away their guns, advanced on hith with
spears and knives. They frequontly charg
ed upon him, Lut upon his presco:ing his
gun at one or the other they fill back. At
last the largest one, thinking, probably,
from Tom's reserving his lire so long that
his gun was empty, charged boldly up to
him; and fliggine, with a steady aim, shot
him dead.
With four Lullets in his body, 1t an
empty gun, two Indians before hint, and a
whole tribe but a few rods off, almost any
other man would have despaired. But Tom
I liggins had no such notion. The Indian
whom he had slain was the most dangerous
of the tl:n e, and he fcll little fear of the oth
ers. lie had bi en near enough to see their
eyes, and he Innew human nature sufficient
ly to discover that he was their superior in
courage ; he therefore faced them; and be
gan to load his rifle. They raised a Whoop,
and rushed on hint.
“They kept tin it distance as long, as my
rifle was loadi , d,” Laid he, "but now, when
they knew it was empty, they were. better
soldiers."
A fierce and bloody conflict ensued.—
The Indians, - rushing upon Torn, stabbed
Mtn in many places; but it happened, for
tunately, that the shafts of their spears were
thin poles, rigged hastily for this occasion,
which bent whenever the point struck a rib
or encountered the oppcsition of one of Hig
gins's tough muscles. Front this cause, and
the continual exertion of his hand and rifle
in warding MI their thrusts, the wounds thus
made were not deep, but his whole front
was covered with ,ashes, of which the
scars yet remain, in honorable proof of his
valor. At last one of them threw his toma
hawk; the edge sunk deep in Higgins's
cheek, pawed tin ought his ear, which it se
vered, laid bare the skull to the back of his
head, and stretched him on the plain. The
Indians rushed on ; but Tom instantly re
covered his self-possession, and kept them
off with his feet and hands, until he suc
ceeded in grasping one of their spears, which
as the Indian attempted to pull it front hint
aided hint to rise ; and clubbing his rifle, he
rushed upon the nearest of his foes, no dash
ed his brains out ; in doing which he broke the
stock, retaining only the barrel in his hand.
The other Indian, however warily he had
fought before, now came manfully into bat
tle. It is , probable that he felt his character
as a warrior at stake: To have fled from a
man desperately wounded and almost dis
armed, or to have suffered his victim to es
cape, would have tarnished his manhood.—
Uttering a terrifiC yell, he rushed or attemp
ting to stab the exhausted ranger, while the
latter warding off the spear with one hand :
brandished his rifle barrel in the other.—
The Indian, unwounded, was now by far
the most powerful man ; but the moral con
rage of our hero prevailed, and the savage,
unable to bear the fierce glance of his unta
med eye, began to retreat slowly toward the
place where he had dropped his rifle. Tent
knew that if the Indian recovered posses
sion of his gun his own case was hopeless ;
and throwing away his rifle barrel, he drew
his hunting knife, and rushed in upon hint.
A desperate strife ensued, and several deep
gashes were inflicted; but the Indian suc
ceeded in casting Higgins from him, and ran
to the spot where 'he had thrown down his
gun, while Tom searched for the gun of
the other Indian. Thus the two, bleeding
and ahnost 'out of breath were both search
ing for arms to renew the conflict.
13y this time the smoke that lay between
the combatants and the main body of Indians
had passed away, and a number of the latter
having passed the hazic-thicket were in full
view. It seemed, therefore, us if nothing
could save our heioic ranger; but relief was
at hand. The little garrison at the station,
six or seven in number, had witnessed the
whole of this remarkable combat. There
was among them a heroic woman, a Mrs.
Parsley, who, when she saw Higgins nobly
contending single with the foe, urged the
men to go to his rescue. ''lie rangers at
first considered the attempt hopeless, as the
Indians outnumbered them, ten to onsi.-=
But Mrs. Pursley, declaring that so tine a
fellow as Tom should not be lost for want
of help, snatched a rifle cut of her ho , bands
baud, and juuiping on a horse, sallied o u t.
