Gov: Bigler Loans. "Glory to goodness," said an old lady, "1 have' borrowed money enough to pay all my debts!" A handsome financial operation, in deed, and not an , uncommon one in these days of profligaoy. Gov. Bigler has cutight.the happy idea, and,is .about to work wonders. He pro poseslo borrowsl,ooo,ooo to pay the amount of deb!. After adding nearly $2,000,000 to the Slate debyhe is now about to redeem the cred it ef the Coninlonwealth by robbing Peter to pay Paul. He advertlies fora - loan of $1;000, 000, to be awarded on the second Tuesday of ,t five per . . August, a cent. interest, and the bonds to be free of taxation for nny purpose whatever. This is Go - v.' 13iglor's fourth loan in the bri e f period of eighteen. months7--atnounting in the aggregate to 62,575,000. A lovely beginning fur a- man plec,red to•refortn. But what say the tatpayera 'V • Court Dressee. The order • of the President and Secretary Marcy,. dispensing with diplomatic uniforms, is in accordance with public opinion entertain ed Tormany years. It is tiot the first timethat the Secretary has made war upon feathers and military trappings. They hare always been shining marks for•lhir arrows . of his wrath.— Their destruction ip:his.delight and glory. The custom of decking American represen• tatives in the trappings ofloyalry and the tin• eel of courts, arose from the example of . other 'nations, and the vain' idea that they advanced and facilitated diplomatic intercourse. But the notion has hs origin in a•very poor estimate of the•as by 'which diploinaey is facilitated.— The dress 'cif • a.. pleid - Arnerican gentleman, woultrbertviree'atirnoble•republicup . distine.; non iu the mirlit of' a gay cnitrt, Shining With orders and 'glittering with - .diamonds. • .1i would comnird more resPeCt than a drubs blamed with gold lace, and plumed like a popinjays becaupe it would represent the charanterWthe Nation. It is becoming for the representation of her Brittonic ildhjesty, or of Limis Napoleon, to swor e. dress representing the eharacter of their mutiny, alibi) badge of military.ot archicill 'governments. •iAttnitricenn should both look and feel unlike ibeip. • He lived to 1790 On Saturday evening between eight and nine o'nlotik, Mr. Reuben Gross and Dr. Patterson, of Easton, while driving through Hamilton Street, in our Borough, met with an accident and very miraculously escaped without injury to them selves. The Water Company had dug a trench in the middle of the street about 2} feet wide' and 6 feet deep, in which they laid new pipe, and neglected to put up any thing to warn per sons driving past of. their danger. The night was very dark and in driving along the two hor ses fell into the trench, one on top of the other, one of them trod upon a leaden branch pipe and severed it from the main pipe, causing the ,wa ter to spout out against the horses and would have drowned one, had it not been stoped off in the main pipe. Messrs Gross and Patterson jumped out of the wagon and called for help. Assistance was soon obtained, the harness cut off the horses, which was all tangled up and the trench had to be filled with earth, before the hor ses could be got our. The harness is a perfect wreck, one of the horses , is hurt a little and the other we believe not injured. The wagon is damaged but very trifling. Messrs. Gross and Patterson are perfect gentleman and admit that accidents will happen at times. The "We ter Company" has made arrangements, to pity the damages. We hope that thii, affair will be a warning to the company and all persons' not to leave such "accident traps" open here. after. Nonk's Now Nap of North America.. This Map embraoes more territory than any ever published In this country, showing the whole expanse froin within seven degrdes of the Equator (south of the Isthmus of Panama to the 50th parallel of North Latitude, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, exhibiting all of the United States and Territories; . including eveb the territories of Washington and Nebras ke with their baundarioS, according. to the acts of Congress, being the first Mai.that ever gave these territorial boundaries correctly. The boundaries of counties are also given, with a table 01 the names, where any county in the United States can be ascertained at once. The OVerland routes to California and Oregon, are clearly shown to the emigrant and traveller.