The men, who - a on net b..; outdone I a
woman, lull gallop, toward the
place of combat. :teal: of iifirn
cst castled. 'Vito I,fdiau, at the thicket had
just. discovered Tom, aml wefe mulling
down toward ldm with savage yell:—li;s
friends were spa( raw their horses to reach
him first. I ligeit,s, exhausted with the lies
of blood, had fallen end
adversary, foo intent prey to c,ba rye
any thing else, was lord:int; fur a rid... 'flie
rangers resehol the battle ground first.—
r. Pursley, who . hnew Tom's spirit,
thought he had thrown hiaiseli down in des
pair for the loss of his gun, and tendered
him the one she carried ; but Tom was past
hooting. His friends lifted hint up, threw
him across a horse before one of the party
and turned to retreat just as the Indiaa s
came up. They made good their retreat,
and the Indians retired.
We repeat this adventure just as it was
related to us, and have not the smallest
doubt that it is literally correct ; or as near
ly so as Mr. I ligrins's opportunities for ob
.7.ervation would admit ; for as he very prop
el ly observes he was "in a desperate bad fix
just about that time, and it was a powerful
bad chance for a matt to talte notice of n hat
was going on round him." •
Alter being carried into the fort, he re:
mained insensible for r..oine days, and his
life was preserved with difficulty by his
friends, who extracted all the bullets but ttvo
which remained in his thi;;li : ono of which
gave him a great deal of pain for several
years, although the flesh was healed. At
length he heard that a physician had settled
within a day's ride of him, whom he went
to see. The physician was willing to ex
tract the ball, but asked the moderate sum
of fifty dollars for the operation. This Tom
flatly refused to give, as it was more than
half a year's pension. As he rode home he
turned the, matter in his mind, and deter
mined upon .8 cheaper plan. When 'ho
reached his house, he requested his wife to
hand him a razor. The exercise of his rid
ing had so chafed the part, that the bull,
which usually %vas not discoverable to the
touch, could be felt. With the assistance
of his help .mate, ho very deliberately laid
open his thigh, until the edge of the razor
touched the' bullet, and. inserting his two
thumbs into the gash, "flirted il'out," as he
assured us, "without costing a cent." The
ether ball remains is his limb yet, but gives
no trouble, except when he u.ies violent ex
ercise. He is now one of the most success
ful hunters in the country, and it still takes
the best kind of a man to handle him.
tel)igt)
A lientou no, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER?, 1653.
CANAL. COMMISSIONER.
Nloses
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A UDITOR GENERAL.
21.1eNander Et.. McClure,
I=
SERV.EYOR GENERAL.
Christian Ayers,
OF CLARION TY
J UDG OF ''}lE SUPREME COUlti
• Thomas A. Budd,
C.l. FIIILADELPIIIA.
The Fair
'Fite ,thiprovements at the Agricultural Fair
!round arc prcgresring rapidly. The fencing
mound the lot is fin kited, the shedding on each
i-ide of the lot, the Cheep and hog. puns, ate all
finished and v. hite-wathed, giving the whole
a beautiful appearance. The foundation wall
of the main centre building, being 40 by 100
feet, is up, and the workmen are busily enga
ged in framing the timbers, and in live weeks
the whole will be under roof, and' by the time
specified, for the holding of the fair, every
thing will be in readiness.
The Farmers, Mechanics and Manufacturers,
of Lehigh and the neighboring counties, are
earnestly requested to present, at the exhibi.
lion, every thing in their various branches of
business, that will, in their judgment, excite
interest and afford instruction. We appeal
to every member of the society, to use their best
exertions io:rnake the Fair, such an one as will
reflect credit upon them.
Experience has taught us, that we have the
material among us for getting up the right
kind of an exhibition, and if there should be a
falling short of what we have a right to expect,
the blame may be justly attached to a want of
energy on the part of our citizens. The neces
sary preparations are being made for a large
Exhibition ; ample means will be provided
for the taking care of a large number of various
kinds of stock. •
The Ladies particularly are requested to give
presence on that occasion, and also are solici•
ted to bring specimens of their excellence in
the household arts. To visitors we would say,
come one, come all, to the "Lehigh County
Agricultural Fair" and you will not fail to go
home highly delighted with your visit.