— This is the only Map• that gives a lull view of Central America. On the same sheet, is a Map of the. World on Mercator's projection, maki'ng it really an American map, showing the United States as they really are, in a Central position between the European, African and Asiatic per • lions of the Globe on either side. This map is without doubt the best of the kind ever got up in this country and should be in. the hands of all. Mr. David iValtsi'a very gentlemanly young man, is canvassing the Bor• Cough and county, arid we that ho will meet with proper success. Tho Subscription pritte is only $6.07. Philad. and litratqr Gap Railroad. We are informed that the managers of this i mportant enterprise have secured a large and admirably located lot of ground in the Northern Liberticki, as a site for a•depot for their road.•-• It comprises the entire space bounded on the north by• Noble street, on the south by Willow, .on the west by Front street, and on the east by Washington Avenue, a thoroughfare fifty feet in width. Willow and Noble' streets measure each 5.,/ feet wide, and Front street is six- ty feet mitle, so that this lot will have all about it spaciouri business streets. As regards the area of the lot, it is 150 feet on Willow street, the same extent on Washington Avenue. This selection is convenient to the river, and when the depot is constructed there, it will no doubt give a groat impetus to business in thatsection. To Europe in one. Week: Practical action is about tabling to a speedy focus, tho great connection between Europe and America, by railroad from New York to the,extreme northeastern point of Nova Scritia, Thence•by swam to Galway, being. only 2000 milasof ocean navigatior.—'-and thence by rail yioad to,Dublin, and across the channel to Liv• orpool. The -New• York Mirrorsays; two of the heaviest London houses have already con .tracted for The building of steamers to-form the .main•parki:d this connection—the road across Ireland, will .probably. fthished within the yearttnd some of the shrewdest capitalists of Wall street havelaked hold id the' matter in earnest at this end of.the'youte; and ilia - 094 7 infrilarviark'vtototialy foiwitid tototripletion. ehe Cehi Allentown, PA. UNUSUAL JULY It, 186 CANAL COMMISSIONER. Moses C LANCASTER COUN'T'Y. AUDITOR GENERAL. Alexander K. McClure, OF FRANKLIN COUNTY SURVEYOR GENERAL. Myers, Or CLARION COUNTY Rain and Storm At about 4 o'clock on Saturday last, a terrible etorm rose suddenly froth ihe . north west, and passed otter this place. It lasted not teore than a quarter of an hour yet the results were most disastrous. Dining the day almost every .person who had grain in the field was engaged in hauling it in, and the storm overtook many while in the act of loading qnd others in coming horde with loads. In fact we have heard or several loads being blown over In our immediate vi cinity, and others who had partially loailed,- had to unload again. After thei storm the grain shocks were bloWn down as fur aa.the eye could see. We learn too that the lately erected brick building of the Lehigh Zink Company, at Beth lehem, was blown down. Accident Phil. & liVilkesbarre Tglegraph Co. A meeting of the Stockholders of the Phila delphia and Wilkesbarre Telegraph COmpany was held at Easton, Pa., on Tuesday last, when the following named gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year : President—M. H. Jones, Easton, Secretary—M. D. Maxwell, " Treasurer—M. H. Jones " Directors L-4. S. Chidsey, " " C. H. Mann, Doylestown, `3 , W. K. Huffnagle, Philadelphia, ` 3 C. D. Busse, Nazareth, t li. Goepri, Bethlehem, " H. C. Longnecker, Allentown, " E. A. Douglass, Mauch Chunk. " N. R. Penrose, Beaver Meadow. A. Pardee, Hazleton, L. Kidder, Wilkesbarre Keep Your Houses Clean. During the present state of the weather, our citizens should endeavor to preserve the utmost cleanliness, not only as regards their persons and habits, but also their houses, yards, flee.— In your perambnletions, dott't forget the cellar. either. As well might you expect to dwell amidst the plague, and avoid its health-destroy ing poisons, as to escape disease, from a cellar constantly filled with foul rilr from decaying Vegetables. Out with them, and place in their stead a heap of nice clean lime. Chuck them in ilia streets. „..No don't do that ; fur instead of removing the evil, you would, by this course, merely impose a portion of the evil effects up- on your neighbors, who, perhaps, ere more cleanly in their habits. This has become too much the practice. In some parts of the fowl, families throw everything into the street, where it is suflered to decompose, creating a stench that is scarcely sufferable. This should not be tolerated. If people will he filthy, lot them keep it in a positron where they will be likely to get the full benefit of it without imposing a portion of it upon their neighbors. We have heard considerable complaints recently of the filthy condition of some of the back streets in ourown Borough, occasioned in this way. We hope our Council will look after it, and cause the nuisance to be abated, ere those results so much dreaded by us all are brought about by its agency. Book Notices American Farmer.