The Ringgold Artillerists.
This company, composed of about one hun
dred and twenty men, got up in the city of
Reading, by its able commander Capt. James
.11Plii;ii 3 ht, in honor of the great patriot, whose
name it bears, arrived in our place at about 6
o'clock on Friday evening; they remained here
over night, and on Saturday morning, left kir
Easton, and from there passed over the Dela
ware to the ground selected for their encamp
ment, near Philipsburg, New Jersey. They
were accompanied by a band of twenty musi
cians, in a handsome open chariet drawn by
four horses. The entire train consisted of over
100 men, including officers and musicians, and
60 horses; forming a military cavalcade of the
most formidable and imposing description.—
A supply of tents and comp equipage were
procured from the S:ate Arsenal, and have
been put on the ground, in readiness) for the
otempancy of the troops.
The flinegolds gill remain iu camp until
I..r;day next, when they will again march
homeward, whether they %sill patio through
Alleutueei on their way home, we have not
heat.l. During their stay, they will give daily
di , plays of field exercise, occasional target tire
iegs, bto., lti trmt they may be favored with
good weather, in which case time C.LCUIriOII will
doubtless prove a most delightful one.
Thu Altary's Band, Outing their stay here,
enlivened the town by .their sweet music, in
serenading in number of our citizens—not for
getting ourselves—lOr which mark of attention,
they have our graietul acknowledgement.
Frightful Suicide
On Wednesday last the 31st of A ugust, Mrs.
Sokti Thriman, wife of David Hartman, near
iedenaville, in Upper Salmon township, Le
high county, committed.suicide by caning her
throat, and otherwise injuring herself with a
razor. Mr. Hartman is a man in very good
eitcumstatices, and the family lived happily
together. What induced her to commit the
rash act is not known. She left her home
about 10 o'clock in the forenoon, with .a razor
concealed about her, and proceeded through a
lane leading to the fields, some distance from
the house, where she made an incision on each
side' of twr throat, neither of which, however,
touched the jugular vein ; she consequently
inflicted a deep cut in her abdomen, and then
us the flow of the blood clearly showed, got
over the fence in a corn field, where she was
found. As soon as sufficient assistance was
got together, she was taken up, but was una
ble to speak having severed the wind pipe. On
being carried towards the house, she struggled
vety much, and died a short time after. She
was about 41 years of age and left three chil
dren, the -youngest of which is 5 years old,
and husbittato mourn; het loss. • • •
Court Proceedings
The Court met on Monday morning, the 29th
cf Augnst, present all the Judges. Very near
ly !he whole week was occupied in the trial
of criminal cases. The following matters were
disposed of:
Common wealth vs Joseph Kelehrier. Joseph
kept'a tavern at Crackersport, and was inform
ed on for keeping a disorderly house. The
court after hearing the evidence revoked his
license.
Commonwealth 'vs Charles Belielman.—As-
Fault arid Battery on Isaac Miller. Verdict guil
ty. Sentenced to pay , 5i5 and costs.
Commonwealth vs Jacob Bogert.—Fornica
tion and Bastardy on oath of Anna Kularel.—
Jacob plead not guilty and endeavored to prove
his innocence but the Jury returned him guilty
as usual in Fornication and Bastardy cases.
Commonwealth vs Anthony Zeliner.—Larce
ny on oath of Gilbert Senuthe. Plead guilty
and sentenced to Penitentiary for one year.
Commonwealth vs M. H. Woll—Assault and
Battery on oath - of Elenora Wolf. Plead guilty.
Semenced to pay SI fine and imprisonment in
the county Jail for 30 days.
Commonwealth vs Jacob Kieldine.—Assaul
and Battery on Edward 14'ink. Plead not oil
ty, verdict of Jury guilty. Sentenced to pay
line and costs.
Commonwealth vs Henry Lutz.—Assault am.