— This Agricultural Jour. nal commences a new volume with this month, being the ninth of the.prosent series and the thirty fifth year since its commencement The present conductor has been connected with WS publication for nearly twenty years, and the experience which has been derived during that Period has given him advantages which he has been able to turn to good account, in fos tering the interests of those for whom ho la bors; and the present prosperous state of agri culture in the middle States may be justly con- , sidered as due in a great measure to the in fluence of this leading journal. which, we are luippy to learn, is in a highly prosperous con dition, and shows on its well filled pages, a vigorous, green old age. The number before us contains, besides va. nous seasonable papers, plans Sze., has also a description of the celebrated Guenon method of selecting milch cows, with cuts of the ani mals and the minks by which they are to be designated ; descriptions and pictures of sever al varieties of swine and poultry; the points adopted by the New York State Agricultural- Society for judging Durham and Devon stock de scriptions and drawings of various agricultural implements, &c. The usual 'work on (helium,' 'in the garden,' and with the flowers, for the month, is given, a feature of this jlurnal, of much value to old as well as young farmers.— No farmer in .- the Middle or Southern States should be withon this work ; and its price is so small, that it is placed within the reach of every owner of an acre of ground. Gleason's Pictorial.—This universal favorite and weekly illumed paper for the past week appears in an entire new dress, with new type new designs, and fresh and original throughout. The Pictorial is full of beautiful and artistic lustrations, many of them referring to the Fourth of July, and other national subj9cts, and is printed on superb satin surfaced paper. The present number is a credit to American art and literature, being rich in original and entertain ing articles, as well as illustrations. The Pic torial with this number commences Volume Flth. Tennis, $3 00 per annum, or six cents per single number. Mechanics' Magaiinc.—The Jove number of "Appleton's Mechanics' Magazine and Engi neers' Journal" has been received. This work presents a very neat and tasteful appearance, and is one of the most practical Ecientifie jour nals of the day. In this age of improvement, no mechanic we think should be without some work of this kind, and there is none which we could so unhesitatingly recommend as this.— Published by Appleton & Co. 200 Broadway, New York. • Price $3 per annum. TO .Clean neat for Seed. The brine in which hams hate been pickled, is the best ev er used for this purpose ; it being thick, in con• sequenct of blood - and 'molasses, it will take out oveti•y oat, &a. I Where is the Weet P—Ou Friday; at 4} P.M. Samuel Lawrence, Esq. was in Simon, having left Lasalle, , Illinois, at 3 'o'clock, P. M., Wed nesday.' He came by way of Chicago, looked in upon Cleveland, called at Buffalo, was Aped over thb plain by the ..lightning express" tratb to Albany; and • whliked over the Western and ,Wotcestet Hallroads toll:won ! Oace, and with. in' the ttiemory• of the middle-aged man of Oa . day, Buffalo was considered'quite•uout west."— Chicago, but yesterday, was a "far off land."— Now, a merchant shikes hands and bids good bye to his customers, 100 Miles west of that, and in two days and one hour and a halrgreets his friends in Easton! It is in'fici 'onlieleven burin am; and fifiy mum • Air Line Railroad to the Pacific. One of the lines projected through Illinois, de. signed to carry the trade of the Northwest to Philadelphia, is a railroad extending west from Fort Wayne through Indiana, Illinois and lowa. This *fair line" as it is denominated, is very near the line of the South Pass and Platte river, and is therefore in' the general direction of the over landUaliroioniaemigration. Conakianies have been formed in diree States, and surveys have already been commeeeed. Eol. Samuel R. Curtis has beer, offered the post of Chief Engineer. The Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sentinel, of recent date, thus speaks of.this work: Western Air Line. and Fort IVayne and Minis sippi Railroads.—lt mny not perhaps be general ly known that we are in the direct route of an almost air-line road from the eastern cities to the Pacific, viz: the South Pass; but such is nevertheless the fact. Arrangemeitts are alrea dy in progress for its construction as far west as the mouth of the Platte, up the valley of .which stream is the great route for the overland travel to California, being an almost due west course to the South Pass. Whenever the Pacific Rail road shall be constructed thaline running through Fort Wayne will be its direct eastern connection with the Atlantic cities. To the east, our Ohio and Indiana. Railroad, leading directly to New York, is sterility in a state of great lorwardness, and will be comple ted by the close of the present year. To New York by this route is shorter by GO or 70 miles, thab by any other road. From Port VOyne west, the Fort Wayne and Mississippi railroad to the Illinois Line and the Western Atr•line thence to the Mississippi at New Boston, are now being surveyedi . and.willpr!Mdbly be placed uhder contract during the present season. Tills , line is a perfect air - line, due west without curves and no grade exceeding. 25 feet to the mile, from Port Wayne to the Mississippi, a distance of fil:ls miles. A meeting in called at Wapello, lowa, for the purpose of extending this road to the Mississippi; at the mouth of the Platte, in a dir rem. west course from New Boston: and here there can be no doubt the Pacific Railroad will commence, running still due west to the South Pass. This whole line, from New York to the South Pass, is an almost air lineatinning its en tire length between the parallels of 4l to 42 deg north latitude, and crossing and intersecting with the inuMerable north and south roads in the sev- eral States, which will thus become feeders and tributaries to this maim east and west trunk.— The distance of the route are New York . to Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne to Illinois Line, Illinois Line to New. Boston, New Boston to Platte river, Mouth of Platte to the Pacific, 1,800 New York to the Pacific. • 3,102 Industry is Talent We often hear pers'ons explaining how one man succeeds, while another fails in the same pursuit, by attributing to one a talent for his bu siness, but refusing it to the other. Yet, without that some individuals have a greater aptitude for, particular avocations than others have, we think that the problem in question could be easier solv ed, by saying that the successful man was in_ dustriotts, while the other was ntd. Bulwer, for example, is considered a man of the highest abil. ities as a novelist. Yet, when Bulwer began his career, he composed with the utmost difficulty, / often writing his fictions twice over. He per severed, however, and now stands almost at the head of his class, his latest productions, meteor , ver, being regarded as the best from his pen.— Every school boy is familiar with the tact that Dernosthenes became an orator only by pursu ing a similar plan. Nor are illustrations of the great truth, that industry is talent, confined to the higher intellectual pursuits. When Girard trusted the customer, without an endorser, who carried his goods home on his shoulders, the 'stifewd old Frenchman was acting on this deduced from his own experience of mankind.— All eminent persons, whether mechanics, mer chants, lawyers, or statesmen, were industrious from Watt and Norris down to Thurlow and WilliamPitt.—Washington, Franklin, Marshall, Madison, and every other distinguished Ameri can, were busy men. Industry, in short, is tal- , ent nine times out of ten Remedy for Dysentcry.—The season having arrived when billious and dysenteric diseases prevail, the following recipe from Babcock's Philosophical Itecreations,,m'ay prove service- able to the public:—ln addition' to the value of pulverized Charcoal in bilious disorders two' ounces of it boiled in a pint of fresh milk, may be Wren in doses of a wine glass furl by adults every two hours, in the . Most obstinate dyeen- Cory until relief impartedovhiCh has not tailed be the effect in alrnost every instance. It is harmless and may be tried with safety: A Frightful Situation —On Wednesday morn. ing last, as the workmen were about entering the coal mines of the 11tessrs.ior ton, at bonald• son, Schuylkill county, a latgc - mass of coal fell completely burying one of the men in a standing position. After remaining in that situation for twenty-two hours, he was taken out without .having the slighest injury. His life was pre served by a large lump of coal about ten .yards in thickness, which wedged him so tightly that he was unable•to move. The mass of coal that fell was estimated at seventy-five tons, being the result of a single blast the night previous. ' Louis.