Battery with attempt to commit a Napo or
Mary Kauliman, a little girl about 12 years o
ego, veidict guilty, and kentenced to 3 year
imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
Commonwealth vs Charles, Reuben and Jac()
Hensinger, Aluses Peter and John Dor% ari.—
Riot and Riotous assault on Daniel Schnek
and John Hess. There were three bills of h•
dictment against these defendants, two of wlOl
were tried. The defendants were found glil
ty of Riot and of Assault and Battery on Selma
and Hese. Verdict, fine of S2O and costs.
The civil caeps were as follows
Shaffer vs Wieder.—An action for diangee
done to Plaintiff, by defendant turning, the
water from a pond on to Plaimilld
Verdict for Plaintiff 6 Cents damages.
Commonwealth vs Gangwer and
An action to recover the amount of feet due
the Commonwealth from Anthony Gangver.—
Verdict SllO 60, an favor of Plaintiff. Ile un
derstand that Judge Dillinger had offeref that
amount but the Commonwealth claimed more.
No arguments were disposed of, the nowt hav
ing been very busy with Jury trials all stek.
About Advertising. 1
You see goods is like gals—must gl when
they are in the fashion and good-looking/or else
a yoke of oxen wouldn't draw 'em after
wards. The men that advertise most do ost
bu
sitless, because they can't make one stock last
ono lifetime. If you want to borrow money—if
you want to lend money—if you want a farm
to rent—if you want to sell—advertise. II your
horse, pig, cow, colt, sheep or oxen go astray,
advertise them right off, and not run a chance
of losing them, or having to pay as much as
they are worth as charge for their keep. if
you are a shomaker, tailor, wagoner, or any
kind of a useful mechanic, show people that
you are not ashamed of being a mechanic, by
advertising. If you keep a shop, make it known.
When people see a man advertise, they know
he is a business man. The world is full of
folks who want. Some want to sell ;some want
to buy ; and the only way to meet those wants
and money is to advertise. Advertising is like
honesty—it pays well if followed up. Mer
chants think nothing of paying forty dollars for
one sign, with nothing but their name on it.—
Well what do you think of having 1200 signs
a week in a newspaper I Inn it you can show
your whole establishment to the country every
week. if you are wise, just rub your eyes, and
go to work and advertise.
Man Drowned
•Mr. Peter Mull, of Hellertown, Northampton
county, formerly of this place, left home the
early part of last week for New York, and on
Thursday last, returned from that place in the
altenimu train , mriving at Easton at about 9
o'clock, in company with a neighbor of his
crossing the Delaware Bridge, he told his com
rade to proceed on to the Hotel he would soon
follow him up ; a man auswe ring Mill's de
scription, was seen on the banks of the Dela'
ware, and making his way towards the waters
edge, and that was the last of him. His com•
minion had went up to the Hotel, (mimed imp.
per and waiting for the arrival of Moll. The
next day.he was found a C011) . 8P, in the water.
The whole affair is yet involved in mistery.
Our State Works
What began in right, party politics has cor
rupted fur money. What should have been a
monument of pride is now a inoiemetit of
shame. Our State improvements now bre e d
merely dishonesty,speculation, and even petty
larceny, than all other hot bode of vice in our
land.- The partizan idler and drone ; the party
pimp, and pauper—the bold'plunderer, and the
cunning cheat—hide and harbor and get let
and sleek along and upon our canals and rail-
roads. Entbn[dead by the success of their pre•
decessors, and the easy familiarity with winch
State officers, toy with the public treasure, they
become impudent in th * Uir shame, and treat sea
pleasant joke, conduct which a few years ago
would have beet: called theft. The most sue•
cessful now, is deemed the most shrewd. Th e
talent for taking care of yourself is ilia best re.
commendation to place.
Convenient—At Chicago one can buy a house
in all its parts, framing timbers, shingles, doors,
window sashes, shutters, flooring all planed,
tongued, grooved, numbered, and s ready to be
put up upon the prairies to which the many
railroads will convey it, so that the farmer from
those wide extended plains may come in one
day, buy his house complete, and take it out
next, and with the assistance of his neighbors
put it up within a week. .