-Bititistical tables show that for two years paht, Bt. Louis has been falling back as a grain and provision market, while at the same time Chicago has been improving ps a grain market. The great adiantages to St. Louis of river nivigation to• the Gulf, are being fast coun terbalanced by the improved and cheapened transportation from Chicago to New York, via the Lakes. How is that Brother F A man who moved from Ohio to Western Illinois says his , children got the measels and whooping.couglys soon as he arrived there and, in a letter to his friends, adds : nWhat will come nest I don't 'know, but hope she valet get the Itch till a little . ' better able to scratch." • _ GLEANINGS. '_The New York. Tribune 'says, 141Mws that Mr.. A ugust e, Belmont, recently appointed Charge d'Affairs to the vague, contributed more than $30,000 to secure Fierce , s election. EirGold and siltieroecording to the Clearfield Republean, has been dog out of the hills in that country. 6r At Wathington, the grave of Jame , 711:0i son, Jwice President of this republic, can n.. 1 now be recognized'! CgrThe easiest and best way to expa ,, d the chest, is to have a good large heart in it. ft saves thecpst : ?f gymnastics. OF For the first time In the history of newspa pers, an Australian journal announces that it wants no more subscribers—until its neiir press arrives from London: Braddock's defeat took , place on the oth of July, 1755. IX`The salaries of the city lamp ligl ens in New York arc to be raised from $1 25 to $1 50 per day Cure for Virulent Small Pox. A merchant and ship owner of this city has had the following sent him froin England, where it was furnished by Mr. L. Larkin, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and who vouch es for it as a "medicine that will effect a revolu. lion in the healing art, as regards the prevention -and cure not only of NlllBll pox, but also of men• sles and scarletina, however malignant the type in a manner more efficient an extraordinaty than could ever have been hitherto anticipated even by the most ardent philanthropist." '-On the first appearance Of fever or irritation ushering in 'attacks, whethei (*curing in fami lies or large Commitnities, the subjoined mode of treatment should at once be carried on:— Take one grain of powderel foxglove or digi.' talis, (valuable in the ratio of Its greenness— ' the darkshOuld be rejected,) and one of sulphate of zinc, (this article is commonly known as white vitrol. These should be rubbed thoroUgh. ly in a ttiottar dr other convehient vessel, with four or five drops of water ;.this done, a noggin (or about four ounces) more, with some syrup or sugar, should be added. Of this mixture, a table spootiftri to a child every second hour, un• til symptoms of disease vanish. "Thus conducted, con valescene, as if by mar ic, will result, The rapidity of an event so aus picious will equally delight and astonish. It may, however, be nece*sary further to note, that should the bowels become obstructed in progress of the disease, an evil by no means common, then a drachm of the compound powder of jalap (formed of two parts cream of tartar with one of jalap,) and ohe grain of the herb, treated as above, formed into a pastil with syrup or sugar, should be given to an adult and half the quanti ty to a child. This simple medicine shuts ou t every other form or article whatever as totally unnecessary, if not pernicious. The met hodus medgndi of these medicine* cap able of effecting results so gigantic, remain nnw only to be given; and appears to be as follows The herb, by its antifebrile propertie , s,lays hold at once of the fever, the prolific source of woe, which it immediately strangles, while the zinc acts the part of a tonic, instantly restoring the equilibrium." Mr. Larkin, adds: "No emigrant or govern. ment vessel should hereafter be allowed . to put to sea without a few re.nee worth of these. pro tectors ; • and it is further ar6ntly hoped that, as the dearest interest of our common humanity are so vitally involved in this discovery, the press of all countries will give publicity to this an nouncemen l."—Boafon Courier. The Jews.—The Jewish Nation adhere with singular pertinacity to the faith' , of their fathers, and are devoted to their ancient rites and cere monies. As an evidence of this, it is stated that the "London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews," after twenty years labor, the erection of a church on Mount ?.ton, and the ex. penditure of vnst sums ;'after establishing a-xriis• 'shin iiisided over by a Bishop, and endowed by the join t,efforts of the Kingdoms of Prii;sia and England, has gained only thirty-seven" Jewish, converts. Dining the whole of last year the re sult of its labor was the conversion of one Jew. The cost of this one cootie: t w i ns the annual out• lay, at Jerusalem:alone, beside the Bishop's stip. end, of £1228 expended on the Mission,.£44s on the Church, £1173 on the Hospital, and £4OO (we beg pardon, £309 is lido on the Ho use e r: Industry. The Jerusalem Mission, then—if we add to its cost the £l2OO per annum paid to Bishop Cobol, arising from the endowment—has actually in the past year, baptized con veris atthe moderate ratedf.E4443, 7s. 2d. per head.—PniP adelphia Sun. Black Ezdtis.—The Cincinnati Comma dal says the landings of that city are filled with negro , famiiies with their household "pliinder," recently landed from some of the lower river or Madison steamers. They were moving from In. diana, in consequence of the enactments of the Legislature enforcing the 113111 article of the new Constitution of the State. All persons whose mothers arc unable to prove the possession of a greater portion than one sixteenth of European blood, and who came into Iloosierdom since No. vember 1, 1951, are forced to take up their beds —if they have' any—:and walk. All negroes, mulattoes , quadroons,ociageroons,duodecaroons &c., &C., who can prove a residence in the State prior to:Nov , ember Ist, 1851, :tie allowed to re• main under certain conditions, and by register. . ing their names with . fife county clerk: Any person who employs a negro ,who is in the State contrary to the new law, is liable to a fine not Fess ihtin ten nnd not more than five hundred dollars. Thafamilies moving appeared to be people of some property, andln;calght with them a fine stock of horses, mules and milk cows.— Philadelphia Sun. !lights of Colored I:eople.—A memorial has been circulated inet.Tharles ton, 8. CI., to prevent colored iitriorii from riding about the streets in a carriage or on horseback. The papers depre• cate the movement as unjust and oppressive,and inconsistent with•the usages at the city, .whose pride and boast is that the slaves are comfortable and happy,,and-the free colored persons subject to no restrictions save such as are necessary to• a wholesome police. . Crossing the Ooean in a Balloon. , A very interesting .correspondence between lion. Ellis Lewis, and John Wise, upon the .sub s e ject of 'feria!, navigation (across the Atlantic,) has recently, appeared in public print. Both gentle. men are itesldents of Pennsylvania,—the one 007 copying a p r ominent position at the head of our Judiciary, and the otlier being known as one of the most celebrated taronauts that ever lived.-- The first letter from Mr.,Wise,l.s, Lancas• ter Pa., June 24th, 1953, ire wWch,is proposed The erection or a Balloon the costs 0i . ..4/Web, in' eluding all necessary outfits is not to exceeds2s.. 000, in which the Atlantic can be Tegglarly, cros sed, without risk, danger, douht,or inconvenience in, the very short space of 411 hou r% In connec tion with this Mr, ;W. says, "1 hopor to Amon• strata the certainty of this,.in. one or both of two ways, within the reach of my indiyidti9 means, before I expect aid from the public—.firstly, by niatherriatical, scientifical and mechanical proofq and secondly, by a trip from one of the Western cities to the Atlantic coasts." The Judge replies at length to. this 'gnu in 'which he not Only does not discourage the prof ject, but also enters into some very philosophical reasoning, which go fdr in demonstrating that such a thing is not altogether impossible, H,n says am not deterred from giving counte. nance to your plan for crossing the Atlantic in a Balloon by the fear that you are so far in advanch of the age as to excite the ridicule of those who are disposed to ,linger behind: Ignorance and iricklence (cave ever been the enemies of intelli gence and ' enterprise.