Business Notice
Peiseilvania Clothing Ilall.—:Messrs. Netigh
and' feirrig have lately taken into partnership
Mr. i Isaac Breinig, arid are now cluing husi•
nesifnder the firm of Breinig,ligh 1) . Brei•
nig,ll the South East corner of Hamilton and
Swath Street, Allentown; where, they keep
an norlment of Clouts, Cassimers, Vestings,
anr j. eadymadeClothing,never before equalled
in is Borough. Their prices are put down to
thOowest ebb, determined to do business upon
thinnotto of "small profits and quick sales."—
Ttis'e who visit the place, will find it their
in real to give them a call.
The. Crops.
We believe there is no difference of opinion
at the crop of Indian Corn, now in the gionnd
jilt° Eastern portion of our State, never plain
lid a more abundant yield. In no instance
we seen an indifferent field, which has
ben properly cultivated. It .is now, too, err
rely out of danger from drought.
Potatoes are represented to uq in various
salters in this and the adjoining counties, as
xcellent and eound.
Apples are scarce ; indeed we lave rarely
known a more general scarcity in his region,
winch is quite unexpected to fruit ritieers, who
regarded the spring as particularly' favorable to
fruit of all kinds.
View of the War Queaion
The lollowiog is horn a late nuntier of the
London Dispatch. It is pithy and the point
The Dispatch is the leading organ o . the Radi
cals of Greatßritain, and, to a conitic6rable ex •
tent, it represents the interests of tie working
classes:—"Theßussian army has 'Aver prop.
erly measured swords with any other European
Power; but it is very doubtful whetheffn prow
ess it would be proved second to any while in
number and equipments it is superia to all.—
She could send her cohorts into Turley at her
leisure, and retire into her snow-hould fastnes
ses for shelter from retaliation, andlo prepare
the means of a successful renewal e'gression.
we,- with Russia means war. rebtAien. rga
olution over all Europe. It means Ile rising
of the Poles against Russia, Austria, aitl Prus
sia, the revival of the Hungarian instrilection
—the universal convulsion of Italy4the cer
tain unsettlement of the whole of ffurope
for a 'period much beyond the tern* of life
of any of the oldest inhabitants whom tie tabu
lons paragraphs even of provincial nev4apers
venture to quote as their authority. Whet Rus
sia coulditoal sea by means of giviniletters
of marque to those enterprising cosinaulitans
to be found on both sides of the Atlktio, it
would be rash to predicate. On this,4ide of
the question, it is clear that states f large
mercantile transactions, ar.d depenent fur
their very existence on a free and opopi sea for
a commercial marine, would be the rot and in
deed only sufferers. Drawing not los, proba
bly, than nine out of the twelve tillions of
quarters of our annual imports of rain from
Russia, or other northern countries,it is clear
that at once the necessaries of lifotould be
raised in this country to a trying poit of endu
rance by a war with that state, and with all
our influx of gold, money has been farce and
and stocks low, what would be th‘result in
the certain event of a large increase) our tax- '
anion, to meet the charges of the 'bi war that
makes ambition virtue V An expeditin as:ainst
Russia, means many more soldiers, salors and
ships, at the time when the able-boded men
are emigrating at the rate of 360,0 b a fear,
whoa those that remain are striking' br trise
of wages and when we can neither get marly
enough of ships to do our ordinary %lutetium,
nor sailors to man thern."—.Eicknells
United States and Great Briley'.
A Convention has been agreed upon b\ween
the United States and Great Britian, Ir the
settlement of various claims made by ich.:---
Each Government ie to appoint a comitsion
er, and the two shall meet at Lonclon,‘t the
earliest convenient opportunity, to examimeand
decide upon all such claims, having first naked
a third person as an arbitrator or umpire, rid
his or their decision shall bet final. Nu elm
arising out of any transaction of a date prit to
the 24th of December, 1814, shall be subtitled
to this commission. Every claim must beat).
milted within six months after the lint sling
tit the commissioners, atilt all shall bearded
upon within a year. All payments of admit
ted claims shall be made within one year her
the decision, without interest and wlltout my
deduction. The salary of each coumissitter
shall not be less less than 53000 a yeat or
.1:020, to be paid•by their respective Gown
memo ; the expenses of the canamitsion vbe
paid by a rateable deduction from tle
Ratifications have been exchangee, andthe
President has made proclamation aatorditqy.
Railroad Connection between Phibdelphiaand
Catawissa.—The Catawissa Rai'cold is about
being completed by the laying downuf the r . ott
on the sills. The great bridges at he rattnes
will be f.nished this fall, the track lad to Tana
qua nest winter, and by March next it is eve.
ted there will Le two trains of cars raring oily
frow Catawissa to Philadelphia.
New Ineention.—Lettie A. Smith, I Pineville,
has obtained a patent right for an iyentioc for
working Butter. In her application; to thcPat.
cut Office she says—. , I claim the mabitiallon
ith a .better
Im forning
at the tides
land turn-
of the cooling drawer, or icebox
tray, for the purpose described. Icl
such workin . g, lever with acute angle
of its breaking or pressing the butt
it over."—Bucks County Int.
Struck by Lightning.— During
storm on Saturday afternoon last, t
Charles Bapb, in Forks, township •
lightning and entirely destroyed, log
its contents. It was a large barn
length and contained SOU shocks
bushels of threshed grain and all h
loss of Mr. Bapb. is about $2,800
rance.—Easton .4r4tio. • • •
Sale of the Public Works
A resolution in favor of the sale of the public
works of this State, having recently been offered
and adopted, by a large majority of a Conven.'
lion held in the county of Berk., and a cuntro•
versy having sprung up between different news.-
papers in regard to the policyand i expediency of
such a movement, we deem the subject of suffi
cient importance to offer a few remarks.—
Let us commence with the historical and statis
tical Pert of the question, and then examine the
argument for and against the proposition.
The cry a bout "lavish expenditures on the
public works" is not new ;' it has existed ever
since the works had a fair trial, and has contin
ued to this day. Nor have there been figures
wattling to show that the cry was just; and that
expenditures have been lavished on these works
without a remuneratitve return to the elate. To
omit the expenditures of previous years (which,
perhaps, would sum up more heavily than is tie.
cessary to establish the proposition,) let us con^
sider those of the year 1852:
The Appropriation Bill of that year
amounted, in round numbers to $5,500,000
The expenses of the govern•
meat were,
Interest of public debt,
Common schools,charitable
institutes, and incidental
expenses,
Showing the balance of expenditures
principally on public works, in he $2,091,400
or in round numbers about $3 (100,000, of Dollars.
These figures, it appears to us, speak sufficient
ly for themselves. The whole ordinary expen
ditures for the government of the State were
about $600.000: the interest on the public debt
arising from the construction and ownership by
the State of the public works amounted to two
millions,and the cost of keeping the public works
in repair, &c., tb three millions more; Of the
whole approPrlatlon of five and a half millions
dollars, little more than one tenth was expended
for the general objects of the State government.
The gross income from the public works was
but $1.936.674. or Allow turn rn;llinna 11011nrc
showing the proprietorship of the public works,
after all the experience we have had on the sub
ject, all the improvements introduced, and not
withstanding the increase of trade, to be an ex
pense to the State of about a million of dollars,
or nearly seventy-five per cent, of the whole
amount of the real. and personal taxes through-.
out the State. If the State could get rid of the
public works, instead of raising $1,359,636 by
taxation, $300,000, or thereabout, would be suffi
cient ; and the State would thus be saved a mill
-111 ion .af money, besides the interest of that portion
of the public debt which would be extinguished
by the sale of the works.
So far the figures of the last year, which are
by no means the result of a new experiment.—
The capacity of the works for revenue, and the
cost of maintaining them, have been 'tested for
years, arid the result is, that the expenses have
increased, while the revenue has been equal to
the profits of the work nine years ago ; averaging
not more than two per cent., of the cost of the
works during this whole period of nine years.
It may further be urged that the sale of the
public works would takeaway a corruption fund,
with which not only voters, but Legislators may
be corrupted. It would destroy a prolific source
of fraud in the management of the works, correct
flagrant abuses in contracts, and prevent many
other demoralizing influences from being brought
to bear upon the people, to say nothing of that
influence which the officers of the public works
may bring to bear urnin the Legislature.