—'Phe eagle seeks the sun light, While the "Mousing owl" avoids it. Those who attach themselves even to the humblest seat, on The car of Progress, must expect to hear thrr envious cry of the lazy and stupid urchins by the way - side, ..cut behind! cut behind! In another part of his letter, Mr. 1.. holds the following: Your own practical discoveries. and the scientific observations of frofessora Ep sy, have established the fact as one no longer doubtful, that in the United Buttes, at an eleven lion of from two to three miles, there Is a conr slant current of wind from the west to the east. haveunderstood that this current is but a mod ification of two other currents one above the other which are constantly passing,one from the south. west, and the other from the north.west ; and that. by taking the proper elevations, the: teronaut miy . pursue a north eastern, a south - eaitern, or a dttp. east course; at its elevation. I have also ultdir stood that similar currents have been ascertain ed to exist in the atmosphere / over the, Island of Great Britian. It is stipposed by those who have paid attention to the subject, that these cur rents do not pass In the same direction in 14w, northern latitude, but that from latttudelo deg to 20 deg. north, dry pass from south east to northwest, Dot if thiv are shown to exist throughout the higher latitudes„as well as on - the Atlantic, as over the United States and Great Britain. I ree•tio more dffneu . 4y in crossing .the Atlantic by means of a ballourr than in travel ing the same distance from west to east over the . continent."—lliontgomery Watchman. bnohanteA Mountain They have strange thlngs in Texas, as well al wicked doings. „The following account of tx, gieat natural curiosity in dial country, is from the Texas Telegraph "This sitig,ular mountain, or bill, is situated in the head wateis Of the Sallee—a small tribu! tory of the Colorado. about 80 miles front Bas trop, in a north-westerly . dirction. It is about three,hundred feet high, and appears to be an enormous oval rock, partly imbedded !a the earl!. When the sun shines, the light is reflected from its polished surface • as from rtn immense mirror I and the' Wh`olfe. armuntain . glovrs with such a dazz ling radiance, that the belfolder who views. it . even from a distance of four or five miles, Is un able to gaze upon it without experiencing a pain^ . ful seksation, to that which is felt when' looking upon the rising son: The . ascent of the hill is sit very gradiiitl thht ;persons can ea sily, walk up to the top; but the rock is so smooth', and slippery ; that those thqt make the' attempt: are compelki'd to wear moccasins or stockings . instead of shoes. This rot, together , with the, name of the place, Holy mountain, remind the . visitant very forcibly of the command made to Moses at Mount /tore!), "Put off thy shoes from' off tby feet." The Canianchei regard this hill with religious veneriiiion, and Indian pilgrinis' . frequently assemble ruins the• remotest boilers , of tribe, to perform their Paynim rites upon. hits summit. - Ctire fur nulls ; Ache.—Mr. James .13astoti; of Airdrie, says; .Gum pop al, ,when dissolved in chloroform, forms an excellent • compound • for : stuffing the holes of decayed teeth. I have used. it frequently.,,andthe benefits , nly patients have, derived from it have been truly astoaishing.— 'rhe application is simple and easy, I clean' out" the hole, and 'moisten a little 'piece of cotton with the solution; I introduce this Into the de cayed part and in every instance the relief has been almost instantaneous. The chloroform re moves the pain; and - the gum copal reaists the swill/a, and asilippplication is so agreeable,those who may labor under this dreadful malady would do well to make a trial of it. • recently stated a' some. whnt startling fact in one of his temperance lec tures, which will astonish some of the Maisie. Law-men. lie married that of the 600,00 fr per.. ,sons who hod signed the Washingtonian pledge to abstain from the use of all intoxicating dr inkr. 450,000, including himself, had retrogaded, and either filled the drunkard's grave, or were living . drunkardi, or had been drunkards and reformed again for spell;': and that the'original mover of the Washingtonian pledge project , now kept a low groggery in Baltimore. This is certainly rather discouraging.' IRA. Gough is not pima ken in his statistics;'there Is lather a battle to be fought yet by the Rumies. Making a Flour Barrel.—rTlA Frederick Exr: aminer mums that a cooper in that city made a: dour barrel' one day last week' in the spa ce .of ten' minutes, Which was`. considered quick work. whereupon Mr.fferrison Knight,Another cooper, r undertook for a wager to make a birrel in less me and sacceeded.in crimPlCtiig ii,in utese—
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