Summing up, the reasons for the sale; are:-
Ist. The diminution of the public debt.
2d. The diminution of taxes.
3d. The purification of the Legislature.
4th. Relief from the corruption of voters.
Per contra, it may be urged:-
Ist. That the public works if sold, must be
sold to a corporation ; because individuals have
not the tneatis of engaging in so large an enter
prise.
2d. Thai those corporations, from the magni
tude of the works, must be large ones.
3d. That the influence of these corporations
on the body politic is dangerous.
We admit the validity of these objections, but
maintain that the evils here complained of are
not without remedy. The public and the Lcgis,
lature watch a corporation from which they ex
pect nothing, with greater jealousy, and far . great-.
er scrutiny, than they watch the government
from whose crib thousands have been feeding,
and still expect to be fed. The public jealousy of
corporations is, indeed, a potential instrument
for keeping them within proper limits; while, as
a rule, there exists' no je4ousy in regard to the
government, which this year may belong to one
party and to.morrow to another. The jealousy,
if it exists, is with regard to the party which en•
joys its immunity, not with regard to the power
it exercises. And while party drill exists, the
party in power will generally sustain its own of
ficers, and attempt to screen, if unable to justify,
their acts. • The mart who attempts to censure
and expose the abuses of his own party is imme
diately stigmatized as a traitor, and thrown out
of its organization. A corporation is also able
to protect itself more effectually against frauds ;
for the pecuniary interest of the corporators al
ways hold their agents perfectly accountable,
and dismisses faithless servants, which it is im
possible to do under the present system. The
Legislature publishes from time to time large
books, filled with the names of public defaulters.
mostly on the public works, without any prowl.
cal result to the community.
The next question is, what price may be ob
tained for the public works! This, of course,, is
conjectural. It is .believed, however, that they
can be sold for cost; not because they yield in
terest on cost, but because the better manage
ment of individuals would save expenles, cut
oir frauds, and increase business. Individuals
would be interested in crowding their business
on the public. works; nn such interest exists
now, and none such can be created by the gov
ernment. Fut' certain portions oilers greater'
than cost have already been made, it is easy to
make a trial in regard to the rest, and to set a
limit? to the am fog which they are to be :MM.
e thunder
.arn of Mr.
struck by
.or with all
90 feet in
wheat, 250
hay. The
no Waltz.
( From the Philadelphia Ledger.)
¢58,501
2,000,000
'350,000-$208,591
Now, suppose the works to be sold at cost,
what would be the consequence?
Ist. The Slate deht would be reduced from fort
ty to about twenty-five millions of dollars.
2.1. The interests on the public debt would
decrease fioM two millions to one million and a
gunner; "
3d. The present rate of taxation would, in ad•
dition to the incidental revenue of the Common.
wealth, pay the Interest of the remaining debt, all
the expenses of the government, and leave a suf..'
plus of a million a year, which could be applied
to the extinguishment of the remaining debt.
At first it was but natural that the State should
make the trial of managing its public works ; but
when experienc e shows that the result is disas'
lulus, both In a pecuniary and moral point of
view, when it leads to an increase in the debt, it
depreciation of the works and the corruption and
demoralization °rube people, it assn'redly cannot
be amiss to inquire into the causes of the failure•
and to suggest a means of correcting the evikf
inseparable from the continuance of the system.
Col. Benton and the Administration',
A letter from Washington to the New Yorl:s
Tribune says—•. Col. Benton is indulging an un.
amiable spirit towards the Administration. A
gentleman asked him if he often visited the White
House? He replied with Bentonian emphasis,
.No, sir—No, sir, I never go to the buzzard's
roost."
The Secretary of the Interior sent a message
to him to inform him that there was a Register
of the Land Office to be appointed in the St.
Louis Congressional District, and requested him
to furnish the Department with the name if a per
son to fill the vacant office. .Old Ingot, said,.l
have no name to present, and were I to live to
be as old as Methuselah, and this Administration
should exist so long. I would have no favor to
ask of it.' The messenger then said,.Colonel, I
will inform the Secretary that you have no name
to offer.' 'No, sir,' said the venerable, but now
indignant, Bullionist, 'carry my answer, sir, in
my own precise language, sir.'
Uncertainty of the Law. .
A lnooh.t.ip - , . 1.1..
article occured in Illinois lately, as Will be seen
by the following from the Peoria News
Mr. B. was out hunting with his rifle, and'
crossing the field of. Mr. C. a Frenchman, Mr. C.'s
large dog attacked him savagely, while C. stood
looking on, without attempting to call .off his
dog ; B. getting out of patience, shot the dog, and •
he fell apparantly dead. C. in high dudgeon,.
forthwith got out a warrant, and had B. arrested
for lilting his dog—swore to the killing, and was •
corruborated by two of his neighbors, who were
present at the shooting. The magistrate fined!
B. ten dollars and costs, which amounted to about
ten more ; B. paid the fine and costs, and when
the parties got home from the trial the dog had:
got home also, and was not killed. B. then got
out a warrant against the Frenchman and ,his •
two as'sociates for perjury, in swearing B. had
killed the dog. They were frightened, and made
peace with B. paid him back his twenty dollars
and ten more for his trouble, and no trial was
had ; and when the parties returned home from
the last suit, lo! the dog was dead.
A Little Humor
The Editor of the Miner's Journal is in luck !
He received the other clay, a magnificent present
from ileading,as an acknowledgment of the com
pliment he paid their circus-goers, by saying that
they considered a Circus without its Clown as
insipid as a "bretzel" without its salt. His dis
scription of the donation is interesting:
"A Braze! as is a Brelzel."—ln those days of,
torpedoes and other vvicked inventions," no ,
wonder we felt somewhat queer the other day,
on the receipt of a mysterious looking box from
!leading, labelled with certain hieroglyphical
characters, which only a printer could have de
ciphered, fur our address. However, we a:
length mustered courage to open it, when, lo !
but the accompanying note shall explain :
lls Bto Dorm CITY, Aug. 17, '53.
Misther Editor •. We rite dis to led you know
we did haf a Glown to our show. Chuylkill
County ish mishtaken pekause we would leaffer
haf a show mit 0115 C a Glown as haf our liretzel
mit ouse Salt.
We send you dis brecnium Breizel to show
you how good he ish.
SOME or DE GALS OF ALT DARKS.
I'.'l'.—lle ish aura very nice shape, but dat
makes nossin. out—he iah Boot.
This enormous "bretzel" aforesaid, measures.
some 12 inches over, and Is twisted into all im
aginable curly•ytueucs, peculiar to that far-tam
ed commodity. We have carefully preserved ,
and think. something of forwarding the same to
New York, as a specimen of one of the indige
nous plants of mother Berks.
Emigration to lowa.—lt is stated that lowa is•
rapidly increasing In populaiion. The whole in
terior is said to be 'full of settlers. A hundred:
emigrants were met in one day, recently, by is.
traveller. $34,250 were received at the land of"
lice in about six weeks over and above all lands.
entered with warrants which will reach a very
large amount. The entries were all by actual.
settlers.. •
Remedy fur Weevil in Wheal.—One pint of salt
sprinkled in every bushel of wheat, will efEeatur
ally prevent the weevil. I have known. it suc.
cessiully tried in several instances in Mississippi.
It is contended by some that it prevents the grain
from germinating. Whether it does or not, E
cannot say. It can easily be blown out by a corn.
mon fan, when wanted (or use.
So says a writer in the Danville Register. is
looked very much as if it would answer. We
have over and over again recommended the•
grain bins to be well cleansed out and sprinkled'
with powdered quicklime.
The Railroad to the PueVc.—Mt. Norris, the
distinguished Engineer of this city, estimates the
total cost of transporting 2134} passengers front
St. Louis to San Francisco at WO including ev
ery expense of motive power, with interest on
the cost of engines, cars, dm. 14G,000 passen
gees, at would give an income of 69.000,000 4
a year, with allowing the road to cons po.ooo per
toile for 200intles, would yield upward. of eight;
per cent. interest on a capital of 1100',000,000.